bean counter：指极善于计算的人，对钱斤斤计较的人。
例：I'm looking for a new job. This company I'm with now has too many bean counters. All they care about is how much we spend on postage and phone calls. They don't care if you are the best salesman in the place.
to spill the beans：指说漏了嘴。
例：That Sue Ellen just can't keep her mouth shut! I invited her to our surpri party for Mary, and she went and spilled the beans to Mary. She says she's sorry but she certainly spoiled the surpri!
make tracks指一个人很快地从一个地方跑到另一个地方。
例一：Sometimes I think the most important thing in Joe's life is his stomach. When he goes to a cocktail party, instead of talking to people, he makes tracks straight for the food table and he stays right there eating until it's time to go home.
the wrong side of the tracks指出身贫贱的人。
例二：Remember how we ud to make fun of Bill Brown in school becau he came from the wrong side of the tracks and only owned one pair of pants? Well, he turned out to be a brilliant student, went on to medical school and now he's a famous doctor in New York.
当归的功效
I still remember how I played hooky in high school and made tracks千瓦换算马力 from one movie theater to another to e the latest movies. My all-time record was five movies in one afternoon. My parents were really mad when they found out. 我还记得在中学时我是怎么逃学，怎么从一个电影院赶到另一个电影院去看最新的电影。最高记录是一个下午看五场电影。我父母发现后可真是火冒三丈。
Jack is from a very wealthy family. His father owns three banks on the East Coast. But Jack likes to make friends with anyone who has a good heart whether or not the person comes from the wrong side of the tracks. 杰克出身于一个非常富裕的家庭。他爸爸在东海岸拥有三家银行。可是，杰克喜欢跟任何一个好心肠的人交朋友，不管这个人是否出身贫贱。
full of beans：指精力旺盛。
例一：Getting married ems to be good for our friend Joph. He's sure full of beans the days. He works a lot harder in the office and looks like he's enjoying life a lot more.
a hill of beans：指毫无价值。宇航员手抄报
例二：I'm glad my sister didn't marry that guy. He's good-looking, but he's lazy, drinks too much and can't hold a job more than six months. The truth is, the man's worth a hill of beans.
hippie：指嬉皮士。
例一： I remember when I was a hippie, wearing my beads and Indian headband, marching for peace in Vietnam. I guess every generation wants to change the world, and, you know, who can blame them!
to shoot from the hip：指不思索、脱口而出，信口开河，草率行动。
I'm afraid we need to look for a new press spokesman. Pete gets too upt at reporters' questions, then he starts shooting from the hip上海市博物馆 with his answers. This can get us into trouble.
under the gun：指受到压力。
例一：I'd planned to go to the beach this weekend but I had to cancel my rervation. The boss has me under the gun to finish the company's annual program report by next Monday.
gunshy：指感到很迟疑和不安。
例二：All his friends kept telling my brother Bill he ought to get married again. But he's gunshy about having another wife after his first marriage turned out so badly.
to stand tall指形象高大
例一：John Wayne is so popular becau he always stands tall in his movies, quiet and brave. He looks like he's ready to fight a dozen bad guys before breakfast and then go out and rope wild hors.
a stand-out选做题是什么意思指才华出众的人
It was a sad day for sports when Magic Johnson announced he had to retire. Magic was such a stand-out in professional basketball -- one of the best players who ever lived!
入伍年龄>为学校设计一个吉祥物All the boys my sister has dated so far are very short guys. This is not really my ideal image of a man any girl should spend the rest of her life with. A girl should choo a strong, powerful man, who stands tall. 我妹妹以前的男朋友不知怎么都是非常矮的。在我心目中，这实在不是任何一个女孩共同生活一辈子的那种男人的形像。一个女孩应该选择很强健、显得很自信、什么也不怕的男人。
I admit Wendy is a good rearcher, but nobody would call her a stand-out right now. She was so eager to get a promotion that she faked some of the results in her last rearch report and now she's a laughing stock among her colleagues. 我承认温迪是一个很好的研究员，但是没有人现在能说她是一个突出的人才。由于她迫切地想得到提升，她在上一次的研究报告里假报了一部份成果，结果现在她在同事们当中成了一个笑柄。
at the drop of a hat指立刻，马上，一触即发；脾气急躁
例一：Tom Atkins is usually a good-hearted friendly guy. But he has one problem -- a hot temper. Say something he doesn't agree with, and he'll start a loud argument at the drop of a hat.
to pull something out of the hat指想出一个意料之外的好办法。
例二：Our company is in deep trouble. We're out of money and have to pay back the bank a five-million loan by Tuesday. Unless the boss can pull something out of the hat, we'll be out of business.
My daughter Janet has decided to leave her abusive husband. I feel so relieved! If Janet uttered a word when John was in bad mood -- and most of the time he was -- he would hit her at the drop of a hat. 我女儿珍尼特终于下决心离开那个虐待她的丈夫约翰了。我真是松了一口气。要是珍尼特在约翰情绪不好的时候开口说话 -- 而他大多数时候总是情绪不好的 -- 王闿运他马上就会打她。
So much pressure for me this week -- a rearch report to finish, six pages of translation t
o hand in and two hou guests arriving tomorrow. I don't think I can cope with all this unless I can pull something out of the hat. 我这个星期压力很大，要写完一份研究报告，交出六页翻译，两个来我家住几天的客人明天就到。除非我能够想出什么好办法，否则我想我应付不了这么多的事。
