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美国习惯用语第1-393讲 * 英语习语集锦 *俚语 *英語俚語集萃 * 部分英语词汇起源 * 英语成语接龙
英语学习•日积月累（附目录）
basement * leave me alone * day off * sewing machine * let bygones be bygones * What is the weather like today? * armchair * like father, like son * It seems to be a nice day. * drier * like it or not * I'd like to take you out. * kettle * look on the bright side * How much is your annual income? * stove * make big money * You're missing the point. * master key * make both ends meet * What did he look like? * hit man * make trouble (for) * May I write a check for this? * chicken feed * make waves * Check back next Saturday. * cloudy * up in the air * I'd like to reserve two seats. * pinhead * kill time * May I take a look at the room? * clutch * at sixes and sevens * I'm glad to meet you. * Pleased to meet you! Nice to see you! * bottleneck * give offence * That's the way it is. * blurb * odds and ends * We can get by. * blitz * nothing to speak of * Make your dream come true. * kick * get by * nothing to speak of * come true * blip * to say nothing of * You need a sense of urgency. * not to mention * behind in, behind on, behind time * delicious * ASAP (As Soon As Possible) * This is my treat! * creep * be all fingers and thumbs * You can't miss it! * UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) * bury one's head in the sand * I'm afraid... * treat * creep * be all fingers and thumbs / my fingers are all thumbs * block * ditch * beat about the bush * That's terrible. That's too bad. * downplay * cry in one's beer * It proves you can overcome almost anything with the strength of your mind. * deadly * be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth * How are you doing? * dish * down and out * May I speak to John? May I talk to John? I'd like to talk to John. Is John in (Is John there?) * skid row * charm * do sth.with one's eyes closed * This is John speaking. It's John. * fall * foot the bill * Who is that speaking? Who is this speaking, please? May I ask who's calling, please? * bake * (do sth.) off the top of one's head * He is not here right now. He is not in at the moment. He is not available now. * continue * bat an eye * May I take a message for you? * cheap * give me a hand, give sb. a hand * There's a call for you. You are wanted on the phone. Telephone for you. Tony, telephone! * appreciate * just so so * Long time no see. * you bet * dinner / meal * Practice makes perfect. * May I have your name? * NBA (National Basketball Association) * no pains, no gains * Where are you from? * table d'hôte * boil * Where is the rest room, please? * Rome was not built in a day. * fashionable * burn one's bridges/boats (behind) * Please make yourself at home. make oneself at home * domino effect/reaction * house of cards * It doesn't make any difference. * make a/the difference, make no difference * feel * leave no stone unturned * Where are you going? * criticize * keep one's head, lose one's head * It's a fine day today. * directly * every now and then, every once in a while, every so often, every now and again * I'll show you. * exchange * Great minds think alike. * keep one's head above water
VOA 习惯用语（附目录）
give me a hand * foot the bill * blow-out * lock, stock and barrel * hook, line and sinker * greasy spoon * potluck * It goes in one ear and out the other. * play by ear * doggy bag * sunny-side up * over easy * in hot water * throw cold water on something * hold water * water off a duck's back * It makes my mouth water. * blow up * blow out * be led by the nose * under your nose * pull your socks up * knock your socks off * poker face * close to your vest * The shoe is on the other foot. * work hand in glove * Follow your nose. * pay through the nose * keep an ear to the ground * up to one's ears * Sweeten the pot. * The cards are stacked against you. * fly off the handle * bark up the wrong tree * right on the beam * fly by the seat of his pants * keep one's shirt on * lose one's shirt * a stuffed shirt * give you the shirt off his back * bail out * nose dive * up in arms * at arm's length * lend or give a hand; help out * lend a hand * give a big hand * potluck supper * get/set to work * play it by ear * hot water, in trouble with * cheat on * pour cold water on * make one's mouth water * follow one's nose * lead by the nose * under one's nose
（转贴）每日习语（附目录）
