Bit by Bit - I
1) take a rain check
Definition: it is something that you say when you cannot accept someone's invitation to do something but you would like to do it another time.
Example: I won't play tennis this afternoon but can I get a rain check?
2) lost count 弄不清楚
Count on sb, count sb in
3) be in another world 神情恍惚
4) make yourself at home 随便一点,就像在家一样
5) save your breath 省点力气
6)make sense 有意义
7) cost sb an arm and a leg 非常昂贵
8) burn a hole in one’s pocket 很能花钱
9) fill one’s shoes 接替某人的职位
Definition: Assume someone's position or duties, especially in a satisfactory way.
Example: It'll be hard to find someone to fill her shoes when she retires, or John expects his son to fill his shoes at the store.
10) lose one's train of 忘记
11)meet each other half way 相互妥协,让步
12)on the dot 准时;正点
13)once and for all 一了百了
14)out of earshot 不在听力所及范围
15) ring a bell 令人想起某件事;听起来耳熟
16) share a common outlook 有共同的观点
17) six of one and half-a-dozen of the other 半斤八两;没什么区别
18) stick around 在附近逗留或等待
19) stick with 继续做,坚持
20) toss and turn (身体)翻来覆去(通常表示难以入睡)
21)turn one's back (在别人遇到困难时)不愿帮助
22) under the weather 身体不适,生病
23) bite off more than one can chew 贪多嚼不烂;心有余而力不足;不自量力;力不从心
24) break new ground 创新
25) do the trick 获得成功
26) drag one’s feet 拖后腿
27) draw the line 划定界限
28) few and far between 稀少
29) as fit as a fiddle 非常健康
30) grin and bear 逆来顺受
31) hit the spot 正和要求,恰到好处
32) keep between the two of us 就我们俩知道
33) know a thing or two about 略知一二
Definition: it is something that you say when you cannot accept someone's invitation to do something but you would like to do it another time.
Example: I won't play tennis this afternoon but can I get a rain check?
2) lost count 弄不清楚
Count on sb, count sb in
3) be in another world 神情恍惚
4) make yourself at home 随便一点,就像在家一样
5) save your breath 省点力气
6)make sense 有意义
7) cost sb an arm and a leg 非常昂贵
8) burn a hole in one’s pocket 很能花钱
9) fill one’s shoes 接替某人的职位
Definition: Assume someone's position or duties, especially in a satisfactory way.
Example: It'll be hard to find someone to fill her shoes when she retires, or John expects his son to fill his shoes at the store.
10) lose one's train of 忘记
11)meet each other half way 相互妥协,让步
12)on the dot 准时;正点
13)once and for all 一了百了
14)out of earshot 不在听力所及范围
15) ring a bell 令人想起某件事;听起来耳熟
16) share a common outlook 有共同的观点
17) six of one and half-a-dozen of the other 半斤八两;没什么区别
18) stick around 在附近逗留或等待
19) stick with 继续做,坚持
20) toss and turn (身体)翻来覆去(通常表示难以入睡)
21)turn one's back (在别人遇到困难时)不愿帮助
22) under the weather 身体不适,生病
23) bite off more than one can chew 贪多嚼不烂;心有余而力不足;不自量力;力不从心
24) break new ground 创新
25) do the trick 获得成功
26) drag one’s feet 拖后腿
27) draw the line 划定界限
28) few and far between 稀少
29) as fit as a fiddle 非常健康
30) grin and bear 逆来顺受
31) hit the spot 正和要求,恰到好处
32) keep between the two of us 就我们俩知道
33) know a thing or two about 略知一二
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