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1、a bad apple 坏蛋 A：Oh, my God! What happened? Why are you black and blue? B：I got beaten by Peter’s brother A：That’s a bad apple! Let’s think up a way and teach him a lesson 2、a dog in the manger 占有有利条件却不会利用的人 A：Give the skates to me! B：You shut up! A：If you don’t know how to skate, why don’t you give the skates to me? Don’t be a dog in the manger. 3、a gay dog 快活的人 A：It’s strange they should get along so well! B：That’s nothing unusual. A：You don’t know much about the couple. One likes to be alone, but the other is a bit of a gay dog. 4、a hard nut 冥顽不化的人；无知无觉的人 A：Bob refused all his classmate’s invitations. B：I really couldn’t understand him. A：He’s surely a hard nut, nobody likes approaching him. B：We’d better also leave him alone. 甲：鲍勃拒绝了班上所有人的邀请。 乙：他这个人我真不明白。 甲：他真是个脑子不开窍的人，没人愿意靠近他。 乙：我们最好也别惹他。 5、big shot 要人 A：Do you know Mr. Smith? B：No, but I know of him. He’s a big shot in the local politics. A：I’m told he’s only a yes-man. B：Yes, I hate that. At present, what we want is a strong, independent leader, not a bunch of yes-man. 6、fat cat 大款 A：Where’re those popular actresses in our school time? B：Get into marriage. A：Can everyone find a fat cat? B：Everyone wants to, but not everyone succeeds. 7、a storm in a teacup 风波；小事引起的轩然大波；小题大做 A：The husband can’t understand why his wife got angry so easily. B：He’s too careless maybe. A：No, it’s not that. Actually it’s a storm in a teacup. I also thought it’s the woman who is to blame. B：Anyway the man has to consider his wife’s feelings. 8．burn a hole in one’s pocket. （钱等）在口袋里留不住 A：Money burns a hole in my wife’s pocket. B：You should help her make a monthly budget. A：我太太有钱就留不住。 9，Sell / go like hot cakes 卖的非常快 A：Did you get the book? B：No, the books are sold out. A：Sold out? B：Yeah, they sell like hot cakes. 10，a big fish in a small pond　 小地方的大人物 In her hometown, she was a big fish in a small pond，but after she moved to New York, she was just only one among many millions. 在她家乡，她很了不起。可是搬到纽约后，她就不过是芸芸众生之一了。 1. as sly as a fo