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Lock,stock and barrel全部 hook，line and sinker 受骗 Greasy spoon 廉价小饭馆 Potluck 自带菜的聚会 To play by ear非事先计划，走一步是一步 Doggy bag打包盒子 sunny side up 蛋黄向上的煎蛋 over easy两面煎 In hot water遇到非常麻烦的问题 To hold water 有根有据的 Water off a duck’s back毫无作用 To make my mouth water流口水 Blow up 炸毁、发脾气、吹气、放大照片 Blow out 爆胎、吹灭、保险丝断了。大规模讲究的聚会 To pull your socks up 振作起来 Knock your socks off使人感到非常震惊 Under your nose没看到在身边的东西 Close to one’s vest谨慎小心，保守秘密 Foot the bill付账 To go all out to do以最大的决心和所有的力量去做一件事 To go through hell or high water for赴汤蹈火做某事 To go for broke孤注一掷 To go overboard鲁莽从事 To pull one’s best foot面谈前把衣服穿体面点 To land one’s feet 经历困难后的稳定状态，逢凶化吉 To get off one’s wrong foot一开始就把事情搞砸了 To put one’s foot into one’s mouth无意中说错话伤害别人或自己不好意思 Cold feet 临时上场感到胆怯 Jump in and get one’s feet wet实践中去学习，取得经验 Ants in one’s pants 坐立不安 To have butterflies in one’s stomach心情不安，七上八下 To bug someone使某人烦恼 To get a foot in a door为达到目标迈出了第一步 To be dead in one’s feet两只脚非常累 To stand on one’s own feet独立自主 To throw oneself at someone’s feet公开对某人表示爱慕 To be swept off one’s feet突然非常高兴，飘飘然 Don’t let grass grow under one’s feet不要什么事都不干，浪费时间 The shoe is on the other foot形式已经完全不同了 To work hand in glove密切合作 Follow one’s nose 一直走，利用嗅觉找到某某 Pay through the nose付出太多的钱而心痛 To keep an ear to the ground保持高度警觉 Up to one’s ear很忙，完全介入某事 Sweeten the pot为使提议有吸引力，而在原有基础上加有利于对方的条件 The cards are stacked against you处于很不利的情况下， To fly off the handle失控勃然大怒 To bark up the wrong tree找错门了 Right on the beam做某事做得很对 To fly by the seat of one’s pants做某事无明确知道也缺乏足够的知识 To keep one’s shirt on劝告人耐心，不要紧张 To lose one’s shirt失去一切 A stuffed shirt 装的满满的，吃得过饱，爱摆架子 To give you the shirt off one’s back你患难时拿出他的一切帮你 To bail out 摆脱一些麻烦和危险 Nose dive迅速下降 Up in arms非常愤怒，准备打架 At arm’s length保持一定距离 To shake a leg赶快行动 TO pull one’s leg开玩笑 To twist someone’s arm给某人施加压力，迫使其做某事 To charge someone an arm and a leg要价太高 To take candy from a baby容易办成 Be Top gun in某方面优秀 Bottom line归根结底的结果 Just for laughs 纯为高兴，做蠢事 To laugh up one’s sleeve偷笑某人 A horse laugh 不信任的嘲笑 The last laugh 笑到最后 A