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the worm turns idiom used to describe when a person or group of people who have been treated badly for a long time suddenly become forceful and stop accepting a difficult situation: 兔子急了也咬人;人被逼急了也要反抗 It seems the worm has turned - after years of silence local people are beginning to protest about waste emissions from the factory.看来老实人被逼急了也要反抗——经过多年的沉默之后,当地的人们开始抗议那家工厂的废物排放了。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Reacting and responding act on something adverse reaction Babinski reflex backlash bat bat something back hypersensitive hypersensitize non-response non-responsive on your toesidiom reaction reception sensitiveness sensitivity step step up to the plateidiom strike while the iron is hotidiom supersensitivity toe
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