摘要:There are some things which we think about only as long as we can see them in front of us; when we can no longer see them (out of sight) we forget about them (out of mind). Example: "As soon as I lea[阅读全文]

摘要:When you are "on top of the world," you are feeling great. Example: "What a beautiful day, today. I am on top of the world!" Sometimes you are "on top of the world" because a great thing happene[阅读全文]

摘要:To be in a difficult situation is like hanging "on" a "hook"; to get free of the problem you must get "off the hook". Example: "We've caught you again, but this time you won't get off the hoo[阅读全文]

摘要:To get off to a bad start is to get "off on the wrong foot." Example: "Tomorrow is our first meeting with this client so let's not get off on the wrong foot." To start off on a journey we must fi[阅读全文]

摘要:"Off limits" describes a place where you are not allowed to go. Example: "The park is off limits; I do not want you going in there." Children like to forget where they're not supposed to go, so p[阅读全文]

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摘要:Your "nose is out of joint" when the look on your face and the way you act shows other people that you are upset. Example: "What's wrong with him?" Answer: "His nose is out of joint because we f[阅读全文]

摘要:You let the cat out of the bag when you tell a big secret. Example: "Bob didn't want anyone to know he was sick, but his wife let the cat out of the bag." A secret is like a cat that has been kept[阅读全文]

摘要:A "labor of love" is something that you do because of love or because you love to do it. Example: "They always want to pay me for the work I do at the hospital, but I will never accept their money.[阅读全文]

摘要:The "heat of the moment" describes the immediacy and aliveness of being very involved in something. To be "in the heat of the moment" is to be in the midst of some activity and under the influence[阅读全文]

摘要:When you have been having a bad day all day, you got up on the wrong side of the bed. Example: "What's wrong with her today?" Reply: "Oh, she just got up on the wrong side of the bed." Sometimes[阅读全文]

摘要:You call something off when you decide to cancel it. Example: "How did your party go?" Reply: "Oh. We had to call it off." An event is called off when the decision is made that the event will not[阅读全文]

摘要:To take on a responsibility which is too large for you to manage is biting off more than you can chew. Example: "I thought I could finish this report within a month, but I bit off more than I could c[阅读全文]

摘要:Birds of a feather flock together means that people who are similar to each other often spend time together. Example: "Those guys work at the same company and go to the same bars. They do everything[阅读全文]

摘要:Only 14 of the world's 1,011 billionaires are women who made their own money rather than inherited all or part of it. It is a small but impressive group that includes Oprah Winfrey, J.K. Rowling and[阅读全文]

摘要:If you would do something quickly and easily, without thinking about it, you would do it at the drop of a hat. Example: "Would you travel around the world if you had the money?" Reply: "At the drop[阅读全文]

摘要:No.1   Priority is given to spoken language. No.2   Focus is on synchronic study of language, rather than on diachronic study of language. No.3   Modern linguistics is descriptive ra[阅读全文]

摘要:Someone gives you "a taste of your own medicine" when they act towards you the same way you act towards others in order to teach you a lesson about the way you are acting. If a man acts rudely to ot[阅读全文]

摘要:When you say something by accident - something which you did not mean to say - you have made a slip of the tongue. Example: "I didn't mean to say that! It was just a slip of the tongue." When you a[阅读全文]

摘要:Something that is very easy to do is "a piece of cake". Example: "Can you finish your homework in ten minutes?" Reply: "It will be a piece of cake." "A piece of cake" is so easy to do that it[阅读全文]