dear John Letter * That's all she wrote. * deep trouble * behave yourself * die for * Nobody lives without faults * doesn’t count * apple of discord * red-letter day * put oneself in another's shoes * chain-smoker * do someone good * lie like a log * bunk, bunkum, talk to buncombe * Do you get me * drop in * match maker * drop me a line * facelift * largely depend on… for… * tax free * honeymoon * enough of it * be saddled with * face up to * fall for sb. * dumping * be fed up * find a way out * fishy * for a song * get a bite * keep doing * give others one's word * give me a headache * give someone a piece of one’s mind * go along with * get rid of * get/have a crush on sb. * what's the crack? * God knows. * got it * hands down * hands are full * have had it * have good taste * beside the point * have nothing to do with * hold water * in a jam * in every sense of the word * hijack * pull one’s leg * leave it to me * screw up * make a fool of oneself * make a hit * answer the call of nature * keep one's fingers crossed * no way * over my dead body * top-heavy * be on cloud nine/be in seventh heaven * day in and day out * Don't take it to heart. * let's get started. let's start. let's do it right now. let's hit sth. let't rock&roll. * let's put our hands on sth. * never tell me * the breaks * red carpet * swan song * forty winks * gravy train, get on the gravy train * to twist someone's arm * carry coals. * to charge someone an arm and a leg * to bail out * nose-dive * slip-up * be blitzed * get going * neither fish, (flesh) nor fowl * blow off steam * the small hours * (it) beat me * i'm really psyched! * generic drug * brown-bag it * have been around * for the life of me * know the score * year in year out * on the wrong foot * on/from the wrong side of the tracks * The writing is on the wall. * nothing to write home about * be wrapped up in * be worth one's salt * be not worth the candle * at (the) worst * worlds apart * all the world to... * word for word * word-perfect, letter-perfect * Even a worm will turn. * be not long for this world... * not for the world * give someone the works * A bad workman (always) blames his tools. * work one's fingers to the bone * all in a/the day's work * Words fail me! * a one-hit wonder * A word to the wise. * go out of the window * a waste of space * wash one's hands of * wake up and smell the coffee * draw a veil over * value for money * two cents worth * When you were just a twinkle in your father's eye * Abandon oneself to something * Abase oneself * Abide by something * Back a/the wrong horse * Back away (from doing something) * Call forth/out something * Call in someone/something * Dab hand at (doing something) * Dabble in something * Had better * Haggle over/about something * I beg to differ. * I/You bet... * a Jack-in-the-box * Jack of all trades and master of none * Oblivious of/to something * Odd man/one out * a pack of lies * Pack someone off (to some place) * Qualify as someone/for something * Quarrel with one's bread and butter * Race against time/a race against time * Abide by the consequences * Able to/can take something * Abound in/with something * Back down * Back on to something * Call it a day * Call off something * Dally about * Dally with something * Dam up something * Hail-fellow-well-met with someone * have no bearing on something * blow something out of proportion * get through to someone * be wiped out * be stretched out * scratch the surface * get out of one's rut * music to one's ears * face the music * school of hard knocks * step on it * hit the sack * hit the road * hit the ceiling * blow one's own trumpet * harp, harp on (about) * drum...into... * bell the cat * play second fiddle * ring a bell * as sound as a bell/as fit as a fiddle * hit it off * on the fiddle * pay the piper * pay the piper and call the tune * thank one's lucky stars * go out of one's way to do sth * face lift, face-life, face-lifting * young and old (alike) * not get any younger * as yet * put years on sb * yellow-bellied * out of this world * get sb. wrong * keep the wolf from the door * wrong side out * before one's time * whistle for sth. * make one's voice heard * a war of words * go through the roof * as white as a sheet * wake the dead * one's own worst enemy * a stone's throw * to sb's advantage * a piece/slice of the action * at anchor * run amok * on/off the air * alive and kicking * look alive: hurry up; be brisk * all in all * be all up (with sb) * keep/stand/hold aloof from sb/sth * (not) come/go amiss * in the last/final analysis * have/know all the answers * keep up appearances * be up in arms * under favourable auspices * a piece of cake * hitchhike * have a bad hair day * up to par, up to scratch or snuff or speed or the mark * be on (upon), be on one, not be on * bring to the table * come to * so much the better * get out * for the life of (one), for my life * turn (over) in one's grave
