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A sting in the tail 煞风景
    2021-02-01  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

A: Hi, Mike, how was your holiday?

B: It was great, but it had a sting in the tail.

A: What happened?

B: When we got home we discovered our house had been broken into.

Note: If something such as a remark or a plan has a sting in the tail, it seems good at first but contains an unpleasant part at the end. This is in reference to a scorpion, which is small and looks harmless, but has a poisonous sting in its tail.

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