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1.a piece of cake.—something easy to do 2.a wet blanket –boring/afraid to have fun 3.all ears—listening carefully 4.pull one’s leg –-joke with sb 5.have green fingers—be good at gardening 园艺能手 6.the top dog—an important person in an organization 7.give sb the cold shoulder –be not friendly to sb 8.rain dogs and rats –rain heavily 9.not my cap of tea—not really to one’s taste 10.as strong as a horse—very strong 11.as busy as a bee –very busy 12.as poor as a church mouse –very poor 13.as cool as a cucumber –very calm 14.sleep like a log –sleep very deeply 15.to laugh one’s head off –to laugh ver