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Idioms Lecture 9 At sixes and sevens On the day before wedding, the whole house was at sixes and sevens. At the eleventh hour The child was saved from the kidnappers at the eleventh hour. Bark up the wrong tree 认错目标，错怪了人 They were looking for a tall thin man, but were barking up the wrong tree; the thief was short and fat. Be on the carpet 挨骂，受申斥 His boss had had him on the carpet for arriving late at work. Beat about the bush 旁敲侧击，拐弯抹角 If you’d got bad news, don’t beat about the bush; come straight to the point. Behind the eight ball 受挫，处境不妙 Not having a car puts Bill behind the eight ba