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one s brain child 某人的主意，某人想出来的 1

have a chip on one s shoulder 叫阵，叫板 2

clam up 守口如瓶，拒不开口，沉默不语 3

take someone to the cleaners 使人囊中如洗，一贫如洗 4

a cliff-hanger 扣人心弦的事情 5

fight the clock 争分夺秒，与时间赛跑 6

a clotheshorse 讲究穿戴的人 7

get hot under the collar发怒，怒气冲天 8

come thrugh with flying col-ors 干得出色，大获成功 9

show(reveal)one s true col-ors 露出真实面目，原形毕露 10

come up with 找出，想出，弄出，提出 11

jump to conclusions 仓促地下结论 12

to one s hearl s content 心满意足 13

lose one s cool 沉不住气 14

play it cool 不露声色，沉着冷静 15

be rotten to the core 坏透了，烂透了 16

cut corners 偷工减料，走捷径，图省事，节约 17

have a crush on someone 迷恋上某人 18

be a far cry from...与……相差甚远 19

chew the cud 好好琢磨琢磨 20

be cut out for...天生适合于…… 21

be completely in the dark 一无所知，仍蒙在鼓里 22

a blind date 初次约会 23

have seen better days 今非昔比 24

be out of one s depth 力所不及 25

give someone a dose of his own medicine 以其人之道还治其人之身 26

a drop in the bucket 沧海一粟 27

play dumb with someone 装聋作哑 28

be down in the dumps 垂头丧气的，神情沮丧的 29

make the dust fly 干得很起劲 30

go easy on ...酌情处理……；节约使用……；对……手下留情 31

egg someone on to do some-thing 怂恿，鼓动某人干某事 32

rub elbows with someone 和某人没有很深的交情 33

be at the end of one s tether 山穷水尽 34

be at one s wits end 不知如何是好 35

be at loose ends 心里没有着落 36

make both ends meet 收支平衡 37

be green with envy 羡慕极了 38

be of the essence 绝对不可少的，关键的 39

a poor apology for...蹩脚货，名不符实 40

make an exhibition of oneself 出洋相 41

keep an eye open 密切注视 42

see eye to eye with...与……意见一致 43

turn a blind eye to...装作没看见…… 44

feast one s eyes on...观赏……，一饱眼福 45

have a face that would stope a clock 奇丑无比 46

keep a straight face 板着脸 47

be fed up with...对……烦透了 48

fall for...迷恋上…… 49

be riding for a fall 自讨苦吃 50

play fast and loose with...敷衍了事，不正经干 51

play favorites with...对……有偏心眼 52

put out a feeler to do...试探……的反应 53

be dead on one s feet 精疲力尽 54

land on one s feet 安全摆脱困境 55

stand on one s feet 自食其力 56

sit on the fence 保持中立 57

play the field 不正经干 58

burn one s fingers 因管闲事而吃苦头 59

have sticky fingers 手不老实 60

keep one s fingers crossed 祈求成功 61

let something slip through one s fingers 眼睁睁地看着……跑掉 62

build a fire under someone 紧催促某人…… 63

have other fish to fry 有其它要紧事情做 64

a flash in the pan 昙花一现 65

a fly in the ointment 美中不足 66

be nobody s fool 不傻；精明 67

get off on the right foot 开门红 68

put one s foot down 气愤地表示反对 69

play footsy with...与……调情 70

marry a fortune 嫁给了有钱的人 71

as slv as a fox 非常狡滑 72

a dime a dozen 数不清，不稀罕 73

make free with...擅自使用…… 74

a freeloader 白吃白喝，爱占便宜的人 75

a fair-weather friend 不能同患难的朋友 76

get stage fright 怯场 77

add fuel to the flames 火上浇油 78

have a barrel of fun 极开心 79

make fun of someone 取笑某人 80

play to the gallery 哗众取宠，收买人心 81

gang up on someone 结伙对付某人 82

be in high gear 全力进行 83

get away with...逃脱惩罚 84

have the gimmies 患伸手病 85

give as good as one gets 不服输，不示弱 86

fit like a glove 恰到好处，非常合适 87

handle ...with kid gloves 小心，谨慎对待…… 88

get someone s 使人恼怒，惹人生气 89

for good 永远地 90

be too good to be true 好得令人难以相信 91

have the goods on someone 有某人犯罪的证据 92

goof off 偷懒耍滑 93

through the grapevine 道听途说 94

The grass is always greener on the other hill 这山望着那山高 95

use elbow grease 费很大的劲头 96

get the green light 得到批准 97

grin and bear it 一笑忍之 98

catch someone off guard 乘虚而入 99

hate somebody s guts 眼之入骨 100

kick the habit 戒除恶习 101

get in somebody s hair 惹恼某人 102

let one s hair down 无拘无束 103

without turning a hair 保持冷静的态度，不动声色 104