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索 引
Ｐ１：Sixty-four-thousand-dollar question * a closed / sealed book * an open book * be in sb's good/bad/black books * bring sb. to book * by one's book * hit the (one's) books * know/read sb. like a book * throw the book at sb * without book * apple-polisher
Ｐ２：the Queen's English * the King's English
Ｐ３：nursery rhyme & mother goose * soap opera * idiot box * No Good (NG) * Backroom Boys * Talk Factory * buff
Ｐ４：Before you chould say Jack Robinson * breakfast * fast * fast-day * observe a fast * break one's fast * keep a fast * dark horse * teeth * skin of one's teeth * armed to the teeth * apple of discord
Ｐ５：police * police-officer * policeman * policewoman * police constable (PC) * cop * put on the dog * Pandora box * braid St. Catharine's tressess
Ｐ６：hangover * take the piss out of sth./sb. * Beat the air/wind * Washington D.C.(District of Colombia) * * mandarin * bottom line
Ｐ７：wrap * Popeye * shut the book(s) * speak by the book * speak like a book/talk like a book * speak/talk without (the) book * suit sb.'s book * make (a) book on * close the books * cook the books * crack a book * graffiti * doodle * red-letter day * red flag * red hot * red brick university * red neck * red shirt * not worth a red cent * green * green with envy * in the green * white lie * white night * white elephant * grey matter * gery power * pink lady * brown sugar * Okay (OK) * konck-out(KO) * technical konckout(TKO) * College * University * Institute
Ｐ８：workaholic * Yankee * honeymoon * S.O.S. * generation gap * skateboard * skateboarder * skateboarding * skurfing * surfing * surfboard * shanghai * Shanghaier * Shanghai lander
Ｐ９：blue * Thread of blue * blue movie * blue chip * Blue flu * Blue devil * bluebird * blue angel * carry a/the torch * torch songs * torch singers * Platonic * platonic love * platonic relationship * fish * a poor fish * a big fish * a cool fish * a strange fish * a loose fish * fish in the air * * like a fish out of water * feel the fishes * teach a fish how to swim * Never offer to teach fish to swim． * The best fish smell bad when they are three days old． * He who would catch fish must not mind getting wet． * There's as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it． * the apple of one's eye * the Big Apple * top banana * a lemon * lemon * Achilles heel
Ｐ１０：a rain check * a rain of bullets * as right as rain * a rain of congratulations * be caught in the rain * deposit rain * get out of the rain * in the rain * know enough to come in out of the rain * rain blood/tears * rain buckets * rain cats and dogs * rain down * rain benefits on * rain influence on * rain off/out * rain on * rain or shine * rain pitchforks * rain praise on * take shelter from the rain * It never rains but it pours. * missile gap * news gap * production gap * culture gap * development gap * credibility gap * Annie Oakley * bad money * good money * bank money * blood money * boot money * call money * cheap money * dear money * dark money * earnest money * fairy money * folding money * front money * glove money * hard money * hot money * hush money * pill money * pocket money/pin money * push money * ready money * seed money * silly money * smart money * table money * tall money * trust money * black market * white market * gray market * reporter * correspondent * newsman * newspaperman * newshound * newshawk * female reporter * newswoman * newspaperwoman * chief reporter * ace reporter * business reporter * sports reporter * special correspondent * war correspondent * military correspondent * press photographer
Ｐ１１：hat trick * Web surfers * cyber citizen * paperback * hardback * Apple of love * Apple of Sodom * Apple-pie order * Oscar * Pulitzer prize
Ｐ１２：cat * cat burglar * cat whisker * Cat-o'-nine-tails. * A cat has nine lives. * A cat may look at a king. * be the cat's whiskers * bell the cat * Curiosity killed the cat. * fight like Kilkenny cats * grin like a Cheshire cat * Has the cat got one's tongue? * lead a cat-and-dog life * let the cat out of the bag * like a cat on hot bricks * Look what the cat's brought [dragged] in! * make a cat's paw of * not be [have] enough room to swing a cat * not have [stand] a cat in hell's chance * play cat and mouse with * put [set] the cat among the pigeons * see how the cat jumps * see which way the cat jumps * There's more ways than one to skin a cat. * turn cat in the pan * When the cat is away the mice will play * Figure * Diagram * graph * Plot * view * Profile * Pattern * Drawing * Chart * Map * layout * Line * Scheme; Schematic * Draft * Delineation * Central Business District (CBD) * Small Office & Home Office (SOHO) * Central Living District (CLD) * Central Information District (CID) * Loft * Townhouse * Mobile Office Residential Edifice (MORE) * A (BA * FA * SA * OA * CA）
