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单词 pick up one's marbles and go home
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pick up one's marbles and go home

North American informal Withdraw petulantly from an activity after having suffered a setback: he’s now picking up his marbles and going home because his political career is in tatters...
  • I would hope he would recognize that this is not an appropriate location, pick up his marbles and go home, but we've long since given up hope on that.
  • And when he does not get his way threatens to pick up his marbles and go home.
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