21.all dressed up with nowhere to go

　　准备充分，但没机会去做

　　If funding dries up ,the opera houses will be all dressed up ,but with nowhere to go .

　　22.do something at the drop of a hat

　　卤莽行事

　　23.a drop in the ocean/bucket

　　微不足道，沧海一粟

　　The size of the grants have been attacked by groups as merely a drop in the ocean.

　　24.be all ears

　　洗耳恭听

　　Now you can say ,I am all ears.

　　25.down to earth

　　现实，实际

　　He is blunt,outspoken,practical and down to earth.

　　keep somebody in the dark

　　不让某人知道

　　26.get egg on one’s face

　　感到窘迫，羞耻

　　Steve didn’t expect to win .He just didn’t want to get egg on his face .

　　27.a white elephant

　　(形容新的建筑，计划)是浪费的，无用的

　　This project is completely a white elephant

　　28.a big fish

　　大人物，重要角色

　　The four who were arrested here last September were described as really big fish by the U.S.Drug Enforement Agency.

　　29.drink like a fish

　　酒量很大　　When I was young I could drink like a fish and eat like a pig.

　　我年轻时酒量和食量都很惊人。

　　30.a fool and his money are soon parted

　　(形容花钱不理智)

　　31.free as the air

　　自由自在，无拘无束

　　32.run out of gas

　　(突然感到)疲倦和厌倦

　　33.the heat is on

　　压力大

　　To perform well when the heat is on ,all you have to do is let it happen.

　　要在大的压力下表现出色，你要做的是任之发生。

　　34. bring someone to heel

　　使某人臣服，服从

　　In practice it’s still not clear how the president will use his power to bring the republics to heel.

　　实际上，总统将如何使用权利使公众服从还不清楚。

　　35.cross my heart

　　发自内心

　　I promise,cross my heart.

　　我对天发誓。

　　36.in seventh heaven

　　十分高兴

　　After I was given my first camera,I was in seventh heaven.

　　37.break a leg

　　祝演出成功，(注意是祝福语而不是诅咒)

　　38.live like a king

　　生活奢华

　　39.break the ice

　　打破僵局试大

　　I was about to speak when someone broke the ice.

　　我正要说话，有人打破了僵局。

　　40.get down to

　　开始做，处理

　　The task wasn’t so difficult when I got down to it.

　　我开始处理这件事的时候，发现并不困难。

　　41.hold back

　　抑制，控制

　　We could not hold ourselves back.

　　我们没法控制自己。

　　42.keep one’s word

　　遵守约定

　　43.lay aside / set aside

　　储蓄，积蓄

　　We must lay something aside for our child’s education.

　　44.keep an eye on

　　监视，注视

　　I don’t know what would happen if I weren’t here to keep an eye on children.

　　如果我不在这儿监视孩子们，真不知道会发生什么。

　　45.pull one’s leg

　　取笑，看不起人试大

　　46.pull through

　　恢复，克服

　　The patient is pulling through.

　　47.stand for

　　代表，象征

　　What does your first letter stand for?

　　48.take in

　　欺骗

　　She must have been taken in by a salesman.

　　49.make a point of

　　重视

　　Do you make a point of being on time for work.

　　50.help out

　　帮忙，协助。大

　　Jerry hurried to help out zhenzhen.

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