Ｐ１３：Do It for Yourself (DIY) * COSMO * Chemistry * Geology * law * Electricity * Atom * Uranium * X-ray * School * scholar * Education * Astronomy * Geography * Geometry * Algebra * Anthropology * Rostrum * Library * Laboratory * College * Academy * Museum * Pen * Pencil * ink * Eraser * Language * tongue * Braille * Grammar * Style
Ｐ１４：Text * Quotation * Paragraph * Comma * Period * Hyphen * Euphemism * Glossary * Derivation * Verse * Dictionary * Magazine * Pamphlet * Volume * Folio * Atlas * the Atlantic Ocean * Atlas Mountain * Album * postscript * Topic * topical songs * Symposium * Anthology * Blurb * Anthem * Copy * Index * Novel * Fiction * Biography * Romance * Sketch * Discussion * encyclopedia * alphabet * Letter * a literary man * a man of letters * Capital
Ｐ１５：add * subtract * multiply * divide * plus * minus * crowd * group * host * galaxy * troop * swarm * multitude * throng * band * gang * mob * body * flock * covey * herd * drove * pack * cluster * clump * hot potato * small potatoes * big shots * grass roots * go bananas * compare apples and oranges * hear through the grapevine * not playing with a full deck * not having both oars in the water * mall rat * egghead * one's eyes bigger than one's stomach * have butterflies in one's stomach * bellyache * go belly-up * cock and bull story * cover story * bone of contention * make no bones about it * have a bone to pick
Ｐ１６：feel in one's bone * throw sb. a bone * bone up * stand-out * stand the heat * stand sb. up * stand-up * stand pat * skin-deep * that really gets under my skin * no skin off my nose * save one's skin * go to pot * sweeten the pot * pot calling the kettle black * have a ball * a ball of fire * ball up * have a lot on the ball * start/keep the ball rolling * ballpark figure * in the ballpark * pull something out of thin air * come up for air * fish or cut bait * a fishing expedition * have other fish to fry * inside story * fish story * sob story
Ｐ１７：handkerchief * three handkerchief * throw the handkerchief to sb. * with handkerchief in one hand and sword in the other * pull the strings * string sb. along * hold the purse strings * second-string * no problem * have a nice day * eat one's words * from the word go * hard sell * sell somebody short * sell a bill of goods * sell sb. down the river * button one's lip * on the button * buttonhole * foul one's own nest * stir up a hornet's nest * feather one's own nest * empty nest (er) * scrape the bottom of the barrel * have somebody over a barrel * give somebody both barrels * buy a pig in a poke * buy sth. for a song * buy * buy the farm
Ｐ１８：eat one's heart out * eat one's hat * nerd * jock * girl jock * wimp * turkey * throw one's hat in the ring * stump * favorite son * sound bite * blame game * negative campaigning * swing voter * come out swinging * Don't change horses in the middle of the stream. * jump on the bandwagon * sleaze * gridlock * lame duck * golden parachute * feast one's eyes on * hit between the eyes * eyes pop out * not even bat an eye
Ｐ１９：keep one's eyes peeled * have the wool over one's eyes * keep one's eye on the ball * eye-opener * flea market * clam up * baloney * kickback * get a kick out of * kick the bucket * kick up one's heels * kick off * at the drop of a hat * talk through one's hat * hang on to one's hat * keep something under one's hat
Ｐ２０：pull no punches * straight from the horse's mouth * no holds barred * let one's hair down * loose cannon * blockbuster * bomb * drop a bombshell * oddball * odds and ends * peaches and cream * sour grapes * shoot the breeze * through the grapevine * cold fish * go all out * go though hell or high water * go for broke * go overboard * put one's best foot forward * land on your feet
Ｐ２１：get off on the wrong foot * put one's foot in one's mouth * cold feet * jump in and get one's feet wet * ants in one's pants * bug someone * louse up * get a foot in the door * be dead on one's feet * stand on one's own two feet * throw oneself at someone's feet * be swept off one's feet * Don't let the grass grow under one's feet * green thumb * green light * sing the blues * like a bolt out of the blue * as American as apple pie * put all one's eggs in one basket * eat crow * monkey business * make monkey out of somebody
