2.太便宜了 be dirt cheap 　　這塊手表才花了30美元，真是太便宜了。 　　You bought this watch only for 30 dollars? Its dirt cheap. 　　3.費事兒 take a lot of doing 　　做魚特別費事兒，我可不愿意洗阿，淹阿，鈍阿什么的。 　　It takes a lot of doing to cook a fish. I wouldnt like to spend a lot of time washing, salting, stewing and whatnots for the cooking of it. 　　4.知道底細 have someones number 　　別跟我瞎吹了，我又不是不了解你的底細。 　　No big talk with me, I have your number. 　　5.精品 the choicest goods 　　這家商店賣的手表都是精品，而且種類還特別多。 　　This shop sells a wide range of watches, all of which are the choicest. 　　6. 了解一下情況 get the lay of the land 　　經理說他想讓我們先去海南了解一下那里的情況，然后再決定投資的事。 　　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 someones eye 　　玲玲是她爺爺的掌上明珠 　　Ling Ling is the apple of her grandpas eye. 　　8.讓人惡心turn ones stomach / make one sick 　　聽她講話，看她和男人講話的那股勁頭兒真讓我惡心。 　　Listening to her and seeing the way of her talking with men really turns my stomach. 　　惹麻煩了 be in a jam 　　小張這次可惹麻煩了，昨天他又讓警察給逮著了。 　　Xiao Zhangs in a jam now. He was copped out again by the police yesterday. 　　10．關系很好 be on good terms with 　　據說老張和那個部長的關系特別好 　　Its said that Lao Zhang is on very good terms with the minister. 　　11.甜頭兒 sugar plum 　　如果不嘗到點甜頭兒，她是不會干那種事的 　　She wouldnt do that if she hadnt got sort of sugar plum. 　　12.什么都敢賭 can bet ones bottom dollar 　　她絕對不會和他結婚的，這個我什么都敢賭。 　　I can bet my bottom dollar that she wont marry him for anything. 　　13.美中不足a fly in the ointment 　　我喜歡那套房子，但美中不足的是離上班的地方太遠。 　　I like the house, but theres a fly in the ointment: I have to commute so far to work. 　　14．蹩腳貨/次品 a lemon 　　幾天以后他才發現他買的車是個蹩腳貨。 　　Not until several days later did he find the car he bought was a lemon. 　　15.小道消息 through the grapevine 　　不要聽任何小道消息，現在傳閑話的人越來越多了。 　　Dont believe anything through the grapevine. There are more and more gossipers. 　　16.其丑無比 have a face that would stop a clock 　　我真不敢想象象李同這樣英俊的小伙子竟然和奇丑無比的孫麗結了婚 　　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.體型勻稱 be well-proportioned 　　杰克體型勻稱，個頭適中，一雙大眼睛炯炯有神，成了許多女孩追求的目標。 　　Lack, with a body well-proportioned, about the middling, a pair of intense big eyes, has become the target of many pretty girls.

　　18. 做得太過火了 overplay ones hand 　　你一定時做得太過火了， 否則她不會對你如此不依不饒的。 　　You must have overplayed your hand or she wouldnt have taken off her gloves to you like that! 　　19.正中下懷 play into someones hands 　　你同意到外地出差正中老板下懷，至于原因，還是留給你自己去思考吧 　　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/輕松的工作 a cushy job 　　他想干個輕松的工作，可又怕掙錢太少了。 　　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 　　千萬別讓你的丈夫去那個城市出差，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.爭論的原因 a bone of contention 　　我想，分利不均才是他們爭吵的真正原因。 　　I think the inequality in splitting the profits is their real bone of contention. 　　23.仍在著 be still on 　　現在已經是深夜12點了，可是他辦公室的燈還在亮著。 　　Its already 12:00 oclock midnight, yet, the light in his office is still on. 　　24.有點生疏 go a bit rusty 　　A:你能講法語么？B：過去學過，可幾年不用有點生疏了。 　　Can you speak French? I learned it, but I havent used it for a long time so it has got a bit rusty. 　　25.喝多了 have one too many 　　看他那個樣子肯定是喝多了，你最好把他送回家 　　He must seem to have had one too many. Youd better walk him home. 　　26.事情的真相 whats what 　　如果你弄清事情的真相，就馬上打電話告訴我 　　Give me a buzz and tell me as soon as youve got the whats what. 　　27.真慘 a bad scene 　　這次考試真慘。十道題我只答對了兩道，其他的全錯了。 　　