1. Cut one’s coat according to one’s cloth 量力而为 2. Die in one’s boots 工作时死去 3. Dress somebody down 斥责，指责 4. Fit like a glove 完全合适 5. Get the boo 被解雇t 6. Give the shirt off one’s back 慷慨解囊 7. (Not) a shirt to one’s back 一无所有 8. give somebody the boot 解雇某人 9. Hit below the belt 做事不公道 10. Keep one’s shirt on 保持镇静 11. Rude awakening 如梦初醒 12. Poor apology for something 有名无实 13. What (ever) next 还有比这更荒唐的么 14. Well up in 精通，擅长 15. Scarcely ever 很少，几乎 16. To the effect that大意是……,含有…之意 17. Thin air 子虚乌有 18. Under warranty 在保修期内 19. Too (clever) by half 聪明过头了 20. sure thing 当然可以 21. To my way of thinking 依我看来 22. The same..as 同…一样 23. The benefit of doubt (在证据不足情况下)假定某人无辜 24. Right up one’s alley 正合某人心意或技能 25. School of hard knocks 艰苦的磨难 26. Something the matter with 出问题 27. Under age 未成年 28. The matter 麻烦 29. Rat race 激烈的竞争 30. take someone’s mind off something 使某人忘记某事 31. think twice about 仔细考虑 32. take the turning 拐弯 33. search me (非正式)不知道 34. have it in one 有能力(做某事) 35. have it over 比…好些,胜过 36. have had enough 对…发腻,厌烦 37. serve somebody right 自作自受 38. for that matter 而且 39. free the easy 自由自在,满不在乎 40. back up 支持 41. wet blanket 使人扫兴的人 42. keep somebody at arm’s length 敬而远之 43. be on one’s back 卧床不起 44. make somebody’s blood boil使…极度愤怒 45. to the backbone 彻底 46. sad dog 粗野的家伙 47. would give one’s right arm 要是…该多好 48. back out 49. be up in arms 满腔怒火 50. no fool 绝不是傻瓜，聪明人 51. in cold blood 冷血 52. back down on 放弃 53. work addict 工作狂 54. give it to somebody straight 直截了当地告诉某人 55. square up to 对…摩拳擦掌 56. have a thing about 对…反应强烈 57. harp on 责骂,批评 申诉 58. to one’s face 当着某人的面 59. bind someone hand and foot 使动弹不得 60. have head like a sieve 健忘 61. in one’s heart of hearts 心底里 62. cool one’s heels 久候 63. have a big nose 爱打听 64. have a sweet tooth 喜食甜食 65. have an itching palm 贪财 66. the shot in the arm 激励，鼓舞 67. twist one’s arm 采取强制手段 68. make a night of it 欢闹一夜 69. do not have a minute to call one’s own 没时间做自己的事 70. in round figures (or numbers)以整数表示；以约数表示 71. dot one’s i’s and cross one’s t’s 对细节一丝不苟；精确地 72. the eternal triangle 三角恋爱 73. old wives tale 荒诞故事 74. call someone by one’s first name 直呼其名 75. straight A 高材生 76. comparatively speaking 相对而言
Hi there "dad", I do appreciate the terms that you have recommended.All of then are pretty awesome and useful.But here I got one suggestion for you.Would you please give us less terms at a time and would you make some sentences by using the terms that you have given out ?In that case we can have a better understanding of those expressions ,and further more we can get a brief idea of how to use them.
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