a half-wit 弱智者 105

bite the hand that feeds one 恩将仇报 106

gain the upper hand 占上风 107

have someone eating out of one s hand 使人完全服从某人的摆布 108

live from hand to mouth 勉强糊口 109

overplay one s hand 做得过火了 110

tip one s hand 无意中亮底 111

try one s hand at ...试着干…… 112

fly off the handle 大发雷霆 113

play into someone s hand 正中某人下怀 114

wash one s hands off some-thing 洗手不再干某事 115

get the hang of something 掌握某事的窍门 116

go haywire 乱了套 117

bury one s head in the sand 逃避现实 118

make neither head nor tail of...对……摸不着头脑 119

have one s head in the clouds 满脑子幻想 120

turn one s head 使某人自满 121

have one s heart set on...一心想要…… 122

one s heart in one s mouthe 吓得要命 123

not have the heart to do some-thing 不忍心去做 124

take something to heart 往心里去/认真接受意见等 125

be in the seventh heaven 高兴极了 126

move heaven and earth 想尽一切办法 127

cool one s heels 等得双脚发凉，久等 128

take to one s heels 逃走，踮丫子 129

shoot from the hip 信口开河 130

by hook or by crook 千方百计地，不择手段地 131

blow hot and cold 出尔反尔，喜怒无常 132

make it hot for...刁难某人 133

have the hots for someone 迷恋上某人 134

bring down the house 博得满堂喝彩 135

be over the hump 已渡过难关 136

have a hunch that...预感到…… 137

be hunky-dory 挺不错的 138

skate on thin ice 如履薄冰，冒风险 139

toy with the idea of...心里盘算要…… 140

No ifs,ands and buts 不要找任何的理由，借口 141

give someone an inch and he ll take a mile 得寸进尺 142

have many irons in the fire 同时有很多要紧的事情要做 143

be in a jam 陷入困境 144

jaywalk 横穿马路 145

in a jiffy 不大一会儿 146

have(a case of)the jitters 忐忑不安 147

keep up with the Joneses 与别人比阔 148

get a kick out of doing some-thing 从……得到很大的乐趣 149

take dindly to something/someone 愿意接受 150

kill someone with kindness 好得让人受不了 151

parade one s knowledge 卖弄学问 152

be at large 逍遥法外 153

rest on one s laurels 固步自封，吃老本儿 154

turn over a new leaf 洗新革面 155

have a hollow leg (喝酒)海量 156

pull soneone s leg 开某人的玩笑 157

keep someone at arm s length 与某人保持距离 158

let someone down 使某人失望 159

can t for the life of one 怎么……也不行 160

air one s linen in public 家丑外扬 161

keep a stiff upper lip 意志坚定，坚强不屈 162

be at loggerheads with...和……顶牛 163

a born loser 废物点心 164

louse up something 把某事搞得一团糟 165

not do ... for love or money 死也不会…… 166

feel a lump in one s throat 心里感到很难受 167

make do with ...用……凑合 168

the man in the street 普通的人 169

be one s own man 不受他人支配，自己管自己 170

steal a march on someone 抢在他人前面，暗渡陈仓 171

meat and drink 精神寄托 172

be at the mercy of 受……所支配 173

blow someone s mind 把某人搞得晕晕乎乎 174

have a good mind to do something 很想去干某事 175

have a one-track mind 死脑筋，一根筋 176

mind one s own affairs 少管闲事 177

wejgh on someone s mind 心事重重 178

be of two minds 拿不定主意 179

have money to burn 有花不完的钱 180

once in blue moon 千载难逢 181

be down in the mouth 垂头丧气 182

keep mum about something 对某事保持沉默，不吭声 183

face the music 承担后果，甘受责备 184

hit the nail on the heand 说到点子上 185

call someone names 辱骂某人 186

be neck and neck 不分上下 187

get up the nerve to ...鼓起勇气去…… 188

get on someone s nerves 使某人心烦 189

a nobody 无名之辈 190

lead someone around by the nose 牵着某人的鼻子走 191

poke one s nose into some-thing 乱打听别人的私事 192

be a notch above someone 略胜一筹 193

sit up and take notice of something/someone 对……刮目相看 194

have someone s number 知道某人的底细 195

be quick to take offnse 特别爱生气 196

have one too many 喝多了 197

be on the outs with someone 与……失和 198

a pain in the neck 使人讨厌的事情 199

grease someone s palm 向某人手里塞钱，贿赂 200

get peanuts 微不足道的钱 201

cast pearls before swine 对牛弹琴，明珠暗投 202

