[俚语]Level with someone /跟…老实说 　 

[俚语]Kick something around /思考某事 

[俚语]Smoker's hack/经常吸烟者的毛病 

[俚语]Lose one's shirt/一文不值 

[俚语]Get the drift/了解；明白 

[俚语]Out of the question/决无可能 

[俚语]Wet one's whistle/解渴 

[俚语]On the tip of one's tongue/话到嘴边 

[俚语]Give one the cold shoulder/冷淡 

[俚语]Four-letter word/低俗的字眼 

[俚语]Have a soft spot for/偏爱 

[俚语]Break down/故障 

[俚语]Let one in on/分享 

[俚语]In seventh heaven/欢天喜地 

[俚语]Put someone on/骗某人 

[俚语]Wear out one's welcome/客人逗留太久 

[俚语]The last straw/忍耐的极限 

[俚语]Out of whack/坏掉

[句子]on top of the world/高兴极了 

[句子]I think they're onto something.我想他们已经有解决方法了。 

[句子]He's developing a green thumb. 他的园艺活越来越精湛。 

[句子]Don't play the goat/不要胡闹 

[句子]got taken for a ride/被愚弄了 

[句子]To hedge your bets/两面下注 

[句子]That's close to the bone./真话难免有些刺耳(忠言逆耳)。 

[句子]Let's jump to it/就这样决定吧 

[句子]Blazed a trail/行业先驱 

[句子]She made her mark./她出名了 

[句子]Do you have any plan for your career? /你对未来有什么计划吗？ 

[句子]Joking aside/言归正传 

[句子]She had other fish to fry./她还有其他的事要做。 

[句子]She put her finger on it。/她明确地指出了这件事。 

[句子]The game isn't worth the candle。/做这件事得不偿失。 

[句子]Where's the produce section?/储鲜柜在什么地方？ 

[句子]Don't paint the lily./不要画蛇添足。 

[句子]A fault confessed is half redressed. /错误能承认，一半已改正。/浪子回头金不换。 

[格言]Constant dropping wears away a stone. 滴水穿石 

[格言]In doing, we learn. 经一事，长一智。 

[格言]Knowing something of everything and everything of something. 通百艺而专一长

[格言]Kill two birds with one stone. 一箭双雕 

[格言]All things in their being are good for something. 天生我才必有用。 

[格言]Cut your coat according to your cloth. 量布裁衣（量入为出） 

[格言]He who knows most speaks least. 识多者寡言。 

[格言]A man cannot whistle(v.吹口哨) and drink at the same time. 一心不能两用。 

[格言]For man is man and master of his fate. 人就是人， 是自己命运的主人。 

[格言]Business comes before pleasure. 吃苦在先，享乐在后。 

[格言]The darkest hour is that before the dawn. 黎明之前最黑暗。 

[格言]Good courage breaks bad luck. 勇气可以改变厄运。 

[短语]Let bygones be bygones/既往不咎 

[短语]Rob Peter to pay Paul/借东还西 

[短语]To stand on one's own two feet/独立自主 

[短语]beat one's brains out/绞尽脑汁 

[短语]up to one's ears/埋首于，专心于 

[短语]On a shoestring(budget)/低成本 

[短语]Set one's teeth on edge/厌烦 

[短语]Be out of one's head/疯狂的 

[短语]Sitting pretty/处境可羡 

[短语]Get wind of/探出 

[短语]Big deal/小题大做 

[短语]Know a thing or two about/精明的 

[短语]Stick around/在附近逗留 

[谚语]It is easier to go up the hill than to run down.上山容易，下山难。 

[谚语]Never offer to teach fish to swim. 不要班门弄斧.