keep one's powder dry
[ki:p wʌnz ˈpaudə drai]

释义

做好准备以对付可能出现的情况；准备万一；

权威例句

And Keep Your Powder Dry:An Anthropologist Looks at America
Let's keep our Olympic powder dry, for now
CHEIKA'S RISKY DERBY GAMBLE; Blues Keep Powder Dry with Eye on Quins Clash
Dems keep powder dry; Nat'l GOP spends bigger in race for Hyde's old seat.(News)(Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee)
What's Selling / Retail: Keep Your Powder Dry and Your Paper Short, One Buyer Says.
Fight Fans Keep Their Powder Dry
This Is No Western Shoot-Out; GAVIN WANTS TO KEEP POWDER DRY; GAA: DUBLIN V KERRY: ALL-IRELAND SENIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINAL
RACING: Percussionist Strikes Right Chord ; Classics Countdown Ballydoyle Team Keep Their Powder Dry for Epsom as Gosden Saddles Imp...
Pakistan's Calculated Provocations:
Football: Champions League: Chelsea Keep Powder Dry for Bigger Battles ; Chelsea 0 Paris St-Germain 0