feel like a square peg in a round hole 感到格格不入，不适合 203

pinch pennies 节俭 204

rob Peter to pay Paul 拆东墙，补西墙 205

be no picnic 不是件轻松的事 206

sugar the pill 给点儿甜头安慰一下 207

be on pins and needles 坐立不安 208

put that in your pipe and smoke it 你好好考虑考虑吧 209

play up to someone 拍某人的马屁 210

take the plunge 踌躇一段时间之后断然决定去干事 211

play possum 装死 212

drop something like a hot po-tato 赶紧抛弃，放弃 213

sing someone s praises 颂扬某人 214

be past praying for 不可救药 215

be sitting pretty 享受安乐生活 216

pocket one s pride 放下架子 217

put someone up to ...唆使某人去…… 218

pop the question 求婚 219

call it quits 作罢 220

chew the rag 闲聊 221

fly into a rage 大发雷霆 222

break ranks with someone 与……分道扬镳 223

smell a rat 察觉可疑 224

beat a hasty retreat 急忙撤退 225

take someone for a ride 欺骗某人，玩弄某人的感情 226

rip someone off 敲某人的竹杠 227

be on the rocks 陷入困境；完蛋 228

rub it in 哪壶不开提哪壶 229

give someone the runaround 敷衍搪塞 230

be in a rut 千篇一律，一筹莫展 231

play it safe 小心谨慎 232

safe and sound 安全无事 233

the salt of the earth 好心肠的人，没有坏心眼的人 234

take something with a grain of salt 听话打折扣，不能轻信 235

tip the scales 扭转局势 236

throw someone off the scent 转移某人的视线 237

start from scratch 从零开始，白手起家 238

talk sense into someone 开导某人 239

an open sesame 法宝，秘诀；关键 240

the lion s share 最大的一份，绝大部分 241

the black sheep of the family 有辱门楣的人 242

take a shine to someone 一见就中意 243

give someone the shirt off one s back 为某人慷慨解囊，毫不吝啬地接济某人 244

lose one s shirt 输得精光 245

know where the shoe pinches 知道问题所在 246

a shot in the dark 瞎猜 247

give someone the cold shoul-der 冷待某人 248

steal the show 喧宾夺主，偷戏 249

side with someone 与某人站在一起，支持某人 250

have a memory like a sieve 记性太差 251

out of a clear blue sky 意想不到 252

make a slip of the tongue 说走嘴 253

be on the sly 办事狡猾 254

for a song 以极低的价钱，廉价地 255

sound someone out 试探某人的意见 256

call a spade a spade 有什么就说什么 257

spick and span 干干净净 258

go for a spin 出去兜风 259

spine -chilling 令人毛骨悚然 260

The spirit is willing,but the flesh is weak 心有余而力不足 261

win one s spurs 受到赏识 262

put the squeeze on someone 对某人施加压力 263

stand up to someone 与某人大胆对抗 264

thank one s lucky stars 感到万幸 265

get off to a flying start 来了个开门红 266

go steady with someone 与异性稳步发展关系 267

watch one s step 当心 268

a stick-in-the-mud 老古董 269

be a stickler 吹毛求疵的人 270

turn someone s stomach 令人作呕 271

fall between two stools 鸡飞蛋打 272

weather the storm 渡过难关 273

harp on the same old string 老调重弹 274

have someone dancing on a string 任意摆布某人 275

pull strings for someone 为某人走后门，幕后操纵 276

be stuck on someone 迷恋上某人 277

to sweet-talk someone into(out of) doing...甜言蜜语地让某人做(不做)…… 278

be in full swing 达到高潮，全面展开 279

be asleep at the swithc 玩忽职守 280

suit...to a T对……再合适不过了 281

turn the tables 扭转局势 282

drink someone under the table 把某人灌醉 283

keep tabs on something/someone掌握情况，密切注视 284

keep someone down a notch 挫某人的傲气 285

take it out on someone 拿别人出气 286

an old wives s tale 无稽之谈 287

be the talk of the town 满城风雨 288

leave a bad taste in some-one s mouth 给人留下不好的印象 289

crocodile tears 假惺惺的眼泪 290

lose one s temper 发脾气，动肝火 291

throngh thick and thin 有甘也有苦 292

have another think coming 大错特错 293

thin-skinned 神经过敏 294

jump down someone s throat 严厉训斥某人，让某人受不了 295

sitck out like a sore thumbt 特别扎眼 296

be all thumbs 笨手笨脚 297

turn thumbs down on ...不赞成……，反对…… 298

twiddle one s thumbs 无所事事 299

beat someone s time with someone 勾引别人的女朋友 300

on the tip of someone s tongue 就在嘴边上 301

hold one s tongue 保持沉默 302

