a piece of one's mind 直言不諱
He gave me a piece of mind,"Don't shift responsibility onto others."
a cat and dog life 水火不容的生活
The husband and his wife are always quarrelling,and they are leading a cat and dog life.
a dog's life 潦倒的生活
The man lived a dog's life.
A to Z 從頭至尾
I know that from A to Z.
above somebody 深?yuàn)W
Well,this sort of talk is above me.
all ears 全神貫注地傾聽(tīng)著
When you tell Mary some gossip,she is all ears.
all the more 更加，益發(fā)
You'll be all the better for a holiday.
all dressed up 打扮得整整齊齊
She is all dressed up and nowhere to go.
all in all 總的說(shuō)來(lái)；最心愛(ài)的東西
The daughter is all in all to him.
all out 竭盡全力
They went all out.
all over 全部結(jié)束；渾身，到處
Glad,it is all over.
I'm wet all over.
all set 準(zhǔn)備就緒
He is all set for an early morning start.
all you have to do 需要做得是
All you have to do is to calm yourself down and wait for the good news.
as easy as falling of a log /as easy as snapping your fingers /as easy as ABC 容易得很
To me,a good story teller,it would be as easy as falling of a log.
as busy as a bee 非常忙
Mum is always as busy as a bee in the moring.
at one's fingertips 了如指掌
How to get at that little island is at his fingertips.
at one's wit's end 智窮
Don't ask him.It is also at his wit's end.
big shot 大人物，大亨
He is a big shot in our little town.
black sheep 敗家子，害群之馬
Every family has a black sheep.
black and blue 遍體鱗傷;青一塊紫一塊的
The thief was caught of red-handed and beaten black and blue.
black and white 白紙黑字
The proof is in black and white and the murderer has no any excuses.
blind alley 死胡同
You are heading into a blind alley.
blow hot and cold 搖擺不定
This guy seemed to have no own idea.He always blew hot and cold.
blow one's own trumpet 自吹自擂
Don't blow your own tumpet.Let us see what on earth you can do.born with
a silver in one's mouth 出生在富貴人家
He is born with a silver in one's mouth.
bland new 嶄新的
a bland new coat
break the ice 打破沉默
The couple hadn't spoken to each other for a week.They were both waiting for the other one to break the ice.
by a blow 無(wú)意中的一擊
He is beaten to the ground by a blow.
carry something too far 過(guò)火了
You are carrying your joke too far.
come easily 容易
Languages come easily to some people.
cup of tea 喜歡
Movies are not my cup of tea.
cut it out 停止，住嘴
Cut it out!I can't stand you any longer.
call it a day 不再做下去，停止（某種活動(dòng)）
Let us call it a day,stop.這一天工作夠了，停工吧！
dark horse 黑馬
Nobody considered that John would win the game.He was a dark horse in the final.
dear John letter 絕交信
Jack received a dear John letter from his girlfriend because he had broken her heart.
do somone good 對(duì)某人有好處
Having some moring exercises does you good.
doesn't count 這次不算
It doesn't count this time,try again.
down and out 窮困潦倒
Being down and out,he couldn't support his family.
drive at 用意，意欲
What's he driving at?他用意何在？
drop me a line 寫(xiě)信給我
On arriving the University,please drop me a line.
early bird 早起的人
An early bird catchs worms。捷足先登
eat my words 收回前言，認(rèn)錯(cuò)道歉
I said something bad to my mum.Although I want to eat my words back, it didn't work,for I had hurt my mum's feeling.
face the music 直面困難
He knew he'd never get away with it so he decided to face the music and give himself up to the police.
few and far between 很少，稀少
Human beings are few and far between in this zone.
give me a headache 讓人頭痛
The naughty boy gave me a headache.
have had it 受夠了
I have had it with all your excuses.我受夠了你的借口。
hold water 站得住腳
Non of his arguements seem to hold water.
in every sense of word 在某種意義上說(shuō)
It's a lie in every sense of word.
no good 沒(méi)有好結(jié)果
Bad mam comes to no good.
make waves 引起轟動(dòng)；興風(fēng)作浪
His achievement made waves in his country.
lazy bones 懶骨頭
Get up lazy bones!
old hand 老手
He is an old hand at stealing.
old story 老一套
I am tired of it,same old story.
packed like sardins 擁擠
During the holidays,people in the trains are packed like sardins.
what is up 近來(lái)可好
Hi,I haven't seen you for a long time,what's up?
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