【正文】 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, 計劃做某事To be decided on。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。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。m just going to the face 丟臉To have one39。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。the sidewalks are still littered with trash!Take things easy 放輕松To relaxExample: It39。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。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。（此乃懶惰者的愿望，亦指懶惰的傭人盼望工作時間快快過去，休息和發(fā)工錢的日子快快到來）。（意指平時女子穿便服，故能更好地對之進(jìn)行觀察）。He who laughs on Friday will weep on 。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理查森和副部長拉克爾職務(wù)）。Black Saturday——黑色星期六（指工人已預(yù)借工資無錢可領(lǐng)的星期六）。Good Friday——耶酥受難節(jié)；(Thank God it’s Friday)——報紙上刊出招聘一名能干的女職員的廣告。Friday face——神色不佳之人。Girl Friday——得力助手（尤指女秘書）。與Friday有關(guān)的：Friday——忠仆，隨從（源自魯濱遜漂流記）。Monday morning quarterback——放馬后炮的人。Mad Monday ——忙亂的星期一。Blue Monday——沮喪，悶煩（相對于歡樂的周末而言）。勿操之過急555 To look two ways to find Sundays——斜著眼看。/ 不要以貌取人。t judge a book by its cover。/ 人誰無過。 err is human。 the blind the one eyed man is the king。 is the key of poverty。 bills。衣食足，知榮辱。以毒攻毒。畫餅充饑。言語投機(jī)恨時短。兵貴神速。 is the soldier39。Note在這里的意思是音符。16 Johnny One Note 五音不全的人。所以美國人常把John Hancock當(dāng)作signature(署名,簽名)的意思.。15 John Hancock 親筆簽名。由于Uncle Sam的首字母是US，而美國(The United States).，于是人們便把這兩個名稱合二為一了。他也是一位愛國者，與父兄曾參加過美國獨立戰(zhàn)爭。相傳在紐約州的特洛伊城（Troy)）有位年長的肉類加工商，名叫山繆爾?威爾遜(Samuel Wilson)。14 Uncle Sam 美國。一般指雜而不精，也就是我們平時所說的“三腳貓”。 is a friend of mine, but I don’t know her husband from ，但我完全不認(rèn)識她丈夫。上帝創(chuàng)造了世界上的第一個男人，取名為亞當(dāng)（Adam）。12 not know a person from Adam 不知（某人）模樣如何，與（某人）素不相識。Jose并不表示叫這個名的人，而是跟way押韻，說起來響亮，好聽。 10 Sheila 在口語中表示少女，年輕貌美的女子。Joe Doakes也可以表示這個意思。如：I wonder why a handsome man like Jeff married such a plain 。8 a plain Jane 長相不起眼，外貌平凡的女人。后來人們用“doubting Thomas”指那些不肯輕易相信別人的人。源自《圣經(jīng)?新約?約翰福音》第20章。s sake幾乎只有女性使用。s sake的使用者以女性居多，但男性在表示特別強(qiáng)烈的感情時也可以使用。for goodness’sake，for heaven39。for Pete39。s sake，其余的大致相同。s sake和for God39。正因為在嚴(yán)重事件的場合使用。s sake有褻瀆神明之嫌，一般避免使用。s sake，for mercy’s sake，for pity’s sake，for God’ Christ39。假設(shè)你向別人道了歉，他還沒完沒了，這時你可以說：I said I was sorry．What else do you want me to do, for Pete39。如：For Pete39。在這個短語中，Pete是耶酥大弟衣物，其中一子St．Peter的昵稱。t you know that all banks are closed today? It is Saturday.（天啊，你難道不知道今天銀行不營業(yè)嗎？今天可是周六）。5 Jeez Louise 表示驚訝。容易上當(dāng)?shù)娜耍?，square John（誠實可靠的人。類似的詞組是：John ，如：big John（新兵），cheap John（亂殺價的商人。4 John 普通人。關(guān)于Jack，還有兩個常見的句子。t know anything about fishing（我對釣魚一無所知）。如： I don39。例如我們會說，雷?羅馬諾是這個時代全美最受歡迎的電視明星之一，可他卻似乎不把自己當(dāng)成什么大人物，仿佛就是與你生活在同一座城市里的“average Joe”。average Joe39。Joe39。not extreme39。in the middle39。Average39。An average Joe refers to someone who is just like everyone else。但是，你要是把他送到農(nóng)村去，他肯定什么也不會干，比一個新生嬰兒好不了多少。又如：Sure, a city slicker looks smart as long as he stays in a place like New you put him down on a farm and he won39。要是她一定要出去玩，找一個農(nóng)村來的男孩。所以，一個city slicker 也就是說話很圓滑，衣著很時髦，但是很可能是一個不老實、不可信任的家伙。他們常用的一個是：city slicker。在二十世紀(jì)，由于交通、收音機(jī)和電視的發(fā)展，城市和農(nóng)村的區(qū)別已經(jīng)在很