· be in full swing達(dá)到高潮,全面展開
China has opened its door to the outside world for twenty years. Reforms in every walks of life are in full swing.
· be asleep at the switch玩忽職守
The goal-keeper was asleep at the switch and let the rival team goal at the last minute.
· suit...to a T對(duì)……再適合不過(guò)了
This new job suits me to a T.
· turn the tables扭轉(zhuǎn)局勢(shì)
Don't worry, your husband knows how to turn the tables and crack down on those guys.
· drink someone under the table把某人灌醉
He has a hollow leg. He can drink all of us here under the table.
· keep tabs on something/someone掌握情況,密切關(guān)注
He has subscribed ten newspapers in order to keep tabs on the new developments in market management.
· keep someone down a notch挫某人的傲氣
The monitor likes to order us around. He needs to be kept down a notch.
· Take it out on someone拿別人出氣
The boy was reprimanded by his father. He took it out on his ball.
· An old wives’ tale無(wú)稽之談
Do you think the existence of life on Mars is an old wives’tale?
· Be the talk of the town滿城風(fēng)雨
The death of the Princess Diana has been the talk of the town.
· Leave a bad taste in someone’s mouth給人留下壞印象
Once I went to a famous university. But the untidy campus left a bad taste in my mouth.
· Crocodile tears假惺惺的眼淚
Some of my business partners came to comfort me when I lost almost everything in one bad deal.
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