* One's brain child某人的主意,某人想出来的
等同于one's original idea
one's brain children复数)
The new ways of teaching which have been proved very effective are brain children of all teaching staff of our department.
* Have a chip on one's shoulder叫阵,叫板
He is not popular among his peers. He always seems ti have a chip on his shoulder.
此外该语还有;不满;,;对抗;的意思
Mary has got a chip on her shoulder about not having obtained the scholarship.
* Clam up守口如瓶,拒不开口,沉默不语
I don't understand why my students are quite talkative during the break but all clam up in class.
* Take someone to the cleaners使人囊中如洗,一贫如洗
Don't ask me to play in a crap game. I don't want to be the cleaners.
* A cliff-hanger扣人心玄的事情
Peter was nearly involved in a car accident. He called it a narrow escape. But it was really a cliff-hanger.
* Fight the clock争分夺秒,与时间赛跑
等同于work against the clock
If you don't fight the clock to enrich yourself, you will surely be lagged behind soon.
* A clotheshorse讲究穿戴的人
Princess Diana was a real clotheshorse. It's hard to imagine how much she had spent on clothes.
* Get hot under the collar发怒,怒气冲天
Make someone hot under the collar
He got hot under the collar when he found his bicycle was missing.
* Come through with flying colors干得出色,大获成功
In the 13th Asian Games, Chinese athletic team came through with flying colors
* Show reveal) one's true colors原形毕露
He always appears polite and gentle. But his quarrelling with others in dirty words show his true colors.
* Come up with找出,想出,弄出,提出
等同于to produce, to find out, to think out
After three days' of deep thinking, the manager came up with an idea of promoting the products.
* Jump to conclusions仓促的下结论
Being a teacher, he shouldn't jump to conclusions that a student is not worth teaching simply because he fails one exam.
* To one's heart's content心满意足
Today is weekend. The lights won't go off after 11 o'clock. We can chat to our heart's content.
此外该语还有;随心所欲;的意思
Mary loves keeping diary. She can express her emotion to her heart's content.
* Lose one's cool沉不住气
反义词keep one's cool
In the boxing match. Tyson lost his cool and bit Hollyfield's ear.
* Play it cool不露声色,沉着冷静
Sampras, the No. 1 tennis player in the world, always plays it cool when he wins in the match.
* e rotten to the core坏透了、烂透了#p#分页标题#e#
Keep away from that boy. He is rotten to the core.
* cut corners偷工减料、走捷径、图省事、节约
Student is a serious thing. You can't expect to cut corners.
cut corners并不是都是贬义的,还表示节约,节省
With only $100 left, he had to cut corners to make his journey back home.
* have a crush on someone迷恋某人
Some teenager girls got a crush on the film star
* be a far cry from...与;;相差甚远一般用来表示水平或程度等的差距)
Though Dick has tried hard, it is still a far cry from what his father expects of him.
* chew the cud好好琢磨琢磨
I don't want to jump to conclusions, I have to chew the cud on it for a few days.
* be cut out for...天生适合于;;用于否定句中)
Thank you for your kindness, but I can't accept it. You know, I'm not cut for a manager.
* be completely in the dark一无所知,仍蒙在鼓里
keep someone in the dark; be leftkept) in the dark
He is a dictator. Though I'm the production manager, I'm completely in the dark as what to do next.
* a blind date初次约会
James was too excited to have dinner. He was having a blind date with Sue in the evening.
* have seen better days今非昔比
Look at our dean, He has seen better days.
* be out of one's depth力所不及
Liu was extremely happy to have been admitted to Oxford, but soon he found he was out of his depth in his major.
* give someone a dose of his own medicine以其人之道还制其人之身
On April Fool's Day, my classmates made me an April Fool. Next year, I'll give him a dose of his own medicine.
* a drop in the bucket沧海一粟
He has suffered a lot in his life. Losing his job this time was only a drop in the bucket.