．大吵大闹 yell bloody¹ murder
            如果我的妻子知道我为他们花了多少钱，她一定会大吵大闹的。
            My wife will certainly yell boldly murder when she learns how much I
            have spent for them.
            2. 很像 the spitting image of
            小李真象他的爸爸，在老婆面前象条虫似的。
            Xiao Li is plain the spitting image of his father, who behaves just
            like a lamb in front of his wife.
            3. 绝交信Dear John
            贝克收到他女朋友的绝交信的那天简直都气疯了。
            Beck went plain crazy with anger on the day when he received his
            Dear John from his exgirlfriend.
            4.不能轻信take something with a grain of salt
            他说的话你可不能全信，他是个说谎不带脸红的人。
            You must always take what he says with a grain of salt. He’s a born
            liar².
            5. 告发，检举 blow the whistle
            据说检举这件事的政府官员也被调职了。
            It’s said that those government officials who had blown the whistle
            also got transferred.
            6. 指控 charge somebody with
            他被指控犯有强奸罪而被逮捕了
            He was charged with raping³ and got arrested.
            7.刮目相看sit up and take notice
            他最近出了几本十分畅销的书，这使得很多人对他刮目相看
            He has published a number of books and they all become best-sellers,
            the fact of which makes many people sit up and take notice.
            8.挺不错的 be hunky-dory
            他的女朋友挺不错的，跟谁都合得来。
            His girlfriend is hunky-dory, getting on nicely with almost
everyone.
            9.已经……了 be over
            电影已经完了 The film is over.
            10.断断续续be off and on
            我断断续续学了12年的英语了。
            I have been learning English off and on for 12 years.
            11.亏你说得出来 I like that!
            你是说男人应该娶几个老婆？亏你说得出来！
            Did you say that a man should have several wives? I like that!
            12.闭上嘴 button one’s lip/zip ones lips
            闭上嘴！难道你看不出来人家不爱听么？
            Zip your lips. Can’t you see they’re annoyed?
            13.真的阿 you don’t say
            我已经和丽玲结婚了。 Li ling and I are married.
            真的阿！你真幸运 。 You don’t say! You are lucky.
            14.再合适不过了 suit somebody to a T
            这个颜色对你再合适不过了。
            This color suits you to a T.
            15.让人看不下去an eye-sore
            看那两个年轻人在那里又搂又吻的真让人看不下去。
            The two young guys’ caressing⁴ and spooning there are plain an
            eye-sore.
            16.不能用了 be done for
            这件大衣不能穿了。买件新的吧。
            Buy yourself a new coat. This one is already done for.
            17. 不理不睬not even give a tumble
            小李三番五次的说他喜欢小刘，可是小刘对他不理不睬
            Xiao Li says that he likes Xiao Liu but she doesn’t even give him
            tumble.
            18.拒绝某人的求婚give somebody the mitten⁵
            她说她的求婚被拒绝了。
            She said that she had been given the mitten.
            19.为……说句好话put in a good word for
            你可以去找老王，让他在老板面前为你说句好话。
            You may go to Lao Wang and ask him to put in a good word for you in
            front of the boss.
            20.怎么也不…… can’t for the life of one.
            我怎么也想不起他的电话号码了
            I can’t for the life of me remember his telephone number.
            21.绝对没有I’d eat my hat if I had…
            我绝对没有把那个消息告诉她。
            I’d eat my hat if I had disclosed the news to her.
            22.算了吧call it quits
            算了吧。他既然已有新欢，我也就不打算和他复婚了
            I’d call it quits, and I would not remarry him for that he’s already
            had his new woman.
            23.合格be up to grade
            他们的新产品基本上都是合格的。
            Their new products are near up to grade.
            24.我同意I’ll drink to it.
            你是说我们今晚到饭馆去吃么？这个我同意
            Did you say we’d eat out tonight? I’ll drink to that.
            25. 严加训斥give somebody a dressing⁶ down
            老板听到那个消息后严厉训斥了参与此事的职员。
            On hearing the news, the boss gave a dressing down to all those
            clerks that were involved in the business.
            26.一个字也不说not breathe a word
            她的嘴很紧，直到现在对那件事她也没有吐露一个字。
            She ‘s tight-mouthed .So far she has not breathed a word about that

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