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| 词汇 | mend one's ways |
| 释义 | Idiom mend one's ways Theme: BEHAVIOR - IMPROVEMENT to improve one's behavior.John used to be very wild, but he's mended his ways.You'll have to mend your ways if you go out with Mary She hates people to be late. mend (one's) waysTo start behaving in a different, usually preferable, way. After I got in yet another fight at school, the headmaster told me that I had to mend my ways or else I'd be expelled. No matter how old you are, there is still time to mend your ways. mend one's waysImprove one's behavior, as in Threatened with suspension, Jerry promised to mend his ways. This expression, transferring a repair of clothes to one of character, was first recorded in 1868, but 150 or so years earlier it had appeared as mend one's manners. |
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