释义 |
a tough/tricky, etc. customer idiom a particular type of person or thing, especially one that is difficult to deal with: David can be a very tough customer when he perceives others as obstacles to achieving his goals. The Sars virus is turning out to be a tricky customer. The team desperately need a win, and that will make them very difficult customers. Johnson is an interesting customer; he has been described as the best bowler of his generation. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Describing people with the same qualities be cast in the same mouldidiom be of like mindidiom be of the same mindidiom be on the same wavelengthidiom be the (living/spitting) image of someoneidiom common customer dead ringer dead ringer for someone/something doppelgänger double it takes a thief to catch a thiefidiom match meeting mind soulmate step take after someone thief wavelength |