fall between two stools

見 stool

fall foul (或主北美a foul)of

come into conflict with and be undermined by

與…沖突；遭…破壞

any commitment of resources is likely to fall foul of government cash limitations.

任何財(cái)力投入都可能與政府現(xiàn)金管制有矛盾。

fall in (或 into) line

conform with others or with accepted behaviour

與他人一致；符合行為規(guī)范

fall in (或 out of) love (with someone)

fall into place

(of a series of events or facts) begin to make sense or cohere

（一系列事件或事實(shí)）開始明晰（或銜接）起來

once he knew what to look for, the theory fell quickly into place.

一旦他明白要找的東西，這理論很快就派上用場了。

fall on stony ground

once he knew what to look for, the theory fell quickly into place.

一旦他明白要找的東西，這理論很快就派上用場了。

fall over oneself to do something

(informal)be excessively eager to do something

(非正式)極想做某事

critics and audiences fell over themselves to compliment him.

評論家和觀眾趨之若鶩地恭維他。

fall short (of)

(of a missile) fail to reach its target

（導(dǎo)彈）未擊中目標(biāo)

fall to pieces

fall victim to

take the fall

(N. Amer. informal)receive blame or punishment, typically in the place of another person

(北美，非正式)代人受過；當(dāng)替罪羊

fall about

(Brit. informal)laugh uncontrollably

(英，非正式)抑制不住地大笑

fall apart (或 to pieces)

break up, come apart, or disintegrate

結(jié)束；分裂；解體；崩潰

their marriage is likely to fall apart.

他們的婚姻有可能破裂。

fall back on

have recourse to when in difficulty

（困難時(shí)）求助于；依靠

they normally fell back on one of three arguments.

他們通常借助三個(gè)論據(jù)之一。