| 美国习惯用语 (WORDS AND IDIOMS 151-250) |
| 250 easy money; to bet one's bottom dollar |
| 249 there's no such thing as a free lunch... |
| 248 scrape the bottom of the barrel... |
| 247 half-baked; half-hearted |
| 246 play with fire; fight fire with fire |
| 245 blow one's own horn; blow the lid off... |
| 244 free and easy; free-for-all |
| 243 freelance; freeloader |
| 242 front money; hush money |
| 241 the time of one's life; in the nick of time |
| 240 fair game; fair-haired boy |
| 239 fair and square; fair shake |
| 238 bum; bum rap |
| 237 in the doghouse; between a rock and a hard place |
| 236 high and dry; dry up |
| 235 dry run; cut and dried |
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234 Redneck; McCarthyism
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| 233 tax-and-spend liberals; knee-jerk liberals |
| 232 pick up the tab; go Dutch |
| 231 give sb. the hook; by hook or by crook |
| 230 right on the mark; right up one's alley |
| 229 sacred cow; dark horse |
| 228 break the news; break the ice |
| 227 give one a break; break even |
| 226 slow burn; slow as molasses |
| 225 like greased lightning; like a bat out of hell |
| 224 butterfingers; butterball |
| 223 bread and butter; butter up sb. |
| 222 know which side one's bread is buttered on... |
| 221 as light as a feather; a feather in one's cap |
| 220 birds of a feather; feather one's nest |
| 219 touch base; do lunch |
| 218 get caught with one's hand in the cookie jar... |
| 217 ups and downs; down and out |
| 216 open and aboveboard; on the up and up |
| 215 on the level; kosher |
| 214 in short order; get the short end of the stick |
| 213 short and sweet; the long and short of it |
| 212 over the long haul; long shot |
| 211 stonewall; off the wall |
| 210 climb the wall; drive sb. up the wall |
| 209 wall-to-wall; wallflower |
| 208 put your money where your mouth is... |
| 207 motor mouth; foot in mouth disease |
| 206 take a walk; walk on eggshells |
| 205 walk on air; walk the floor |
| 204 bad-mouth; shoot sb.s mouth off |
| 203 close the books; cook the books |
| 202 one for the book; know sb. like a book |
| 201 Sunday best; Sunday driver |
| 200 honeymoon; moonlight |
| 199 cut out for/cut out to be; cut-up |
| 198 cut a deal; cut corners |
| 197 the works; in the works |
| 196 workaholic; grunt work |
| 195 on thin ice; thin-skinned |
| 194 fat cat; fat chance |
| 193 fat farm; chew fat |
| 192 hat in hand; wear two hats... |
| 191 pass the hat; take one's hat off |
| 190 at the drop of a hat... |
| 189 stand tall; stand-out |
| 188 stand sb. up; a stand-in |
| 187 make tracks; wrong side of the tracks |
| 186 bean counters; spill the beans |
| 185 full of beans; not worth a hill of beans |
| 184 give sb. a piece of mind; mind-boggling |
| 183 under the gun; gunshy |
| 182 give sb. a piece of mind; mind-boggling |
| 181 one track mind; track record |
| 180 brain drain; brain trust |
| 179 beat one's brains out; brainwash |
| 178 jump the gun; stick to the guns |
| 177 hit the ceiling; blow one's top |
| 176 make one's blood boil; make one's blood run cold |
| 175 in one's blood; fresh blood |
| 174 all in the same bout; miss the boat |
| 173 keep one's cool; be cool as a cucumber |
| 172 for crying out loud; cool it |
| 171 to whistle a different tune; pipe dream |
| 170 far cry; crying towel |
| 169 nothing special; so-so |
| 168 whistle in the dark; blow the whistle |
| 167 out the window; out of this world |
| 166 out of the woods; out of the picture |
| 165 over a barrel; over one's dead body |
| 164 over one's head; over the hump |
| 163 cold shoulder; hot air |
| 162 get it in the neck; stick out one's neck |
| 161 up to one's neck; break one's neck |
| 160 shape up or ship out; rock the boat |
| 159 lick; lickety-split |
| 158 have a feeling in one's bones; have a bone to pick |
| 157 out of one's skull; skull session |
| 156 loose lips; at loose ends |
| 155 tight-lipped; tight with someone |
| 154 run a tight ship; sit tight |
| 153 knock off |
| 152 street smart; two-way street |
| 151 easy street; out on the street |
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