《美国成语俗语 2》求取 ⇩

1 Easy Street ＆ Out on the Street1

2 Street Smarts ＆ Two-way Street4

3 To Khock off7

4 To Run a Tight Ship ＆ to Sit Tight10

5 Tight-lipped ＆ Tight with Someone13

6 Loose Lips ＆ at Loose Ends16

7 Out of One's Skull ＆ Skull Session19

8 Lick ＆ Lickety Split22

9 To Have a Feeling in One's Bones ＆ to Have a Bone to Pick25

10 To Shape up or Ship out ＆ to Rock the Boat28

11 Up to One's Neck ＆ to Break One's Neck31

12 To Get It in the Neck ＆ to Stick Out One's Neek34

13 Cold Shoulder ＆ Hot Air37

14 Over One's Head ＆ over the Hump40

15 Over a Barrel ＆ over One's Dead Body43

16 Out of the Woods ＆ out of the Picture46

17 Out the Window ＆ out of This World49

18 To Whistle in the Dark ＆ to Blow the Whistle52

19 Nothing Special ＆ So-so55

20 Far Cry ＆ Crying Towel58

21 To Whistle a Different Tune ＆ Pipe Dream61

22 For Crying out Loud ＆ to Cool It64

23 To Keep One's Cool ＆ to Be Cool as a Cucumber67

24 All in the Same Boat ＆ to Miss the Boat70

25 In One's Blood ＆ Fresh Blood73

26 To Make One's Blood Boil ＆ to make One's Blood Run Cold76

27 To Hit the Ceiling ＆ to Blow One's Top79

28 To Jump the Gun ＆ to Stick to One's Guns82

29 To Beat One's Brains out ＆ to Brainwash86

30 Brain Drain ＆ Brain Trust89

31 One Track Mind ＆ Track Record92

32 To Give Somebody a Piece of One's Mind ＆ Mind-boggling95

33 Under the Gun ＆ Gun-shy98

34 Hippie ＆ to Shoot from the Hip102

35 Full of Beans ＆ a Hill of Beans106

36 Bean Counter ＆ to Spill the Beans109

37 To Make Tracks ＆ the Wrong Side of the Tracks112

38 To Stand up Someone ＆ a Stand-in115

39 To Stand Tall ＆ a Stand-out118

40 At the Drop of a Hat ＆ to Pull Something out of the Hat121

41 To Pass the Hat ＆ to Take One's Hat off124

42 Hat in Hand ＆ to Wear Two Hats at a Time127

43 Fat Farm ＆ to Chew the Fat130

44 Fat Cat ＆ Fat Chance133

45 On Thin Ice ＆ Thin-skinned136

46 Workaholic ＆ Grunt Work139

47 The Works ＆ in the Works142

48 To Cut a Deal ＆ to Cut Corners145

49 To Be Cut out for ＆ a Cut-up148

50 Honeymoon ＆ Moonlight151

51 Sunday Best ＆ Sunday Driver154

52 One for the Books ＆ to Know Someone like a Book157

53 To Close the Books ＆ to Cook the Books160

54 To Bad-mouth ＆ to Shoot One's Mouth off163

55 To Walk on Air ＆ toWalk the Floor166

56 To Take a Walk ＆ to Walk on Eggshells169

57 Motor Mouth ＆ Foot in Mouth Disease172

58 To Put One's Money Where One's Mouth Is ＆ You Said a Mouthful175

59 Wall-to-wall ＆ Wallflower178

60 To Climb the Wall ＆ to Drive Someone up the Wall181

61 To Stonewall ＆ off the Wall184

62 Over the Long Haul ＆ Long Shot187

63 Short and Sweet ＆ the Long and Short of It190

64 In Short Order ＆ to Get the Short End of the Stick193

65 On the Level ＆ Kosher196

66 Open and Aboveboard ＆ on the Up and Up199

67 Ups and Downs ＆ Down and Out202

68 To Be Caught with One's Hand in the Cookie Jar ＆ to Be Caught with One's Pants down205

69 To Touch Base ＆ to Do Lunch208

70 Birds of a Feather ＆ to Feather One's Own Nest211

71 In Fine Feather ＆ a Feather in One's Cap214

72 Breadwinner ＆ to Know Which Side One's Bread Is Buttered on217

73 Bread and Butter ＆ to Butter up Someone220

74 Butterfingers ＆ Butterball223

75 Like Greased Lightning ＆ like a Bat out of Hell226

76 Slow Burn ＆ Slow Molasses229

77 Give Me a Break ＆ Break Even232

78 To Break the News ＆ to Break the Ice235

79 Sacred Cow ＆ Dark Horse238

80 Right on the Mark ＆ Right up One's Alley241

81 To Give Someone the Hook ＆ by Hook or by Crook244

82 To Pick up the Tab ＆ Go Dutch247

83 Tax-and-spend Liberal ＆ Knee-jerk Liberal250

84 Redneck ＆ McCarthyite253

85 Dry Run ＆ Cut and Dried256

86 High and Dry ＆ Dry Up259

87 In the Doghouse ＆ between a Rock and a Hard Place262

88 Bummer ＆ Bum Rap265

89 Fair and Square ＆ Fair Shake268

90 Fair Game ＆ Fair-haired Boy271

91 The Time of One's Life ＆ in the Nick of Time274

92 Front Money ＆ Hush Money277

93 Free Lance ＆ Freeloader280

94 Free and Easy ＆ Free-for-all283

95 To Blow One's Own Horn ＆ to Blow the Lid off286

96 To Play with Fire ＆ to Fight Fire with Fire289

97 Half-baked ＆ Half-hearted292

98 To Get to the Bottom of Something ＆ to Scrape the Bottom of the Barrel295

99 There's No Such Thing as a Free Lunch ＆ Power Lunch298

100 Easy Money ＆ to Bet One's Bottom Dollar301

101 Smart Money ＆ Mad Money304

102 Sweet Talk ＆ Snow Job307

103 A Fine Kettle of Fish ＆ to Have Other Fish to Fry310

104 To Butter up Someone ＆ Nitpicker313

105 Smoke and Mirrors ＆ Bum Steer316

106 To Go up in Smoke ＆ Smoke Screen319

107 On Top of the World ＆ off the Top of One's Head322

108 Top Banana ＆ Top Brass325

109 Pinhead ＆ on Pins and Needlea328

110 To Cook up ＆ Smart Cookie or Tough Cookie331

111 Fly-by-night ＆ off the Cuff334

112 Gold Mine ＆ Born with a Silver Spoon in His Mouth337

113 To Be Handed Something on a Silver Platter ＆ to Go over like a Lead Balloon340

114 Steamroller ＆ under One's Own Steam343

115 To Go Full Steam Ahead ＆ to Blow off Steam346

116 Goody Two Shoes ＆ to Fill Somebody's Shoes349

117 To Lower the Boom ＆ to Throw Away the Key352

118 A Slap on the Wrist ＆ to Wait for the Other Shoe to Drop355

119 Wild and Woolly ＆ Dyed in theWool358

120 To Walk down the Aisle ＆ to Walk the Plank361

121 To Eat One's Words ＆ from the Word GO364

122 No Problem ＆ Have a Nice Day367

123 One-liner ＆ Punch Line370

124 To Play Fast and Loose ＆ Hard and Fast373

125 Sitting Pretty ＆ to Sit Tight376

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