常用的口语词组

1、常用的口语词组、习语和惯用法baby in arms 涉世未深的人 big shot 要人，大人物，大亨bird in the bush bird in the hand black sheep bli nd alley born loaser bosom friend未到手的东西，未定局的事情 已到 手的东西，已定局的事情 败家子 前途黯淡废物知心朋友a good case in point abse nee of mind a chicke n guy a gay dog ahead of schedule man of his word man of mea ns paw n in th

2、e game个很好的例子心不在焉； 发愣胆小鬼快活的人提前，按时守信的人 富人无名小卒a piece of cake小菜一碟，非常容易 不a pla in Jane起眼的女人an apple polisher马屁精an swer the call of n ature上洗手间any mi nute彳艮快，马上apply one ' mi nd to专心于某事as alikes as twopeas一模一样as good as as差不多good as gold as小孩很乖 非常健right as rain at康，很好的 就在近处hand即将到来 ,at a loss不知所措at a

3、ny rate无论如何at somebody "sback支持某人at the top of the ladder/tree名列前茅Bbabe in the woods无经验而易受骗的人beat on e' sbra ins out绞尽脑汁，冥思苦想back up 支持 bagand baggage be all 全部所有物bone 骨瘦如柴be all ear 洗耳恭听be at sixes and seve ns舌 L 七八糟，杂乱无章be attached to 喜爱，依恋be born yesterday 无名小辈be bound to be fed冃定，一定 厌倦

4、卧床不起 人到up with 中年 真了不起 满城风雨 be on on e'sback be over the hillbe really someth ingbe the talk of the tow nbe up in arms 非常气愤准备吵架或打架 bang/beat the drum for为做亘传，热烈支持 说话拐beat about the bush弯抹角，拖延谈及正题beh ind schedulebetwee n you and me只有你知我知，不让第三者知道 bey ond all questi on 毫无疑问，无可争辩 bey ond compare 无与伦

5、比，绝佳bey ond on e ' hopes/wildest dreams超出某人的梦想，做梦也想不到买不起 bey ond on e ' s meansbey ond repair 不能修beyo nd somebody超出某人的理解力blow hot and cold摇摆不定，反复无常booked up 没空；有约会； 票已被预订一空 博得满堂 bring the house dow n喝彩 bring to on eself bring to苏醒one side burn one ' 不屑一顾 boat/bridges bur n the自绝退路 midni

6、ght oil开夜车，工作到深夜 bury/hide/have/put one 愿接受或正视现实；自欺欺人 s head in the sandby and large大体上，总的来说 顺便call it a day 收工cheap as dirt非常廉价cannot help doing someth ing忍不住做check in登记；报到carry away冲动，感动check out付账后离开cha nge color面红耳赤clear the air消除误会chase rain bows做白日梦close/shut on e' seye to无视；对置之不理迟于预定时间Cby

7、 the way说come about 发生come dow n in the world家道中落come off with flyi ng colors凯旋；大功告成come to总计；苏醒；复原come to a bad end 没有好下场come to n othi ng 不了了之come up in the world地位提升，发迹come up with 提出，想出； 赶上cou nt for little/noth ing无足轻重；微缺乏道cou nt for much非常重要；关系重大counton/up on依靠，指望cross that bridge whe n one co

8、mes to it船至 U桥头自然直cry over split milk伤心于不可挽回的失误cut corners 走捷径done in by somebody欺骗上某人当；受某人dash off急写，匆忙完成delight in对很喜欢，以为乐do it yourself DIY 自己动手do somebody a favor 帮某人一个忙do somebody ' heart good 使某人感至至愉快 to be do the bus in essdo somethi ng up brow n 把某事彻底做好 dos and don 'ts行为规贝 Udoze off打

9、瞌睡drawbla nk失败；落空draw on e's time被迫辞去工作draw the line 拒绝drive a hard barga in 精打纟田算dyi ng for渴望，非常想成认说错了话，收回前言使公平，使平衡起作用，奏效Easy come, easy go.来得快，去得也快。好看忧伤过度eat on e's words eve n someth ing upeasy on the eyes eat on e'sheart out毅然面对困难；勇于承当后果F:公平适当公平无私落后，跟不上 达不到预期的效果fall off one ' cha

10、irfall on deaf earsfall on one ' facefall out withfall over each otherfar be it from mefar and widefeel free toface the musicfair and squarefair playfall back onfall beh indfall flat很吃惊不予理会彻底挫败；惨败与争吵争先恐后我绝不认为；我绝不想要到处，各地尽情figure out理解；明白fill a prescripti on照药方配药fill in/up把表格填好first thi ngs first

