Part I: 与天气和颜色相关的表达
1.Cold: She Felt the Cold Hard Reality of Life
寒冷:她感受到了现实生活的冷酷严峻
2. Hot: He Was a Hotheaded Hot Shot
热:他是个性急暴躁的莽汉
3. Blizzard: Don’t Let This English Expression Snow You
暴风雪:别让这个英文表达蒙了你
4. Water: She Is In Hot Water
水:她惹上麻烦了
5. Colors: I’m Feeling Very Blue Today
颜色:我今天很郁闷
Part II: 与身体部位相关的表达
6. All About Eyes: Once He Caught My Eye, It Was Love
Everlasting
与眼睛有关的所有表达:脉脉含情眼,爱情恒久远
7. Mouth Expressions: The Experience Left a Bad Taste in My
Mouth
与嘴有关的表达:那次经历给我留下了坏印象
8. Heart to Heart: Let’s Get to the Heart of the Matter
诚恳坦率:让我们直奔问题的核心吧
9. Back, Shoulders and Chest: A Pat on the Back for a Job Well
Done
背部、肩部和胸部:工作出色,就受鼓励
10. Nose and Ear Expressions
与鼻子和耳朵有关的表达
11. Chip on Your Shoulder: What Are You Going to Do About
It?
一副不好惹的样子:你能怎么样?
Part III: 与动作相关的表达
12. Feel the Pinch: The Pains of Economic Trouble
手头拮据:经济危机之痛
13. Kick: This Is an Idea Worth Kicking Around
踢:这个主意值得考虑
14. To Touch All Bases: Baseball Rules
踏触所有垒是棒球规则
15. It Will Not Wash: Does It Work, or Not?
站不住脚的想法:是有效,还是无效?
16. Old Flames Can’t Hold a Candle to You
昔日情人无法与你相比
17. If a Student’s Grades Hit Bottom, It Is Time to Hit the
Books
如果一个学生的成绩一落千丈,他就该发奋苦读了
Part IV: 美国50州的别称
18. Nicknames: America’s 50 States 1
美国50州的别称(1)
19. Nicknames: America’s 50 States 2
美国50州的别称(2)
20. Nicknames: America’s 50 States 3
美国50州的别称(3)
21. Nicknames: America’s 50 States 4
美国50州的别称(4)
Part V: 与钱和数字相关的表达
22.Money Talks: Everything Else Walks
钱一开口,万物行走
23.Money, Money, Money: Dinner Is on the House
钱,钱,钱:免费的午餐
24.More Money: Money Can Make People Do Strange Things
更多的钱:金钱能使人做出奇怪的事
25.Money: He Hit the Jackpot
钱:他中了头彩
26.American expressions that are commonly used in business
商业上常用的美语表达
27.In the Red: Better to Be in the Black
亏空负债:还是有盈余好
28.Chickenfeed: It Doesn’t Add Up to Much
区区小钱:无足轻重
29.Numbers: I, for One, Use These Expressions Often
数字:我就经常使用这些表达
30.More Numbers: Two Heads Are Better Than One
更多的数字:两人智慧胜一人
Part VI: 与动物有关的表达
31.Fish Expressions: This All Sounds Very Fishy
与鱼有关的表达:听着都很虚假
32.Monkey: No Monkey Business Here
猴子:这里没有不道德行为
33.Bird Words: Someone Who Eats Like a Bird Eats Very Little
与鸟有关的词语:饭量小,吃饭像小鸟
34. Insect Expressions: I Don’t Mean to Bug You
与昆虫有关的表达:我不是有意纠缠你
35. Wildcat: Is It a Fast Car or False Money?
野猫:是快速小汽车还是假钱?
Part VII: 表示“大人物”的词语
36. Boss: Top Brass
老板:top brass
37. American Election Expressions
与美国大选有关的表达
38. Bigwig: Such an Important Person!
大人物:如此重要!
39. Great Scott: What a Surprise!
伟大的斯科特:多让人吃惊啊!
Part VIII: 与职业相关的表达
40. Doughboy: Military Expressions
步兵:军事术语
41. Medical Terms: A Clean Bill of Health from the Doctor
医学术语:医生开具了一张健康证明书
42. Farm: It’s Not Worth a Hill of Beans
农田:一文不值
43. Get Your Act Together: Organization Is the Name of the
Game
要有条理些:有条不紊最重要
44. Nuts and Bolts: The Mechanics of Any Organization
螺母和螺栓:一切组织的运作方式
45. Easy Expressions
与easy有关的表达
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