常用美语英语口语整理(2)

162. take the bull by the horns 当机立断；大胆果断地解决问题

163. That's the last straw. 使人无法忍受的最后一击

164. You can't please everyone. 你无法使每一个人都满意

165. An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. 以眼还眼，以牙还牙

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166. Money doesn't grow on trees. 金钱得来不易

167. cost sb. an arm and a leg 花大笔钱

168. have the upper hand 占优势

169. everything but the sink 所有的东西

170. Boys will be boys. 男孩就是男孩

171. Not be able to get a word in edgewise. 插不上话

172. go back to square one 回到原地

173. It's never too late to learn. 学习永远不嫌晚；亡羊补牢犹未晚

174. Leave well enough alone. 维持现状；对现在已经很满意了，不用变更 175. on a first-name basis 直呼其名（很熟的)

176. Nothing to write home about. 没什么值得说的；不值得推荐

177. packed in like sardines 挤得要命

178. There are other fish in the sea. 天涯何处无芳草；还有别的机会 179. What you see is what you get. 你看到什么就是什么

180. come out smelling like a rose 一枝独秀

181. hear through the grapevine 听到谣言

182. read you loud and clear 听得很清楚；很了解你

183. have a sweet tooth 喜欢甜食（喜欢某物）

184. know sb. like the back of one's hand 很了解某人

185. It's not the end of the world. 不是世界末日

186. come away empty-handed 一无所获

187. breathe down someone's neck 紧跟在某人后面；监督某人

188. cost sb. a pretty penny 很贵

189. fill someone's shoes 接替某人的职位

190. act the mustard 达到标准

191. like a dream come true 如梦成真

192. zero in on sth. 专注于；对准（两个介词并用，奇怪）

193. put/ lay sth. on the line 坦白的说，冒……风险

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194. like a fish out of water 感到尴尬不适应

195. All systems are go. 准备好了。（这句话研究了半天，居然不是语法错误？） 196. end of the road 终点；最后

197. just what the doctor ordered 正合需要

198. pull the wool over someone's eyes 欺骗；蒙蔽某人

199. The first step is always the hardest. 万事开头难

200. Time change, people change. 时间会变，人也会变

201. Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分

202. give sb. an inch and he'll take a mile 得寸进尺

203. Don't press your luck. 不用得寸进尺

204. saved by the bell （在紧要的关头）得救

205. finders keepers 谁捡到就是谁的

206. by the book 按照规定

207. That's fair enough. 这样很公平

208. raise one's eyebrows 吃惊

209. keep one's head above water 使……免于负债

210. bark up the wrong tree 精力用在不该用的地方；错怪人；目标错误 211. from the bottom of one's heart 由衷地

212. Love is blind. 爱情是盲目的

213. That's all, folks. 就这样了，各位

214. feel sth. in one's bones 直觉到

215. It's sink or swim. 无论成功或失败（全靠自己）

216. steal one's thunder 抢别人的功劳；窃取别人的方法；抢别人的风头

217. Where there's smoke, there's fire. 无风不起浪事；事出有因

218. Bad news travels fast. 坏事传千里

219. eat one's heart out 沮丧；伤心

220. stand the last of time 接受时间的考验

221. a bed of roses 逞心如意的生活

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222. Achilles' heel 一个人的弱点

223. go the distance 坚持到底；完成全部

224. Cleanliness is next to godliness. 清洁是一种美德

225. Knowledge is power. 知识就是力量

226. Love will find a way. 爱会找到方法的

227. Mother knows best. 妈妈最清楚了

228. the bottom line is that... 基本底线；最终结果

229. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 情人眼里出西施

230. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. 距离产生美；小别胜新婚 231. Forgive and forget. 不念旧恶

232. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

如果听起来好像不是真的，也许就不是真的

233. Those were the days. 那真是好时光

234. water under the bridge 过去式；无法挽回的过去；过去的事了 235. Monkey see, monkey do. 有样学样

236. What one doesn't know won't hurt one. 不知道不会怎样

237. There's a time and a place for everything.

在适合的时候派上用场；适时做事

238. You can't win them all. 人不可能一直走运；人不可能一帆风顺 239. Different strokes for different folks. 人各有所好

240. Customers are always right. 顾客第一

241. give sth. one's best shot 尽最大努力

242. If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

受不了压力，就离开吧

243. If the shoe fits, wear it. 若这话说对了，就接受意见吧

244. like two peas in a pod 腻在一起

245. point-blank 直接地

246. down in the dumps 心情跌入谷底

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247. give sb. a piece of one's mind 教训某人一顿

248. If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

你想要做好一件事，就要自己动手

249. Don't spend it all in one place. 不要全部用在一个地方

250. go out on a climb to do sth. 冒着危险

251. There's no time like the present. 没有比现在更合适的时候了

252. see/read the handwriting on the wall 预感不祥之兆

253. Two's company, three is a crowd. 两个人刚刚好，三个人太多了

254.Every family has a skeleton in the closet. 家家有本难念的经 255. hardly have time to breathe 没有喘息的时间

256. keep your eyes on the ball 专心

257. leave no stone unturned 不遗余力；彻底

258. I mean it. 我是说真的

259. make one's hair stand on end 使人害怕；毛骨悚然

260. The walls have ears. 隔墙有耳

261. bring home the bacon 维持生计；获得成功

262. They lived happily ever after. 他们从此过着幸福的生活

263. blow the whistle on sb./ sth. 揭发；制止某人（某事）

264. Ignorance is bliss. 不知便是福

265. People who live in glass houses should't throw stones.

自己有短处，就总揭发别人的短处

266. pull out all the stops 用尽一切的实力

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