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III.IdiomaticExpressions1.Burnthemidnightoil:toworkorstudyuntillateatnight熬夜工作，开夜车 2.Hitthebooks:tostudyinaseriousway严肃地读书、学习 3.Doback-breakingwork:todoverydifficultphysicalwork4.Worklikeadog:toworkhardandseriously5.Falldownonthejob:tofailtodowell6.Workonesfingerstotheborn:tostudyhard7.Beabreeze:tobesomethingthatisveryeasytodo8.Beeasyaspie:tobeveryeasy9.Havetwoleftfeet:tobeveryclumsy笨手笨脚的 10.Haveagreenthumb:tobegoodatmakingplantsgrow擅长园艺 11.Haveagoldentouch:有财运 12.Haveanoseforsomething:tobenaturallygoodatfindingandrecognizingsomething天生擅长寻找识别某物 13.Downtoearth:tostopbehavingorlivinginawaythatisnotpractical放弃幻想，回归现实 14.Showoff15.Putonairs：装腔作势 16.ThinkoneisGodsgifttomankind:自命不凡 17.Putsomeoneinsomeonesplace:toshowsomeonethattheyarenotascleverorimportantastheythinktheyare煞某人的气焰 18.Blowonesownhorn:topraiseyourselfforyourownachievements自吹自擂、自夸 19.Burythehatchet:toagreetostoparguingaboutsomethingandbecomefriendsagain重归于好 hatchet:小斧20.Buttononeslips:住嘴 21.Flowwiththetide 22.Holdonestongue:闭嘴 23.Letsleepingdogslie:别惹他，别惹麻烦，别惹事生非 24.Mindonesownbusiness25.Rocktheboat：捣乱 26.Seeeyetoeye:agreewithsomebody27.Faceuptosomething28.Leavesomeonehighanddry:使孤立无援，陷入困境 29.Passthebuck:totrytoblamesomeoneelseormakethemresponsibleforsomethingthatyoushoulddealwith推诿责任 30.Pointonesfingeratsomeone：指责、责怪某人 31.Shouldertheresponsibility32.Wormoutofsomething:toavoiddoingsomethingthatyouhavebeenaskedtodobymakinganexcusethatisdishonestbutclever worm out钻出，爬出33.Allornothing：要么全部，要么一点也没有 34.Give-and-take:awillingnessbetweentwopeopleorgroupstounderstandeachother,andtoletbothofthemhavesomeofthethingstheywant互相忍让 35.Sticktoonesguns：固执己见 ；争执36.Meetsomeonehalfway：迎合某人 ；妥协37.Middle-of-the-road：中间派 38.Findmiddleground：寻求中间立场 39.Gothroughwith:todosomethingyouhadpromisedorplannedtodo,eventhoughitcausesproblemsoryouarenolongersureyouwanttodoit.40.Hanginthere:toremainbraveanddeterminedwhenyouareinadifficultsituation坚持一下；再等等41.Giveup放弃；交出；泄漏；宣布无法医治42.Stickwith 继续做；跟着;插满43.Sweatout:tocontinuetodosomethinguntilitisfinished,eventhoughitisdifficult 忍耐到底；发出；要得到44.Beacopycat无创造性的模仿者 45.Beayes-man唯命是从的人 yes-man 应声虫；唯唯诺诺者46.Beononesown自己做决定 47.Standononesownfeet用脚站立，站起来 自食其力48.Cuttheapronstrings：摆脱妻子的束缚 49.Haveamindofonesown：有主见 50.Leadsomeonebythenose：牵着某人的鼻子走 51.Behot-headed：性格急躁的 52.Blowup:tobecomeveryangrywithsomeone 发怒；（使）爆炸；产生53.Counttoten:使自己平静下来 54.Gritonesteeth:touseallyourdeterminationtocontinueinspiteofdifficulties55.Reachtheboilingpoint：if a situation or an emotion reaches boiling point, it becomes impossible to control because the emotions involved are so strongEg. Public anger reached boiling point when troops were called in to control protesters.56.Holdonestemper57.Bedowninthedumps:tofeeldepressed in the dumps:心情沮丧58.Feelblue:tofeelsad59.Beinseventhheaven:tobeveryhappy 非常快乐60.Beontopoftheworld:心满意足 ；幸福到顶点；处于最佳职位61.Beoncloudnine:tobeveryhappyaboutsomething 欣喜若狂；得意忘形62.Walkonair:得意洋洋 63.Beoutofsorts不舒服；不爽；不好过；64.betickledpink:tobeveryhappybe in seventh heaven 非常快乐网络释义暗示很是福祉魔王 Live Devil有趣的英语表达 . the seventh son of aseventh son-显要的儿女。七这个数码在希伯来人寿心被以为是神秘而极其崇高的。按照圣经中所谓,世界就是在七天内创造的,每一礼拜内有七天,另有七种美好的品德,人平疏远为七个生永劫期,主祷文