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1、实用短语a back seat driver 专爱指点司机如何开车的乘客a big bear hug 抱得很紧a bit trying 有点苦恼a cap and gown 毕业典礼的礼服a cup of Java 一杯咖啡a dead battery 汽车电瓶没电了a good shot 照相的取景很出色a hangover from the old days 遗留下来的老习惯a knockout 引人注目a man of few words 沉默寡言的人a popular moment 舞会中大家都来到了的时间a rainy day 不如意的日子a scorcher 一个大热天a stea

2、dy 一个固定的异性朋友a tall milk shake 一大杯奶昔A toast everyone. 敬大家一杯酒.a two-year hitch in the army 两年的兵役a wet blanket 扫兴的人above board 光明正大的absent-minded professor 无头苍蝇;做事心不在焉者After while, crocodile. 一会见.all along 始终;一贯all at sea 茫然不知所措all bark and no bite 只动口,不动手的人all burnt up 怒火中烧all dressed up 穿的很漂亮all ears

3、 全神贯注地听;愕然all for it 完全同意all gone 消逝;丢失all in 疲倦all in a days work, be 司空见惯all my eye 岂有此理;胡说八道all out 全力以赴;全卖光了all set 准备好了All set Not yet. 都弄好了吗还没呢.all the better 更好all the world and his wife 人人;诸色人等all there 神志清醒的;没有问题的all thumbs笨手笨脚的;一窍不通的all turn out 如愿以偿all woman 最标准的女性all you have to do 你只要al

4、ways the case 常常如此ambulance chaser 唯利是图的低级律师And how! 当然啦!ants in ones pants(skirt) 坐立不安any way 究竟anything under the sun 普天下任何事情apple-polish 逢迎;讨好Are you all packed 你行李收拾好了吗Are you telling me 用你来告诉我吗Are you with me 你懂我的意思吗as a rule 通常来说as luck would have it 真走运或不走运as mod as sb 与某人一样时髦at first blush 乍

5、看at issue 争论中at loe ends 无职业;不安定at my expense 由我出钱at odds 争执at ones fingers tips 了如指掌at ones service 随时提供服务at ones wits end 不知所措at ones wits end 志穷计尽at sixes and sevens 混乱的at stake 在危险中at the drop of a hat 马上at times 有时;偶然at your disposal 听你的aware of, be 了解B.T.O. (big time operator) 游手好闲的人babes and

6、suckings 天真而缺乏经验者baby-kisser 为达到竞选目的出尽八宝的政客bachelor party 单身会back and forth 来来去去back at the farm 言归正传back number 过期的杂志;守旧派back on ones feet 经受打击后重新站起来back out 食言backseat driver 指手划脚的人bad egg(lot) 坏蛋bag of bones 骨瘦如柴的人bake down 临阵退缩barking up the wrong tree 攻击错了目标barter away 以较便宜的价格出售bawl out 责骂Be a

7、good sport! 不要婆婆妈妈的!be nuts 傻里傻气be off 走吧;滚蛋Be off! 滚开!be on the wagon 喝酒bear in mind 牢记在心beat around the bush 说话绕圈子beat it 走开beat ones brains (out) 伤透了脑筋beat sb by miles 远远胜过beat, be 太累了beef about 抱怨beef up 加强before you are scheduled to leave 在你决定离开之时间前Before you could say Jack Robinson 很快before yo

8、u know it 很快behave yourself 请检点一点behind bars 坐牢behind ones back 背后behind the scenes(curtain) 在幕后behind the times 不合时宜behind time 误期believe it or not 信不信由你benefit from 从中得到best-seller 畅销书、唱片bet it is 当然是better half 老婆better luck next time 下次好运些吧better than, be 比.多;多于between my ribs and my back bone 肚

9、子beyond ones reach of 超出支付能力beyond sb, be 使某人无法理解big bluffer 吹牛者bite ones head off 大发脾气black and blue 遍体鳞伤black sheep 不肖子女blame sb for sth 为某事责备某人bleed white 花光血汗钱blind alley 死胡同;失败之路blood in ones eye 极度愤怒bloody fool (B.F.) 蠢材blow hot and cold 喜怒无常Blow it! 他妈的!blow off steam 发脾气blow ones own horn 自吹

10、自擂blow ones top 怒发冲冠blow up 表现失常;吹风body and breeches 完全boil down to 归结起来是;其结果是boiling point 爱情的沸点bolt from the blue 晴天霹雳bone up on 努力研读born with a silver spoon in ones mouth 出生富贵born yesterday 乳臭未干bottoms up 干杯Bottoms up! 干杯!brain storm 心血来潮brand new 崭新的break down 故障;毁坏break in 适合break it off 吹了brea

