· be in full swing达到高潮，全面展开
china has opened its door to the outside world for twenty years. reforms in every walks of life are in full swing.
· be asleep at the switch玩忽职守
the goal-keeper was asleep at the switch and let the rival team goal at the last minute.
· suit...to a t对……再适合不过了
this new job suits me to a t.
· turn the tables扭转局势
don't worry, your husband knows how to turn the tables and crack down on those guys.
· drink someone under the table把某人灌醉
he has a hollow leg. he can drink all of us here under the table.
· keep tabs on something/someone掌握情况,密切关注
he has subscribed ten newspapers in order to keep tabs on the new developments in market management.
· keep someone down a notch挫某人的傲气
the monitor likes to order us around. he needs to be kept down a notch.
· take it out on someone拿别人出气
the boy was reprimanded by his father. he took it out on his ball.
· an old wives’ tale无稽之谈
do you think the existence of life on mars is an old wives’tale?
· be the talk of the town满城风雨
the death of the princess diana has been the talk of the town.
· leave a bad taste in someone’s mouth给人留下坏印象
once i went to a famous university. but the untidy campus left a bad taste in my mouth.
· crocodile tears假惺惺的眼泪
some of my business partners came to comfort me when i lost almost everything in one bad deal.