black market

Meaning: A system of buying and selling illegal goods or goods at illegal prices or quantities.

Language: English

Literally: (Already vivid in English)

Category: Daily Life

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• blow hot and cold — To have mixed or inconsistent feelings about something.
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• blue — Sad.

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• bomb — To fail completely.
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