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用中文说: "Get one's ducks in a row"

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用中文说: "Get one's ducks in a row"

Get one's ducks in a row

【中文】准备

Zhǔnbèi

【解释】To organize things well and make sure to be well prepared.

【例句】

- Upon arrival,he exclaimed that he'd forgotten to bring his pass to the international convention. This is not the first time he didn't have all his ducks in a row.

参加一场国际会议，到了会场，他才大呼小叫说自己忘了带通行证！这已经不是他第一次没有准备好了。

Cānjiā yī chǎng guójì huìyì, dào le huìchǎng, tā cái dà hū xiǎo jiào shuō zìjǐ wàngle dài tōngxíngzhèng! Zhè yǐjīng bùshì tā dìyīcì méiyǒu zhǔnbèi hǎo le.

- That year the whole family helped him to get all his ducks in a row before taking the gaokao.

那年，全家齐上阵帮他准备高考。

Nà nián, quánjiā qí shàngzhèn bāng tā zhǔnbèi gāokǎo.