揭开面纱，揭露真相

gilding the lily───v.画蛇添足

ring the bell───鸣钟；按门铃

take the veil───当修女

a sting in the tail───尾刺

reinventing the wheel───白费力气做重复工作

bring the bill───把帐单拿来

fill the void───填补空白

Foreign donors have promised billions of dollars in aid for the country. Here a young Afghan woman smiles after lifting her veil while waiting to receive food aid. (AFP).───国外救济有望达到数十亿美元。图为一名年轻的阿富汗妇女揭开面纱，微笑中等待接受食品援助。(法新社)。

they say lifting the veil of secrecy is one important step toward lifting the "oil curse."───他们还说，掀开保密的帷幕是解除“石油诅咒”的重要一步。

I have , as it were , a superstitious hesitation in lifting the veil that clings about my childhood like a golden mist .───我的童年被一层金色薄雾般的面纱笼罩着，同以往一样，现在要让我揭开它，心里还是有一些犹豫。

Two factors have been instrumental in lifting the veil of misunderstanding.───揭开这层曲解的面纱的是两个因素。

"The brain works on a circuit board, " says Helen Mayberg of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, whose team is lifting the veil on DBS.───佐治亚州亚特兰大埃默里大学的海伦.梅贝格说，“大脑是工作在电路板上的”，他的团队是揭开DBS的面纱。

Physician-patient relationship v. Consumer-provider relationship: lifting the veil of the debate───医患关系与消费者-经营者关系：揭开争论的面纱

Lifting the veil of the corporation───揭开公司面纱

lifting the veil of corporate───揭开公司的面纱

Watson deserves credit for lifting the veil of secrecy surrounding Brenda's death.