pick and choose

釋義

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   to choose only those things that you like or want very much

   It's like at the airport. Cabbies can't pick and choose what ride they want.

   It gave me a chance to pick and choose the movies I directed from that moment on.

電影裡這樣說 · 4 部

• You're a physicist, you pick and choose rules?Oppenheimer2023
• It's like at the airport. Cabbies can't pick and choose what ride they want.National Theatre Live: Prima Facie2022
• It gave me a chance to pick and choose the movies I directed from that moment on.Spielberg2017
• And he gets to pick and choose who gets culled, does he?Kingsman: The Secret Service2014
• You cannot pick and choose your boat. Get in.A Night to Remember1958
• It's not for the whore to say yes sir or no sir It's not for the harlot to pick or to choose Or to lead me a danceLes Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert2010
• We, the US, would invite Soviets to come to the US and pick and choose athletes that they wanted to test,Icarus2017

在完整場景裡學

• 奧本海默2023
  • 大師勸他離開劍橋：leaves a little to be desired（還稍欠火候）
  • 請他執掌研究院：the man for the job（非他莫屬）
  • 火車上結識拉比：seek out（主動去尋找）
• 初步舉證2022
  • 裝傻讓證人說漏嘴：play it cool（把激動按住）
  • 律師誘證人入套：blood in the water（破綻已露）
  • 回家報贏挨追問：What's new?（有什麼新鮮的）
• 斯皮爾伯格2017
  • 少露鯊魚更嚇人：on the edge of your seat（緊張得坐不住）
  • 鏡頭補上夠不著的童年：pie-in-the-sky（畫在天上的餅）
  • 溜進片場簽下合同：hear a pin drop（安靜到能聽見針）

同一詞條的短語

• pick brains
• pick a fight
• pick holes in
• pick a lock
• pick pocket
• pick up the bill, tab
• pick up the pieces
• pick up speed
• pick up the threads
• pick your way
• pick a winner
• have a bone to pick with