Conduct and Behaviour品格及行为 1
1 bite the hand that feeds one 1
2 the black sheep of the family 2
3 blow one's own trumpet 4
4 blow the coals 5
5 break the eggs in somebody's pocket 6
6 cook someone's goose 7
7 a dog in the manger 8
8 get somebody by the short hair 9
9 give somebody the edge of one's tongue 10
10 have clean hands 11
11 have a finger in the pie 12
12 keep someone at an arm's length 13
13 keep a straight face 15
14 let the cat out of the bag 16
15 make an ass of oneself 17
16 make somebody's hair stand on end 18
17 make something out of thin air 19
18 mend one's way 20
19 pull someone's 21
20 put the saddle on the wrong side 22
21 shed crocodile's tears 23
22 show someone the back door 24
23 stand in somebody's light 25
24 step on someone's toes 26
25 take a back seat 27
26 take a leaf out of somebody's book 28
27 throw dirt at somebody 29
28 throw a wet blanket on somebody 30
29 turn over a new leaf 31
30 a wolf in sheep's clothing 32
31 up with the lark 33
Work and Managing Matters工作及处事 34
32 be on the bench 34
33 bite the tongue 35
34 break a fly on the wheel 37
35 bring down the house 38
36 count one's chicken before they are hatched 39
37 flog a dead horse 40
38 give someone the green light 41
39 go up in the world 42
40 have a bee in one's bonnet 43
41 have something black and white 44
42 have too many irons in the fire 45
43 have two strings to one's bow 46
44 hold a candle to the sun 47
45 kill two birds with one stone 48
46 let a person stew in his own juice 50
47 lick somebody's boot 51
48 like a hen on a hot girdle 52
49 make bricks without straw 53
50 make soneone redundant 54
51 one's fingers are all thumbs 55
52 pay lip service 56
53 pay somebody back in his own coin 57
54 play one's trump card 58
55 play second fiddle 59
56 pull one's socks up 60
57 pull one's punches 61
58 put all one's eggs in one basket 62
59 put one's foot down 63
60 put one's shoulder to the wheel 64
61 put the cart before the horse 65
62 roll one's sleeves up 66
63 sit on the fence 67
64 stick to one's gun 69
65 straight from the horse's mouth 70
66 strike while the iron is hot 71
67 take the bread out of someone's mouth 72
68 up to one's ears in work 73
69 vote with one's feet 74
70 wet behind the ears 75
Trouble and Difficulties烦恼及困难 76
71 bark up the wrong tree 76
72 be Greek to someone 77
73 be in the clouds 78
74 between the devil and the deep blue sea 79
75 break the ice 80
76 bury one's head in the sand 81
77 cry on somebody's shoulder 82
78 cry over spilt milk 84
79 fish in the troubled waters 85
80 get hold of the wrong end of the stick 86
81 a hard nut to crack 87
82 have butterflies in one's stomach 89
83 have one's heart in one's mouth 90
84 have something on the tip of one's tongue 91
85 lie in a bed of thorn 92
86 live on one's own fat 93
87 look for a needle in a bundle of hay 94
88 make the feathers fly 95
89 paint oneself into a corner 96
90 pour oil on the fire 97
91 pour oil on troubled waters 98
92 put the cat among the pigeons 99
93 sugar the pill 101
94 take the bull by the horns 102
95 wake up a sleeping dog 103
Money and Wealth金钱及财富 104
96 be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth 104
97 burn a hole in one's pocket 105
98 cut one's coat according to one's cloth 106
99 grind thd faces of the poor 107
100 keep one's head above water 108
101 live from hand to mouth 109
102 a pig in a poke 110
103 play ducks and drakes 111
104 tighten one's belt 112
Miscellaneous杂类 113
105 the apple of one's eye 113
106 beat somebody black and blue 115
107 burn the midnight oil 116
108 cast pearls before swine 117
109 catch somebody red-handde 118
110 every cloud has a silver lining 119
111 fight tooth and nail 120
112 go at it hammer and tongs 121
113 keep one's fingers crossed 122
114 let sleeping dogs lie 124
115 look before you leap 125
116 once in a blue moon 126
117 pat someone on the back 127
118 rain cats and dogs 128
119 roll out the red carpet 129
120 a rolling stone gathers no moss 130