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Angliholic Posted 19 years ago
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give sb. a run for his money
0 When the badminton player is doing everything to keep the shuttlecock off the floor on his side of the net, and doing a very good job of 01 b 00 giving his opponent a run for his money 02 b 00 , he is "on fire." It can also be used to describe a team, someone who 01 u 00 cleans up on the stock market 02 u 00 , or a preacher in a pulpit. 02 br
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00 First, I've seen the phrase in bold a few times when descrbing a badminton game, and I'm not quite sure what it means. Does it mean "giving his opponent a hard time in winning the prize?" 02 br
00 Second, I've never seen "cleans up on the stock market" before. Does it mean "win wisely a great amount of money on the stock market?" 0-
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00 First, I've seen the phrase in bold a few times when descrbing a badminton game, and I'm not quite sure what it means. Does it mean "giving his opponent a hard time in winning the prize?" 02 br
00 Second, I've never seen "cleans up on the stock market" before. Does it mean "win wisely a great amount of money on the stock market?" 0-
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02 br 02 br 00 First, I've seen the phrase in bold a few times when descrbing a badminton game, and I'm not quite sure what it means. " 00 Yes, that's the idea. 02 br 00 Second, I've never seen "cleans up on the stock market" before.
- 02 br 02 br 00 First, I've seen the phrase in bold a few times when descrbing a badminton game, and I'm not quite sure what it means.
- " 00 Yes, that's the idea.
- 02 br 00 Second, I've never seen "cleans up on the stock market" before.
- " 02 font 00 You don't 'win' money on the stock market, you can say 'earn' or 'gain'.
- You have the right idea, except you don't need the word 'wisely'.
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01 font 00 When the badminton player is doing everything to keep the shuttlecock off the floor on his side of the net, and doing a very good job of 01 b 00 giving his opponent a run for his money 02 b 00 , he is "on fire." It can also be used to describe a team, someone who 01 u 00 cleans up on the stock market 02
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01 font 00 When the badminton player is doing everything to keep the shuttlecock off the floor on his side of the net, and doing a very good job of 01 b 00 giving his opponent a run for his money 02 b 00 , he is "on fire." It can also be used to describe a team, someone who 01 u 00 cleans up on the stock market 02
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