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a nip and tuck
idiom informal
→ plastic surgery: 整形手术（同 plastic surgery）
I suspect she's had a nip and tuck to look like that at her age.她这个年纪却有着那样的外表，我怀疑她做过整形手术。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Medical treatment: surgery
ablate
adenoidectomy
adrenalectomy
allograft
amputation
anaesthesia
blood transfusion
endarterectomy
endonasal
enterostomy
enucleate
enucleated
general anaesthetic
mastectomy
prostatectomy
pump something out
reduction mammaplasty
regraft
reimplant
suture
nip and tuck
idiommainly US
If a competition is nip and tuck, first one side seems to be winning and then the other, so that the result is not certain: （比赛中）势均力敌，不相上下
It was nip and tuck as to who would win the playoffs.加时赛上双方势均力敌，难解难分。
If a situation is nip and tuck, someone or something in that situation comes very close to failing or ending: 岌岌可危
For several months it was nip and tuck, but we managed to pull the company out of bankruptcy.几个月时间内一直岌岌可危，但是我们成功地把公司从破产边缘拯救了过来。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Competitions, & parts of competitions
bathing beauty
battle of witsidiom
be a game of two halvesidiom
beauty contest
beauty pageant
benefit match
bowl
championship
elimination tournament
kickabout
non-game
non-major
omnium
on your marks, get set, go!idiom
postgame
Rafferty's rules
round robin
starter
under starter's ordersidiom
winning post
nip and tuck | American Dictionary
nip and tuck
idiom
in a situation in which one side seems to be winning and then the other, so that the result is uncertain:
The election was nip and tuck at first, but then Roberts pulled ahead and won.
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