a cicada casting off its skin -- to do a quick change; a cicada leaving behind its cast-off part in molting; a cicada sloughing off its skin -- an escape by strategy; a disappearance act from an entangled situation; a scheme to get away; escape by cunning maneuvering; escape like a cicada casting off its skin; escape secretly; give the slip; make good one's escape (in ensuing confusion); slip away by casting off one's cloak; slip away in the ensuing chaos; slip out of a predicament like a cicada sloughing its skin; stratagem for slinking off
Related Translations:
移花接木金蝉脱壳: escape running into danger only at the expense of other innocent people
Example Sentences:
1.
This choreographed pas de deux prevented the issue overwhelming all others 这出“双簧”演技虽然不咋的，却收到“金蝉脱壳”之功。
2.
Then owen is about to trade the plate with " black bear " james kim a top dog of the counterfeit organization , lam and his girls break in to thwart the deal , but owen escapes with the plates in the nick of time . meanwhile , lam bumps into jj in korea , and the pair decide to work together to take back the plates and split the reward 但被机警的owen发觉，双方在火车站展开激战，纠缠间owen的衣袖被车门夹著， owen身悬车外被列车拖行，贵仁在车厢内扯住owen衣袖，本以为可将他制住岂料列车到达月台后却是另一边车门开启， owen趁机施展金蝉脱壳逃去。
