1. eye-opener令人大开眼界的事

Listening to him talk about his adventure in China was a real eye-opener.

听他谈在中国的历险令人大开眼界。



2. fake someone out 骗过某人

The quarterback faked the other team out by keeping the ball instead of passing it.

四分卫持球不传,骗过了敌队.



3. fall flat 失败；碰壁；未达到预期效果

His joke fell flat because no one understand it.

他的笑话没人听懂，所以没有收到效果。



4. cover for 掩护

Don't worry about mother, I'll cover for you this time.

别担心妈妈那边，这一次我会为你掩护的。



5. bite the bullet 咬紧牙关，忍受痛苦

You just bite the bullet and get it over with.

咬紧牙关完成这件事吧。



6. big picture (事情的)主要部分;重点

Concentrate on the big picture for now. Don't worry about the minor details.|

先把精神集中在重点上，不要担心次要的细节。



7. bite the dust 死亡,报销

This pen just bite the dust.

这支钢笔报销了。



8.bleeding heart 老好人

The liberal candidate was accused by his conservation opponent of being a bleeding heart on welfare issues.

自由派候选人在福利问题上被保守派对手斥为老好人。



9.bad news 讨厌鬼

Marcy is nothing but bad news around here.

马西珍视这一带的讨厌鬼。



10.bad blood 不和,敌意

Ever since Howard borrowed 5,000 dollars from Mike and never paid him back, there has been bad blood between them.

自从霍华德向麦克借了5,000美元不还之后，他们之间就有了嫌隙。



11.cheapo 小气鬼，没格调的人

Brian is a real cheapo. He won't even spend the money to buy his mother a birthday present.

布莱恩真是个小气鬼。他甚至不愿意花钱位他嘛嘛买生日礼物。



12.cheapie 便宜货

It's a cheapie. I spent only a couple of bucks on it.

这是个便宜货。我才花一两块钱买的。



13.chow down 吃饭

Let's chow down. I'm so hungry.

吃饭吧。我饿死了。



14.clam up 住口，不说话（原意为“蚌壳合起来”）

When Vinnie entered the room, Mary clammed up.

文尼已进入房间，玛丽就闭嘴了。



15.chill out 缓和情绪,冷静下来

Chill out. Things are not as bad as they seem.

冷静一点。事情并不象表面上那么糟。



16.out in left field 疯了

He's out in left field. Nobody ever understands what he is talking about.

他必定疯了。没人知道他在说些什么。



17.out of it 迷迷糊糊，昏昏沉沉，心不在焉

Sara's always out of it, she has no idea of what goes on in the world today.

萨拉总是迷迷糊糊的，现在世界发生什么事完全不知道。



18.out of luck 运气不好

You're out of luck. The last bus left half an hour ago.

你运气不好。末班车半小时前就开走了。



19.out of this world 太棒了,好极了

This food is out of this world. I'll have to get your recipe.

这食品好极了！我得向你要点烹饪秘诀。



20.out of whack 坏了

This phone is out of whack. You can't dial out.

这个电话坏了，拨不出去。