最新英語(yǔ)成語(yǔ)對(duì)話

     CONTENT
   Preface
   Dialogue 1
    WE FINALLY STAND FACE TO FACE
    stand/be /come face to face with someone
    get along in years (usually continuous tenses)
    (something) stand out
    stick around/about (often simple tenses)
    keep an eye on (something or someone)
    hit the road
    eat/drink one's fill
    take after
    (It's) all in a day's work
   Dialogue 2
    l'M RUNNING MYSELF RAGGED
    show pff
    take someone up on (something)
    (not) know the first thing about something
    a tough/hard/iong row to hoe
    run someone ragged
    on the fritz
   Dialogue 3
    KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE
    slip one's mind
    (something) come to someone
    go on/ run errahds
    in the nick of time
    rule oi thumb
    on the safe side
    clue someone in
    kill two birds with one stone
   Dialogue 4
    INDIAN PAINTINGS ARE ON DISPLAY
    rack one's brain
    on display
    k'eep one's head above water
    feast one's eyes on (something)
    top-notch
    wait on/upon
   Dialogue 5
    YOU HAVE IT IN YOU TO BE AN EXPERT OF CANA-DA
    plug away
    jot down (something)
    cut short
    make sense
    talk (something) over
    off the top of one's head
    lay it on thick
    scratch the surface
    double check
    have it in someone
   Dialogue 6
    YOU CAN SAY THAT AGATN!
    coop up
    be in/ get into a rut
    get away from it all
    You can say that again.
    go over big
    fast
   Dialogue 7
    LEAVE ME ALONE
    leave someone alone
    bug someone
    shake a leg
    (something) sells like hot cakes
    be tired out
    get a move on (get a wiggleon)
   Dialogue 8
    m IN A BIND
    use/take a breather
    take in
    put/iay one's finger on
    put in
    jump/climb on the bandwagon
    answer for
    in a bind
    find a happy medium
   Dialogue 9
    THE IDIOM BUFFLES ME
    turn someone on
    paint the town red (paint the town)
    baffle someone (or to be baffled)
    over one's head (above one's head)
    start from scratch
    catch on to something
    serve one's turn (serve one's purpose)
    off the cuff
    buy it/that
   Dialogue 10
    THE POT CALLING THE KETTLE BLACK
    go up
    give someone a break
    the pot calling the kettle black
    keep one's shirt on
    right off the bat
    little
    hear something through the grapevine
    on speaking terms
   Dialogue 11
    THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKING
    breathtaking
    hit or miss (hit and miss)
    seasoned traveler
    browsing
    pick someone up
    miss the boat
   Dialogue 12
    THIS JOB GETS ME DOWN
    get someone down
    get to someone
    can't get a word in edgewise(edgeways)
    on the road
    gripe
    have a head for
    lay off (someone)
    look into
   Dialogue 13
    WERE ON THE SAME WAVE-LENGTH
    cut through the red tape
    on the same wave-length (on the different wave-iength)
    be high on
    pay lip service to
    follow suit
    take pains/trouble
    rat race
   Dialogue 14
    I'VE GOT TWO LEFT FEET
    feet up/equal to
    get two left feet
    feel/be self conscious
    at ease (at one's ease)
    No sweat. (slang)
    take a back seat
    stumbling block
   Dialogue 15
    YOU COULDNT BEAT THAT DEAL WITH A STICK
    on the spur of the moment
    few and far between
    straight from the shoulder
    try one's hand
    can't beat something with a stick
    (be) in store (for someone)
    set great store (on)
   Dialogue 16
    I'M ON TOP OF THE WORLD
    look/feel run-down
    draw a blank
    come down with an illness
    run a temperature
    be in good/bad/great/terrible shape
    feel/be on top of the world
    do/work wonders for
   Dialogue 17
    1 CANT TELL THEM APART
    dish up
    cell (two things) apart
    get into
    every now and then (now and then)
    to say the least (of it)
    get/have one's work cut out
   Dialogue 18
    SHE DREW ME OUT OF MY SHELI
    cover a lot of ground
    throw someone
    cope with
    get/go to the bottom of
    come out of one's shell (draw/bring someone out
    of one's shell)
    as/so far as
    pry into
    take a dim view of something
    take the words out of one's mouth
   Dialogue 19
    OUT OF THE BLUE
    (go) on the blink
    out of the blue
    goof off
    land/light on one's feet
    run away (from something difficult, unpleasant)
    spill the beans
    re-run
   Dialogue 20
    GET A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF THE FALLS
    time on one's hands
    frame of mind
    draw in
    get wind of
    ring a bell
    a bird's-eye view
    leave something up to someone
    as the crow flies
    make good time
    goes without saying
   Dialogue 21
    1 GOT OFF TO A FLYING START
    get off to a flying/good start
    blow a fuse
    not hal.f bad
    get into the swing of (something)
    cost a mint
    go the extra mile
    out of one's hair
    see eye to eye
    meet someone halfway
   Dialogue 22
    FANCY MEETING YOU HERE
    on the tip of one's tongue
    Isn't it a small world?
    jump at
    be snowed under (with work)
    work against
    keep someone posted
   Dialogue 23
    MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS
    step in (to something)
    mind one's own business
    put two and two together
    jump in with both feet
    get lost
    knock someone out
    the light went out
    can't make head or tail of (something)
   Dialogue 24
    THEY'LL COME IN HANDY
    on the job
    a while back
    pick out
    come in handy/useful
    off the beaten track
    stand for
    pull off
    last but not least
    talk shop
    crop up
   Dialogue 25
    1 WAS FROZEN STIFF
    be ffozen stiff
    a far cry from
    take pride in
    jump ship
    boggle the mind
    take heart
    for the birds
    I'm right behind you!
   Dialogue 26
    SMOOTH THINGS OVER
    the ins and outs of
    be hard on (something or somebody)
    go out of one's way to do something
    take something for granted
    rub someone the wrong way
    catch-22 (situation or position)
    smooth things over
    fill someone in on the details