【正文】 e closed today? It is Saturday.（天啊，你難道不知道今天銀行不營(yíng)業(yè)嗎？今天可是周六）。如：For Pete39。s sake，for mercy’s sake，for pity’s sake，for God’ Christ39。正因?yàn)樵趪?yán)重事件的場(chǎng)合使用。s sake，其余的大致相同。for goodness’sake，for heaven39。s sake幾乎只有女性使用。后來(lái)人們用“doubting Thomas”指那些不肯輕易相信別人的人。如：I wonder why a handsome man like Jeff married such a plain 。 10 Sheila 在口語(yǔ)中表示少女，年輕貌美的女子。12 not know a person from Adam 不知（某人）模樣如何，與（某人）素不相識(shí)。 is a friend of mine, but I don’t know her husband from ，但我完全不認(rèn)識(shí)她丈夫。14 Uncle Sam 美國(guó)。他也是一位愛國(guó)者，與父兄曾參加過(guò)美國(guó)獨(dú)立戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。15 John Hancock 親筆簽名。16 Johnny One Note 五音不全的人。 is the soldier39。言語(yǔ)投機(jī)恨時(shí)短。以毒攻毒。 bills。 the blind the one eyed man is the king。/ 人誰(shuí)無(wú)過(guò)。/ 不要以貌取人。Blue Monday——沮喪，悶煩（相對(duì)于歡樂的周末而言）。Monday morning quarterback——放馬后炮的人。Girl Friday——得力助手（尤指女秘書）。Good Friday——耶酥受難節(jié)；(Thank God it’s Friday)——報(bào)紙上刊出招聘一名能干的女職員的廣告。Saturday night massacre——星期六夜晚大屠短袖，單件摻殺（指尼克松任總統(tǒng)期間白宮在1973年10月20日，周六晚上宣布解除水門時(shí)間特別檢查官考克斯的職務(wù)，并解除拒絕把考克斯解職的司法部長(zhǎng)理查森和副部長(zhǎng)拉克爾職務(wù)）。（意指平時(shí)女子穿便服，故能更好地對(duì)之進(jìn)行觀察）。s girl Friday , went to the art exhibition in her Sunday best yesterday and made a hit with all the gentlemen there who seemed to have Sundaygotomeeting 、Joe slumped into his chair at the breakfast table , “monday morning feeling again , dear ? ” asked his 、——I know it must be the battery.——yeah , why didn’t you tell me earlier ? Monday morning 、Friday , September 24 , the day the financial panic of 1869 began , has since been known as black 、He bought a Saturday night special from a Sunday 、On the average they receive about five or six hundred calls a day , but this rises to close to a thousand calls after occasions like Richard Nixon39。the sidewalks are still littered with trash!Take things easy 放輕松To relaxExample: It39。m just going to the face 丟臉To have one39。to have learned something word for word or very : At school we often learned Shakespeare’s sonnets by heart and recited them in front of the On hold 尚未辦理的事情Something set aside and waiting to be dealt withExample: Our vacation plans are on hold right now。with costs or spending down to a bare minimumExample: She lives on a shoestring – she gets a tiny pension and has to budget very Lose track of 失去消息, 失去線索To lose contact with somebody to not know where something isExample: I lost track of Fran when she moved to ’ve even tried to locate her on the entry was written by , posted on 星期四 04月 30 2009at 11:04 pm , filed u。to eagerly await meeting : You can tell Jake is looking forward to his vacation – he keeps telling us how many days there are left until he finishes Bear in mind 記住To remember something which can be of help in the : Before you start your perspective drawing, bear in mind you should first establish a vanishing Have a mind to 想做某事, 計(jì)劃做某事To be decided on。to be embarrassedExample: The large drug houses have lost face, because smaller panies are selling similar products at a cheaper price!Lead the field 處于領(lǐng)頭地位To be the most successful person or group in an activityExample: For decades, the House of Dior led the field in elegant fashion Get out of hand 失去控制To be out of controlExample: The problem of suicide bombings is getting out of hand。