． 崭新的 brand new.
他买了一台崭新的轿车
He bought a brand new car.
2． 太实惠了 be dirt cheap
这块手表才花了30USD，真是太实惠了。
You bought this watch only for 30 dollars? Its dirt cheap.
3.费事儿 take a lot of doing
做鱼特别费事儿，我可不想洗阿，淹阿，钝阿什么的。
It takes a lot of doing to cook a fish. I wouldnt like to spend a
lot of time washing, salting, stewing1 and whatnots for the cooking
of it.
4.了解底细 have someones number
别跟我瞎吹了，我又不是不知道你的底细。
No big talk with me, I have your number.
5.精品 the choicest goods
这家商店卖的手表都是精品，而且类型还特别多。
This shop sells a wide range of watches, all of which are the
choicest.
6. 认识一下状况 get the lay of the land
经理说他想让大家先去海南认识一下那里的状况，然后再决定投资的事。
The manager said that he would like us to go to Hai Nan and get the
lay of the land there before deciding on the investment.
7.掌上明珠 the apple of someones eye
玲玲是她爷爷的掌上明珠
Ling Ling is the apple of her grandpas eye.
8.叫人恶心turn ones stomach / make one sick
听她讲话，看她和男性讲话的那股劲头儿真让我恶心。
Listening to her and seeing the way of her talking with men really
turns my stomach.
9. 惹麻烦了 be in a jam
小张这次可惹麻烦了，昨天他又让警察给逮着了。
Xiao Zhangs in a jam now. He was copped out again by the police
yesterday.
10．关系非常不错 be on good terms with
据了解老张和那个部长的关系特别好
Its said that Lao Zhang is on very good terms with the minister.
11.甜头儿 sugar plum
假如不尝到点甜头儿，她是不会干那种事的
She wouldnt do that if she hadnt got sort of sugar plum.
12.什么都敢赌 can bet ones bottom dollar
她绝对不会和他结婚的，这个我什么都敢赌。
I can bet my bottom dollar that she wont marry him for anything.
13.美中不足a fly in the ointment2
我喜欢那套房屋，但美中不足的是离上班的地方太远。
I like the house, but theres a fly in the ointment: I have to
commute3 so far to work.
14．蹩脚货/次品 a lemon
几天将来他才发现他买的车是个蹩脚货。
Not until several days later did he find the car he bought was a
lemon.
15.小道消息 through the grapevine
不要听任何小道消息，目前传闲话的人愈加多了。
Dont believe anything through the grapevine. There are more and
more gossipers.
16.其丑无比 have a face that would sTOP a clock
我真不敢想象象李同如此英俊的小伙子居然和奇丑无比的孙丽结了婚
You can hardly imagine that a handsome man like Li Tong would get
married with a girl like Sun Li who has a face that would sTOP the
clock.
17.体型匀称 be well-proportioned
杰克体型匀称，个头适中，一双大双眼炯炯有神，成了很多女生追求的目的。
Lack, with a body well-proportioned, about the middling, a pair of
intense big eyes, has become the target of many pretty girls.
18. 做得太过火了 overplay ones hand
你肯定时做得太过火了， 不然她不会对你这样不依不饶的。
You must have overplayed your hand or she wouldnt have taken off
her gloves to you like that!
19.正中下怀 play into someones hands
你赞同到外地出差正中老板下怀，至于缘由，还是留给你一个人去考虑吧
Your agreeing to take the business trip in another city well played
into the hands of the boss. As for the reason, you put it in the
pipe and smoke it.
20/轻松的工作 a cushy job
他想干个轻松的工作，可又怕赚钱太少了。
He hope to take a cushy job but at the same time, worries about pay
he gets from such a job.
21.多的不能了 a jillion
千万不要叫你的老公去那个城市出差，那里的妓女多得不能了
Never allow your husband to take a trip to that city. There are a
jillion streetwalkers there.
22.争论是什么原因 a bone of contention4
我想，分利不均才是他们争吵的真的缘由。
I think the inequality in splitting the profits is their real bone
of contention.
23.仍在着 be still on
目前已经是深夜12点了，可是他办公室的灯还在亮着。
Its already 12:00 oclock midnight, yet, the light in his office is
still on.
24.有点生疏 go a bit rusty5
A:你能讲法语么？B：过去学过，可几年不需要有点生疏了。
Can you speak French? I learned it, but I havent used it for a long
time so it has got a bit rusty.
25.喝多了 have one too many
看他那个样子一定是喝多了，你最好把他送回家
He must seem to have had one too many. Youd better walk him home.
26.事情的真相 whats what
假如你弄清事情的真相，就立刻打电话告诉我
Give me a buzz and tell me as soon as youve got the whats what.
27.真惨 a bad scene
这次考试真惨。十道题我只答对了两道，其他的全错了。
This exam was really the bad scene! I miss all the ten questions but
two.
28.不可以再了cant be adjective+er
这个价格不可以再低了 The price cant be any lower.
29.彻头彻尾的 out and out
他是个彻头彻尾的口头革命派。
Hes an out and out armchair revolutionary.
30.打扮得特别漂亮be dressed to the nines
每次去参加舞会，她都打扮得特别漂亮。
Every time she went to a dance, she would always be dressed up to
the nines.
31.空头支票 lip-service
他对大家的许诺不过是个空头支票而已。
What he promised us is but a lip-service.
32.害人反害己 harm set, harm get
他吃苦果既是大家常说的害人反害己的最好例证
the bitter fruit he has got can be a very good example of what we
call Harm set, harm get.
33.到底 on earth
你到底想如何着？ What on earth do you want ?
