5have/get the goods on somebodyAmerican EnglishAmEPROVE to have or find proof that someone is guilty of a crime 掌握某人的把柄,找到某人的罪证
Face it, Bukowski, we got the goods on you!
承认吧,布科夫斯基,我们找到你的罪证了!
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have/get the goods on somebody• It is get the goods on him.• The two detectives went undercover to get the goods on the Parducci family.
6damaged goodssomeone whose actions mean that they no longer have a good effect or influence on something 祸水,败类,害群之马
After the scandal, he was considered damaged goods by the party.
丑闻发生以后,他在党内被视为害群之马。
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damaged goods• She didn't, but something about the way she moved confirmed my suspicion that she saw herself as damaged goods.• We all pass through this life as damaged goods, and the repair work is ongoing.• On 5 September a creditnote No. 19 was received from A. Creditor in respect of damaged goodsvalued £5.00 returned by the hotel.• If there was actualcombustion of the damaged goods, however caused, there has been damage by fire.
electrical/industrial/agricultural etc goods• You can shop for bargains in clothes, cameras and electrical goods in modernmalls.• Fireplaces, interior doors and electrical goods have been taken from the new houses at Woodbrook, off the lower Galliagh Road.• Retailturnover was up 28 percent, and in some branches, such as vehicles and electrical goods, by more than half.• The effectiverate of protection for steel, vehicles and electrical goods, however, went much higher, up to 300 percent.• Deathtraps: Coroner's warning over second hand electrical goods.• It was expected that, as a first step, tariffs on industrial goods would be reduced by one-third to 30 percent.
stolen goods• Then there was the possibility of the silver on sale at the Saturday morning market being stolen goods.• Insurance companies started hiring him to find stolen goods and investigatefalseclaims.• It means that when we find stolen goods, we can automatically reunite them with their owners.• Police searching the plaintiff's premises for stolen goodsseized goods which they mistakenly thought to be stolen.• Rootham, of TowerGreen, Middlesbrough, also admittedtheft and handling stolen goods.• Jacqueline MacPherson faced a charge of handling stolen goods.• It seemed that he acted as a receiver of stolen goods ...• Nobody goes down to Zia to confiscate the stolen goods so the owner can redeem them.
From Longman Business Dictionary
goodsgoods /gʊdz/ noun [plural]
1COMMERCEMANUFACTURINGthings that are produced in order to be used or sold
North Korea has no hard currency reserves to buy goods.
The strike is expected to delay payments to companies that sell goods to the government.
Suppliers have refused to ship goods since the company filed for bankruptcy last month.
If Mexico develops its economy, it will export goods and not its workers.
Manaus became a free-trade zone where companies could freely import goods and components.
2British EnglishBrETRANSPORTheavy things that are carried by road, train etcSYN FREIGHT
The report criticises the transport industry for the distances over which goods are moved by road.