to have a very big appetiteExample: Fred eats like a I was a growing lad like him, I used to eat a lot, one’s eye 吸引某人注意To attract somebody’s attentionExample: A movement behind the curtain caught my eye – I thought it was a burglar and rushed out of the room!Have an eye for something 對(duì)某事(某物體)了解得非常清楚To be very good at doing something, or have a great understanding of : As a botanist, he has to describe and draw plants accurately, so he must have an eye for a blind To ignore an action, even though one should do something about itExample: Parents will spoil their children if they constantly turn a blind eye to their bad an eye on 照看, 密切注視To watch carefully。with no prior planningExample: By chance, I bumped into my wife in the shopping mall Round the clock 夜以繼日的To do something continuously, without a break or pauseExample: The ambulance services worked round the clock hauling people trapped in the building to one’s cool 保持冷靜To stay calm in a difficult situationExample: If the traffic is jamed, the only thing to do is keep your cool, or get out of the car and walk!In a tight corner 處于困境In an extremely difficult situationExample: Whenever I get into a tight corner, I try to rely on quick thinking to get out of Keep in the dark 隱瞞To keep something secretExample: We know my brother has a new girlfriend, but he39。（此乃懶惰者的愿望，亦指懶惰的傭人盼望工作時(shí)間快快過(guò)去，休息和發(fā)工錢的日子快快到來(lái)）。He who laughs on Friday will weep on 。Black Saturday——黑色星期六（指工人已預(yù)借工資無(wú)錢可領(lǐng)的星期六）。Friday face——神色不佳之人。與Friday有關(guān)的：Friday——忠仆，隨從（源自魯濱遜漂流記）。Mad Monday ——忙亂的星期一。勿操之過(guò)急555 To look two ways to find Sundays——斜著眼看。t judge a book by its cover。 err is human。 is the key of poverty。衣食足，知榮辱。畫餅充饑。兵貴神速。Note在這里的意思是音符。所以美國(guó)人常把John Hancock當(dāng)作signature(署名,簽名)的意思.。由于Uncle Sam的首字母是US，而美國(guó)(The United States).，于是人們便把這兩個(gè)名稱合二為一了。相傳在紐約州的特洛伊城（Troy)）有位年長(zhǎng)的肉類加工商，名叫山繆爾?威爾遜(Samuel Wilson)。一般指雜而不精，也就是我們平時(shí)所說(shuō)的“三腳貓”。上帝創(chuàng)造了世界上的第一個(gè)男人，取名為亞當(dāng)（Adam）。Jose并不表示叫這個(gè)名的人，而是跟way押韻，說(shuō)起來(lái)響亮，好聽。Joe Doakes也可以表示這個(gè)意思。8 a plain Jane 長(zhǎng)相不起眼，外貌平凡的女人。源自《圣經(jīng)?新約?約翰福音》第20章。s sake的使用者以女性居多，但男性在表示特別強(qiáng)烈的感情時(shí)也可以使用。for Pete39。s sake和for God39。s sake有褻瀆神明之嫌，一般避免使用。假設(shè)你向別人道了歉，他還沒完沒了，這時(shí)你可以說(shuō)：I said I was sorry．What else do you want me to do, for Pete39。在這個(gè)短語(yǔ)中，Pete是耶酥大弟衣物，其中一子St．Peter的昵稱。5 Jeez Louise 表示驚訝。類似的詞組是：John ，如：big John（新兵），cheap John（亂殺價(jià)的商人。關(guān)于Jack，還有兩個(gè)常見的句子。如： I don39。average Joe39。not extreme39。Average39。但是，你要是把他送到農(nóng)村去，他肯定什么也不會(huì)干，比一個(gè)新生嬰兒好不了多少。要是她一定要出去玩，找一個(gè)農(nóng)村來(lái)的男孩。他們常用的一個(gè)是：city slicker。一百年前，美國(guó)有百分之四十二的人生活在農(nóng)村。又如：My roommate in my freshman year was a real came from a town so small it didn39。那是格林先生。Hick這個(gè)字和中文里的鄉(xiāng)巴佬差不多。美國(guó)的城里人和鄉(xiāng)下人也會(huì)互起貶低對(duì)方的稱呼。The government tries to keep low profile about this 。s guilty of the crime ,he sure as cool as a ，卻還是那么鎮(zhèn)定自如。Cherry（櫻桃）bowl of cherries（to be a）:to be wonderful 精彩的，絕妙的 isn39。ll talk about a salary increase next I think he39。 Town :Boston,Massachusetts 豆城「指麻薩諸塞州波士頓市」 *注：波士頓市以其特產(chǎn)烘豆而聞名。Bean（豆） brain :idiot 白癡，笨蛋