Ｐ２２：hot seat * hot and bothered * break one's neck * wring one's neck * stick one's neck out * pain in the neck * neck and neck * have a heart * cross my heart * My heart stood still * heart-to-heart talk * shake a leg * pull one's leg * break a leg * twist someone's arm * charge someone an arm and a leg * take candy from a baby * a piece of cake * top gun * bottom line * just for laughs * laugh up one's sleeve
Ｐ２３：a horse laugh * (have) the last laugh * a red letter day * red tape * give someone the red carpet treatment * roll out the red carpet * in the red * a black sheep * a white lie * white hats and black hats * in the black * rain check * It never rains but it pours. * stick to one's guns * on the fence * sit on the fence * maverick * give somebody a piece of one's mind * tell someone off * hick * city slicker * throw to the wolves * throw the baby out with the bath water * throw a wet blanket on something * throw a monkey wrench
Ｐ２４：look like the cat that ate the canary * rainy day * buddy * sidekick * go to the dogs * let sleeping dogs lie * every dog has his day * throw a curve * throw for a loop * crocodile tears * cry in one's beer * cry baby * cloudy * in the clouds * on a cloud * under a cloud * basket case * all washed up * smart (as intelligence) * smart (as fashionable) * put on the back burner * drag one's feet
Ｐ２５：turn one's back on someone * get on someone's back * nag * get off one's back * get one's back up * scratch one's back * brainchild * pick one's brain * give up the ghost * ghost town * ghost writer * spooky * brainstorm * grab a bite * grubstake * munch * hors d'oeuvres * call the shots * call one's bluff * call up * call it a day
Ｐ２６：rub elbows * elbow room * shrimp * crab * smell fishy * fish for compliments * cold turkey * beefy * beef up * snowball * snow job * break the ice * iceberg * where-is-the-beef * turkey farm * sitting duck * dead duck * chicken out * chicken feed * spring chicken * goose bumps
Ｐ２７：make hay (while the sun shines) * go haywire * the last straw * the straw that breaks the camel's back * sow one's wild oats * belly laugh * knee-slapper * laugh and the world laughs with you * cry and you cry alone * straw in the wind * grasp at straws * trailblazer * cutting edge * penny-pincher * cheapskate * not all there * have a screw loose * under the weather * down with a bug * baby boomers * yuppies (yuppy) * dinks * sandwich generation
Ｐ２８：couch potato * backslider * backslapper * backseat driver * back-up system * in the pink * fit as a fiddle * play ball * on the ball * now the ball is in your court * at the wheel * hell on wheels * spin one's wheel * re-invent the wheel * jump right out of one's skin * all skin and bones * skin someone alive * skin game * one of a kind * top-notch
Ｐ２９：crash the gate * crash the party * crash course/ diet * set of wheels * free-wheeler * wheeler-dealer * fifth wheel * all thumbs * under the thumb * stick out like a sore thumb * everything from soup to nuts * everything but the kitchen sink * kiss someone or something goodbye * kiss of death * easy street * out on the street * street smarts * two-way street * one-way street * knock off * run a tight ship * sit tight
Ｐ３０：tight-lipped * tight with someone * loose lips * at loose ends * out of one's skull * skull session * lick * lickety split * have a feeling in one's bones * have a bone to pick * shape up or ship out * rock the boat * up to one's neck * break one's neck * get it in the neck * stick out one's neck * cold shoulder * hot air * over one's head * over the hump
Ｐ３１：over a barrel * over one's dead body * out of the woods * out of the picture * out the window * out of this world * whistle in the dark * blow the whistle * nothing special * so-so * far cry * crying towel * whistle a different tune * pipe dream * for crying out loud * cool it * brain drain * brain trust * one track mind * track record
Ｐ３２：give somebody a piece of one's mind * mind-boggling * jump the gun * stick to your guns * under the gun * gunshy * keep one's cool * be cool as a cucumber * all in the same boat * miss the boat * in one's blood * fresh blood * make one's blood boil * make one's blood run cold * hit the ceiling * blow one's top * beat one's brains out * brainwash * hippie * shoot from the hip
