《美国英语成语俗语续编一》求取 ⇩

1 On the Fence and Maverick1

2 Buddy and Sidekick4

3 To Give Someone a Piece of One's Mind and to Tell Someone off7

4 Hick and City Slicker10

5 To Throw to the Wolves and to Throw the Baby out with the Bath Water13

6 To Throw a Wet Blanket on Something and to Throw a Mondey Wrench16

7 To Let the Cat out of the Bag and Look like the Cat that Ate the Canary19

8 Rain or Shine and Rainy Day22

9 To Put on the Dog and to Go to the Dog24

10 To Let Sleeping Dogs Lie and Every Dog Has His Day27

11 To Throw a Curve and to Throw for a Loop30

12 Crocodile Tsears and Sob Story33

13 To Cry in One's Beer and Cry Baby36

14 Cloudy and in the Clouds38

15 On a Cloud and under a Cloud41

16 Basket Case and All Washed up44

17 Smart as Intelligence and Fashionable47

18 To Put on the Back Burner and to Drag One's Feet49

19 To Turn One's Back on Someone and to Get on Someone's Back52

20 Nag and to Get off One's Back55

21 To Get One's Back up and to Scratch One's Back58

22 Brainchild and to Pick Brains61

23 To Give up Ghost and Ghost Town63

24 Ghost Writer and Spooky66

25 Brainstorm and Egghead69

26 To Grab a Bite and Grubstake72

27 Munch and Hors d'oeuvres75

28 To Call the Shots and to Call One's Bluff78

29 To Call up and to Call a Day81

30 To Rub Flbow and Elbow Room83

31 Shrimp adn Crab86

32 To Smell Fishy and to Fish for Compliments89

33 Turdey and Cold Turkey92

34 Beefy and to Beef up94

35 Snowball and Snow Job97

36 To Break the Ice and Iceberg100

37 Where's the Beef and Turkey Farm102

38 Sitting Duck and Dead Duck106

39 To Chicken out and Chicken Feed110

40 Spring Chicken and Goose Bumps114

41 To Make Hay and to Go Haywire117

42 The Last Straw and Wild Oats121

43 Belly Laugh and Knee-slapper124

44 A Straw in the Wind and to Grasp at Straw128

45 Trailblazer and Cutting Edge132

46 Penny-pincher and Cheapskate135

47 Not All There and to Have a Screw Loose139

48 Under the Weather and Down with a Bug143

49 Baby Boomers and Yuppies147

50 Dinks and Sandwich Generation151

51 Coach Potato and Mall Rats154

52 Backsliker and Backslapper158

53 Backseat Driver and Back-up System162

54 In the Pink and Fit as a Fiddle166

55 To Play Ball and on the Ball170

56 Now the Ball Is in Your Court and to Start the Ball Rolling174

57 Skin-deep and That Really Gets under My Skin178

58 No Skin off My Nose and to Save One's Skin181

59 At the Wheel and Hell on Wheels184

60 Spinning One's Wheels and Re-inventing the Wheel188

61 To Jump Right out of One's Skin and All Skin and Bones192

62 To Skin Someone Alive and Skin Game196

63 One of a Kind and Top-notch200

64 To Crash the Gate (Party )and Crash Course204

65 Set of Wheels and Free-wheeler208

66 Wheeler-dealer and Fifth Wheel212

67 Green Thumb and All Thumbs216

68 Under the Thumb and to Stick out Like a Sore Thumb220

69 Everything from Soup to Nuts and Everything but the Kitchen Sink224

70 To Kiss Someone or Something Goodbye and Kiss of Death227

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