如果有人提醒你说 ‘to keep your eyes peeled’ 意思就是要你保持高度警觉，注意观察周围的一切。 John told me he‘d meet us in the mall, so keep your eyes peeled. We need to follow si...

我们用 make waves 来形容某人或事对外产生了影响，引起轰动，甚至制造风波。 This footballer is really making waves. People are impressed by his consistently amazing performances. Thi...

动词短语 spark off 意思是引起，引发。 Their decision sparked off a protest because people were very angry. If I comment on my girlfriend‘s new haircut it might spark off an argum...

蜜蜂看上去繁忙不停，所以当一个人特忙的时候就可以用 as busy as a bee 来形容繁忙的状态； a busy bee 就是我们说的一个大忙人。 I‘ve been a really busy bee this morning. I‘ve been to...

我们可以用短语 a tall order 来比喻一件非常困难的或一项非常艰巨的任务。 The client wants me to deliver the project by tomorrow. It‘s a tall order but I‘ll try. What!? You want me...

如果说某事或人 more to something than meets the eye，意思就是此事或人并不象起初看到的那样简单。 I don‘t like Peter‘s new girlfriend – she seems sweet but I think there‘s more ...

我们可以用短语 whatever floats your boat 来形容“想做什么就做什么，随意”。 It‘s your birthday. We can go to the theatre or have a meal in a posh restaurant. Whatever floats your...

短语 to the letter 的意思是一字不差的严格执行或遵守规定。 The soldier obeyed his commander‘s orders to the letter - and it cost him his life. I’ll give you my special cake recip...

当某人或某事 stare you in the face 的时候，比喻什么事情很明显，就在眼前。 The detective realised soon that the solution to his case had been staring him in the face all along: the...

今天要和大家分享的口语表达是：get one‘s head around something。这个口语表达的意思是 to be able to understand something(usually negative) 就是“明白，弄清某事”，一般用在否定句里表...