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现代英语口语表示法500例 　 1——60 · One’s brain child某人的主意，某人想出来的 等同于one’s original idea one’ brain children（复数） 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叫阵，叫板 He is not popular among his peers. He always seems to have a chip on his shoulder. 此外该语还有“不满”，“对抗”的意思 Mary has got a chip on her shoulder about not having obtained the scholarship. · Clam up守口如瓶，拒不开口，沉默不语 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，一贫如洗 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争分夺秒，与时间赛跑 等同于work against the clock If you don’t fight the clock to enrich yourself, you will surely be lagged behind soon. · A clotheshorse讲究穿戴的人 Princess Diana was a real clotheshorse. It’s hard to imagine how much she had spent on clothes. · Get hot under the collar发怒，怒气冲天 Make someone hot under the collar He got hot under the collar when he found his bicycle was missing. · Come through with flying colors干得出色，大获成功 In the 13th Asian Games, Chinese athletic team came through with flying colors · Show (reveal) one’s true colors原形毕露 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 等同于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仓促的下结论 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心满意足 Today is weekend. The lights won’t go off after 11 o’clock. We can chat to our heart’s content. 此外该语还有“随心所欲”的意思 Mary loves ke