Ｐ３３：full of beans * not worth a hill of beans * bean counter * spill the beans * make tracks * the wrong side of the tracks * stand up someone * a stand-in * stand tall * a stand-out * at the drop of a hat * pull something out of the hat * pass the hat * take one's hat off * hat in hand * wear two hats at a time * chew the fat * fat farm * fat cat * fat chance
Ｐ３４：on thin ice * thin-skinned * grunt work * the works * in the works * cut a deal * cut corners * be cut out for * be cut out to be * cut-up * moonlight * mad money * sweet talk * a fine kettle of fish * butter up someone * nitpicker * smoke and mirrors * bum steer * go up in smoke * smoke screen
Ｐ３５：on top of the world * off the top of one's head * top brass * pinhead * on pins and needles * cook up * smart cookie * tough cookie * fly-by-night * off the cuff * gold mine * born with a silver spoon in his mouth * be handed something on a silver platter * go over like a lead balloon * steamroller * under one's own steam * go full steam ahead * blow off steam * a goody two shoes * fill the shoes * lower the boom * throw away the key
Ｐ３６：wait for the other shoe to drop * a slap on the wrist * wild and woolly * dyed in the wool * walk down the aisle * walk the plank * one-liner * punch line * play fast and loose * hard and fast rule * sitting pretty * sit on one's hands * life in the fast lane * life on a fast track * go nowhere fast * wing it * take someone under your wing * start from scratch * up to scratch * scratch the surface * raise the devil (with sb.) * devil's advocate
Ｐ３７：There's going to be the devil to pay. * give the devil his due * fair shake * fair-weather friend * fair-haired boy * go whole hog * go the whole nine yards * a whole new ball game * get in on the ground floor * mop the floor with * glass ceiling * run like clockwork * cut and run * dry run * rope someone in * at the end of one's rope * learn the ropes * know the ropes * dog tired * fib * lie through one's teeth * whopper * ace in the hole * an ace up one's sleeve * within an ace of winning * no brainer * push the envelope * cut to the chase
Ｐ３８：nickel and dime * a dime a dozen * stop on a dime * turn on a dime * get off the dime * penny-ante * penny pincher * penny-wise * a pretty penny * raw deal * shady deal * lie low * blow-out * wing-ding * bash * blast * stag party * hen party * tailgate party * baby shower * wet blanket * security blanket * push sb. around * pushover * when push comes to shove * pull for * pull through * pull one's leg * pull the plug * rat race * treadmill * salt mine * class act * a hard act to follow * get one's act together
Ｐ３９：go over with a bang * get a bang out of * a bigger/more bang for the buck * step up to the plate * not get to first base * touch all the bases * plug * plug away * plug in * be plugged in to * have a bear by the tail * loaded for bear * bull * bear * on the ropes * give one enough rope to hang oneself * he who fights and runs away will live to fight another day * fight with teeth and nails * fight tooth and nail * fight to the bitter end * you can't fight city hall * be spoiling for a fight * knock-down drag-out fight * can't fight one's way out of a paper bag * legal eagle * rain maker * ambulance chaser * shyster * a tongue-lashing * a slip of the tongue * a forked tongue * silver tongue * smooth tongue * acid tongue
Ｐ４０：shake-up * shake up * shake-down * shake down * wait for the other shoe to drop * the jury is still out * not over till the fat lady sings * worth one's salt * Attic salt * the salt of the earth * above the salt * take with a grain of salt * Salt seems all things. * Salt water and absence wash away love. * row sb. up Salt River * rub salt in one's wounds * kiss off * shoot down * shoot for * shoot one's wad * shoot the works * shoot off one's mouth * to bad-mouth * shoot oneself in the foot
Ｐ４１：knock around * the school of hard knocks * knockout * knock one's socks off * knock them in the aisles * knock someone dead * go off the deep end * living end * the short end of the stick * make both ends meet * nail down * as hard as nails * another nail in one's coffin * hit the nail on the head
Ｐ４２：name-dropper * name-calling * Your name is mud. * the name of the game * bring/call sb. to account * square an account with sb. * take into account * have an account to settle * take one's word * take a bite out of sth. * cash in on sth. * Sunday best * Sunday driver * sth./one for the books * walk on air * walk the floor * take a walk * walk on eggshells * motor mouth * foot in mouth disease * put your money where your mouth is * You just said a mouthful!
