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miss the boat on 坐失良机you will be missing the boat on that job if you don’t hand in your application from today.
a bolt from the blue晴天霹雳the news that his wife died when delivering the new baby was like a bolt from the blue to the husband.
a bone of contention争吵的原因we’d better buy two bicycles for our two sons. otherwise, one bicycle will surely become a bone of contention.
have a bone to pick with someone对……有意见i have a bone to pick with you about your always using my towel.
make no bones about对……满不在乎he makes no bones about losing some money in business. he believes that heaven gives perfection to no one.
be one for the books简直太……了she told me a lot of bad words against our manager. but when i told her that i was the manager’s daughter.
lick someone’s boots拍某人的马屁it’s true that we need the project, but you don’t have to lick his boots like that.
bore someone to death使某人烦得要死that guy bores me to death. he never stops talking about his past history.
bow and scrape点头哈腰that guy must be a bootlicker. look at the way he bows and scrapes to the leader.
be nothing to brag about没什么了不起his poem was nothing to brag about.
one’s bread and butter饭碗some famous singers insure their voices for a big sum of money. after all, voice is a singer’s bread and butter.
make a clean breast of…坦白交代……，全盘托出the accused made a clean breast of the case and was punished leniently.
save one’s breath保持沉默i know i’d better save my breath. i have seen him signed it.
waste one’s breath浪费口舌that boy is incorrigible. don’t waste your breath on him.
shoot the breeze闲聊after work, several of us often sit round and shoot the breeze in the small bar for an hour.
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burn one’s bridges behind one悲水一战he burnt his bridges behind him when he invested all his money in his project.
be as broad as it is long背着抱着一样沉a: which course do you think i should take? b: well, it is about as broad as it is long. one course is interesting, but it is not easy to pass. the other is boring, but there will be no exam requires.
go for broke豁出去we have to go for broke to meet the deadline.
give someone the brush off把某人打发i’ll be with you in a moment,. i’ll brush the man out off.
buckle down鼓足干劲he was determined to break the record of 100-meter-dash. so he buckled down and practiced hard every day.
bite the bullet下定决心；咬紧牙关he always bites the bullet when others misunderstands him. he doesn’t want to argue. he believes that gold will glitter sooner or later.
a country pumpkin乡巴佬your behavior is like a country pumpkin, haven’t you ever come into an expensive restaurant?
give someone goose bumps让某人起鸡皮疙瘩his sweet words gave me goose bumps.
beat around the bush说话兜圈子you don’t have to beat around the bush. tell us the truth.
do a land-office business生意大为兴隆in recent years, land agents are really doing a land-office business.
mean business动真格的，正经地i have already warned you not to come near my window. this time i mean business.
mind one’s own business少管闲事would you please mind your own business more? there’s nothing you can help here.
butter someone up巴结某人the boy butters his teacher up in hopes of getting a pass for his course.
have butterflies in one’s stomach忐忑不安the speaker had butterflies in his stomach when standing on the stage.
a social butterfly交际花a:it seems that agatha knows a lot of men in power in his area. b: sure. don’t you know she is a social butterfly? whenever there is a party, you will find her there.
436——450
push the panic button惊慌失措when i heard the fire alarm, i pushed the panic button and rushed out of the building.
give somebody a buzz给某人挂个电话i’ll give you a buzz this evening.
raise cain大吵大闹the couple were raising cain last night.
a piece of cake小菜一碟she used to think that raising a cat was a piece of cake, but now she won’t say that again.
sell like hot cakes卖得很快the manufacture didn’t except that the new product would sell like hot cake.
you can’t eat your cake and have it.两者不可兼得do you want to work as a teacher and enjoy a stable but simple life or do you want to become a business who may have to put up with all kinds of stress? of course, you can’t eat your cake and have it.
can’t hold a candle to someone不能跟某人比the present chicago bull can’t hold a candle to the chicago bull with michael jordan.
go paddle one’s own canoe不管他人瓦上霜you are new comer in the company. i suggested you go paddle your own canoe.
have one’s cap set for someone追求男人mary has had her cap set for mike for some time, but mike has never noticed her.
have the cards stacked against someone处于不利状况his record of being a prisoner for two years has the cards stacked against him when he did job-hunting.
lay one’s cards on the table打开天窗说亮话let’s lay our cards on the table and tell me if you really want to cooperate with me.
play one’s cards close to the chest竭力不动声色play your cards close to the chest. never let your rivals know your plans before you act.
have a card up one’s sleeve胸中有数，胸有成竹many managers are worried stiff in the competition, but john has a card up his sleeve and he knows what to do to survive the competition.
call someone on the carpet严厉批评、指责某人the manager called the staff from the sales department on the carpet for the carpet for the low sales last month.
the cat has someone’s tongue舌头不好使tell me, who’s smoked my cigarettes? surely the cat hasn’t got your tongue.
