hang tough [俗]不泄气；坚持下去 He decided to hang tough rather than give in. 他决定寸步不让，决不屈服。 He kne...

throw the baby out with the bath water [俗]亏本，得不偿失 I don’t want to sell the house. Although it...

talk through one’s hat [俚]胡说八道；吹牛 Don’t talk through your hat. You can’t do what you said at al...

egg-head [美俗]知识分子；书呆子；自以为有学问的人 Robert is an egg-head. He thinks that he knows everything. 罗勃特...

drop one’s teeth [美俚]大为震惊；非常惊讶 We do drop our teeth at the notion that Shakespeare is busted an...

have it bad for someone [俚]对某人情真意切，不能自拔 Jim confessed that he had it bad for Lucy, and, worst o...

let one’s hair down [俗]轻松一下；随随便便；毫无拘束 I hardly let my hair down in he presence of my would-be f...

give someone the eye [美俚]向某人抛媚眼；暗示 When a young man is giving her the eye, Mary never gets too...

sink or swim [美俚]关健的决定；决定胜败的一举 Whether he will invest his last sum in that project is a case o...

the last straw [俚]忍耐的极限 Jack was always laughing at me in the presence of my classmates. But on...