It's in God's hands 听天由命

例句: It's in God's hands and we have prepared for the worst.
听天由命吧, 我们已经做最坏的准备了.



Lay stress on / upon 着重,重视

例句: In his speech Mr. Brown laid stress on the sagacity of cats.
布朗先生在他的讲座里强调了猫的灵性.



let sleeping dogs lie 莫惹是非

例句: Don't tell the teacher what you have done. Let sleeping dogs lie.
不要告诉老师你做了什么.莫惹是非.



lose one's temper:发脾气

例句: he lost his temper when he broke the key in the lock.
他把钥匙弄断在锁里了,就发起了脾气.



make ends meet 使收支平衡

例句: I have to take two part-time jobs at the same time to make ends meet.
为了收支平衡, 我不得不同时作两份兼职.



make use of 使用,利用

例句: He will make use of all the odds and ends.
他会利用所有这一切零碎东西.



monkey business 胡闹

例句: he told the boys to quit their monkey business, or he would call a teacher.
他告诉那些男孩子不要再胡闹,不然他就叫老师.



on and off　间断地

例句: It rained on and off all day long.
今天断断续续地下着小雨.



on the up and up:坦率,诚实

例句:How can we know whether a person is on the up and up by his appearance!
从一个人的外表我们怎么能知道他是坦率的呢!



out and about 户外活动

例句:Mr Smith recovers quickly,and he'll be out and about very soon.
史密斯先生复原得很好,很快他就能到户外活动了.



out and out 完全地,彻底地

例句:What I said is an out and out truth.
我说的全都是事实.


out of sorts　发脾气的

例句: Don't talk to him, he is out of sorts.
别跟他说话,他在发脾气.



out of temper　发怒的,发脾气　

例句:The children were frightened to find him out of temper.
孩子们一见他发脾气,都吓坏了.



over and over 多次地,重复地

例句:The foreigner repeated what he said over and over,but I still couldn't understand him.
外国朋友一遍一遍地重复,但我仍然没有听懂他说什么.



pull one's leg　愚弄

例句: If you remain stuck-up, they will often try to pull your leg.
假如你还是目中无人的话,他们会常常想愚弄你的.