0914（精制中英字幕）每日一听（NBC Nightly）英语学习

What is A Fall From Grace mean?

idiom. a situation in which you do something that makes people in authority stop liking you or admiring you: The judge's fall from grace gave his enemies great satisfaction.

dole out

distribute, dispense, divide, deal, dole out mean to give out, usually in shares, to each member of a group. distribute implies an apportioning by separation of something into parts, units, or amounts.

claw back

phrasal verb of claw

(of a government) recover money disbursed in the form of an allowance or benefit, typically by taxation.

"the government is trying to claw back the pay raises"

on hand

phrase of hand

present, especially for a specified purpose.

"her trainer was on hand to give advice"

Hot rods are typically American cars that might be old, classic, or modern and that have been rebuilt or modified with large engines optimised for speed and acceleration. One definition is: "a car that's been stripped down, souped up and made to go much faster."

What is it called to make an example out of someone?

phrase. To make an example of someone who has done something wrong means to punish them severely as a warning to other people not to do the same thing.