A
1
a wet blanket
扫兴的人或事
2
a piece of cake
小菜一碟
3
all ears
洗耳恭听
4
as strong as a horse
力大如牛,很强壮
5
as poor as a church mouse
一贫如洗
6
as busy as a bee
忙得团团转
7
as cool as a cucumber
非常冷静
8
As white as a sheet
脸色苍白
9
As sly as a fox
狡若城狐
10
As tall as a tree
很高
11
As sharp as a spear
聪明，思路敏捷
12
As hungry as a lion
极其渴望得到
13
As quickly as a deer
很快
14
A walking dictionary
活字典，活的百科全书
15
As brave as a lion
勇猛
16
As black as coal
墨黑，极黑
17
As clear as day
一清二楚的
18
As mad as a wet hen
非常生气
19
As good as gold
表现很好的； 完美无缺
20
As sick as a dog
病得厉害
21
As light as a feather
很轻盈
22
As dry as a bone
干极了
23
As easy as pie/ ABC
非常容易
24
As plain as day
非常清楚
25
An arm and a leg
大价钱，巨额花费
26
A square meal
一顿美餐
27
A pack of lies
一派胡言； 鬼话连篇
28
As happy as Larry
非常高兴
29
A confidential source
线人
30
An incident between sb
争执，打斗
31
A correctional facility
监狱
32
A sacred cow
神圣之物
33
Achilles’ heel
致命弱点
34
A Herculean task
极为艰巨的工作
35
A good Samaritan
乐善好施之人
B
1
be at a loss for words
难以言表
2
Be tickled pink
乐不可支
3
Be green with envy
妒忌
4
By and by
不久
5
Be a weed
懦弱
6
Black is white and white is black
黑白颠倒
7
Be one’s rock
后盾，支持者
8
Burn the midnight oil
开夜车，挑灯夜战
9
Be up and about
起来走动
10
Be at odds with sb
有矛盾，合不来
11
Be economical with the truth
隐瞒真相
12
Body count
死亡人数统计
13
Between jobs
失业
14
Be over the moon
非常快乐， 狂喜
15
Bible
有权威的书
C
1
Cast-ironed nerves
坚定的意志
2
Child’s play
容易干的事
3
Capital punishment
死刑
4
Color the truth
粉饰事实，歪曲事实
5
Catch-22
进退维谷的局面； 无法摆脱的困境
D
1
Don’t count your chickens until they are hatched.
别过早打如意算盘
2
Do one’s homework about
为…做准备
3
Dark horse
黑马（出人意外得胜）
4
Daniel in the lion’s den
大难不死；艰巨的任务
5
David and Goliath
强弱悬殊；以弱战强
E
1
Eat like a bird
吃得极少
F
1
Feel blue
感到心情低落
2
Feet of clay
致命弱点
3
Friendly fire
误杀,误伤(战争中由己方/友军造成的死伤）
4
Full-figure man
比较胖的人
G
1
Great minds think alive, but fools seldom differ.
英雄所见略同
2
Golden years
晚年
3
give sb the cold shoulder
冷落某人
H
1
have green fingers
有园艺技能
2
History repeats itself.
历史总在重演
3
honesty is the best policy
诚实为上策
4
Have butterflies in one’s stomach
心慌，紧张
5
Hold firm
坚持
6
Have special needs
有学习障碍
7
Hearing-impaired
聋的
8
Helen of Troy
红颜祸水；害人精
I
1
In the red
负债
2
In the black
盈利
3
In the same boat
处于同样境地
J
1
Job seeker
求职者
2
Job flexibility
弹性工作，不稳定的工作
3
Jonah
带来不幸
4
Judas
叛徒
5
Jekyll and Hyde
双重人格
K
1
Kill the fatted calf
设宴款待
L
1
Leading light
重要任务，中流砥柱
2
Lose heart
丧失勇气； 心灰意冷
3
Late uncle
去世的叔叔
M
1
Make hay while the sun shines.
抓住时机
2
Mother Teresa
对人非常好而仁慈的人
3
Mickey Mouse course
轻而易举.
N
1
no way
不可能
2
out of the question
不可能
3
not in a million years
不可能
4
Not all there
某人的行为表现很奇怪，或者是很傻
5
Negative profit
亏损
O
1
one’s cup of tea
喜爱的人或事物
2
One man’s meat is another man’s poison
对某人有利的对另外的人未必有利
3
Off the top of one’s head
不假思索
4
On paper
理论上
5
On one’s last legs
垂死； 日暮途穷
P
1
pull one’s leg
开玩笑
2
Play it safe
谨慎行事
3
Pass away
去世
4
Person of interest
疑犯
5
People of color
有色人种
6
Pandora’s box
灾难之源
7
Physically challenged
残疾的；有生理缺陷的
R
1
Rain cats and dogs
滂沱大雨
2
Rome wasn’t built in a day.
冰冻三尺,非一日之寒
3
Run like a wind
跑得很快
4
Robin Hood
绿林好汉
S
1
Shangri-la
世外桃源
2
sleep like a log
熟睡
3
See the handwriting on the wall
看见不祥之兆
4
Sink or swim
不论成败、孤注一掷
5
Shop around
货比三家再买;逐店比较后选购
6
Sanitary worker
清洁工
7
Senior citizen
老年人
8
Scrooge
吝啬鬼，守财奴
9
Stone Age
石器时代；过时
T
1
the top dog
首领;老大;魁首
2
The apple of one’s eye
掌上明珠
3
The early bird catches the worm
捷足者先登
4
teach a man to fish
授人以渔
5
The best fish
最好的人
6
There is no question
毫无疑问
7
The man in the street
普通人
V
1
Visually challenged
盲的，眼瞎的
W
1
Wash one’s hands
上洗手间
2
Waterloo
惨败
Y
1
You reap what you sow
种瓜得瓜种豆得豆