This exam was really the bad scene! I miss all the ten questions but two. 　　28.不能再了cant be adjective+er 　　這個價格不能再低了 The price cant be any lower. 　　29.徹頭徹尾的 out and out 　　他是個徹頭徹尾的口頭革命派。 　　Hes an out and out armchair revolutionary. 　　30.打扮得特別漂亮be dressed to the nines 　　每次去參加舞會，她都打扮得特別漂亮。 　　Every time she went to a dance, she would always be dressed up to the nines. 　　31.空頭支票 lip-service 　　他對我們的許諾不過是個空頭支票而已。 　　What he promised us is but a lip-service. 　　32.害人反害己 harm set, harm get 　　他吃苦果既是我們常說的害人反害己的最好例證 　　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 　　你到底想怎么著？ What on earth do you want ? 　　34.活見鬼 The Deuce! 　　真見鬼了！你不告訴他他怎么會知道我們倆在做這個買賣那？ 　　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。他憑什么對你那樣慷慨那？ 　　Why should he be so generous to you like that? Put it in your pipe and smoke it. 　　36.那有怎樣？So what? 　　我說了，那有怎樣？ I said it .So what? 　　37.完蛋了 the jig is up. 　　這回他完蛋了，警察在他的提箱里發現了大麻。 　　The jig is up this time. The police found marijuana in his briefcase. 　　38.添油加醋 spice up 　　我沒有添油加醋，我說的都是事實。 　　I didnt spice up. All I said is true. 　　39.要命的東西 the kiss of death 　　千萬別得罪他，得罪他可是個要命的事。 　　Never offend him. Thatll be the kiss of death. 　　40.逼真 true to life 　　他的那張畫畫的真逼真。 This painting of his is true to life. 　　41．睡得像死豬一樣 sleep like a log 　　那些工人睡得像死豬一樣，老板什么時候來的都不知道。 　　The workers were all sleeping like a log, even without knowing when the boss gad arrived. 　　42.僅次于 be next only to 　　從人口數量方面講，印度僅次于中國。 　　Talking about the size of population, India is next only to China. 　　43.幸虧 thank God 　　當時幸虧警察趕到了，要不他非得被那幫人打死。 　　Thank God the police had arrived or he might be killed by the gang. 　　44.喧賓奪主 steal the show 　　我可不愿意在這些領導面前喧賓奪主。 　　I wouldnt like to steal the show before these leading personnels. 　　45.你這樣做人家會怎么說那？ What will Mrs. Grundy say? 　　你說要像他們一樣以那種方式去掙錢。如果你真的那樣做，別人又會怎么說呢？ 　　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.使遜色 put in the shade 　　在任何舞會上，只要她一露面，就顯不著其他人了。 　　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.今后的麻煩 the devil to pay 　　你可以把那筆錢要回來，但是考慮到今后的麻煩，我勸你還是不要的好 　　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.實在該了 its high time did 　　你實在該考慮你的婚姻問題了。 　　Its high time you thought about getting married. 　　50. 無風不起浪 Where theres smoke theres fire. 　　無風不起浪，我想她肯定做過那種事。 　　She must have done that sort of thing. Where theres smoke theres fire. 　　51.沉重的包袱 a millstone around ones neck 　　他一直打算出國留學，可是年邁的老母親以及妻子和孩子成了他的沉重包袱。 　　Hes been thinking of furthering his studies abroad but, his aged mother, his wife and the children all become a millstone around his neck. 　　52.理虧 be in the wrong 　　他承認那是他的不是，而且也向你表示了歉意，你為什么還要對他如此的不依不饒呢？ 　　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.除非太陽打西邊出來 till gigs can fly 　　想讓我嫁給他那號人？ 除非太陽打西邊出來。 　　Want me to marry a person of his sort? Till pigs can fly. 　　54.寬容大度 turn the other cheek 　　當你得知別人在背后說了你的壞話時，要做到對這個人寬容大度是很難的。 　　When you know that someone spoke evil of you behind your back, it would be very difficult to turn the other cheek to him. 　　55.贊揚某人sing someones praises. 　　你為什么老是贊揚那個家伙？我認為他不值得你稱贊 　　Why should you always sing that guys praises? I dont think he deserves all your praise. 　　56.接受某人的觀點take someones point 　　我接受了你的觀點，但是這不等于我完全同意你的看法。 　　I took your point , but it doesnt mean I totally agree with you. 　　57.恰到好處 fit like a glove 　　你對他的批評恰到好處，如果你說得再過點兒頭，他也許就接受不了了。 　　