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书籍目录

1. Deadpan; To Tread Water; To Rearrange

the Furniture

2. To Buck Someone Up; To Take Somebody to

the Woodshed

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

Lame Duck

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

5. Cliffhanger; To Clear the Final Hurdle; To Cross the

Finish Line

6 A Shotgun Marriage; A Marriage Made in Heaven; To

Play Cop; to Play God

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

8. Tour de Force; Pink Slip; Sin Tax

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

Linchpin

10. Yellow Ribbon; Yellow Pages; Yellow Journalism

11. To Water Down; Straitjacket; To Have

the Upper Hand

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

Someone; Fast Track

13.To Pin Hopes on Something; Last-ditch; To Rub

Someone the Wrong Way

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

One's Mind

15. Bean Counting; To Bleed Red Ink; To Stir Up

a Hornet's Nest; Full of Beans

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

the Towel

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

18 A Last Hurrah; Rough-and-Tumble; One-boat

or Two-boat Trip

19. The Shoe Is on the Other Foot; Kid Glove

Treatment; Blow-Hard

20. The Buck Stops Here; Talk the Talk and Walk

the Walk; To Jump on the Bandwagon

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

Woods

22. To Wear One's Heart on One's Sleeve; The Way

to a Man's Heart; To Open One's Heart

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

To Put on Ice

24. High-five; Second to None; Monday-morning

Quarterback; Twenty-twenty Hindsight

25. To Close Ranks; Up for Grabs; Murphy's Law;

At the Eleventh Hour

26 A Slap on the Wrist; To Eat Crow;

to Short-circuit

27. Ghost Employees; Sweetheart Deal

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

45. Empty Suit; To Tune Out; Basket Case

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

Bumper Crop

47. Hogwash; To Take the Point; To Walk

a Tightrope

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

Payback Time

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

To Grit One's Teeth

50. Across-the-board; To Raise a Red Flag;

At the Drop of a Hat

51. Gimmick; To Scope out; Elbow Room

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

53.Hype; Hoopla; Plug

54.Hacker; Geek; Snail Mail

55.Talking Heads; Sound Bites; Stake-Out

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