《ESL Podcast 503-seeing dentists》.docVIP

4750频道---2.full of beans MEANING: feel energetic, in high spiritsEXAMPLE: She is full of beans tonight and doesn’t want to stop talking. gravy train MEANING: a job or work that pays more than it is worth轻易发大财之工作EXAMPLE: For many years his job was a real gravy train but now the company has become very strict and will not pay overtime. half-baked MEANING: not thought out or studied carefully adj. 半生不熟的, 未完成的, 不完整的 EXAMPLE: He has a half-baked idea about starting a new business but most of us think that it will fail. hard nut to crack MEANING: something or someone difficult to understand or do EXAMPLE: He is a very serious person and is a very hard nut to crack. (get or) have egg on one’s face MEANING: be embarrassedEXAMPLE: He has egg on his face because everyone knows that he was sick（晕的） at the party. hit the sauce [s?:s] MEANING: drink alcohol - usually regularlyEXAMPLE: I think that she has begun to hit the sauce since her husband lost his job. hot potato MEANING: a question or argument that is controversial and difficult to settleEXAMPLE: The issue of building the nuclear power plant is a real hot potato for the local town council.in a nutshell [n?t.?el] 坚果壳, 小容器,简明扼要MEANING: briefly, in a few wordsEXAMPLE: We went to the meeting and they told us in a nutshell what would be happening to everyone next year. in the soup在困境中MEANING: in serious trouble, in disorderEXAMPLE: She is really in the soup now. She told her boss that she was sick but he saw her downtown shopping. make one’s mouth water MEANING: look or smell very good, want to eat or drink very much EXAMPLE: The restaurant is supposed to be wonderful and every time that I see the menu it makes my mouth water. as nutty as a fruitcake掺有干果的糕饼, 奇怪或疯狂的人 MEANING: crazyEXAMPLE: He is a very nice man but he acts strange sometimes and I often think that he is as nutty as a fruitcake. out of the frying pan and into the fire MEANING: go from something bad to something worseEXAMP