1 take a rain check 改天

2 lost count 弄不清楚

3 be in another world 精神恍惚;魂不守舍

4 make yourself at home 隨意,隨便

5 save your breath 省口氣吧;別白費(fèi)口舌了

6 make sense 有意義,理解

7 cost sb. an arm and a leg 非常昂貴

8 burn a hole in one's pocket 很快地被花光

9 fill one's shoes 很好地頂替;令人滿意地替代

10 is ice cold 表示理所當(dāng)然

11 like apples and oranges 用來(lái)表示無(wú)法相比的事物

12?hold forth 長(zhǎng)篇大論

13 lose one's train of 忘記

14 meet each other half way 相互妥協(xié),讓步

15 on the dot 準(zhǔn)時(shí);正點(diǎn)

16 once and for all 最后一次;干脆

17 out of earshot 不在聽力所及范圍

18 out of this world 非常好

19 play by ear 隨機(jī)應(yīng)變,視情形而定

20 ring a bell 令人想起某件事;聽起來(lái)耳熟

21 share a common outlook 有共同的觀點(diǎn)

22 six of one and half-a-dozen of the other 半斤八兩;沒什么區(qū)別

23 stick around 在附近逗留或等待

24 stick with 繼續(xù)做,堅(jiān)持

25 straighten out 扯平;結(jié)清

26 toss and turn (身體)翻來(lái)覆去(通常表示難以入睡)

27 turn one's back (在別人遇到困難時(shí))不愿幫助

28 under the weather 身體不適,生病

29 bite off more than one can chew 貪多嚼不爛;心有余而力不足;不自量力;力不從心

30 break new ground 創(chuàng)新

31 do the trick 做成功;達(dá)到理想的結(jié)果

32 drag one's feet 行動(dòng)緩慢;磨磨蹭蹭不情愿

33 draw the line 拒絕,拒不容忍

34 feel down in the dumps 心情不好;情緒低落

35 few and far between 不多;少而分散的;不常碰到或發(fā)現(xiàn)的;稀少的

36 fit as a fiddle 身體很健康

37 grin and bear 任勞任怨;毫無(wú)怨言地忍受

38 hit the spot (特指吃了食物,喝了飲料之后)精神完全恢復(fù)過(guò)來(lái)或感到滿足;恢復(fù)精力;提精神

39 keep between the two of us 不讓第三者知道,保密

40 know a thing or two about 略知一二