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have one's heart set on...一心想要……once he had his heart set on something, he'll accept no turning-back.
one's heart in one's mouth吓得要命my heart was in my mouth when i heart someone tapping on my window one raining night.
have one's heart in one's mouth; with one's heart in one's mouth
not have the heart to do something不忍心去做how can you have the heart to kill my pet?
take something to heart往心里去/认真接受意见等tom decided to take his father's words to heart and wash his hands off smoking.
be in the seventh heaven高心极了mary was in seventh heaven when she finally came to paris, the center of fashion.
move heaven and earth想尽一切办法believe me. i promise to move heaven and earth to help you.
cool one's heels等的双脚发凉，久等let's meet at the gallery at 7 o'clock. come at 7 sharp. don't make me cool my heels.
take to one's heels逃走the naughty boy took to his heels after he should 'trick-or-treal'.
shoot from the hip信口开河don't take jay's words to heart. he shouldn't have shot from the hip.
by hook or by crook千方百计得，不择手段得he rose to that position by hook or by crook.
blow hot and cold出尔反尔，喜怒无常do you think he'll support you? he is the type who blows hot and cold.
make it hot for...刁难某人out section manager is a woman. our general manager always looks down upon her and makes everything hot for her.
have the hots for someone迷恋某人you have to stop her. she has the hots for a married man.
bring down the house博得满堂喝彩the first-prize winner of the speech contest has brought down the house for several times.
be over the hump已度过难关the asian financial crises has almost paralyzed asian economy. but we are over the hump now.
have a hunch that...预感到……i have a hunch that the bear market will be over soon.
be hunky-dory挺不错的a: how do you like the food here? b: hunky-dory.
skate on thin ice如履薄冰，冒风险we are skating on thin ice if we continue killing wild animals.
toy with the idea of...心里盘算要……she's toying within the idea of marring a foreigner.
no ifs, ands and buts不要找任何的理由和借口a: you know i could have done it well, but... b: no ifs, ands and buts. tell me if you want to save your job.
give someone an inch and he'll take a mile得寸进尺give my roommate an inch and he'll take a mile. last time, i offered him some candies. today, he asked for an ice-cream.
have many irons in the fire同时有很多要紧的事要做although he was out of job, he still wrote to his parents saying he had many irons in the fire.
be in a jam陷入困境get in a jam
you've got to help me. i'm in a jam. may car refused to work on my way to office.
jaywalk横穿马路it is dangerous to jaywalk.
in a jiffy不大一会儿=in a moment, right away. at once
i'll be with you in a jiffy.
have ( a case of ) the jitters忐忑不安the new teacher had a case of jitters when he first stood in front of the class.
keep up with the joneses与别人比阔，与别人攀比he likes keeping up with the joneses.
get a kick out of doing something从……得到很大的乐趣he gets a kick put of racing.
take kindly to something/someone愿意接受don't you feel that people in the lab don't take kindly to a nosy reporter?
kill someone with kindness好得让人受不了the old lady almost killed me with kindness when i lived at her home.
parade one's knowledge买弄学问he is a well-learned man, bit he never parades his knowledge.
be at large逍遥法外（也可以形容动物不受约束）the murderer was still at large. the victim's parents was determined to find enough evidence to sue him to court.
rest on one's laurels故步自封，吃老本you are sure to be lagged behind if you rest on your laurels.
turn over a new leaf洗心革面the juvenile delinquent promised that he would turn over a new leaf if he could be given lenient punishment.
have a hollow leg（喝酒）海量the best man has a hollow leg. he drinks a lot instead of the bridegroom.
pull someone's leg开某人的玩笑never ever pull his leg. he is a man without a sense of humor. he takes everything seriously.
keep someone at arm's length与某人保持距离my boss is my uncle. in order to avoid unnecessary misunderstanding, i'd better keep him at arm's length in company.
let someone down使某人失望joe really let me down by having broken his promises for serveral times.
can't for the life of one怎么……也不行i thought i could recite my speech backwards, but when i stood in front of the audience, i couldn't for the life of me remember what to say.
air one's linen in public家丑外扬the wife was often beaten by her husband, but she never told others. she didn't want to air her linen in public.
keep a stiff upper lip意志坚定，坚强不屈one failure means nothing. you've got to keep a stiff upper lip.
be at loggerheads with...互不相让the two parties were at loggerheads with each other over the new tax policy.
a born loser一事无成者nobody is a born loser. all you need is perseverance.
louse up something把某事搞得一团糟he let the cat out of the bag, which loused up the whole deal.
not do...for love or money死也不会……stop trying. i won't betray my friend for love or money.
feel a lump in one's throat心里感到很难受i felt a lump in my throat on hearing her story of fighting with the deadly disease.
make do with...用……凑合we are too tired to cook. we can make do with two bags of instant noodles.
the man in the street普通的人，老百姓the interview with the man in the street shows that 90% of them are satisfied with the tv fro grams.
be one's own man不受他人支配，自己管自己our monitor is not easy to cope with. he is much his own man.
steal a march on someone抢在他人前面，暗渡陈仓we stole a march on our rivals by reducing 5% of our price and got back our market.
meat and drink精神寄托
to some old people, raising pets is their meat and drink.
be at the mercy of受……支配when you get this kind of disease, your life is at the mercy of god.
blow someone's mind把某人搞得晕晕乎乎readers had rather high opinion of his new book, which blew his mind.
have a good mind to do something很想去干某事when i see young and robust men elbow their way onto the bus, i have a good mind to smack them.
have a one-track mind死脑筋，一根筋mark has a one-track mind. all he cares is earning money.
mind one's own affairs少管闲事you are nothing but an old gossip! can't you only mind your own affair?
weigh on someone's mind心事重重the failure of signing the contract has been weighing on his mind. he couldn't sleep at night.
be of two minds拿不定主意jill was of two minds as whether to spend the money on books or on clothes.
have money to burn有花不完的钱the new rich has money to burn.
once in a blue moon千载难逢 our boss is a miser. he gives us a treat only once in a blue moon 阅读更多四级文章：http://www.pronounceword.com/englishsquare/exam/exam7/index.html