34.活见鬼 The Deuce!
真见鬼了！你不告诉他他如何会了解大家两个在做这个交易那？
The Deuce! How could he possibly know what business we are doing
without telling him?
35.你好好琢磨琢磨吧 Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
你好好琢磨琢磨吧。他凭什么对你那样慷慨那？
Why should he be so generous to you like that? Put it in your pipe
and smoke it.
36.那有如何？So what?
我说了，那有如何？ I said it .So what?
37.完蛋了 the jig6 is up.
这回他完蛋了，警察在他的提箱里发现了大麻。
The jig is up this time. The police found marijuana in his
briefcase7.
38.添油加醋 spice up
我没添油加醋，我说的都是事实。
I didnt spice up. All I said is true.
39.要命的东西 the kiss of death
千万不要得罪他，得罪他可是个要命的事。
Never offend him. Thatll be the kiss of death.
40.逼真 true to life
他的那张画画的真逼真。 This painting of his is true to life.
41．睡得像死猪一样 sleep like a log
那些工人睡得像死猪一样，老板什么时间来的都不了解。
The workers were all sleeping like a log, even without knowing when
the boss gad8 arrived.
42.仅次于 be next only to
从人口数目方面讲，印度仅次于中国。
Talking about the size of population, India is next only to China.
43.幸亏 thank God
当时幸亏警察赶到了，要不他非得被那帮人打死。
Thank God the police had arrived or he might be killed by the gang.
44.喧宾夺主 steal the show
我可不想在这类领导面前喧宾夺主。
I wouldnt like to steal the show before these leading personnels.
45.你如此做人家会如何说那？ What will Mrs. Grundy say?
你说要像他们一样以那种方法去赚钱。假如你真的那样做，其他人又会如何说呢？
You said that you would go to make money the way as they do. But if
you have done the same, what will Mrs. Grundy say?
46.使逊色 put in the shade
在任何舞会上，只须她一露面，就显不着别的人了。
She would put everyone else in the shade at whatever party she
appears.
47.多么阿Talk about!
多么好看的女性阿！
Talk about a beautiful woman!
48.以后的麻烦 the devil to pay
你可以把那笔钱要回来，但考虑到以后的麻烦，我劝你还是不要的好
You can certainly get the money back. But when coming to think of
the devil to pay, I advise you to give it up.
49.实在该了 its high time did
你实在该考虑你的婚姻问题了。
Its high time you thought about getting married.
50. 无风不起浪 Where theres smoke theres fire.
无风不起浪，我想她一定做过那种事。
She must have done that sort of thing. Where theres smoke theres
fire.
51.沉重的包袱 a millstone around ones neck
他一直计划出国留学，可是年迈的老妈妈与老婆和孩子成了他的沉重包袱。
Hes been thinking of furthering his studies abroad but, his aged9
mother, his wife and the children all become a millstone around his
neck.
52.理亏 be in the wrong
他承认那是他的不是，而且也向你表示了歉意，你为何还要对他这样的不依不饶呢？
He admitted he was in the wrong and had already expressed his
apology. But why should you still come down on him like a ton of
bricks?
53.除非太阳打西边出来 till gigs can fly
想让我嫁给他那号人？ 除非太阳打西边出来。
Want me to marry a person of his sort? Till pigs can fly.
54.宽容大度 turn the other cheek
当你得知其他人在背后说了你的坏话时，要做到对这个人宽容大度是非常难的。
When you know that someone spoke10 evil of you behind your back, it
would be very difficult to turn the other cheek to him.
55.赞扬某人sing someones praises.
你为何总是赞扬那个家伙？我觉得他不值得你称赞
Why should you always sing that guys praises? I dont think he
deserves all your praise.
56.同意某人的看法take someones point
我同意了你的看法，但这不等于我完全赞同你的怎么看。
I took your point , but it doesnt mean I totally agree with you.
57.恰如其分 fit like a glove
你对他的批评恰如其分，假如你说得再过点儿头，他或许就同意不了了。
Your criticism of him fitted just like a glove. If you had have made
it a bit hotter, he could not have possibly accepted them.
58.完美无缺 nothing left to desire
他的生活已经是完美无缺了
He had nothing left to desire in life.
59.平易近人common touch
他当了部长将来，仍未失去平易近人的作风。
Even after becoming a minister, he still keeps his common touch with
people.
60.听天由命 resign to fate
他试了几次都失败了，所以目前也只能听天由命了
He failed all his attempts and now he has to resign to his fate.
61.有失身份beneath ones dignity
假如你也那样做，那可就有失身份了
I would be beneath your dignity if youd follow suit and do the
same.
62.错过别人 bark up the wrong tree
也会是我错怪了她，不过她确实常常和一个男性出去。
I may have been barking up the wrong tree, but she does go our a lot
with a man.
63.跃跃欲试be itching11 for a chance to do
你为何不给他一次机会呢？他正跃跃欲试，想向你 证实一下他的能力。。
Why dont you give him a chance? Hes itching for a chance for show
you his abilities.
64.胸怀大志 hitch12 ones wagon13 to a star
胸怀大志是件非常不错的事情，但光有大志是不够的。
Its great to hitch your wagon to a star, but that alone is not
enough.
65.留一条退路 hedge ones bets
他没把全部计划都告诉他们，为的是给自己留一条退路。
In order to hedge his bets he didnt tell the other party all of his
plan.
66.不公平的待遇 a raw deal
我真搞不懂她遭遇不公平待遇却不敢吭声
I cant understand why she got a raw deal and could not be up in
arms
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