快速记忆
devil [‘devl] n. 魔鬼，恶魔
devil 恶魔 ←倒序词→ lived 活着
eg. In fairy tales, a devil always lives an evil life.
在童话故事里，恶魔总是过着邪恶的生活。
——摘自《快速记忆英语单词 口袋书》
常见短语
关于 “devil“（魔鬼）的更多短语，附带中文解释：
- devil‘s advocate: 抱怨者，辩护者
- Deal with the devil: 与魔鬼交易
- devilish grin: 邪恶的笑容
- Dance with the devil: 与魔鬼共舞
- devil may care: 不在乎，漫不经心
- Speak of the devil: 说曹操，曹操到
- Like the devil: 飞快地，非常迅速
- The devil is in the details: 魔鬼在细节中
- The devil you know: 你熟悉的魔鬼，即舒适的选择
- Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t: 知己知彼，百战不殆
- Go to the devil: 去死，去见鬼
- devilishly handsome: 魅力四射
- Raise hell: 搞破坏，制造麻烦
- Play devil‘s advocate: 充当抱怨者，提出异议
- Sell your soul to the devil: 出卖灵魂给魔鬼
- The devil‘s workshop: 闲人是魔鬼的工作室
- Drive someone to the devil: 逼迫某人走向毁灭
- A devil of a time: 难以忍受的困难时刻
- The devil take the hindmost: 青出于蓝，胜出者得全
- The devil‘s in for a penny, in for a pound: 做事就要做到底
- Speak the devil‘s name and he’s sure to appear: 说魔鬼的名字，他就会出现
- A devil of a mess: 一团糟的局面
- Go to the devil and shake yourself: 去死吧，不要再惹事
- The devil is not so black as he is painted: 魔鬼并没有被描绘得那么黑
- The devil is in the habit of disguising himself as an angel of light: 魔鬼常常披着光明使者的外衣
