apple-polisher 　马屁精  
例如：She is a real apple-polisher for the way she s crawling around the boss and making eyes at him.  
她是一个马屁精，整天围着老板眉来眼去的。

  
as busy as a bee 　 （象蜜蜂）忙忙碌碌的  
as graceful as a swan 　（象天鹅）姿态优雅的  
as gentle as a lamb 　（象羊羔）性情温顺的  
as cunning as a fox 　（象狐狸）一样狡猾的  
as poor as a church mouse i' beat　一贫如洗  

I'm beat. 　我非常疲乏。  
beat gums 　 空洞无物、废话连篇的讲话  
bell the cat 　为众人的利益承担风险  
black sheep 　 害群之马  
Buddy,where is John? 　 要上厕所? (在美国中,男厕所有John's room一说.)
Bungee jumping 　 蹦极跳  
Stop bugging me,man! 喂，别烦我了。  

blue  clollar 　 蓝领  
white clollar　 白领  
pink clollar gold　 粉领族（指和蓝领体力工人相当的女性工人）  
gold-clollar workers   金领族（一般都有一技之长，对公司工作的方方面面都十分了解，甚至对公司的利润大小和收益都有直接的重要影响。他们的工作环境优雅，职业体面，有着丰厚的收入和稳固的经济地位）  

dog-eared books 　 读得卷了边的书  
dog sleep 　不时惊醒的睡眠  
dog tired 　像狗一样的累  
dog watch 　 夜班  
old dog 　上了岁数的人、老手  

a sly dog 　 偷鸡摸狗者  
a yellow dog 　杂种狗、卑鄙可耻的小人  
a big dog 　 看门狗、保镖；要人  
you are a lucky dog! 　你真是个幸运儿！  
dog nose 　啤酒与杜松子酒的混合酒  
a dog in a blanket 　 葡萄卷饼或卷布丁  
as faithful as a dog 像狗一般的忠诚，在西方文化中，狗是 忠实、卖力、辛劳 的化身。

He, who lies down with dogs must rise up with flea  
近朱者赤，近墨者黑  
a good dog devers a good bone .  
西方人论功行赏时常说 好狗应有好骨头 a  
a dog in the manger 　占着马槽（不拉屎）  
Honey,i forgot to duck 　亲爱的，我忘记闪开了。  

eat crow 　 由于夸大其词或过分自信，最后不得不承认错误。  
eat his words 　食言  
out at elbows elbow one's way　 捉襟见肘  
elbow one's way 用胳膊肘挤来挤去为自己开道  
get a black eye 　 被别人打青了眼睛  
mind your eye 　 叫别人当心  
blink our eyes 　 眨眼睛  
flash our eyes at sth 　 瞟一眼  
make eyes cast sheep's eye　抛媚眼  
cast sheep's eye　 暗送秋波  
You have an eye for sth有眼光有见解  
finely arched eyebrows 　 纤细的弓形眉  
pencil the eyebrows 描眉  
rough bushy eyebrows 　　 浓密的粗眉  
eyelash grower 　 睫毛膏  
eyelash curler 　卷睫毛器  
without turning an eyelash 　泰然自若，不动声色  
not bat an eyelid 　没合眼睡觉 ,对事情泰然自若  
hang on by the eyelids 　事情危在旦夕  

face the music 　 不得不接受惩罚、承担后果，必须承受出现的局面  
a matter of face 面子攸关的事情  
lose face 　 丢面子  
例如：He knew he was wrong, but he would not admit it for fear of losing face.  
他知道自己错了，但却不肯承认错误，因为怕失去面子。  
save one's face 　挽回面子  
pull a long face 　拉长了脸  
make a face at you 　对你做个鬼脸  
have the face 　厚颜无耻  
例如：I m so surprised that you have the face to do so!  
你怎么有脸做出这样的事！  
cold gish 　 态度冷冰冰，没有热情的人。  
drink like a fish 　 牛饮  
flats 　 平跟鞋  
footfall 　客流量  
例如：We strive to show booksellers what we are doing to support them and drive footfall into their stores.  
我们要努力向图书商展示我们将如何支持他们，并使更多的客人进入他们的商店。  

green eyed 　 嫉妒  
green finger(thumb)? 把大伙干不好的活都干得漂漂亮亮  
例如：A person with green finger has a magic touch that makes plants grow well and quickly.  
长着绿手指的人是有魔法的，只要他一碰，植物就长的又快又好。  
green hand 　 生手  
例如： I m still green at my job.  
我依然是个新手。  
green light 　允许、许可  
例如： I m only waiting for the green light from you.  
我在等您的允许。  
green revolution 　 绿色革命  
例如：These developing countries produced enough food to serve their people after  
green revolution.  
绿色革命后，这些发展中国家就生产出足够的粮食来满足国民的需要。  
the green years 　青春年华  

he is ripe in years but green in heart . 　形容某人是老当益壮  
lose your heart to someone 　和某人谈恋爱  
lack heart 　缺乏勇气  
win your heart 　赢得你的心  
broken heart 　破碎的心  
heart of stone 　 石头心肠  
pour out your heart 　 倾吐你的心事  
have a heart 　 可怜可怜你  
his heart in the right place 　他的心肠是很好的  
not to wear yourheart on your sleeve 　 不要太情绪化  
Don't take the failure to your heart 　别为失败而难过  
lose heart 失去信心  
your heart of gold 　金子般的心，美好心灵  
write a leter to her and declared your heart 　写信表达爱慕之情  
Don't let your heart get cold 　不要让你的热情冷却下来  
a man after her own heart 　正和她心意的人  
put your heart at rest 　放下心来  
straight from the horse's mouth　来自权威和可靠的消息。  

