《时事英语成语》

1.Deadpan;To Tread Water;To Rearrange the Furniture1

2.To Buck Someone Up;To Take Somebody to the Woodshed4

3.On the Ropes;To Get to the Heart of Something;Lame Duck7

4.Arm-twisting;Back-room Deal;Break-even Deal10

5.Cliffhange;To Clear the Final Hurdle;To Cross the Finish Line13

6.A Shotgun Marriage;A Marriage Made in Heaven;To Play Cop;to Play God16

7.Achilles Heel;Off the Wall;Off the Beam19

8.Tour de Force;Pink Slip;Sin Tax22

9.Light at the End of the Tunnel;On the Lam;Linchpin25

10.Yellow Ribbon;Yellow Pages;Yellow Journalism28

11.To Water Down;Straitjacket;To Have the Upper Hand31

12.To Pull Up Stakes;The Deck is Stacked Against Someone;Fast Track34

13.To Pin Hopes on Something;Last-ditch;To Rub Someone the Wrong Way37

14.To Cross One's Fingers;Backwater;To Speak One's Mind40

15.Bean Counting;To Bleed Red Ink;To Stir Up a Hornet's Nest;Full of Beans43

16.To Play Ball;Nuts and Bolts;To Throw In the Towel46

17.To Take Stock of;Second Wind;Wish List49

18.A Last Hurrah;Rough-and-Tumble;One-boat or Two-boat Trip52

19.The Shoe Is on the Other Foot;Kid Glove Treatment;Blow-Hard55

20.The Buck Stops Here;Talk the Talk and Walk the Walk;To Jump on the Bandwagon59

21.Cabin Fever;To Be Snowed Under;Out of the Woods62

22.To Wear One's Heart on One's Sleeve;The Way to a Man's Heart;To Open One's Heart65

23.To Skate on Thin Ice;To Break the Ice;To Put on Ice68

24.High-five;Second to None;Monday-morning Quarterback;Twenty-twenty Hindsight72

25.To Close Ranks;Up for Grabs;Murphy's Law;At the Eleventh Hour75

26.A Slap on the Wrist;To Eat Crow;to Short-circuit78

27.Ghost Employees;Sweetheart Deal81

28.To Dress to the Nines;To Burn a Hole in One's Pocket84

29.Kickbacks;A Roll of the Dice87

30.Underdog;A Long-shot;Dark Horse90

31.Slapdash;Across-the-board;Back-of-the-envelope93

32.In Cahoots with;To Pay Lip Service;Hare-brained96

33.Smoking Gun;Cash Cows;Piggyback99

34.To Get a Kick out of;Sticker Shock;A Stiff Upper Lip102

35.Crunch Time;Job Lock;A Shot in the Arm105

36.To Hunker Down;To Hold the High Ground;Trench Warfare108

37.Out to Lunch;To Be Backed into a Corner;Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea;To Spell Out111

38.Comeback Kid;To Be Saved by the Bell;Benchwarmer114

39.To Bring to One's Knees;A Leg Up;On Tenterhooks117

40.Swing Voters;Down to the Wire;In over One's Head120

41.To Bring Home the Bacon;Cliffhanger;The Burning Question123

42.True Blue;Buzzword;Bounceback126

43.Mission Creep;Hotbed;Well-heeled129

44.Football.Widow;Nail-biter;Back on Track132

45.Empty Suit;To Tune Out;Basket Case135

46.To Run Scared;To Spin One's Wheels;Bumper Crop138

47.Hogwash;To Take the Point;To Walk a Tightrope141

48.Behind the Eight-ball;Dear John Letter Payback Time144

49.To Jump the Gun;To Stick One's Neck Out;To Grit One's Teeth147

50.Across-the-board;To Raise a Red Flag;At the Drop of a Hat150

51.Gimmick;To Scope out;Elbow Room154

52.A Jump Start;Cracker-jack;Up-and-coming157

53.Hype;Hoopla;Plug160

54.Hacker;Geek;Snail Mail163

55.Talking Heads;Sound Bites;Stake-Out166

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