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书籍目录

目录

1 a bolt from the blue

2 Achille's heel

3 a dog in the manger

4 after one's own heart

5 air (wash) one's dirty linen in public

6 ants in one's pants

7 apple of one's eye

8 apple of Sodom

9 ask for the moon

10 at the drop of a hat

11 ax to grind

12 birthday suit

13 bite the dust

14 at sixes and sevens

15 baker's dozen

16 bell th cat

17 black sheep

18 born in the purple

19 break the ice

20 bite the bullet

21 be Greek to one

22 bite off mo e than one can chew

23 black-and-white

24 bel on the wrong ho

25 blov the lid off

26 blue in the faceyblue musicyblue Monday

27 borrow troubleyask fo troubl

28 bread-an butte

29 bring home the bacon

30 cart before the horse

31 cat get one's tongue

32 clean hands

33 clip one's wings

34 cold feet

35 crow before one is out of the woods

36 cast pearls before swine

37 cold shoulder

38 cool one's heels

39 dirty one's hands / sail one's hand

40 die in one's boot /di with one's boot (shoes) on

41 do-or-die

42 Dutch courage

43 eat humble pie

44 eat one's heart ou

45 tace the music

46 for a song

47 fall between two stool

48 fly in the ointmen

49 full of beans

50 get the sack

51 go against the grain

52 go to the dogs

53 green-eyed.

54 grease the wheels

55 greasy spoon

56 heart of gold

57 hide one's head in the sand

58 high-hat

59 hot potato

60 hot water

61 handwriting on the wall

62 hit the nail on the head

63 have (get) one's number

64 in a circle/in circles

65 in the soup

66 in the wind

67 in a nutshell

68 in the wake of

69 It's a dog-eat-dog world

70 ins and outs

71 Johnny-come-lately

72 keep up with the Joneses

73 keep one's nose clean

74 keep one's shirt on

75 keep the wolf from the doo

76 kill the goose that laid the golden egg

77 kick up one's heels

78 land on one's feet

79 lay an egg

80 lay one's cards on the table

81 lift a finger/hand

82 let sleeping dogs lie

83 look like the cat that atecanary

84 lose one's head

85 lose one's heart

86 lose one's shirt

87 loud mouth/big mouth

88 lump in one's throat

89 like water off a duck's back

90 look a gift horse in the mouth

91 make a mountain out of a molehill

92 make a night of it

93 make bricks without straw

94 make a beeline for

95 make a pass at

96 make a play for

97 make one's blood boil

98 make no bones

99 make free with

100 make one's hair stand on end

101 make it hot for

102 make short of

103 make the grade

104 make the fur fly

105 make the scene

106 make good time

107 man in the street

108 meet one's Waterloo

109 burn the midnight oil

110 mind one's p's and q's

111 miss is as good as a mile

112 miss the boat

113 money to burn

114 month of sundays

115 mop the floor with

116 more the merrier

117 move heaven and earth

118 mum is the word

119 nail one's colors to the mast

120 neck and neck

121 nip and tuck

122 nip in the bud

123 no love lost between someone

124 not a leg to stand on

125 not let grass grow under your feet

126 not hold water

127 off one's hands

128 off one's rockerArolley

129 off the cuff

130 on the rocks

131 out of the blue

132 pour oil on troubled waters

133 polish the apple

134 pop the question

135 pot call the kettle black

136 press one's luck

137 pretty kettle ot fish

138 promise the moon

139 pull one's leg

140 pull one's punches

141 pull rank

142 pull strings

143 pull the rug out from under

144 pull the wool over one's eyes

145 pull one's weight

146 pull up stakes

147 push the panic button

148 put a bee in one's bonnet

149 put all one's eggs in one basket

150 put in one's two cents (worth)

151 put one's best foot forward

237 turn thombs down

238 twist one's arm

239 Uncle Sam

240 unde one's belt

241 upset the apple cart

242 up to the ears

243 vanity case

244 wait on hand and foot

245 walking paper

246 walk the chalk

247 with flying colours

248 white elephant

249 wolf in sheep's clothing

250 worth the salt

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