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单词
overtax
释义
overtax
(
oʊ
vəʳt
æ
ks
)
Word forms:
overtaxes
,
overtaxing
,
overtaxed
1.
verb
If you
overtax
someone or something, you force them to work harder than they can really manage, and may do them harm as a result.
...a contralto who has overtaxed her voice.
[
VERB
noun
]
2.
verb
If you say that a government
is overtaxing
its people, you mean that it is making them pay more tax than you think they should pay.
You can't help Britain by overtaxing its people.
[
VERB
noun
]
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someone is a soft touch
someone is caught with their pants down
someone is flesh and blood
someone is for the high jump
someone is hanging on by their fingertips
someone is like a rabbit caught in the headlights
someone is living off the fat of the land
someone is not all there
someone is not just whistling Dixie
someone is one sandwich short of a picnic
someone is toast
someone is wasting their breath
someone is your own flesh and blood
someone lives in an ivory tower
someone might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb
someone needs something like a hole in the head
someone needs to get out more
someone or something gets out of hand
someone or something has you in stitches
someone or something is built like a tank
someone or something sticks out like a sore thumb
someone or something will knock your socks off
someone's bag of tricks
someone's bark is worse than their bite
someone's bark is worse than their bite
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