1. a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush 一鳥在手,勝似二鳥在林 2. a chip off the old block 子肖其父 3. a chip on one's shoulder 肩頭的木片 4.a slap in the face 臉上挨了一耳光(公然受辱) 5. a thorn in someone's side 腰上的荊棘(芒刺在背) 6.a stick in the mud 爛泥中的樹枝 7.a smoke screen 煙幕 8. a turn coat 反穿皮襖的人(叛徒) 9.an uphill battle 上坡作戰(在逆境中求勝) 10.a weight off my shoulders 放下肩頭重擔 11.an ace up my sleeve 袖裏的王牌 12.an open and shut case明顯的事件 13.ants in one's pants 褲襠裏有螞蟻(坐立不安) 14.back in the saddle重上馬鞍(重整旗鼓) 15.back on track重上軌道(改過自新) 16.ball and chain 鐵球鐵鏈,甜蜜的枷(老婆) 17. beat a dead horse 鞭打死馬令其賓士(徒勞) 18.beaten by the ugly stick 被醜杖打過(生得難看) 19.beggar can't be choosers 討飯的談不上挑三揀四 20.bet on it 下這一注穩贏(有把握,無疑)
21.between a rack and a hard place 進退維谷 22.bigger fish to fry 有更大的魚要炸(有更重要的事要辦) 23.bite off more than one can chew 貪多嚼不爛 24.birds of a feather flock together 羽毛相同的鳥總飛成一群 25.blow up in you face 在眼前爆炸(事情完全弄砸了) 26.break a let 折斷一條腿(表演真實,演出成功) 27.bull in a china shop 瓷器店裏的蠻牛 28.bug somebody 使人討厭 29.burn brides 燒橋(過河拆橋) 30.burst your bubble 紮破泡泡(打破人的幻想,煞風景) 31. bury one's head in the sand把頭埋在沙裏(自欺欺人) 32.buy the farm買下農場(歸道山,死了) 33.can't teach an old dog new tricks老狗學不會新把戲 34.call it a night一日事畢,可以睡覺了 35.cross that bridge when we come to it 到了橋頭就過橋 36.circle the wagons把篷車圍成一圈(嚴陣以待) 37. cash in my chips兌換籌碼(睡覺,就寢) 38.come down in bucket傾盆大雨 39.cool your lips冷靜下來 40. count your chickens before they hatch 蛋還沒孵化,先數小雞
41.buy the farm買下農場(歸道山,死了) 42.cost someone an arm and a leg要花上一條胳膊一條腿(代價昂貴) 43.cry over spilled milk 為潑了牛奶而哭 44. cushion the blow 給墊著點兒(說話綿軟一點,以免打擊太重 45.cut to the chase 抄捷徑去追獵物(不繞圈子,開門見山,單刀直入) 46.daily grind 例行苦事,每天得幹的苦工 47.days are numbered 來日無多 48.hold your breath 憋著呼吸(別期望太高) 49.don't look a gift horse in the mouth (收人禮物別嫌好道歹) 50.every cloud has a silver lining 烏雲也有銀邊 51.downhill from here 從此都是下坡路(自此每況愈下) 52.fender bender 撞彎保險杠的車禍(小車禍) 53.fight tooth and nail 爪牙並施,拚命抵抗 54.fish out of water 如魚離水 55.full throttle 加足馬力 56.get a foot in the door 一腳已經進了門裏(獲得立足點,占一份) 57.get off on the wrong foot 起步便錯(第一印象不佳) 58.flash in the pan 淘金盆裏的反光(空歡喜一場,好景不長) 59.get the ball rolling 讓球滾起來(動起手來) 60.get/give the green light 綠燈亮了(獲准行動)
61.get up on the wrong side of the bed 起床下錯邊 62.give the shirt off one's back 連襯衫都肯脫給人 63.go one step too far 多走了一步(做得太過分了) 64.go out on a limb 爬高枝(擔風險) 65.go overboard 過火 66.go to hell in a hand basket 坐著吊籃下地獄(一壞不可收拾 67.go to one's head 上頭上臉,衝昏頭腦. 高興過頭 68.go under 沉沒(破產) 69.grasp for straws 抓稻草 70have one's cake and eat it too 既想留著蛋糕,又想吃 71. hindsight is 20/20 事後的先見之明 72.hit the books 撞書(用功) 73.hold a candle to 給他拿蠟燭都不配 74.hold your horses 勒住你的馬(慢來) 75.hang somebody out to dry / put all the blames to sb else / leave sb holding the bag 76.in one's back pocket 在某人褲子後口袋裏(是某人的囊中之物) 77.in the lime light 站在聚光燈圈裏(出風頭) 78.it's Greek to me 希臘文(天書) 79.joined at the hip 連體嬰(死黨,從不分開的兩個人) 80. jump the gun 槍未響先偷跑(搶先)
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