Hence, figuratively speaking, “the last man standing” is often used to describe the lone survivor of any disastrous situation ...

At the drop of the hat, literally, the race or fight commences. Immediately, that is, without delay. Likewise, figuratively, ...

As an idiom, “hanging by a thread” comes from the Greek legend popularly known as the Sword of Damocles, as TheIdioms.com ...

Anyways, the earliest media citation of “getting their ducks in a row” is this, according to TheIdioms.com: The earliest ...

“Empty” in the idiom “run on empty”, however, does not refer to empty or starving stomachs. Instead, it refers to automobiles running on empty, i.e. on an empty tank. Tank is what contains gasoline ...

2025年5月7日，在赴莫斯科对俄罗斯进行国事访问并出席纪念苏联伟大卫国战争胜利80周年庆典之际，国家主席习近平在《俄罗斯报》发表署名文章指出，两国人民用鲜血和生命凝结的深厚情谊，成为中俄世代友好的不竭源泉。2025年是中国人民抗日战争、苏联伟大卫国战争暨世界反法西斯战争胜利80 ...

据中国载人航天工程办公室消息，2025年4月24日北京时间23时49分，神舟二十号载人飞船成功对接于空间站天和核心舱径向端口。神舟二十号发射窗口时间恰逢第十个“中国航天日”。 China's Shenzhou-20 crewed spaceship successfully docked with the space station combination late on April 24, ...

适逢中老铁路国际旅客列车开行两周年之际，记者从中国铁路昆明局集团有限公司获悉，截至2025年4月12日，中老铁路国际旅客列车累计发送跨境旅客48.7万人次，覆盖全球112个国家和地区。 As of April 12, 2025, the China-Laos Railway has transported 487,000 cross-border passengers from 112 ...

What’s wishy-washy? As in this sentence: Trump is very wishy-washy on the issue of women’s rights, so it’s hard to pin him down on any stance. Donald Trump, that is, President of the United States.

2025年1月15日，国家卫生健康委等四部门联合印发《关于推进生育友好医院建设的意见》，提出将孕产期抑郁症筛查纳入常规孕产期保健服务和产后访视，早期识别孕产妇心理健康问题，及时干预或转诊。 A guideline document to advance efforts to build birth-friendly hospitals issued by the National Health ...

2025年1月21日，中共中央政治局常委、国务院副总理丁薛祥在瑞士达沃斯出席世界经济论坛2025年年会，发表题为“坚守多边主义正道 促进开放包容发展”的致辞。 Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist ...

中共中央、国务院近日印发了《教育强国建设规划纲要（2024—2035年）》。 The 2024-2035 master plan on building China into a leading country in education was jointly issued recently by the Communist Party of China Central Committee and ...