  
  
I was welcomed with open arms 　我被热烈欢迎。  
keep a good house　 招待周到  
例如：I haven t got a good house, but I ll keep a good house.  
我没有好的房子，但我会招待周到的。  
kill someone with kindness 热情的让人受不了  
know sth. like the palm of one's hand 了如指掌  

lead a cat-and-dog life过着不和睦的、敌对的生活。  
lead a double life 婚外恋、婚外情  
love at first sight 　 一见钟情  
lumox　傻大个儿  
例如：The lummox has loused up their company s whole business.  
那个傻大个儿把公司的买卖搞的一团遭.     

smoked meat(bacon) 　 熏肉  
strong meat 难以消化的食品，难理解的事物  
grill the meat 　在烤架上把肉烤得滋滋冒油  
fry the meat 把肉炒一下  
a meaty book 　一本有实际内容的好书  
you young monkey 　 小淘气鬼  
Stop monkeying with my camera!  
别摆弄我的相机！  
make a monkey(out)of 　 愚弄、耍弄  
例如：You suddenly realized that you had been made a monkey (out) of by your opponents.  
你就会突然发现自己被对手给耍了。  
monkey business 耍些骗人的把戏、捣鬼  
例如：You suspected monkey business at the polls.  
你怀疑选举投票中有鬼。  
Monkey 　 代表500美元  
例如：He won a monkey at the horse races.  
他在跑马中赢了500美元。  

Nature calls 　要上厕所。  
pain in the neck 　讨厌、恶心  
例如：You gave me an awful pain in the neck.  
你真让我觉得讨厌。  
up to one's neck　 忙的不可开交  
break one's neck 　努力地、拼命地做事  
例如：I m really up to my neck in my work today, I couldn t get away from the office till 6:30. So I had to break my neck to get to my sister s engagement party at 7 o clock.  
我今天忙得不可开交，因为我不能6：30下班，所以我必须拼命地做事才能参加我妹妹7：00的订婚宴会。  
save one's neck 　免受苦难或惩罚  
例如：The fighter planes saved our necks.  
空军的战斗机保全了我们的生命。  
crane one's neck to see sth. 　 伸长脖子看什么东西  
never say uncle 　嘴硬，不肯服输、不肯承认。  
例如：I refused to say uncle no matter how they threatened me.  
无论他们怎样吓唬我，我都不肯服输。  
Tom never says uncle. He wouldn t admit he s wrong for the life of him.  
汤姆的嘴特硬，打死都不肯承认错误。  
nitpicker 　 爱吹毛求疵的人（nitpicker means a kind of person who always criticizes others by noticing small and unimportant differences）  

one track-minded　 单轨思维，大脑不灵活，缺乏灵活的思维能力  
例如：If you are a track-minded person, you will not understand what I intend.  
如果你是一根筋的人，你就无法领会我的意图了。  
one's cup of tea 　某人喜欢的事情  
例如：That s not my cup of tea.  
那不是我喜欢的事。        

I hope you'll soon be in the pink again.　 我希望你早点恢复健康。  
play the woman 　 撒娇  

his right man 　 他的得力助手  
The way-side rose 　 路边的玫瑰  
the rose of the party 　晚会上最美丽、最引人注目的女孩  
Everything is coming up roses 　 自己经历的每件事都非常顺利、圆满.  
Life is not all roses .　 人生并不是十全十美。  
No rose without a thorn . 　没有不带刺的玫瑰；  
rosy view 　 乐观看法  

rosy prospect 　美好前景  
have roses in your cheeks 　 面色红润

set the world on fire　 一些震撼世界的杰出成就  
platform shoes 　 厚底鞋  
lace up your shoes 　系鞋带  

common as an old shoe 　 不摆架子，平易近人  
be in another's shoes 　处于别人的位置  
die in shoes 　 暴死街头 <这句话我完全不理解为什么,怎么在鞋子里死了就是暴死街头呢?
My shoes bite(me) .　 鞋子穿了脚疼  
for a song 很便宜  
例如：I bought this house for a song.  
我以很便宜的价格卖了这座房子。  
soul mate 　性情相同的人、精神上的伙伴、性情相同  
例如：I wouldn t marry anyone until I run into a soul mate of mine.  
碰不到性情相同的人决不结婚。  
It's a steal 　真便宜  
stew 　 用小火慢慢地炖  
sticky business 　让人左右为难的事情  

two-faced 　两面派  
例如：How could he be so two-faced? 他怎么能这么阴一套阳一套的？  

in hot water 　 处在困境之中  
in smooth water 　进入顺境  
spend money like water 　花钱大手大脚  
pour cold water on your idea 　 向你的这个想法浇点冷水

wedge heel 　 坡跟鞋  
wolf down his food　 狼吞虎咽地吃东西  
cry wolf 　谎言欺人  
例如：That politician cries wolf in every speech he makes.  
那个政治家在他的每篇演说中都发出的警报。  
from the word go　立刻，马上  
例如：When Mary and I met, I was dazzled. But I learned right away we  
had nothing in common. I knew from the word go it wouldn t work no matter how beautiful she was。  
当我和玛丽初次见面时，我被她迷住了。但很快我知道我们没有任何共同之处。 我马上意识到不管她有多么漂亮，我们之间都不会有结果。