tuzi2011

1. They would give you a slow handclap.   他们会喝倒彩的。
   ►slow handclap 慢而有节奏的鼓掌；尤指喝倒彩表达不满和不耐烦
2. Your fate is sealed.   你死定了。
3. She goofed her lines.   她说错词了。
4. Don't be so common.   别那么没品。
5. You're riding a tiger now.   你现在骑虎难下了。

tuzi2011

1. Don't push your luck. I'm not Santa Claus.   别贪得无厌。我又不是圣诞老人。
   ►push one's luck [俚]得寸进尺；过分贪图侥幸；想继续交好运
2. I'll have to shelve my plan.   我的计划得暂时搁浅。
3. Don't be such a killjoy.   别扫大家的兴。
4. It's a conjecture on my part.   这只是我的推测。
5. I don't want to be enshrined in the Hall of Fame.   我并不想永垂青史。
   ►Hall of Fame 名人纪念堂；（某一行业的）出类拔萃的人物（集团）

tuzi2011

1. You drive a hard bargain.   你太会讨价还价了。
2. It cuts both ways.   有利也有弊。
3. Most people fall by the wayside.   大多数人半途而废。
   ►fall/drop by the wayside 不前进，半途而废；堕落下去，误入歧途，失足
4. Walk me through the procedure.   给我详细讲讲流程。
   ►walk sb through sth 向某人详细认真地讲解或解释某件事（如何做某事）
5. This is right up my alley.   正合我胃口。
   ►right up one's alley 正合某人的口味

tuzi2011

1. We'd better soft-pedal it.   我们最好少提这件事。
   ►soft-pedal 用弱音踏板降低……的音调；对……不予张扬；使大事化小
   ►to soft-pedal on something 在某事物上采取低调处理
2. We cannot infringe traffic regulations.   我们不能违反交通法规。
3. The emperor dropped the pilot.   皇帝不听忠言。
   ►drop the pilot 辞掉可靠的顾问；抛弃良师益友；不听忠告
4. At that time I was laboring under the illusion that she loved me.   当时我以为她是爱我的。
5. They got a landslide victory.   他们大获全胜。

tuzi2011

1. We are unwitting victims!   我们只是无辜的受害者！
2. He must be rolling in it.   他一定腰缠万贯。
   ►roll in [口]有大量的（钱财等）；在……中打滚：
   e.g. They are known to be rolling in money. 他们是尽人皆知的拥有大量钱财的人。
3. I'm on a rocky road.   最近有点不顺。
4. You can't simply sweep the problems under the rug.   你不能逃避问题。
   ►sweep the problems under the rug 忽略问题，而不去解决问题
5. You've made your bed.   你自找的。

tuzi2011

1. I still have some unfinished business with you.   咱俩的事还没了结。
   ►unfinished business 未完议程，余留事务
   e.g. There is still some unfinished business to settle. 还有些未完成的事需要处理。
2. It's a common fallacy.   这是个普遍的误解。
3. Tell it to the Marines!   鬼才相信。
4. Don't get shirty with me.   别冲我发脾气。
5. China needs a system of checks and balances.   中国需要权力制衡。
   ►checks and balances 政府机关彼此之间的相互制衡(指政府中行政、立法、司法各机构之间的相互制约)

tuzi2011

1. I'm not a soldier of fortune.   我不是个枪手。
   ►soldier of fortune 军事冒险者；追求财富或享乐的冒险家
2. He's unrelenting.   他坚定不移。
3. I refuse to be fitted into any ideological straitjacket.   我不会被任何观念所束缚。
4. I do a full workup every year.   我每年都做全身体检。
5. We all slip up.   人人都有失误的时候。
   ►slip up 滑跤；疏忽，犯错；遭到不幸
   e.g. It must have slipped up badly. 一定是出了大错。

tuzi2011

1. Nothing really tickled my fancy.   没什么吸引我的东西。
    ►tickle one's fancy 引起某人的兴趣
2. She had the presence of mind.   她沉着冷静，反应敏捷。
   ►presence of mind 沉着，镇定，不乱方寸；聚精会神，专心志致
   e.g. The boy had the presence of mind to turn off the gas. 那男孩子镇定地关掉了煤气。
3. A man should have a sinewy body.   男人应该强壮。
4. I can throw him off the scent for a while.   我可以瞒他一阵子。
   ►throw/put sb. off the scent 糊弄人
5. You could count on the fingers of one hand.   屈指可数。
   ►count on the fingers of one hand 屈指可数，寥寥无几。从字面不难猜出这个词的意思，一只手就可以数过来，那可真的是太少。

tuzi2011

1. She's irascible.   她脾气不好。
2. A college degree is an open sesame to a job.   学历是工作的敲门砖。
   ►open sesame 秘诀，敲门砖，开门咒
   ►sesame芝麻，想必“芝麻开门”这个咒语大家都很熟悉吧。
3. The number can be rounded to 1.6.   可以四舍五入到1.6。
4. You killed two birds with one stone.   你真是一箭双雕啊。
5. I was sorely tempted to say it.   我差点说出来。
   ►be tempted to do 总想，受...诱惑想做...

tuzi2011

1. I'm feeling slothful.   我有些怠倦。
2. The child is father of the man.   三岁看大，七岁看老。
3. He's in traction.   他现在还打着石膏呢。
4. That is my ultimate accolade.   这是我最大的荣誉。
5. I know which side my bread is buttered.  我知道轻重。