Take the bark off sth
剥去某物华丽的外表,使贬值
🧩 词语组成解析
take
[tek]
vt. 拿，取;采取;接受（礼物等）;耗费（时间等）;
vi. 拿;获得;
n. 镜头;看法;收入额;场景;
the
[ðə]
art. 指已提到的人（物）;指说话人与听者已知的人（物）;用于独一无二的事物前;与形容词最高级和序数词连用;
bark
[bɑrk]
vi. 吠叫;厉声说话;
vt. 大声喊出;厉声说出;
n. 犬吠声;似吠声;树皮;
off
[ɔ:f, ɔf]
prep. 从…落下;离开;从…去掉;下班;
adv. 离开;距，离;被取消;下班;
adj. 不新鲜的;不能接受;不礼貌;
n. 起跑;
v. 杀死;
[医] 生长激素
🗣️ 情景例句
I can't go another step because I'm pooped.
我一步也走不动了，我已经精疲力尽了。
Give a thief rope enough and he will hang himself.
多行不义必自毙。
By then, however, in many places the grass had already taken root.
然而到那时，很多地方的草已经生了根。