1.
If not, refusal would be certain.
否则的话，肯定会碰钉子。
2.
give a person the brushoff
使某人碰钉子,严厉拒绝某人
3.
A dishonest person is bound to meet with setbacks sooner or later.
不老实的人非碰钉子不可。
4.
He'd let me down more than once so the next time he asked me for a favour I gave him the brush - off.
他已不止一次难为我，因此下次他求我帮助时，我也让他碰碰钉子。
5.
get the (big)bird
(演员等)被嘘，被喝倒采; 被奚落，被嘲笑，碰钉子;被解雇，被免职，被开除
6.
Why do you repulse me?
你为什么给我钉子碰哪？
7.
He was once crossed.
有一次，他碰了钉子。
8.
He has pulled in his horns since that setback.
碰了钉子以后，他收敛些了。
9.
I wish something would happen to puncture her ego, ie lessen her conceit.
她自以为是, 我希望让她碰个钉子.
10.
Don't blame me if you come back with a flea in your ear!
你要是碰了钉子回来可别怪我。
11.
But if we select the right flank and hit a snag, nothing will be achieved.
选在右翼，碰在敌人的钉子上，不能奏效。
12.
It was silly to disagree with him.
跟他唱反调简直是自己找钉子碰。
13.
I can't hammer this nail into the wall; either it's bent or I must have struck a brick.
这颗钉子我敲不进墙，也许钉子弯了，要么我必定是碰上了砖头。
14.
Our proposal was again rebuffed, probably for the same reasons.
可能由于同样原因，我们的建议又一次碰了钉子。
15.
He did speak yesterday--that is, he wrote, and was refused.
昨天他提过--那就是说，他写过信，而且也碰了钉子。
16.
The succession of rebuffs he had suffered in the platoon had made him more wily.
他在侦察排里碰到的一连串钉子，使他学乖了。
17.
In snubbing John she only gave him a dose of his own medicine.
她让约翰碰了个钉子，只是以其人之道，还治其人之身罢了。
18.
Ever since Qin rebuffed him, Wang longed for revenge.
金旺自从碰了小芹的钉子以后，每分怀恨，总想设法报一报仇。