11、k ones heart 使某人心碎break ones neck 痛打一顿;拼命做某事break the ice 打破僵局;打破沉默break the routine 调剂一下bred in the bone 天生的;个性的bring back the good old days 回忆昔日好时光bring down the house 掌声雷动bring me up-to-date 告诉我最新消息bring sb to date 使某人掌握最先进东西brotherly impulse 激动手足的情分brush off (男女之间)甩;撇开brush up on sth 复习,重新学习buck

12、 up 振作起来bull dog 难以相处的人burn a hole in ones pocket 花钱如流水burn ones bridges behind one 不留后路burn ones fingers 碰钉子burn the midnight oil 熬夜读书bury ones head in the sand 不敢面对现实bury the hatchet 捐弃前嫌Business is business. 公事公办busy-body 好管闲事和多嘴的人buy things on time 分期付款买东西buy your story 相信你的话buying bargains 买廉价货

13、by all means 务必by and by 逐渐;慢慢地by fair means or foul 不择手段By golly! (By Gum!) 天呀!by hook or by crook 不择手段by the look of you 从你的样子看来call back 再打电话call it a day 今天到此为止call one names 用污秽语言骂人call the shots 发号施令;管事calling at this early hour 一大早就打电话cant be wrong 错不了cant get away with it 逃不掉cant stand it an

14、y longer 再也无法忍受Capital idea! 好主意！carry coals to Newcastle 多此一举;徒劳无功carry sth too far 做事超出限度carry the torch 单相思cast away 扔掉cast down 沮丧caste eyes at 注视;打主意castle in the air 空中楼阁catch on to 理解catch ones breath 喘口气catch up on sth 补上某事catch up with 迎头赶上caught red-handed, be 犯罪活动的当场被抓住chain smoker 烟瘾大的人c

15、hange hands 转手change my opinion of you 我对你的看法改变一下cheap joints 下流地方check out 办清离开手续;借书;调查chew the rag 唠叨不断chip in 集资;捐款clean sweep 全胜clean the house for sb 和某人算帐clock watcher 盼望下班的人close shave (close call) 千钧一发coast is clear 没有危险了coin a neat phrase 话说得很恰当cold fish 冷酷无情的人Columbus discovered America 陈年

16、旧事come along with 随同come and get it 试试拿走它吧come down with 病倒come in handy 迟早有用come into the world 出世come off it 吹牛皮come on strong 非常积极的给人以好印象come out right 事情进展顺利come right over 这就来了come through 交出;成功come to naught 成为泡影come to terms 达成协议cook up a story 编出慌话骗人cool off 冷却下来cooling my heels waiting for

17、her 翘首以待crash the gate 不请自来的客人crazy like a fox 装疯;装模作样cross my heart 感发誓;不骗人cross the bridge when one comes to it 既来之则安之cry quits 放弃;承认失败cry wolf 狼来了;发出假警报cup of tea 喜欢而又会做之事cut corners 超近路;以简捷方式做事cut down on 削减cut it out 够了!算了cut of the woods 脱离危险期cut out 戒掉坏习惯cut sb down to size 揭穿某人的底细cut sb off

18、把电话挂断.cut sth out 阻止;停止;故障;占上风cut throat 害人的cut-and-dried 事先准备好的;枯燥无味的dark horse 黑马;冷门darn it 真讨厌dating yourself before your time 老气横秋day off 放假日daylight robbery 价钱贵到离谱days are numbered 生存时日屈指可数dead beat(tired) 烂醉如泥dead dog 没用的人dead easy 易如反掌dead serious 认真得不得了dead sure(certain) 极之肯定dead to the worl

19、d 睡得很香dear Jone letter 绝交信deep southern drawl 拉长语调的南方口音definte word 确定的消息deliver the goods 完成工作Did you fall heir to a gold mine 你是否遇见了金矿的小老板die with ones boots on 死在工作岗位上die-hard 冥顽不灵dilly-dally 吊儿浪当dirty dog 卑鄙小人discuss sth over a coke 边喝可乐边谈某事dish water 毫无味道distance makes the heart grow fonder 时间会

20、使感情加深do a little sightseeing 逛逛do all the talking 会议上只有一个人讲话do my own laundry 自己(用洗衣机)洗衣服do one good 对某人有好处do over 重做;粉刷doesnt make sense 不合逻辑dogs life 悲惨的生活Dont be such a baby! 不要那样孩子气Dont mention it. 别客气,不算什么.Dont tease me. 别开玩笑了.Dont think Ill have much use for that. 这对我没有多大用处.done time 老资格(贬义)do

