· for a song以級(jí)低的價(jià)錢,廉價(jià)地
I got the rare edition of the book for a song in the flea market.
· sound someone out試探某人的意見(jiàn)
Have you sounded the principal out on postponing the final examination?
· call a spade a spade有什么就說(shuō)什么
We are good friends. Call a spade a spade. Don't tell me in a round-about way.
· spick and span干干凈凈
The housewife always keeps her kitchen spick and span.
· go for a spin出去兜風(fēng)
The city dwellers like going for a spin to the country on weekends.
· spine-chilling令人毛骨悚然
He likes horrible films. Those spine-chilling pictures to us are pleasant to his eyes.
· The spirit is willing; but the flesh is weak.心有余而力不足
A: How many times have you tried quitting smoking? B: It's not that the spirit is not willing, but that the flesh is weak.
· win one's spurs受到獎(jiǎng)賞
She won her spurs as a popular writer immediately after her first book became a best-seller.
· put the squeeze on someone對(duì)某人施加壓力
The new situation is putting the squeeze on all companies engaged in this business.
· stand up to someone與某人大膽對(duì)抗
The soldier stood up to the officer and was place in confinement.
· thank one's lucky stars感到萬(wàn)幸
I should thank your lucky stars that you missed the plane which crashed into the sea.
· get off to a flying start來(lái)了開(kāi)門紅
Our kindergarten got off to a flying start by having 100 children to sign up in the first month.
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