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You might be as lucky as that man??? An insurance salesman was trying to convince a potential customer to buy insurance. “Only last week I sold a life insurance policy to a man 33 years old. The very next day he had an accident and died, and our company promptly awarded $100 000 to his family. Now just think——you might be as lucky as that man!” Queen’s English small talk queer fish; big fish black sheep at the eleventh hour Tom told me his teacher can speak the Queens English. Johns a queer fish; he nearly always wears odd socks. We stood around the fire, making small talk. It was at the eleventh hour that he got wind of what had happened. Misery?likes?company. Nobody?wants?to?be?miserable?alone.? Ned has a weakness for wine. a dog in the manger a person who prevents others from enjoying sth that is useless to himself; a churlish fellow who will neither use a thing himself nor let others use it. manger [meind??] n. 马槽,牛槽,挡水板 churlish [?t??:li?] adj. 脾气坏的; 吝啬的, 小气的 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. fat chance A：I think it was Jason who stole my document.B：Fat chance!A：He’s the only one who left here late.B：I know him. He’ll never do that sort of thing. search me A：Where is she?B：Search me, I don’t know where she is now. serve somebody right A：I’ve lost my job. B：I once told you to work hard, but you always turned a deaf ear to me. It serves you right. wet blanket A：What do you think of Lucy?B：She’s a wet blanket!A：Why do you think so?B：She sulked during the entire movie yesterday. None of us could enjoy the show. sulk [s?lk] vi.生闷气 n.生闷气 be on one’s back A：Where’s Eric? I haven’t seen him for quite a few days.B：He’s on his back now.A：I’m sorry to hear that. But he was all right last week.B：Yeah, he was caught in the rain the other days. He has got a very bad cold. On top of the world. Who would imagine somebody like Lee could eve