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Even in anything-goes San Francisco, his lack of footwear prompted curious stares. His photo was snapped, and he heard one runner grumble, “I just don’t want the guy without shoes to beat me.”


Cellphone. I occasionally grumble about Verizon, but never about its network; the signal stands head and shoulders above the other companies.



head and shoulders above
If someone or something is head and shoulders above other people or things, they are a lot better than them:
There's no competition - they're head and shoulders above the rest.

"有一種聲言去頭皮屑的洗頭水，牌子名為Head and Shoulders（頭與肩膀），有沒有效我不知道，但那牌子名稱其實是個有趣的文字遊戲：「頭與肩膀」 固然是常見頭皮屑的地方，而英文成語 head and shoulders above則有「遠遠勝過」的意思，例如：His achievements are head and shoulders above mine（他的成就遠勝於我）。洗頭水以head and shoulders為名，無疑是自誇第一。"

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anything-goes
凡是可想做就做


grumble Show phonetics
verb [I]
1 to complain about someone or something in an annoyed way:
She spent the evening grumbling to me about her job.
[+ speech] "You never hang your coat up, " she grumbled.

2 If your stomach grumbles, it makes a low continuous noise, usually because you are hungry.

grumble Show phonetics
noun [C usually plural]
a complaint:
If I hear any more grumbles about the food, you can do the cooking yourself!

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Head and Shoulders

Patterns resembling the head and shoulders outline of a person, which is used to chart stock price trends. The pattern signals the reversal of a trend. As prices move down to the right shoulder, a head and shoulders top is formed, meaning that prices should be falling. A reverse head and shoulders pattern has the head at the bottom of the chart, meaning that prices should be rising. See chart on next page.