doze off 睡觉,睡一会儿

例：I was so tired yesterday that I dozed off in class.
昨天我太累了,可别在上课时睡觉了.

例：My grandfather always dozes off after lunch.
我的祖父经常在饭后睡一觉.



step on it 快一点,加点速

例：Could you step on it? I'm late for my flight.
你能快一点吗？我的飞机要赶不上了.



tie the knot 结婚

例：My mother really wants grandchildren so she keeps trying to get my brother and his girlfriend to tie the knot. 我的母亲真的很想抱孙子，因此她用各种方法让我的哥哥和他的女友结婚.

例：A: Hey.Jack, are you and Jill going to tie the knot soon?
嗨，Jack, 你是不是马上要与Jill结婚了？
B:No way! I've only know her for one month.
怎么可能，我只认识她一个月.



sick of it 烦了

例：You've been practcing piano a day! Aren't you sick of it?
你已经练了一整天的琴了，你烦不烦？
例：My sister is always bossing me around. I'm sick of it.
我的姐姐总是对我呼来唤去的，我真的烦透了。


strike sb's fancy 合…口味，打动…的心

例：There are a lot of nice guys at this party. Do any of then strike your fancy.
在这个派队上有很多很棒的男孩，哪个打动了你的心。



sweet talk 甜言蜜语,花言巧语

例：Watch out for Rob. He's always using sweet talk to try to get date.
要小心Rob,他总是利用甜言蜜语来得到一次约会的机会.

例：The salesman sweet talked me into buying the newest cell phone.
推销员利用甜言蜜语让我买最新的手机.



not thinking straight 大脑不清醒

例：Don't drive your car now ,because you've had too much to drink and you're not thinking straight.
千万别开车，因为你喝了太多的酒头脑不清醒.

例：A: Why is Bob wearing a T-shirt in the middle of January?
为什么Bob在一月中旬穿一件T恤衫.
B: I don't know. Maybe because he's not thinking straight.
我不知道，也许因为他的头脑不清醒.



the man（person） of the hour 焦点人物

例：Everyone except the woman of the hour is at the birthday party. Where is she?
除了焦点人物外每个人都已经在生日派队了，她在哪？

例：When Maxtrix Revolution was on all over the world, K Reeves became the man of the hour.
当黑客帝国完结3在全国上映后，基努.李维斯成为了焦点人物。



in good faith 诚信,信用

例：That company they didn't act in good faith, they cheated us.
那家公司他们做事不讲诚信,他们骗了我们.



under the impression/have an impression 原以为是……，但结果证明是错的

例：I was under the impression that Shanghai was very close to Beijing, but actually it's about two hours by air.
我原以为上海离北京很近，但是飞机也要二小时.



get creamed 遭重创,受重挫

例：Our team got creamed in the semi-finds so we didn't win a trophy.
我们队在半决赛时遭到重创，所以我们赢不到奖牌.
例：The economy got absolutely creamed after the financial crisis.
在金融危机过后，国家的经济遭到重创.



In your dreams 没戏,做梦（贬义）

例：When I asked my father if I could borrow the new car, he peplied "In your dreams"
当我问我爸说能不能借新车来开，他说“做梦”.

例：You think you can beat the other team? In your dreams!
你觉得你可以把那队打败吗？那不可能！