keep a civil tongue in one s head 说话有礼貌 303

blow one s top 勃然大怒 304

carry a torch for someone 单方想念某人 305

have the Midas touch 有生财的运气；手气好 306

be touch and go 万分危险 307

throw in the towel 认输 308

have the inside track for something 处于有利的地位 309

keep track of something/someone 掌握……的情况 310

be on a gravy train 走运，有赚钱的机会 311

have a mind like a steel trap 头脑特别快 312

bark up the wrong tree 弄错目标 313

be too uqick on the trigger 操之过急，行动过于仓促 314

ask for trouble 自我麻烦 315

blow one s own rtumpet 自吹自擂 316

not give someone a tumble 不理睬某人 317

talk turkey 打开天窗说亮话 318

not say uncle 拒不认错，不服输 319

take a dim view of...对……抱悲观态度；不赞同…… 320

walk all over someone 任意欺侮某人 321

drive someone to the wall 把某人逼得走投无路 322

drive someone up the wall 把某人搞得心烦意乱 323

be in hot water 陷入困境 324

like water off a duck s back 满不在乎，不起作用 325

meet one s Waterloo 惨败 326

fish in troubled waters 混水摸鱼 327

make waves 兴风作浪 328

have a way with something/someone 有应付……的办法 329

pave the way for...为……铺平道路 330

cut both ways 互有利弊 331

feel under the weather 身体不适 332

blow the whistle 警告；禁止 333

bleed someone white 榨干血汗 334

get wind of something 得到风声 335

take someone under one s wing 庇护某人 336

can t see the woods for the trees 见树不见林 337

pull the wool over someone s eyes 蒙骗某人 338

not breathe a word 不吐露一个字 340

put in a good word for...为……说句好话 340

not get a word in edgeways 插不上话 341

eat one s words 收回自己的话 342

have words with...与……吵嘴 343

have the world before one 前途远大 344

put in an appearance 露个面 345

sharpen one s appetite 开胃，吊胃口 346

the apple of someone s eye 某人的掌上明珠 347

an apple polisher 马屁精，阿谀奉承者 348

a piece of cake 易如反掌，小菜一碟 349

upset someone s apple-cart 破坏某人的计划 349

a poor apology for 有名无实 350

cool someone s ardor 使某人的心凉半截 351

twist someone s arm 对某人采取强制手段 352

be up in arms 满腔怒火 353

dance attendance on ...对……大献殷勤 354

a rude awakening 如梦初醒 355

have an axe to grind 心怀叵测 356

like a babe in the woods 盲然不知所从，一无所知 357

behind someone s back 在某人的背后 358

have one s back to the wall 进退维谷 359

know ... like the back of one s hand 对……了如指掌 360

stab someone in the back 背后捅刀子 361

turn one s back on someone 不理睬某人 362

turn one s back on something 放弃某事 363

go from bad to worse 越来越坏 364

bail someone out 把某人从困境中解救出来 365

climb on the bandwagon 赶浪头，倒向哪一边 366

the bane of one s existence 讨债鬼 367

one s bark is worse than his bite 刀子嘴，豆腐心 368

scrape the bottom of the bar-rel 讨些剩饭吃 369

be half the battle 等于胜了一半 370

keep somebody at bay 不让对方靠近，牵制住某人 371

be off the beam 走歪门斜道，步入歧途 372

a bean pole 细高个儿 373

get one s bearings 知道自己的方位 374

no bed of roses 生活不轻松 375

have a bee in one s bonnet 鬼迷心窍 376

beef 发牢骚 377

make a beeline for ...朝着……一直走下去 378

Beggars can t be choosers. 讨饭者不能挑肥拣瘦 379

bellyche 满腹牢骚 380

hit below the belt 卑鄙，暗箭中伤 381

tighten one s belt 勒紧裤带 382

give someone a wide berth 回避，敬而远之 383

bill and coo 谈情说爱 384

fill the bill 凑合 385

foot the bill 付款 386

A bird hand is worth two in the bush.双鸟在林不如一鸟在手 387

The early bird catches the worm.捷足先登 388

eat like a bird 饭量很小 389

the birds and the bees 性知识 390

be for the birds 极其无聊，欲不可耐 391

bite off more than one can chew 力不从心 392

in black and white 白纸黑字 393

draw a blank 落空 394

a wet blanket 令人扫兴的人或物 395

a blessing in disguise 因祸得福 396

be on the blink 发生故障 397

bad blood 消除不掉的恶感 398

get in one s blood 上瘾 399

make someone s blood boil 使人大为恼火 400

make someone s blood run cold 令人毛骨悚然 401

a late bloomer 大器晚成 402

