现代英语口语表示法500例(1)
· One’s brain child某人的主意,某人想出来的 The new ways of teaching which have been proved very effective are brain children of all teaching staff of our department. · Have a chip on one’s shoulder叫阵,叫板 He is not popular among his peers. He always seems to have a chip on his shoulder. 此外该语还有“不满”,“对抗”的意思 Mary has got a chip on her shoulder about not having obtained the scholarship. · Clam up守口如瓶,拒不开口,沉默不语 I don’t understand why my students are quite talkative during the break but all clam up in class. · Take someone to the cleaners使人囊中如洗,一贫如洗 Don’t ask me to play in a crap game. I don’t want to be the cleaners. · A cliff-hanger扣人心玄的事情 Peter was nearly involved in a car accident. He called it a narrow escape. But it was really a cliff-hanger. · Fight the clock争分夺秒,与时间赛跑 If you don’t fight the clock to enrich yourself, you will surely be lagged behind soon. · A clotheshorse讲究穿戴的人 Princess Diana was a real clotheshorse. It’s hard to imagine how much she had spent on clothes. · Get hot under the collar发怒,怒气冲天 He got hot under the collar when he found his bicycle was missing. · Come through with flying colors干得出色,大获成功 In the 13th Asian Games, Chinese athletic team came through with flying colors · Show (reveal) one’s true colors原形毕露 He always appears polite and gentle. But his quarrelling with others in dirty words show his true colors. · Come up with找出,想出,弄出,提出 After three days’of deep thinking, the manager came up with an idea of promoting the products. · Jump to conclusions仓促的下结论 Being a teacher, he shouldn’t jump to conclusions that a student is not worth teaching simply because he fails one exam. · To one’s heart’s content心满意足 Today is weekend. The lights won’t go off after 11 o’clock. We can chat to our heart’s content. 此外该语还有“随心所欲”的意思 · Lose one’s cool沉不住气 In the boxing match. Tyson lost his cool and bit Hollyfield’s ear. · Play it cool不露声色,沉着冷静 Sampras, the No. 1 tennis player in the world, always plays it cool when he wins in the match. · e rotten to the core坏透了、烂透了 Keep away from that boy. He is rotten to the core. · cut corners偷工减料、走捷径、图省事、节约 Student is a serious thing. You can"t expect to cut corners. cut corners并不是都是贬义的,还表示节约,节省 · have a crush on someone迷恋某人 Some teenager girls got a crush on the film star · be a far cry from...与……相差甚远(一般用来表示水平或程度等的差距) Though Dick has tried hard, it is still a far cry from what his father expects of him. · chew the cud好好琢磨琢磨 I don"t want to jump to conclusions, I have to chew the cud on it for a few days. · be cut out for...天生适合于……(用于否定句中) Thank you for your kindness, but I can"t accept it. You know, I"m not cut for a manager. · be completely in the dark一无所知,仍蒙在鼓里 He is a dictator. Though I"m the production manager, I"m completely in the dark as what to do next. · a blind date初次约会 James was too excited to have dinner. He was having a blind date with Sue in the evening. · have seen better days今非昔比 Look at our dean, He has seen better days. · be out of one"s depth力所不及 Liu was extremely happy to have been admitted to Oxford, but soon he found he was out of his depth in his major. · give someone a dose of his own medicine以其人之道还制其人之身 On April Fool"s Day, my classmates made me an April Fool. Next year, I"ll give him a dose of his own medicine. · a drop in the bucket沧海一粟 He has suffered a lot in his life. Losing his job this time was only a drop in the bucket. |