1. Be out to lunch---mentally abnt; abnt minded
2. Be out in left field---be completely unaware
3. Have a screw loo---mentally crazy; not very intelligent
4. Be (as) sharp as a tack---intellectually quick; be very smart
5. Have a good head on one’s shoulders---clever; smart
6. Not have anything between one’s ears---be stupid
7. Not know whether one is coming or going---be confud mentally
1. Do one’s part---do one’s share of the work; share the workload; share the assignment
2. Pass the buck---refu to accept responsibility for an action and shift the responsibility to someone el
3. Count on someone---depend on; rely on
4. Get out of doing something---avoid doing something that was expected
1. Be off ba---be incorrect
2. Miss the mark---be incorrect; wrong
3. Be right on target---be correct; be on schedule
4. Get to the heart of something---identify and examine the most important part of something
5. Hit the bull’s eye---be completely correct
1. Join forces---come together for a shared purpo
2. Be a loner---someone who prefers to work apart from
3. Go our/their parate ways---stop working/being with other persons
4. Hook up with someone---join or become association with
1. Take it easy---①Don’t worry;②slow down
2. Hands are full---to be completely occupied; very busy
3. Run onelf ragged---become exhausted from too much work or activity; usually over a long period of time
4. Be stretched to the limit---working at capacity and can’t do anymore
5. Bite off more than one can chew---do more than one is capable of doing
6. Eyes are bigger than one’s stomach---think one can eat more than one really can
7. Clean your plate---eat all the food on your plate
1. Move over---change from去年的树教学实录
one position to the next
2. Elbow room---enough room to move around
3. Breathing space---enough room or space to move
4. Breathe down someone’s neck---follow someone cloly; be too clo to someone’s back
5. Look over someone’s shoulder---follow someone’s cloly; be too clo to someone’s back
1. be two faced---be dishonest by saying one thing
2. be up front---be straight forward and honest in dealing with others
3. get something off one’s chest---say something
4. look someone in the eye---face someone or something directly, bravely without shame
5. give someone a piece of one’s mind---tell someone what one thinks
6. speak one’s mind---say what one thinks even if it upts someone
1. Call it quits---admit defect; stop doing something
2. Give up---stop doing something; stop trying
3. Hang in there---keep doing something or continue
4. Throw in the towel---quit; admit defect; surrender
5. Tough it out---try one’s best, endure or resist hardship
6. Sweat it out---endure hardship
7. Wave the white flag---surrender, give up
1. do someone a favor---help someone; do something out of kindness
2. bend over backwards for someone---do whatever is necessary to help someone
3. 元朝历史
go out of one’s way for someone---help someone
4. give someone the short off one’s back---do whatever is necessary to help someone
1. Be all thumbs---be clumsy; act in awkward manner or way
2. Lo one’s touch---unable to do something effective; lo one’s ability to do something effective
3. Have a green thumb---have great skills at growing plants
4. Have two left feet---be clumsy; trip or fall down frequently
1. Goof-off---lazy or idle person who sometimes does silly things
2. Hit the books--- study
3. Work like a dog--- work so hard
4. Work one’s finger’s to the bone--- work so hard that one become thin and weak
1. be chicken---be afraid
2. get/have cold feet---become nervous about doing something
3. one’s mind went blank---forget what one is talking about
4. freeze/froze---nervous or afraid and can’t move
1. drop in = drop by = stop by ---visit
2. feel free--- don’t hesitate to
3. keep in touch/stay in touch ---stay in contact with—K.I.T
4. run into--- suddenly meet someone
5. a pain ---something or someone that is troublesome
6. hang up---put a telephone receiver down/turn off a phone
7. good for you!---That’s great
8. wish me luck!---you can 走廊用英语怎么说
say this to someone as you are about to do something
9. Here gones!---someone might say this before doing something a little scary