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