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.完美無缺 nothing left to desire 　　他的生活已經是完美無缺了 　　He had nothing left to desire in life. 　　59.平易近人common touch 　　他當了部長以后，仍未失去平易近人的作風。 　　Even after becoming a minister, he still keeps his common touch with people. 　　60.聽天由命 resign to fate 　　他試了幾次都失敗了，所以現在也只能聽天由命了 　　He failed all his attempts and now he has to resign to his fate. 　　61.有失身份beneath ones dignity 　　如果你也那樣做，那可就有失身份了 　　I would be beneath your dignity if youd follow suit and do the same. 　　62.錯過他人 bark up the wrong tree 　　也可能是我錯怪了她，不過她確實經常和一個男人出去。 　　I may have been barking up the wrong tree, but she does go our a lot with a man. 　　63.躍躍欲試be itching for a chance to do 　　你為什么不給他一次機會呢？他正躍躍欲試，想向你 證實一下他的能力。。 　　Why dont you give him a chance? Hes itching for a chance for show you his abilities. 　　64.胸懷大志 hitch ones wagon to a star 　　胸懷大志是件很好的事情，但是光有大志是不夠的。 　　Its great to hitch your wagon to a star, but that alone is not enough. 　　65.留一條退路 hedge ones bets 　　他沒有把全部打算都告訴對方，為的是給自己留一條退路。 　　In order to hedge his bets he didnt 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卻不敢吭聲 　　I cant understand why she got a raw deal and could not be up in arms.

　　2.太便宜了 be dirt cheap 　　這塊手表才花了30美元，真是太便宜了。 　　You bought this watch only for 30 dollars? Its dirt cheap. 　　3.費事兒 take a lot of doing 　　做魚特別費事兒，我可不愿意洗阿，淹阿，鈍阿什么的。 　　It takes a lot of doing to cook a fish. I wouldnt like to spend a lot of time washing, salting, stewing and whatnots for the cooking of it. 　　4.知道底細 have someones number 　　別跟我瞎吹了，我又不是不了解你的底細。 　　No big talk with me, I have your number. 　　5.精品 the choicest goods 　　這家商店賣的手表都是精品，而且種類還特別多。 　　This shop sells a wide range of watches, all of which are the choicest. 　　6. 了解一下情況 get the lay of the land 　　經理說他想讓我們先去海南了解一下那里的情況，然后再決定投資的事。 　　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 someones eye 　　玲玲是她爺爺的掌上明珠 　　Ling Ling is the apple of her grandpas eye. 　　8.讓人惡心turn ones stomach / make one sick 　　聽她講話，看她和男人講話的那股勁頭兒真讓我惡心。 　　Listening to her and seeing the way of her talking with men really turns my stomach. 　　惹麻煩了 be in a jam 　　小張這次可惹麻煩了，昨天他又讓警察給逮著了。 　　Xiao Zhangs in a jam now. He was copped out again by the police yesterday. 　　10．關系很好 be on good terms with 　　據說老張和那個部長的關系特別好 　　Its said that Lao Zhang is on very good terms with the minister. 　　11.甜頭兒 sugar plum 　　如果不嘗到點甜頭兒，她是不會干那種事的 　　She wouldnt do that if she hadnt got sort of sugar plum. 　　12.什么都敢賭 can bet ones bottom dollar 　　她絕對不會和他結婚的，這個我什么都敢賭。 　　I can bet my bottom dollar that she wont marry him for anything. 　　13.美中不足a fly in the ointment 　　我喜歡那套房子，但美中不足的是離上班的地方太遠。 　　I like the house, but theres a fly in the ointment: I have to commute so far to work. 　　14．蹩腳貨/次品 a lemon 　　幾天以后他才發現他買的車是個蹩腳貨。 　　Not until several days later did he find the car he bought was a lemon. 　　15.小道消息 through the grapevine 　　不要聽任何小道消息，現在傳閑話的人越來越多了。 　　Dont believe anything through the grapevine. There are more and more gossipers. 　　16.其丑無比 have a face that would stop a clock 　　我真不敢想象象李同這樣英俊的小伙子竟然和奇丑無比的孫麗結了婚 　　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.體型勻稱 be well-proportioned 　　杰克體型勻稱，個頭適中，一雙大眼睛炯炯有神，成了許多女孩追求的目標。 　　Lack, with a body well-proportioned, about the middling, a pair of intense big eyes, has become the target of many pretty girls.