21、uble crosser 出卖朋友的人 down in the mouth 愁眉苦脸down on ones luck 倒楣down payment 分期付款的定金Down the hatch! 干杯!drag sb through the mud 拖人下水draw on 依照;依据draw up 草拟;准备drooling around her all the time 一直对她垂涎三尺drop by 顺道拜访drop dead 去你的drop in on sb 拜访某人drop it 停止吧drop it off 把它放到.drop me a line 写信给我drop sb a line

22、 给某人写信drop sb off 让某人下车drop the ball 犯错误 duck soup 易如反掌之事dull book 沉闷的书dumb bell 笨蛋dumb Dora 傻女Dump her! 甩掉她!dwell on 考虑;不断地说early bird 集会早到的人easier said than done 说来容易做时难easy come easy go 来得容易去得快(特指钱)Easy does it - when you can. 慢慢来,尽力而为.eat ones hat 赶打赌,非常确定eat ones head off 食量惊人eat ones heart out

23、 伤心异常,因此消瘦eat ones words 承认错误eat out 出外吃饭egg money 私房钱egghead 书呆子either make or break 不成功,便成人eleventh hour 最后关头end up 结束enough of it 够了,停止吧enough to wake the dead 震耳欲聋Every cloud has a silver lining. 黑云过后,阳光灿烂every dog has his day 瓦片也有翻身时every now and then 不时地;有时every once in a while 偶尔every so ofte

24、n 偶然every Tom, Dick and Harry 张三李四everyone is for himself 自己顾自己everything goes to the dogs 一切都完了face the music 接收惩罚;面对困难faculty and staff 教职员faculty members 教职员fair and square 忠诚与坦白fair-weather friend 酒肉朋友fall behind 落后;失利fall for look 女人爱漂亮fall out with 争吵fall through 失败;毁灭family man 有家室之人far from,

25、 be 远不是fast one 一搭就上的(男人或女人)Fat chance! 不太可能的事!fat hangovers 好厉害的醉后头疼fat-head 人头猪脑favorite son 被自己一州拥护的候选人fed sb a big line 对某人说了个大谎.fed up (with) 对某事厌倦fed up with, be 感到厌倦feel free 随便.feel like 很想要feel up to 能胜任feeling in the pink 觉得愉快feminine type 女人气质的few and far between 难能可贵fifty-fifty 五五支付fight

26、 it out 据理力争;武力解决figure out 考虑出;想出fill in for 代替fill out 填表find a sugar daddy 找到一个有钱的老头子find a way out 找出一条出路fire sale 减价出售first in line 队伍中排第一名fish in troubled waters 混水摸鱼;趁火打劫fish story 荒唐无比的故事fix up 修理flat tire 没精打采flicker out 过去了fly by 飞逝fly off the handle 平时有教养的人突然失去常态fold up 破产following sbs fo

27、otsteps 效法;继承fool around with 与不三不四的人鬼混fooling around 闲逛for all I know 据我所知for good 永远地for good and all 永远for nothing 免费for one thing (插入语)但是for the love of Mike 梦想不到for the time being 暂时;目前four-letter words 骂人语;四字真言frame up 栽赃陷害free hand 全权处理frightened to death 吓死了from A to Z 从头到尾from scratch 从头开始f

28、rom the look of sb 从某人的外表看来full charge of 全权负责full of bull 胡言乱语full to the brim (吃得)满到喉头fuss over 焦虑gain weight 长胖了get a big kick 玩得很开心get a check cashed 支票兑现get a move on! 快点!get a nerve 胆子大get across 说明;达成;克服get all in a panic 惊恐get all up tight 紧张到极点get along with 相处融洽get around 有办法应付局面get away w

29、ith 成功;逃避惩罚get behind 支持get cold feet 沮丧;临阵退缩get cracking 快点!get down to 开始处理get down to business 办正经事get even 报复get going 开始;动手;赶快get hooked on sth 被某事迷住了get in touch with 和.联络get it over with 赶快把事情做妥当get lost 迷失get mad at 对某人生气get me down 令我生气get nothing on me 尚未找到证据get nowhere 一事无成get off on the

30、wrong foot 开始就乱了步骤get off the ground 进行顺利;刚开始get on the ball 机灵些;敏捷些get one wrong 误会某人get ones goat 故意为难get out of the bed on the wrong side 脾气好的人突然变得难以相处get over 完成;复原;超越get pinched 失手;落网get rid of 干掉;摆脱get rolling 开始;动手get rusty 技术、头脑等生疏get sb by the neck 捉住get somewhere 有所成就get sth off ones chest 把心中的话讲出来get sth straight 办好;搞通;了解get stuck 抛锚;进入僵局get the bulge on 占优势;胜