blow something 使某事化为泡影 403

sing the blues 心情低落 404

be in the same boat 处境相同 405

miss the boat on 坐失良机 406

a bolt form the blue 晴天霹雳 407

a bone of contention 急吵的原因 408

have a bone to pick with someone 对……有意见 409

make no bones about 对……满不在乎 410

be one for the books 简直是太……了 411

lick someone s boots 拍某人的马屁 412

bore someone to death 使某人烦得要死 413

bow and scrape 点头哈腰 414

be nothing to brag about 没什么了不起 415

one s bread and butter 饭碗 416

make a clean breast of...坦白交待……，全盘托出 417

save one s breath 保持沉默 418

waste one s breath 浪费口舌 419

shoot the breeze 闲聊 420

burn one s bridges behind one 背水一战 421

be as broad as it is long 背着抱着一样沉 422

go for broke 豁出去 423

give someone the brush off 把某人打发走 424

buckle down 鼓足干劲 425

bite the bullet 下定决心；咬紧牙关 426

a country pumpkin 乡巴佬 427

give someone goose bumps 让某人起鸡皮疙瘩 428

beat around the bush 说话兜圈子 429

do a land-office business 生意大为兴隆 430

mean business 动真格的，正经地 431

mind one s own business 少管闲事 432

butter someone up 巴结某人 433

have butterflies in one s stom-ach 忐忑不安 434

a social butterfly 交际花 435

push the paic button 惊慌失措 436

give somebody a buzz 给某人挂个电话 437

raise Cain 大吵大闹 438

sell like hot cakes 卖得很快 440

You can t eat your cake and have it.两者不可兼得 441

can t hold a candle to some-one 不能跟某人比 442

go paddle one s own canoe 不管他人瓦上霜 443

have one s cap set for some-one 追求男人 444

have the cards stacked against someone 处于不利状况 445

lay one s cards on the table 打开天窗说亮话 446

play one s cards close to the chest 竭力不动声色 447

have a card up one s sleeve 胸中有数，胸有成竹 448

call someone on the carpet 严厉批评、指责某人 449

the cat has someone s tongue 舌头不好使 450

let the cat out of the bag 泄密 451

throw caution to the winds 不顾一切 452

be itching for a chance to do...很想找个机会试一试…… 453

an outside chance 一线希望 454

have a change of heart 改变心情 455

a wild-goose chase 徒劳的追求，白跑腿 456

chicke out 由于胆怯而收兵 457

count one s chicken before they are hatched 如意算盘打得太早，高兴得太早 458

a chow-hound 嘴馋的人，馋猫 459

be on cloud nine 高兴得飘飘然 460

be in the clover 生活富裕，过得舒服 461

weigh on someone s con-science 某人良心不安 462

Too many cooks splil the broth.厨师太多烧坏汤 463

keep one s own counsel 不露心计 464

till the cows come home 直到猴年马月 465

speak off the cuff 即席讲话 466

be sb s cup of tea 爱好 467

cut and run 抛开一切逃跑 468

give somebody a dressing down 严厉训斥 469

a drug on the market 滞销产品 470

as dry as dust 枯燥无味 471

Easier said than done.说时容易做时难 472

take it easy 轻松地干 473

an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth 以眼还眼，以牙还牙 474

not bat an eye 泰然自若 476

There is more to something than meets the eye.表面上看不出来 476

One s eyes are bigger than one s stomach.眼大肚子 477

feed one s face 吃饭 478

till one is blue in the face 嘴唇都磨破了 479

the fat is in the fire 为时已晚，欲罢不能 480

play second liddle to some-one 给某人当二把手 481

snap one s fingersat some-one 瞧不起某人 482

play with fire 玩火 483

drink like a fish 大喝，贪杯 484

be neither fish nor fowl 不伦不类 485

put one s foot in one s mouth 说话走了嘴 486

give somebody the gate 让某人滚蛋 487

as silent as the grave 非常寂静 488

get out of hand 失去控制力 489

have a hand in something 参与某事 490

have one s hands full 忙得不可开交 491

have something on one s hands 有待处理 492

lie down on the job 在工作中偷懒 493

go to someone s head 冲昏头脑 494

give somedody a free hand to do something 给某人自由去处理某事 495

be sick at heart 心里非常难受 497

keep one s head above water 经济上过得去 498

look high and low 到处都找遍了 498

a white lie 没有恶意的谎言 499

know the ropss 精通业务 500