451——465
let that cat out of the bag泄密don’t let the cat out of the bag. i’d like to give our mother a big surprise.
throw caution to the winds不顾一切he threw caution to the winds and ran into the house on fire to save the baby.
be itching for a chance to do…很想找个机会试试……in the wimbledon tennis open, many new and old tennis players are itching for a chance to prove they are the best.
an outside chance一线希望send him to hospital immediately. he’s got an outside chance of survival.
have a chance of heart改变心情after seeing how they fought against natural disaster, he had a change of heart and decided to lend them the money to rebuild their families.
a wild-goose chase徒劳的追求you know there is no such an ancient treasure, why did you send me on a wild-goose chase?
chicken out由于胆怯而收兵don’t be chicken. jump into the water.
count one’s chicken before they are hatched如意算盘打得太早don’t count your chicken before they hatch. the police might be following us.
a chow-hound嘴搀的人you eat like a chow-hound. haven’t you had any meat at school?
be on cloud nine高兴的飘飘然he was on cloud nine after winning the competition.
be in the clover生活富裕，过的舒服old people are living in the clover in the old people’s homes.
weigh on someone’s conscience某人良心不安having blamed the boy wrongly weighed on my conscience.
too many cooks spoil the broth.厨师太多烧坏汤we have to choose one as our head. otherwise, too many cooks spoil the broth.
keep one’s own counsel不露心计you never know what he is thinking about. he always keeps his own counsel.
till the cows come home直到猴年马月if you expect to get support from me, you will have wait till the cows come home.
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speak off the cuff即席讲话the chairman got to bring his glasses, so he had to speak off the cuff.
be sb’s cup of tea爱好i don’t want to invite her to my birthday party. she is not my cup of tea.
cut and run抛开一切逃跑facts show that the whole deal is nothing but a swindle. our business partner has already cut and run with our money.
give somebody a dressing down严厉训斥the teacher dressed the student down for being late.
a drug on the market滞销产品that wine used to sell like hot cakes,. but since the fake wine with the same name killed many people in shanxi province, it has become a drug on the market.
as dry as dust枯燥无味how can you live with him? he is dry as dust.
easier said than done说时容易做时难a: we should make everybody know that white pollution is a big menace to our environment. b: what you said is right, but it is easier said than done.
take it easy轻松的干take it easy. we have an hour to go before the train leaves.
an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth以牙还牙，以眼还眼he will take an eye for an eye when he takes revenge on you.
not bat an eye泰然自若the condemned man listened to his sentence without batting an eyelid.
there is more to something than meets the eye.表面上看不出the man came to the bank three times a day without doing anything. there was more to it than met the eye.
one’s eyes are bigger than one’s stomach.眼大肚子小we’re going to a self-service restaurant to have dinner, boys, but remember your eyes are bigger than your stomach. don’t waste any food.
feed one’s face吃饭look at your school report. it seems to remind me that the only thing you know is to feed your face, but nothing else.
till one is blue in the face嘴唇都磨破了the customer bargained with the seller till he was blue in the face, but the seller didn’t change his price.
the fat is in the fire为时已晚，欲罢不能think twice before you leap. once you invest your money in the project, the fat will be in the fire.
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play second fiddle to someone给某人当二把手his family has had to play second fiddle to his political career.
snap one’s fingers at someone瞧不起某人he snap his fingers at most men in this profession.
play with fire玩火you are playing with fire if you take bribes.
drink like a fish大喝，贪杯he drinks like a fish, but he is seldom late for night shift.
be neither fish nor fowl不伦不类the newspaper is neither fish nor fowl. it claims to be a serious paper, but there are many articles on famous stars’ personal affairs.
put one’s foot in one’s mouth说话走了嘴the boy put his foot in his mouth when he told his father he played football in the afternoon. his father knew that the boy played truant again.
give somebody the gate让某人滚开i explained to them that i had left the invitation card at home till i was blue in the face, but they still gave me the gate.
as silent as the grave非常寂静at two in the morning the town is as silent as the grave.
get out of hand失去控制力the debate got out of hand and became a quarrel.
have a hand in something参与某事every actor and actress had a hand in making the play a hit.
have one’s hands full忙得不可开交she has her hands full going to work in the day and studying in the evening school after work.
have something on one’s hands有待处理he has clothes of last year’s fashion on his hands. so he has to sell them at a lower price and gets the money back.
lie down on the job在工作中偷懒the coach has been lying on the jobs. there’s no doubt that his team will lose the match.
go to somone’s head冲昏头脑the local football team won the match with flying colours. the excitement went to the enthusiastic fan’s heads and they went to the street drinking and dancing till the midnight.
give somebody a free hand to do something给某人自由去处理某事it is a good idea to give the students’ union a free hand to organize the new year’s party.
keep one’s head above water经济上过得去during the war, many families found it hard to keep their heads above water.
be sick at heart心里非常难过the monitor forgot to inform the class that the teacher had left the assignment. the next day, when the teacher blamed students, he felt sick at heart.
look high and low到处都找遍i remember locking the file in the safe. but now it is nowhere to be found again, although i have looked high and low.
a white lie没有恶意的谎言the patient worries too much about his disease. the doctor, in order to help with the medical treatment, has to tell him a white lie that his illness is no a big matter.
know the ropes精通业务it usually takes half a year for a new employer to know the ropes in the company.
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