摘要:( if you want to be responsible then you must face difficulties ... ) "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen" says that if you cannot accept the pressure of a given situation, then y[阅读全文]

摘要:( a person or thing one is not allowed to touch or have ... ) Forbidden fruit is something that one wants but cannot have. Example: "The boss's daughter may be pretty, but remember that she is forb[阅读全文]

摘要:( allow a customer to pay at a future time for goods given now; lend someone money to be paid back later ... ) Extending credit is allowing them to have it now but not pay for it until later. Example[阅读全文]

摘要:( because of sickness one is unable to get up and go out ... ) A person who is "down with" a sickness cannot get up and do healthy things because of that sickness. Example: "I can't come to work[阅读全文]

摘要:( continue working after one is gone ... ) If you keep doing that thing even after that person is gone, you carry on without her. Example: "If anything ever happens to me, I want you to carry on wit[阅读全文]

摘要:( stop working ... ) You "call it quits" when you decide it is time to quit working, usually for the day. Example: "It is getting dark outside. Let's call it quits." "Calling it quits" can mea[阅读全文]

摘要:( end the day's work; finish working for the day ... ) You call it a day when you decide that the work day is finished. Example: "It's time to go home. Let's call it a day." You are saying that[阅读全文]

摘要:( go home and go to bed ... ) You "call it a night" when it is nighttime and you decide to go home or go to bed. Example: "You guys are going to another bar? Not me. I'm calling it a night." You[阅读全文]

摘要:( it will happen quickly ... ) Before you know it means that it will happen so quickly that you might not be ready for it. Example: "Enjoy your freedom! Before you know it, you'll be married and se[阅读全文]

摘要:( have a good result ... ) Something which "bears fruit" gets you the thing that you wanted. Example: "Did your meeting bear fruit?" Another example: "How was your date?" Reply: "Good. But I d[阅读全文]

摘要:( the one looks exactly like the other ... ) You are the spitting image of the person who you look just like. Example: "People say I am the spitting image of my mother." To be the spitting image of[阅读全文]

摘要:( fight to decide how it will be done ... ) Battling it out is it fighting about the thing you want. Example: "I really don't mind where we go. I'll let you two battle it out."[阅读全文]

摘要:( pretend to give one things, then give another thing ... ) "The bait and switch" is a trick where you pretend to give one but you give something different. Example: "I thought I was buying a new[阅读全文]

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摘要:( make a record to confirm that one received it ... ) You acknowledge receipt of something when you let another know that you got it. Example: "As soon as you get the package, please call me to ac[阅读全文]

摘要:( a feeling of excitement moving in one or from one person to another ... ) A ripple or excitement describes the feeling that one has of excitement moving outside and inside of oneself. Example: "On[阅读全文]

摘要:( a small amount; not a lot ... ) A little bit is a small amount; it is not a lot. Example: "Are you hungry?" Reply: "A little bit. You?"[阅读全文]

摘要:( one last try before one quits ... ) A last ditch effort is one last effort you make to try to succeed. Example: "I thought for sure we would lose but we made one last ditch effort and tied the gam[阅读全文]

摘要:( an innocent person was believed to be guilty ... ) A case of mistaken identity is when one person was accidentally thought to be another person. Example: "Are you sure you are not Don Johnson?" R[阅读全文]