132、 Bring down the house. 博得全场喝彩

A：A young girl brought the house down with a ballet dance. B：Do you know anything about her? A：一位年轻姑娘跳的芭蕾舞博得了全场喝彩。 B：你了解那位姑娘的情况吗？

133、 Bite off more than one can chew. 承担力所不134、 及的事

A：We bite off more than one can chew when we started this project.

B：Is there any turning back now? A：这个项目刚开始的时候我们就没有量力而行。 B：现在还有回旋的余地吗？ 135、 Birthday suit 裸体

A：Our one-year-old son likes to turn around in his birthday suit. B：Isn’t that lovely?

A：我们那一岁的儿子喜欢光着身子跑来跑去。 B：多好玩啊。

136、 Burn a hole in one’s pocket. （钱等）在口袋里留不137、 住

A：Money burns a hole in my wife’s pocket. B：You should help her make a monthly budget. A：我太太有钱就留不住。 B：那你该帮她做个每月的预算。

138、 On the right side of the blanket. 正式结婚所生的。

A：She couldn’t inherit the property simply because she was not

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born on the right side of the blanket. B：That’s ridiculous.

A：她不能继承遗产就是因为她是个私生女。 B：这太没道理了。

139、 Give sb the boot (or give sb the order of the boot) 解雇某人；开除某人

A：Eric’s company gave him the boot. B：What for?

A：埃里克被公司开除了。 B：为什么？

140、 Hit the panic button 过于惊慌；惊慌失措 A：Fire! Fire!

B：Keep cool, don’t hit the panic button. A：着火了！着火了！

B：冷静点儿，不要惊慌失措。 141、 Make a fool of 出了洋相 A：I could kick myself, really. B：What happened?

A：I made a fool of myself at the class meeting. B：Oh, cheer up! Nobody will laugh at you. A：我真想踢自己几下。 B：发生了什么事？ A：我在班会上出了洋相。

B：没什么！高兴点，没人会笑你的。

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142、 Make good time 快速行进；有效利用运行时间 A：Do you always go to work by bus? B：That’s right.

A：Isn’t it slow to go by bus?

B：Well, a little, even though the bus makes good time, I have to leave a minute margin. A：你总是乘公共汽车上班吗？ B：对。

A：乘公共汽车不慢吗？

B：有点慢，即使开得很快，我还是得留出20分钟富余时间。 143、 Mother hen 婆婆妈妈地担心他人遭遇意外的人 A：Smoking is harmful to your health.

B：Don’t be such a mother hen. I can take care of myself. A：You should stop smoking. B：And you your babbling A：吸烟对你身体有害。

B：别婆婆妈妈地，我会照顾好自己的。 A：你应该把烟彻底戒掉。 B：你别再唠叨了。

144、 Nasty piece of work 下流坯；讨厌的家伙 A：Are you going steady with Peter? B：I probably will. What’s your opinion? A：Mark my words. Don’t get mixed with him. B：But why not?

A：He looks nice and fair, but beneath he’s really a nasty piece

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of work.

A：你准备和彼得将关系确定下来吗？ B：可能会吧。你看怎么样？ A：记住我的话，别和他搅在一起。 B：为什么不呢？

A：他虽表面上看着潇洒，但骨子里却是个下流坯子。 145、 New broom 刚上任的新官 A：Our mayor is from a bigger city.

B：He’s doing fine. A new broom sweeps clean.

A：He brings with him some talented people from his former city. B：I think we we’ll benefit a lot. A：我们的市长是从大城市调来的。 B：他干得不错。新官上任三把火嘛。

A：他从他先前就任的城市带来了不少有才能的人。 B：我想我们会获益的。

146、 No account 没用的人 A：He’s a person of no account.

B：But as far as I know, he once won the world champion at the Olympic Games. A：Are you sure?

B：Yes, he was the very prize-winner in the court tennis ten years ago?

A：他是个微不足道的人。

B：但椐我所知，他曾在奥运会上拿过冠军。

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