我们可以用 to rise to the top 来形容某人在自己行业里非常成功，并升到了最高层。 She rose to the top of the legal profession and became one of the most successful lawyers in the cou...

所谓偷走别人的雷声 steal someone‘s thunder, 实际上意思是窃取别人的成果和荣誉从而达到利己的目的。 Sam stole my thunder when he said he‘d done all the work. It‘s not true – I di...

在一个企业里，核心领导人物往往被称为 big cheese。这个表达的字面意思是大奶酪，一个非常口语化的称呼，所以在使用时要格外注意场合，最好别直接叫领导 big cheese。 If you want to get any...

当你让某人 spill the beans 的时候，你实际上是让此人把秘密告诉你，泄漏秘密。 As soon as he was arrested the thief spilled the beans: he told the police about the other members of h...

动词短语 to clam up 用来形容一个人因为紧张，尴尬或不想谈论某件事而沉默不语。 Adam was very naughty and ate all the cookies. When his mother asked where they were he clammed up and...

to go it alone 可形容一个人做事情自己做，没有其他人的帮忙，单干。 Now that I have enough experience, I‘ve decided to go it alone and start my own business. I‘m not ready to go i...

适时而不夸大地每天赞美一下别人，不仅仅能收获别人的好感，也能让自己每天心情美美哒！下面28句地道英语送给大家，希望多说多用，反过来你也会收获别人的回赞多多。 1. You look great tod...

如果形容某人sailing close to the wind 意思就是某人做冒险的事或斗胆做几乎是违法的事。 John‘s business practices were sailing close to the wind. He was very close to having the com...

短语 loan shark 直译是“贷款鲨鱼”，实意是指放高利贷的人，而且多数情况下他们是非法放贷的。 During the recession, many people lost their jobs and turned to loan sharks to pay their...

to skate on thin ice “在薄冰上溜冰” 这个短语实际上是描述某人身处危险境地或是有惹祸上身的可能。 You‘re skating on thin ice when you ask me what I think of you. You‘re skating o...