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hash out 費力地做出來
Ex: The administration office is hashing out a new policy to increase the budget.
crop up 突然出現;發生 (pop up)
Ex: There are usually problems cropping up with the intalla...
hash out 費力地做出來
Ex: The administration office is hashing out a new policy to increase the budget.
crop up 突然出現;發生 (pop up)
Ex: There are usually problems cropping up with the intallation of the new software.
crack-pot 神經病,腦筋〝秀逗〞
Ex: Valerie is sure a crack-pot. She thinks she is haunted by a ghost from the Computer.
iffy 不確定
Ex: How much budget we can get is still iffy because the board hasnt made the final decision.
huff and puff 氣喘吁吁
Ex: He was huffing and puffing while walking all the way up to the 10th floow.
low-key 隨和的
Ex: He owns many famous organizationgs, but he always gives people a low-key impression.
loophole 漏洞
Ex: There are some loopholes in his testmony.
much-touted 議論紛紛的
Ex: The much-touted murder was still suspended, and there were a lot of speculations going around.
shrug off 一笑置之 (shrug 聳肩)
Ex:The neurologists opinion should not have been shrugged off.
a laundry list of… 一長串的
Ex:My nephew always asks for a laundry list of gifts when he has a chance.
a hole in the wall不起眼的地方
Ex:This cafe is a hole in the wall, but it has a very nice selection of salads.
high on… 沉迷,熱衷於…
Ex:I dont need drugs because Im high on my life.
all hell will break loose 鬧得不可收拾
Ex:If you dont apologize for what you have done to her, all hell will break loose.
hefty 發福,變胖
Ex:John has gotten a little hefty since he began working in the restaurant.
sell oneself short 妄自菲薄
Ex:Youre capable of much more, Tommy. Dont sell yourself short.
hoax 騙局
Ex:He said that the health food could do wonders, but we just found that it was a hoax.
set in 開始
Ex:The freezing weather wont set in until next week.
rig 動手腳(V.)
Ex:They rigged the raffle so nobody would win.
rain on ones parade 掃…的興致
Ex:Im really sorry to rain on your parade, but the funding for your research project has been canceled.
mudsling(V.)抹黑
Ex:That politicians specialty is mudslinging his campaign opponents.
fall flat:不能引起興趣;完全失敗
Ex:His jokes fell flat because no one could catch on to them.
Ex:Far from being received with the enthusiasm that he had expected, his speech fell flat.
for the birds:沒趣的,乏味(常用作補語)
Ex:I saw the movie youve been raving about. Its just for the birds.
get ones own back on a person報復某人(報仇)
Ex:He has cheated me this time, but Ill get my own back on him one day.
get ones moneys worth:得到所花錢的價值
Ex:We enjoyed the film so much that we felt wed got our moneys worth.
hang by the wall:指擱置不用;被遺忘
Ex:He has hundreds of books but most of them hang by the wall.
Ex:Most of the problems were solved at the meeting, but two were left hanging by the wall.
have a bone to pick with sb.:與某人有爭論;對某人有意見
Ex:Ive got a bone to pick with you. How about the two hundred dollars you promised to pay me back today?
have a thin skin:指臉皮薄,對批評十分敏感
Ex:He has a thin skin and doesnt take kidding very well.
have an ear to the ground:注意,留心可能發生的事
Ex:The city manager kept an ear to the ground for a while before deciding to raise the city employees pay.
have sb. in ones pocket:可任意支配別人
Ex:If you want to get something out of the chief, just get his secretary on your side, and itll be done. She has got him right in her pocket.
hit below the belt:用不正當的手段打人,暗中傷人
Ex:Most of the criticism of his new book hit below the belt.