《现代英语口语表示法500例》.docVIP

現代英語口語表示法500例 1——60 · One’s brain child某人的主意，某人想出來的等同於one’s original ideaone’ brain children（複數） The new ways of teaching which have been proved very effective are brain children of all teaching staff of our department. · Have a chip on one’s shoulder叫陣，叫板 He is not popular among his peers. He always seems to have a chip on his shoulder. 此外該語還有“不滿”，“對抗”的意思 Mary has got a chip on her shoulder about not having obtained the scholarship. · Clam up守口如瓶，拒不開口，沉默不語 I don’t understand why my students are quite talkative during the break but all clam up in class. · Take someone to the cleaners使人囊中如洗，一貧如洗 Don’t ask me to play in a crap game. I don’t want to be the cleaners. · A cliff-hanger扣人心玄的事情 Peter was nearly involved in a car accident. He called it a narrow escape. But it was really a cliff-hanger. · Fight the clock爭分奪秒，與時間賽跑等同於work against the clock If you don’t fight the clock to enrich yourself, you will surely be lagged behind soon. · A clotheshorse講究穿戴的人 Princess Diana was a real clotheshorse. It’s hard to imagine how much she had spent on clothes. · Get hot under the collar發怒，怒氣衝天Make someone hot under the collar He got hot under the collar when he found his bicycle was missing. · Come through with flying colors幹得出色，大獲成功 In the 13th Asian Games, Chinese athletic team came through with flying colors · Show (reveal) one’s true colors原形畢露 He always appears polite and gentle. But his quarrelling with others in dirty words show his true colors. · Come up with找出，想出，弄出，提出等同於to produce, to find out, to think out After three days’of deep thinking, the manager came up with an idea of promoting the products. · Jump to conclusions倉促的下結論 Being a teacher, he shouldn’t jump to conclusions that a student is not worth teaching simply because he fails one exam. · To one’s heart’s content心滿意足 Today is weekend. The lights won’t go off after 11 o’clock. We can chat to our heart’s content. 此外該語還有“隨心所欲”的意思Mary loves keeping diary. She can express her emotion to her heart’s conte