　　18. 做得太過火了 overplay ones hand 　　你一定時做得太過火了， 否則她不會對你如此不依不饒的。 　　You must have overplayed your hand or she wouldnt have taken off her gloves to you like that! 　　19.正中下懷 play into someones hands 　　你同意到外地出差正中老板下懷，至于原因，還是留給你自己去思考吧 　　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/輕松的工作 a cushy job 　　他想干個輕松的工作，可又怕掙錢太少了。 　　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 　　千萬別讓你的丈夫去那個城市出差，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.爭論的原因 a bone of contention 　　我想，分利不均才是他們爭吵的真正原因。 　　I think the inequality in splitting the profits is their real bone of contention. 　　23.仍在著 be still on 　　現在已經是深夜12點了，可是他辦公室的燈還在亮著。 　　Its already 12:00 oclock midnight, yet, the light in his office is still on. 　　24.有點生疏 go a bit rusty 　　A:你能講法語么？B：過去學過，可幾年不用有點生疏了。 　　Can you speak French? I learned it, but I havent used it for a long time so it has got a bit rusty. 　　25.喝多了 have one too many 　　看他那個樣子肯定是喝多了，你最好把他送回家 　　He must seem to have had one too many. Youd better walk him home. 　　26.事情的真相 whats what 　　如果你弄清事情的真相，就馬上打電話告訴我 　　Give me a buzz and tell me as soon as youve got the whats what. 　　27.真慘 a bad scene 　　這次考試真慘。十道題我只答對了兩道，其他的全錯了。 　　This exam was really the bad scene! I miss all the ten questions but two. 　　28.不能再了cant be adjective+er 　　這個價格不能再低了 The price cant be any lower. 　　29.徹頭徹尾的 out and out 　　他是個徹頭徹尾的口頭革命派。 　　Hes an out and out armchair revolutionary. 　　30.打扮得特別漂亮be dressed to the nines 　　每次去參加舞會，她都打扮得特別漂亮。 　　Every time she went to a dance, she would always be dressed up to the nines. 　　31.空頭支票 lip-service 　　他對我們的許諾不過是個空頭支票而已。 　　What he promised us is but a lip-service. 　　32.害人反害己 harm set, harm get 　　他吃苦果既是我們常說的害人反害己的最好例證 　　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 　　你到底想怎么著？ What on earth do you want ? 　　34.活見鬼 The Deuce! 　　真見鬼了！你不告訴他他怎么會知道我們倆在做這個買賣那？ 　　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。他憑什么對你那樣慷慨那？ 　　Why should he be so generous to you like that? Put it in your pipe and smoke it. 　　36.那有怎樣？So what? 　　我說了，那有怎樣？ I said it .So what? 　　37.完蛋了 the jig is up. 　　這回他完蛋了，警察在他的提箱里發現了大麻。 　　The jig is up this time. The police found marijuana in his briefcase. 　　38.添油加醋 spice up 　　我沒有添油加醋，我說的都是事實。 　　I didnt spice up. All I said is true. 　　39.要命的東西 the kiss of death 　　千萬別得罪他，得罪他可是個要命的事。 　　Never offend him. Thatll be the kiss of death. 　　40.逼真 true to life 　　他的那張畫畫的真逼真。 This painting of his is true to life. 　　41．睡得像死豬一樣 sleep like a log 　　那些工人睡得像死豬一樣，老板什么時候來的都不知道。 　　The workers were all sleeping like a log, even without knowing when the boss gad arrived. 　　42.僅次于 be next only to 　　從人口數量方面講，印度僅次于中國。 　　Talking about the size of population, India is next only to China. 　　43.幸虧 thank God 　　當時幸虧警察趕到了，要不他非得被那幫人打死。 　　Thank God the police had arrived or he might be killed by the gang. 　　44.喧賓奪主 steal the show 　　我可不愿意在這些領導面前喧賓奪主。 　　