◆to lick your wounds休养生息；重整旗鼓
They've had a couple of days to lick their wounds after back-to-back losses to New Jersey and Washington.在连续输掉了对新泽西队和华盛顿队的比赛后, 他们休整了两三天。
U2 licked their wounds after failing to lift any of the MTV awards.U2乐队在音乐电视大奖上颗粒无收, 只能回去重整旗鼓了。