glam-人皮蝇
?
Balancing act
(compromise in dilemma /deal successfully with two
or
more people, groups, or situations
that are in opposition to each other )
[The UN must perform a
delicate balancing act between the different
sides in the conflict. ]
?
Hot air
(loud and confused empty talks)
[No one likes a person
who thinks very highly of his own
opinions but is really full of hot
air.]
?
Go
belly-up
(collapse/to
be
dead-end)
[My
brother
’
s
company
went
belly-up
last
month
when
its
revenues
were
far
below
its
monthly
debts, so now he
’
s looking
for
a job.]
?
Keep
the
head
above
water
[Earning
barely
enough
to
support
the
family,
father
was
quite
happy
only
if
he
could
keep
his
head
above water.]
?
XYZ (Check your
zipper)
?
Rome was not
built in a day.
?
Penny wise and pound
foolish.(
小事聪明、大事聪明
)
?
Variety is the
spice of life.
?
Honesty is the best policy.
?
Bellybutton
?
Plain
sailing(easy unobstructed progress)
?
Flowery
language/plain flowery
?
Snak
e
charmer(a
performer
who
uses
movements
and
music
to
control snakes)
?
Snake pit (insane
asylum
疯人院
)
?
Snake up/queue
up
?
Tuck Sb. in
(tuck the sheets in firmly for sb.)
?
Tuck in (eat
up/ usually refers to a considerable quantity of
food)
?
Spend
less and save more
?
Exhaust (the exhaust from a car engine)
?
Carbon emission
?
Selfie /foodie/
?
Goose bumps/goose skin/goose flesh
?
Chicken-livered
?
Chicken liver
?
Sandwich
(insert or squeeze tightly between two people or
objects)
?
Keep
sb. In line
?
Wipe-out(collapse/an
event
or
a
result
that
completely
destroys
something) (a fall
from a bicycle or while skiing or being capsized
on
a surfboard)
?
Touch and go
?
Nod in sleep
?
Turn the head of
?
Take French
leave
不告而别
?
Foot/pay the
bill
?
Go Dutch/ a
Dutch treat/ split 50/50
[
I
’
d love to go, but I insist
we
go Dutch.]
?
Raise Cain(fly into a rage/get angry )
[ If i
don
’
t get out of here
now,
my
boss
is
going
to
raise
Cain.][
On
weekends
we
wanted
to
have
late rise in the morning, our neighbour started to
raise Cain.]
?
On/in
the
cards(adv.
Probably
)
[An
early
general
election
is
certainly on the cards.]
?
Cut
and
run(leave
away
in
a
hurry)
[If
he
had
cut
and
run
early,
Democrats
would
have
complained
about
his
backbone.][you
pick
your
side
and
you
stick
it!
You
don
’
t
cut
and
run
when
things
get
ugly.]
?
In
broad
daylight(in
public/before
a
big
crowd
of
people)
[They
even committed such
crimes in broad daylight. ]
?
Don
’
t count your
chickens before they
’
re
hatched.
?
Prevention is better than a cure.
?
One
good turn deserves anther.
?
Make hay while the sun shines.
?
Get over jet-
lag
?
Cards on
the table
/put/place one
’
s
cards on the table
摊牌
?
I
’
m
flattered./You flatter me.
?
Written in water(fleeting)
?
Full of beans
(talk nonsense)
?
Not know beans (to be ignorant or
uninformed)
?
Not
worth a hill of beans(to be worthless)
?
Spill the
beans(tell a secret)
?
Dangle a carrot(encourage/incentive)
?
Carrot and
stick()
?
Pea-
brained(simple-minded/stupid)
?
Pass an olive
branch
?
As thick
as pea soup
?
Like two peas in a pod(be very close
with or similar to someone)
?
In a pickle
?
Hot
potato(difficult issue)
?
Salad days(youthful period of
one
’
s life)
?
Confide in
someone
吐露、倾诉
?
Run deep(if a
feeling runs or goes deep, it is very strong and
difficult
to change)[the economic ties
between China and the US run deep.][it
all
sounds
logical
enough,
but
Europe
’
s
democratic
divisions
run
deep.][but her feeling
for him run deep.]
?
Turn on a
dime(skillful/flexible/talented)
?
Penny
for
your
thought[-a
penny
for
your
thoughts.--Oh,i
was
just
thinking about how to
tell i
’
m
leaving.]
你呆呆的在想什么了
?
An
eagle eye[a good surgeon must have an
eagle
’
s eye, a
lion
’
s heart,
and
a lady
’
s hand.]
?
Be all ears[the
children were all ears when the girl told them
stories.]
?
Come
down
to
earth
[he
has
come
down
to
earth
and
stopped
dreaming
of
being
rich.][the
two
lovers
are
living
in
a
kind
of
dreamworld; but
they
’
ll come down to earth.]
?
Nothing
ventured,nothing gained.
?
It never rains but it pours.
?
Once bitten,
twice shy.
?
A
bad workman blames his tools.
?
Play someone at
their feet=an eye for eye, a tooth for a tooth
?
I
’
ll live up to
my parent
’
s expectation.
?
His name
slipped from my memory.
?
See eye to eye
(be in agreement)
[i see eye to eye with you.]
[it
is a mere
coincidence that they see eye to eye on this
point.]
?
On the
same page( be in agreement)
[Can EU
member all stay on
the same page and support EU policy of
continued expansion?][I just
want to
make sure we
’
re all on the
same page here.]
?
Buy
the
farm
(die)[my
uncle
was
fifty-seven
when
he
bought
the
farm in the world war
two.]
?
Chew the fat
(gossip)
[It was
nice to go out with friends and chew
the fat for a while.][Uncle George
likes to come over to chew the fat
every
Sunday.][the
old
women
meet
to
chew
the
fat
with
their
neighbors every morning.]
?
Dead
on
one
’
s
feet
(
feel
tired,
exhausted)[i
’
m
really
dead
on
my
feet tonight:we had the
big year-end sale on and i was so busy i
didn
’
t
even have
time for lunch.]
?
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
?
It
’
s no use
crying over split milk.
?
Pride goes before a fall.
?
Absence makes
the heart grow fonder.
?
Give and
take/balance act
[A willing
to give and take is important
for
success in marriage.][A happy
marriage
depends largely on give
and take.]
?
Have a go at
someone
(have a go means
try something but have a
go at
something means to aggressively attack someone
physically or
verbally)
[i don
’
t know why
you are having a go at me. I
didn
’
t do
anything
wrong.][you
should
walk
away
before
he
has
a
go
at
you.
You know how aggressive
he can be.]
?
Try
your hand at something
（
give something a try /a
shoot
）
?
At six and
sevens[i
’
m all at six and
sevens about to do.][i
’
don
’
t want
to go his
home because his house is always at six and
sevens.]
?
Four-
star abilities with five-star ambitions
?
Actions speak
louder words.
?
Don
’
t look a gift
horse in the mouth
?
When the Rome, do as the Romes.