I wouldnt like to steal the show before these leading personnels. 　　45.你這樣做人家會怎么說那？ What will Mrs. Grundy say? 　　你說要像他們一樣以那種方式去掙錢。如果你真的那樣做，別人又會怎么說呢？ 　　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.使遜色 put in the shade 　　在任何舞會上，只要她一露面，就顯不著其他人了。 　　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.今后的麻煩 the devil to pay 　　你可以把那筆錢要回來，但是考慮到今后的麻煩，我勸你還是不要的好 　　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.實在該了 its high time did 　　你實在該考慮你的婚姻問題了。 　　Its high time you thought about getting married. 　　50. 無風不起浪 Where theres smoke theres fire. 　　無風不起浪，我想她肯定做過那種事。 　　She must have done that sort of thing. Where theres smoke theres fire. 　　51.沉重的包袱 a millstone around ones neck 　　他一直打算出國留學，可是年邁的老母親以及妻子和孩子成了他的沉重包袱。 　　Hes been thinking of furthering his studies abroad but, his aged mother, his wife and the children all become a millstone around his neck. 　　52.理虧 be in the wrong 　　他承認那是他的不是，而且也向你表示了歉意，你為什么還要對他如此的不依不饒呢？ 　　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.除非太陽打西邊出來 till gigs can fly 　　想讓我嫁給他那號人？ 除非太陽打西邊出來。 　　Want me to marry a person of his sort? Till pigs can fly. 　　54.寬容大度 turn the other cheek 　　當你得知別人在背后說了你的壞話時，要做到對這個人寬容大度是很難的。 　　When you know that someone spoke evil of you behind your back, it would be very difficult to turn the other cheek to him. 　　55.贊揚某人sing someones praises. 　　你為什么老是贊揚那個家伙？我認為他不值得你稱贊 　　Why should you always sing that guys praises? I dont think he deserves all your praise. 　　56.接受某人的觀點take someones point 　　我接受了你的觀點，但是這不等于我完全同意你的看法。 　　I took your point , but it doesnt mean I totally agree with you. 　　57.恰到好處 fit like a glove 　　你對他的批評恰到好處，如果你說得再過點兒頭，他也許就接受不了了。 　　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.完美無缺 nothing left to desire 　　他的生活已經是完美無缺了 　　He had nothing left to desire in life. 　　59.平易近人common touch 　　他當了部長以后，仍未失去平易近人的作風。 　　Even after becoming a minister, he still keeps his common touch with people. 　　60.聽天由命 resign to fate 　　他試了幾次都失敗了，所以現在也只能聽天由命了 　　He failed all his attempts and now he has to resign to his fate. 　　61.有失身份beneath ones dignity 　　如果你也那樣做，那可就有失身份了 　　I would be beneath your dignity if youd follow suit and do the same. 　　62.錯過他人 bark up the wrong tree 　　也可能是我錯怪了她，不過她確實經常和一個男人出去。 　　I may have been barking up the wrong tree, but she does go our a lot with a man. 　　63.躍躍欲試be itching for a chance to do 　　你為什么不給他一次機會呢？他正躍躍欲試，想向你 證實一下他的能力。。 　　Why dont you give him a chance? Hes itching for a chance for show you his abilities. 　　64.胸懷大志 hitch ones wagon to a star 　　胸懷大志是件很好的事情，但是光有大志是不夠的。 　　Its great to hitch your wagon to a star, but that alone is not enough. 　　65.留一條退路 hedge ones bets 　　他沒有把全部打算都告訴對方，為的是給自己留一條退路。 　　In order to hedge his bets he didnt 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卻不敢吭聲 　　I cant understand why she got a raw deal and could not be up in arms.