常用短语20条

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To think in English is a way to express a difficult meaning with a simple word or phase.<br>
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1. Spill the beans - Reveal secret deliberately or unintentionally.<br>
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2. Get the ball rolling - Start doing it, take action.<br>
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3. Pull an all-nighter - Study or work all night without getting any sleep.<br>
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4. Hot under the collar - Angry, indignant.<br>
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5. Keep one's fingers crossed - Hope for the best.<br>
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6. Stick to one's guns - Maintain one's position, refuse to change one's opinions, actions.<br>
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7. Have one's hands full - Be extremely busy.<br>
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8. Close one's eyes to something - Ignore something bad and pretend it is not happening.<br>
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9. Do a bang-up job - Do a very good job; do very well at something.<br>
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10. Get one's teeth into something - Deal with something or become involved in something with great energy and enthusiasm.<br>
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11. A hard nut to crack - A problem that is very difficult to solve or a person who is very difficult to understand.<br>
A number of employees were absent last week. It was a hard nut for the manager to crack.<br>
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12. A bad egg - Bad person, someone a person who cannot be trusted.<br>
That sales person is a bad egg. Don't believe anything he says.<br>
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13. On the dot - Exactly at the stated or expected time.<br>
Don't be late, the meeting starts at nine o'clock on the dot.<br>
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14. Put all one's eggs in one basket - Depend for your success on a single person or plan of action.<br>
Fund managers always tell us not to put all your eggs in one basket.<br>
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15. Have one's eye on - To have seen something that you want and that you intend to get.<br>
Peter had his eye on the manager position before I joined the company.<br>
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16. Cut corners - To do something in the easiest, quickest, or cheapest way, often harming the quality of your work.<br>
We have had to cut a few corners to get your annual leave application ready on time.<br>
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17. Like a cat on hot bricks - Nervous and unable to keep still.<br>
A: “Your boss is like a cat on hot bricks today. What's wrong?”<br>
B: “He has been waiting for an important phone call all day.”<br>
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18. Busy bee - Very busy or very active.<br>
A: “I was working till midnight everyday for the past month to finish up the proposal.”<br>
B: “You've been a busy bee!”<br>
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19. Get out of bed on the wrong side - In a bad mood and is easily annoyed all day.<br>
What's the matter with your boss today? Did he get out of bed on the wrong side?<br>
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20. On the rocks - Bankrupt.<br>
The company looked to be on the rocks in 1992 but made a remarkable recovery in recent years.<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>