． 崭新的 brand new.
            他买了一台崭新的轿车
            He bought a brand new car.
            2． 太便宜了 be dirt cheap
            这块手表才花了30美元，真是太便宜了。
            You bought this watch only for 30 dollars? It’s dirt cheap.
            3.费事儿 take a lot of doing
            做鱼特别费事儿，我可不愿意洗阿，淹阿，钝阿什么的。
            It takes a lot of doing to cook a fish. I wouldn’t like to spend a
            lot of time washing, salting, stewing¹ and whatnots for the cooking
            of it.
            4.知道底细 have someone’s number
            别跟我瞎吹了，我又不是不了解你的底细。
            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，而且种类还特别多。
            This shop sells a wide range of watches, all of which are the
            choicest.
            6. 了解一下情况 get the lay of the land
            经理说他想让我们先去海南了解一下那里的情况，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 someone’s eye
            玲玲是她爷爷的掌上明珠
            Ling Ling is the apple of her grandpa’s eye.
            8.让人恶心turn one’s stomach / make one sick
            听她讲话，看她和男人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 Zhang’s in a jam now. He was copped out again by the police
            yesterday.
            10．关系很好 be on good terms with
            据说老张和那个部长的关系特别好
            It’s said that Lao Zhang is on very good terms with the minister.
            11.甜头儿 sugar plum
            如果不尝到点甜头儿，她是不会干那种事的
            She wouldn’t do that if she hadn’t got sort of sugar plum.
            12.什么都敢赌 can bet one’s 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 won’t marry him for anything.
            13.美中不足a fly in the ointment²
            我喜欢那套房子，但美中不足的是离上班的地方太远。
            I like the house, but there’s a fly in the ointment: I have to
            commute³ so far to work.
            14．蹩脚货/次品 a lemon
            几天以后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，现在传闲话的人越来越多了。
            Don’t 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这样英俊的小伙子竟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，一双大眼睛炯炯有神，成了许多女孩追求的目标。
            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 one’s hand
            你一定时做得太过火了， 否则她不会对你如此不依不饶的。
            You must have overplayed your hand or she wouldn’t have taken off
            her gloves to you like that!
            19.正中下怀 play into someone’s hands
            你同意到外地出差正中老板下怀，至于原因，还是留给你自己去思考吧
            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，可又怕挣钱太少了。
            He hope to take a cushy job but at the same time, worries about pay
            he gets from such a job.
            21.多的不得了 a jillion
            千万别让你的丈夫去那个城市出差，那里的妓女多得不得了
            Never allow your husband to take a trip to that city. There are a
            jillion streetwalkers there.
            22.争论的原因 a bone of contention⁴
            我想，分利不均才是他们争吵的真正原因。
            I think the inequality in splitting the profits is their real bone
            of contention.
            23.仍在……着 be still on
            现在已经是深夜12点了，可是他办公室的灯还在亮着。
            It’s already 12:00 o’clock 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，可几年不用有点生疏了。
            Can you speak French? I learned it, but I haven’t used it for a long
            time so it has got a bit rusty.
            25.喝多了 have one too many
            看他那个样子肯定是喝多了，你最好把他送回家
            He must seem to have had one too many. You’d better walk him home.
            26.事情的真相 what’s what
            如果你弄清事情的真相，就马上打电话告诉我
            Give me a buzz and tell me as soon as you’ve got the what’s 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.不能再……了can’t be adjective+er
            这个价格不能再低了 The price can’t 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。
            He’s 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
            他对我们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
            他吃苦果既是我们常说的“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
            你到底想怎么着？ What on earth do you want ?
            34.活见鬼 The Deuce!
            真见鬼了！你不告诉他他怎么会知道我们俩在做这个买卖那？
            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.那有怎样？So what?
            我说了，那有怎样？ 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
            我没有添油加醋，我说的都是事实。
            I didn’t spice up. All I said is true.
            39.要命的东西 the kiss of death
            千万别得罪他，得罪他可是个要命的事。
            Never offend him. That’ll 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，老板什么时候来的都不知道。
            The workers were all sleeping like a log, even without knowing when
            the boss gad⁸ arrived.
            42.仅次于 be next only to
            从人口数量方面讲，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
            我可不愿意在这些领导面前喧宾夺主。
            I wouldn’t like to steal the show before these leading personnels.
            45.你这样做人家会怎么说那？ What will Mrs. Grundy say?
            你说要像他们一样以那种方式去挣钱。如果你真的那样做，别人又会怎么说呢？
            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，只要她一露面，就显不着其他人了。
            She would put everyone else in the shade at whatever party she
            appears.
            47.多么……阿Talk about…!
            多么漂亮的女人阿！
            Talk about a beautiful woman!
            48.今后的麻烦 the devil to pay
            你可以把那笔钱要回来，但是考虑到今后的麻烦，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 it’s high time …did…
            你实在该考虑你的婚姻问题了。
            It’s high time you thought about getting married.
            50. 无风不起浪 Where there’s smoke there’s fire.
            无风不起浪，我想她肯定做过那种事。
            She must have done that sort of thing. Where there’s smoke there’s
            fire.
            51.沉重的包袱 a millstone around one’s neck
            他一直打算出国留学，可是年迈的老母亲以及妻子和孩子成了他的沉重包袱。
            He’s 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，你为什么还要对他如此的不依不饶呢？
            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
            当你得知别人在背后说了你的坏话时，要做到对这个人宽容大度是很难的。
            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 someone’s praises.
            你为什么老是赞扬那个家伙？我认为他不值得你称赞
            Why should you always sing that guy’s praises? I don’t think he
            deserves all your praise.
            56.接受某人的观点take someone’s point
            我接受了你的观点，但是这不等于我完全同意你的看法。
            I took your point , but it doesn’t mean I totally agree with you.
            57.恰到好处 fit like a glove
            你对他的批评恰到好处，如果你说得再过点儿头，他也许就接受不了了。
            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
            他当了部长以后，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，所以现在也只能听天由命了
            He failed all his attempts and now he has to resign to his fate.
            61.有失身份beneath one’s dignity
            如果你也那样做，那可就有失身份了
            I would be beneath your dignity if you’d follow suit and do the
same.
            62.错过他人 bark up the wrong tree
            也可能是我错怪了她，不过她确实经常和一个男人出去。
            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…
            你为什么不给他一次机会呢？他正跃跃欲试，想向你 证实一下他的能力。。
            Why don’t you give him a chance? He’s itching for a chance for show
            you his abilities.
            64.胸怀大志 hitch¹² one’s wagon¹³ to a star
            胸怀大志是件很好的事情，但是光有大志是不够的。
            It’s great to hitch your wagon to a star, but that alone is not
            enough.
            65.留一条退路 hedge one’s bets
            他没有把全部打算都告诉对方，为的是给自己留一条退路。
            In order to hedge his bets he didn’t 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 can’t understand why she got a raw deal and could not be up in
            arms

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