11、先说重要的fish in troubled waters浑水摸鱼；趁火打劫 fly high地位晋升fly in the face of 公然冒犯for a cha nge换换口味for free免费地for fun好玩for good永远for the time being 暂时，眼下fresh fields新的活动区域G:give on eself airs 装模作样get above on eselfget back at some oneget into hot waterget off the ground目中无人报复陷入困境幵始很顺利；取得进展get over从. 恢复过来；克服g

12、et the sack被解雇give somebody a free hand放手让某人干避幵某物，略去give someth ing a miss某物give/le nd an ear to倾听；注意give somebody the gree n light 允许某人做某事 go hand inha nd紧密相关go Dutch各付各的账对消息、go in one ear and out of the other吩咐等当作耳边风对有眼力；对来；害怕起来have an eye forhave/get cold feetgo into particular 详尽谈go to bed with

13、the chicke ns 很早就寝有识别力 害怕起hand it to somebody 赞扬某人； 成认某人的长处hang in the air 未决定； 悬搁着hard nut to crack 难对付的人have on e ' heart in the right place 好心好意 have other fish to fry另外有事要做，别有要事in hot water 有麻烦in no time立刻，马上in season应时的，当令的in stitches 忍不住大笑Jack-of-all-trades 多面手keep a straight face 保持严肃keep

14、/have one's feet on the ground 讲究实际 keep one ' nose clea n 安分守己； 不喝酒lay eyes on 见至 Ulay something at somebody ' door 把责任等 推给某人 lead somebody a dance 给某人带来不少麻烦leadi ng light 要人lean toward 偏爱leave somebody cold对某人不感兴趣go with 与 相配good for nothing无是处Hhave the game inon e ' ha nd稳操胜券have

15、a fit大吃一，惊have a head on on e ' shoulders有生意头脑have it out with公开摊牌have one's heartin one's boot没有勇气head for 朝方向走high and mighty傲慢门in stock有存货，有库存in the air悬而未决in the way挡道J:| just as well还不如K:keep up with the Jon eses 攀比know all the an swers见多识广know the score知道真相L:leave that to somebody由

16、某人决定let alo ne更不要说let the cat out of the bag 泄露秘密 live beyond one ' means 寅吃卯粮 live wire 生龙活虎的人lose face 丢面子make do with有道理 , 讲得通lose sight of 看不见make a fool of 出洋相make sensemake a point of doing someth ing 坚持做某事 决心做make a play for设法把弄至 U 手make a go of somethi ng获得成功make believe假装make good守诺言，归还

17、债务make a fuss about大惊小怪，小题大做make ends meet使收支相抵make it成功make somebody ' daymakewayman ofhisman of the world使某人快乐勉强应付，将就使用让路，让位守信用的人意志坚强的人阅历丰富的人，深通世故的人错过机miss the boat/bus move 会；坐失良机 竭尽全力；全力以赴heave n and earthmuch less更何况否认Never say die! new broom nine times out of tennone other tha n不要轻言放弃；别气馁！

18、新上任的官十有八九不是另 U 人，正是not in the same street with 无法与 相比not know somebody from Adam 不认识某人 nothing less tha n不亚于off color身体不好，气色不佳off the top of one ' head不假思索地；不清楚on the top of the world对一切都满意on sale out of out of the blue out of theout of one ' waypat on the back运气不佳顺路鼓励的话luckquesti on只说不做；唱咼调

19、pay lip-service topay somebody back in somebody ' own coin 牙 还牙尽最大努力去做 说peace and quiet安小处精明，大处错话准备花钱；宁penny wise and pound foolish糊涂浪费O不能考虑的；完全不可能的out of the swim不了解情况，不熟悉内情；不合潮流out of tune with与不一致，不协调out of lun ch注意力不集中；心不在焉pull in车幵进去pull out all the stops全力以赴pull somebody through帮助克服困难，渡过难关

20、；使从疾病中活下来孤注一掷;put all one ' eggs in one basket寄希望于某人某事put one ' back into someth ingput one ' foot in one ' mouthput one ' hand in on e ' pocket 准备解囊捐play one ' best card使出绝招polish the apple 逢迎，扌白马 pocket one ' dignity放下架子任某人put somebody on his honor put 使某人somebody &

21、#39; mind at restrack on e's brain绞尽脑汁ring a bell听起来耳熟rise on eself above the crowd出人头地roses all the way一帆风顺rub salt into somebody ' woundsrun out用完run a temperature发烧雪上加霜Ssafe and sound平安 第二sec ond n 习性确保，务必使aturesee Toserve somebody right罪有应得set o ne ' mi nd on shed下定决心说明，解释 light on shy away from 回避，防止si nk or swim生死由天睡得sleep like a log很熟；有机酣睡sta nd a cha会stay put呆在某地不走stay up熬夜隐瞒某事take after长得像sweep someth ing un der the carpet不让别人知道take a shor