如果你对艺术、音乐或戏剧特别感兴趣，那么人们可能会把称为一个a culture vulture文化狂热分子。 William‘s going to see three exhibitions and a Beethoven symphony on Saturday. That gu...

the big cheese是一种比喻，指一个组织机构中的最有权势的人，也就是我们常说的大老板。 The big cheese is coming to visit our office today - she‘s the owner of the whole company! I do...

two heads are better than one直译是两个头脑比一个强，其实就是汉语里的人多智广或人多力量大的意思。 I can help you to have this presentation ready tomorrow morning. Let‘s work toge...

如果某人in the palm of your hand，那你就完全的管控了此人。 Elvis Presley was a great performer; he had the audience in the palm of his hand. Joan knew all her neighbours‘ shamefu...

我们可以把低质量的或是不真实的东西称为a load of rubbish。 Did you see that England football match? It was a load of rubbish. They will never win the World Cup. I was really excite...

短语money doesn‘t grow on trees 的字面意思是“钱不会长在树上”，实际想表达的意思是不要乱花钱，因为挣钱不容易。 My daughter Claire wants a car for her 17th birthday, but I can‘t ...

短语to take the bull by the horns直译是汉语里说的“斗牛抓牛角”，实际要表达的意思是在面对困难和险境时要毫不犹豫地、勇敢地面对问题。 Don‘t suffer in silence while your flatmate oc...

如果你是某人的spitting image，意思就是你长的非常像这个人或和这个人长的一模一样。 John is the spitting image of his brother. I think they could be twins. She was the spitting image...

某事brings you back down to earth的意思就是这件事情使你从幻想中清醒过来，回到现实中。 I was dreaming of a safari holiday in Tanzania to see the elephants, the cheetahs, the hippos...

亚历克斯·弗格森爵士，也就是我们熟知的老佛爷，经常因为球员在场上表现不佳而对球员暴跳如雷、狂暴怒吼。他吼叫时用的力气巨大，球员们说感觉就像被电吹风吹过一样。老佛爷的这种管理方式也就...