Ｐ４３：wall-to-wall * wallflower * climb the wall * drive sb. up the wall * to stonewall * off the wall * over the long haul * long shot * short and sweet * the long and short of it * in short order * on the level * kosher * open and aboveboard * on the up and up * ups and downs * get caught with one's hand in the cookie jar * be caught with one's pants down
Ｐ４４：touch base * do lunch * birds of a feather * as light as a feather * a feather in one's cap * breadwinner * know which side one's bread is buttered on * bread and butter * butterfingers * butterball * like greased lightning * like a bat out of hell * slow burn * slow as molasses * Give me a break! * break even * break the news
Ｐ４５：sacred cow * right on the mark * right up one's alley * give sb. the hook * by hook or by crook * let me pick up the tab * foot the bill * It's my treat. * Dutch treat * go Dutch * tax-and-spend liberal * knee-jerk liberal * redneck * McCarthyite * cut and dried (cut-and-dried) * high and dry * dry up * in the doghouse * between a rock and a hard place * bummer * bum rap
Ｐ４６：fair and square * fair game * the time of one's life * in the nick of time * freelance * freeloader * free and easy * free-for-all * blow one's own horn * blow the lid off * play with fire * fight fire with fire * half-baked * half-hearted * get to the bottom of sth. * There's no such thing as a free lunch. * power lunch
Ｐ４７：easy money * bet one's bottom dollar * get/work up the nerve * have got a lot of nerve * of all the nerve * have the chutzpah * a bundle of nerves * nervous Nellie * fed up with * be in a rut * cut the cord * start from square one * paint sb. a picture * take a/its toll * have the floor * hold water * tighten one's belt * put one's best foot forward * miss a trick * nickel and dime sb. * throw one's weight behind sb./sth. * put teeth in/ into sth. have a heart-to-heart talk * flesh out * pound of flesh * press the flesh * neck of the woods * one's number is up * do a number on sb * hot number * fit to be tied * fit and trim * fit to a T * fit for a king * give sb. fits * out of the frying pan into the fire * panhandle * pan out * a flash in the pan
Ｐ４８：the rubber chicken circuit * launch pad * hand over fist * hand to mouth * touch and go * foolproof * fool around * nobody's fool * sock away * on a shoestring * laugh out of the other side of your mouth * tune in (on) * tune sb. out * out of tune (with) * change one's tune * sings a different tune * sing another tune/song * dance to another tune * go off half-cocked * a shot in the dark * lay all your cards on the table * under the table * turn the tables
Ｐ４９：top dog * rule the roost * wear the pants * turn tail * turn one's head * turn over a new leaf * fiddle around * pay the fiddler * be on one's high horse * beat a dead horse * clothes horse * a horse of a different color * one-horse town * horse-and-buggy days * hold one's horses * flashback * slapstick * ham actor * ham up * cliffhanger * sit in the catbird seat * happy as a clam * cut off one's nose to spite one's face * plain as the nose on your face * keep one's nose clean * top drawer * top to bottom * rock bottom * down to one's bottom dollar
Ｐ５０：monkey around * tear one's hair * get in one's hair * hairy * straight from the shoulder * lay it on the line * let it all hang out * showdown * ante up * stack the deck * pass the buck * the buck stops here * close to the vest * shipshape * jump ship * echo boomer * trim one's sails * take the wind out of one's sails * scuttlebutt * go figure * go to bat for * right off the bat
Ｐ５１：paper over * paper tiger * paper pusher * walking papers * the eleventh hour * zero hour * happy hour * banker's hours * take the bull by the horns * put one's house in order * clean house * bring down the house/bring the house down * like a house on fire
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此刻有谁在世上某处走，无缘无故在世上走，走向我．
此刻有谁在世上某处死，无缘无故在世上死，望着我．
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Sixty-four-thousand-dollar question
重大問題
這個詞是現代商業社會的產物。君不見電台、電視經常有獎金豐富的問答節目麼?這種玩意兒在美國更為流行。原來在美國曾經有個問答比賽，要答對所有問題才獲獎，10 題答對了 9 題，錯一個也不行。當比賽者順利過關至最後一道問題時，能否答對就很關鍵了，錯了就前功盡棄，對了就得全部獎金6.4000美元!
