1.【不妙】something is to pay
　　
　　The manager had a hunch¹ that something was to pay.
　　经理感到事情有些不妙。
　　汉语的“有些不妙”或“有点不对头”的概念常可用something is to pay的句式来表示。这一短语常和feel或have a hunch that连用。
　　
　　Dialogue ：
　　
　　Bob: Didn't you see the writing on the wall? ，
　　Sue: I even didn't have the slightest hunch.
　　Bob: But you should be prepared for such an outcome.
　　Sue: I had too much confidence in him.
　　Bob: But he ruined your business.
　　Sue: Well, if I knew there would be something to pay, I wouldn't should chalk it up to experience.
　　Bob: Well, you should chalk it up to experience.
　　Sue: You're right.

　　2.【眼中钉】a thorn in someone's flesh
             
　　I wonder why I become a thorn in their flesh. I've never harmed them.
　　不知为什么我成了他们的眼中钉了。我可从未错待过他们。
　　我们说的“眼中钉”与英美人讲的a thorn in someone's flesh指的是一回事， 虽比喻有异，但意思相同。与此说法相似的还有“刺耳的话”（a flea² in someone's ear）。
             
　　Dialogue ：
　　
　　Frank: I don't know why I should become a thorn in the
　　John's flesh.
　　Betty: You mean your boss? ，
　　Frank: Yeah. He seems to bear me a grudge³.
　　Betty: That's because you are too much on the ball.
　　Frank: But why should that make him hate me? ，
　　Betty: That's because you put him in the shade.

　　3.【馋得流口水】make someone's mouth water

　　The delicacies⁴ on the table make him mouth water.
　　桌上的美味佳肴馋得他直流口水。
　　“使某人流口水”指“使某人垂涎”，是地道的汉语口语。这一概念一般是用make someone’s mouth water的句式来表达的。
             
　　Dialogue：
　　
　　Sue: Wow! What a gracious table! Everything looks so beautiful.
　　Bob: This might be the best dinner you've ever had.
　　Sue: Surely it is. I can hardly wait. They make my mouth water.
　　Bob: I feel itching⁵, too. Let's start and try these delicacies.
             
　　4.【胡说八道】shooting from the hip⁶
             
　　He thinks I've got the hots for Lily? It"s shooting from the hip!
　　他说我迷恋上李丽了？这简直是胡说八道！
　　汉语口语中的"胡说八道"曾被译成break wind。其实，英美人更习惯用shoot from the
hip来表示这一说法。
             
　　Dialogue ：
             
　　Rose: I didn't know Joe was two-faced. He stabbed me in the back.
　　Mark: What did he do? ，
　　Rose: He told my boyfriend that I had affairs with several men, which, of course, made my boy friend very suspicious of me.
　　Mark: I didn't believe he would shoot from the hip like that! It was very vicious of him. You must not put up with him.
　　Rose: Of course not! He will soon know what he deserves!