【正文】 to intend toExample: The service in our hotel was have a mind to write a letter of Be in the mood 想要做某事To feel like doing somethingExample: She is not in the mood for playing cards and says she should really be preparing her lecture Over the moon 欣喜若狂Extremely happyExample: She’s over the moon about her promotion – she really wasn’t expecting Get a move on 趕快To hurry upExample: Get a move on!The train is about to Over and above 除?這外, 額外的 In addition toExample: Over and above our salary, we are getting a large bonus, because business has been very profitable this Get the picture 了解某事To understand something, to grasp some meaningExample: When they started cutting back 。because my Dad’s just been admitted to hospital with a stomach A dark horse 出乎意料的嬴家An unexpected : A dark horse in this year’s basketball cup was Japan!The bottom line 本質內容The most essential part of somethingExample: We’ve talked a lot about taxation and immigration, but the bottom line is that we have to create more Live it up 狂歡一場To enjoy a high standard of living and lead a carefree lifeExample: The neighbors having been living it up ever since they won the Look forward to 期待著To relish some future prospect。there seems to be no way to stop Give a hand 提供幫助To help somebody with somethingExample: Please give me a hand and hold this board while I paint Learn by heart 牢記To memorize something。s reputation spoiled。to look afterExample: Keep an eye on my purse – I39。s better for our health to take things easy than to worry about problems all the like a horse 吃得很多To eat a lot。s keeping her name in the on deaf ears 不加理睬的, 不聽取Not to take any notice of what is saidExample: The city council’s order that garbage should be put in the bins fell on deaf ears。s “saturday night massacre ” 666 英語文章網英語文章? 英語新聞Blair is best paid speaker 英語語法Since 和For的辨析 ? 電影中的美國俚語50句 電影中的美國俚語50句 Be in the air 將要發(fā)生的事情The feeling or idea that something new is about to happen or is going to : From the arguments going on at the meeting, it seems that a change in policy is in the the air 消除誤會To settle a dispute and restore good relationsExample: We had a meeting with the workers, and I think we’ve cleared the air an arm and a leg 極其昂貴To be very expensiveExample: I love that fur , I don’t think I’m going to buy it because it costs an arm and a bad egg 缺乏道德的人Somebody who has no moral principles and should be avoidedExample: You mustn’t lend Tim money, he’s a bad ’ll never see him or your money again!In the Bag 穩(wěn)操勝券Said of an achievement which is secureExample: We have the deal in the client came in this morning to sign the the balance 未知的,不可預測的Said when the oute of a situation is unknown or unpredictableExample: His career as a pilot is in the balance, as his eyesight does not seem good a hard bargain 極力討價還價To have the negotiating strength and skills to get the most advantageous price and conditionsExample: Amanda is negotiating the best price from the drives a hard a bell 看上去或聽起來非常熟悉To look, sound or seemfamiliarExample: That face rings a bell, where have I seen him before? Tighten one’s belt 節(jié)衣縮食To cut down on spending because there is less ine than beforeExample: Now you are out of work, you’ll have to tighten your belt and give up buying new clothes and going out so two birds with one stone 一石二鳥To plete two tasks together, with less effort than doing them separatelyExample: Since I’d gone to the store to buy some bread, I thought of killing two birds with one stone and invited to the Be in a black mood 情緒極差To be so negative about everything that it is impossible for anyone to reason with him/herExample: My father has been in a black mood for days, we dare not say anything to blood 新成員New people brought into an organization to introduce different and original ideasExample: It was decided to bring new blood into the school by employing teachers with the latest blue 感到無精打采Feeling sad or depressedExample: She’s feeling blue, because the man she loves is far to the bottom of something 弄清真膠線，懸掛昨相To find out the truth about somethingExample: I’m trying to get to the bottom of why David left without saying piece of cake 輕松的事Something which is very easy to doExample: Here?let me put the batteries in for ’s a piece of a call 拜訪To visit somebodyExample: As we’re in this neighborhood, we might as well pay the Jacksons a call, we haven’t seen them for chance 偶然, 意外的Unexpectedly。附幾個句子：Mary , a wellknown Sunday painter39。Come day , go day , God send ，上帝快給個星期天。Choose a wife on a Saturday rather than a ，不宜選妻。與“星期”名稱有關的幾個名諺：He that sings on Friday , shall weep on Sunday。Saturday night special——便于周末作案的小手，現在應該把槍。與Saturday有關的：SaturdaytoMonday——周末休假；周末的。Black Friday——不幸的禮拜五，即有任何災難發(fā)生的禮拜五；復活節(jié)前之禮拜五（神職人員于此日著黑裝）。Pal Friday——極受信賴的女秘書。Man Friday——男忠仆。Monday morning quarterbacking——放馬后炮。Monday morning feeling , Monday feeling——美國人在周末休假后星期一不想工作的那樣一種心情。Saint Monday——（特指交易所）懶散，工作很少的星期一。與Monday有關的英語俚語：black Monday（學俚）放假后的開學第一天；執(zhí)行死刑之星期一；黑色禮拜一（即復活節(jié)之后一日，因1360年的當天，天氣嚴寒，愛德華三世之士兵都凍死于巴黎附近）。 no fish till you get them。不能以外表來判斷本質。 can39。犯錯是人之常情。山中無老虎，猴子稱大王。惰能致貧。生病不憂慮，節(jié)省醫(yī)藥費。 at your ills, and save doctors39。 fed, wed bred。 a thief to catch a thief。 words butter no parsnips。 discourse makes short days and nights。s asset。444猜疑傷害莫逆之交。也可以指思想狹隘，看問題片面的人。如：I need your John 。John Hancock是在The Declaration of Independence(美國獨立宣言)上署名的獨立戰(zhàn)士中,將自己的名字簽得又好又大的一個人，他的簽名美觀大方而且個頭也比別的簽名大。當地的人們就把“山姆大叔”當成美國的綽號，并逐漸流傳開來。在1812年的美英戰(zhàn)爭中，他的工廠與政府簽了一份為軍隊生產桶裝牛肉的合同，美國政府每當收到他交來的經其親自檢驗合格的牛肉，就將肉裝入特制的木桶，并在桶上蓋上US的記號。他勤勞、誠實、能干，很有威信，人們親切地叫他山姆大叔(Uncle Sam)。它源自18121814年間美英戰(zhàn)爭時期的一個歷史傳說。Jack of all trades and master of ，樣樣稀松。13 Jack of all trades 萬事通。因為亞當非女人所生，所以沒有肚臍，是最容易辨認的人，“not know somebody from Adam”就表示“完全不認識某人”。源自《圣經?舊約?士師記》第3章。這種說法始于20世紀60年代美國鄉(xiāng)村。一般為女子英文名，譯為希拉，類似于Shelly, No way, Jose “不可能的荷西”，常用于熟人之間拒絕做某事。美國口語中，Joe College指典型的美國大學生，Joe Miller則指滑稽書，笑話集。9 Joe