所以最後一道問題關係重大，得失就看它了，於是人們就稱此為 sixty-four-thousand-dollar question 了。
受張的啟發，發了這個帖子。因為覺得在不斷收集這些素材的同時，學到了很多。
不過，我發的這些，不是很常用，只是覺得很有意思，就當是下午茶吧，純屬娛樂。
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此刻有谁在世上某处哭，无缘无故在世上哭，在哭我．
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词汇下午茶！好栏目，呵呵
Kaleidoscopic English
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hodgepodge,大杂烩。我的用词不好听，但喜欢楼主的贴子。  与文化有关联，有趣！
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Book 在英語中不僅僅表示「書」，它於一些介詞或動詞搭配構成固定的习語，在使用中切忌望文生義。常見的 book 短語歸納如下：
1. a closed / sealed book
完全不懂的學科、謎
Philosophy is a closed book to me.
我對哲學一竅不通。
2. an open book
盡人皆知的事
Your life in this town has been an open book -- perhaps too open.
你在本鎮的生活一直是公開的 -- 也許是太公開了。
3. be in sb's good/bad/black books
為某人所(不)喜歡、受寵
He is always in the teacher's good books.
他一直深得老師的歡心。
4. bring sb. to book
責問、斥責、審查
Don't worry. He will be brought to book for his wickedness in the future.
別擔心。將來他會為自己的惡劣行為而受到譴責的。
5. by one's book
照常例、照常規
We should go by the book.
我們應該照章辦事。
6. hit the (one's) books
做功課、用功
If you want to pass the exam, you'd better hit the books now.
你想考試及格，現在就得用功。
7. know/read like a book
對......瞭如指掌
After so many years, I can read her like a book.
這麼多年了，我對她瞭如指掌。
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下面我们再给大家介绍一个和book这个词有关的习惯用语：to know someone like a book。to know someone like a book就是对某人非常了解，了解他的一生经历、他的脾气、他的观点、想法和希望等。下面是一个丈夫在说他非常了解他的太太。
例句3: We've been married now for thirty years - long enough to know my wife like a book. I can tell what she is thinking about before she knows it herself.
这位丈夫说：我们已经结婚三十年了，我对我的妻子是非常了解的。有的时候她自己还不清楚自己在想什么，我就已经知道了。
能够做到这样真是不容易。有不少夫妻结婚几十年还不了解对方。这样的夫妇关系一般都不太好。在美国，夫妻关系出现问题的时候往往会寻求精神病专家来给他们分析和治疗。这些专家经常会鼓励他们加强交流，让对方明了自己的想法。因此像上面这个例句里的丈夫那么了解自己的妻子也是难能可贵的。
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美国人经常说某个人是个perfectionist。所谓perfectionist就是那种做事非常认真，而且还要求把事情做得完美无缺的人。这样的人工作起来很辛苦，因为他们总是对自己的工作不满意，认为还有改进的余地。下面是一个人在说他的朋友。
例句4: Jack told me that he's going to take everything easy when he starts his new job at a big company. But since I know him like a book, I don't believe a word of what he is saying. I'm sure he'll continue working very hard trying to be perfect.
这个朋友说：杰克告诉我等他到那个大公司开始新的工作以后，他不会再那么认真，要求自己一切做得完美无缺。可是，我对他实在是太了解了，所以我根本就不相信他的话。我肯定他还会继续刻苦地工作，想办法做得十全十美。
其实，要求自己把工作做得完美并没有什么不好，但是有些人要求把每件工作都做得十全十美。这是不可能的。
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8. throw the book at sb
把罪名加在......身上
If you didn't plead guilty, they would throw the book at you.
如果你不認罪，他們將會重重懲罰你。
9. without book
毫無根據
How can you punish the children without book?
你怎麼能毫無根據地懲罰孩子?
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此刻有谁在世上某处哭，无缘无故在世上哭，在哭我．
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此刻有谁在世上某处走，无缘无故在世上走，走向我．
此刻有谁在世上某处死，无缘无故在世上死，望着我．
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