a piece of one's mind  直言不諱

He gave me a piece of mind,"Don't shift responsibility onto others."

a cat and dog life　水火不容的生活

The husband and his wife are always quarrelling,and they are leading a cat and dog life.

a dog's life　潦倒的生活

The man lived a dog's life.

A to Z　從頭至尾

I know that from A to Z.

above somebody　深奧

Well,this sort of talk is above me.

all ears 全神貫注地傾聽著

When you tell Mary some gossip,she is all ears.

all the more　更加，益發(fā)

You'll be all the better for a holiday.

all dressed up 打扮得整整齊齊

She is all dressed up and nowhere to go.

all in all 總的說來；最心愛的東西

The daughter is all in all to him.

all out 竭盡全力

They went all out.

all over　全部結束；渾身，到處

Glad,it is all over.

I'm wet all over.

all set　準備就緒

He is all set for an early morning start.

all you have to do 需要做得是

All you have to do is to calm yourself down and wait for the good news.

as easy as falling of a log /as easy as snapping your fingers /as easy as ABC 容易得很

To me,a good story teller,it would be as easy as falling of a log.

as busy as a bee 非常忙

Mum is always as busy as a bee in the moring.

at one's fingertips　了如指掌

How to get at that little island is at his fingertips.

at one's wit's end　智窮

Don't ask him.It is also at his wit's end.

big shot 大人物，大亨

He is a big shot in our little town.

black sheep　敗家子，害群之馬

Every family has a black sheep.

black and blue　遍體鱗傷;青一塊紫一塊的

The thief was caught of red-handed and beaten black and blue.

black and white　白紙黑字

The proof is in black and white and the murderer has no any excuses.

blind alley　死胡同

You are heading into a blind alley.

blow hot and cold　搖擺不定

This guy seemed to have no own idea.He always blew hot and cold.

blow one's own trumpet　自吹自擂

Don't blow your own tumpet.Let us see what on earth you can do.born with

a silver in one's mouth　出生在富貴人家

He is born with a silver in one's mouth.

bland new 嶄新的

a bland new coat　

break the ice　打破沉默

The couple hadn't spoken to each other for a week.They were both waiting for the other one to break the ice.

by a blow　無意中的一擊

He is beaten to the ground by a blow.

carry something too far　過火了

You are carrying your joke too far.

come easily　容易

Languages come easily to some people.

cup of tea　喜歡

Movies are not my cup of tea.

cut it out 停止，住嘴

Cut it out!I can't stand you any longer.

call it a day 不再做下去，停止（某種活動）

Let us call it a day,stop.這一天工作夠了，停工吧！　

dark horse　黑馬

Nobody considered that John would win the game.He was a dark horse in the final.

dear John letter　絕交信

Jack received a dear John letter from his girlfriend because he had broken her heart.

do somone good　對某人有好處

Having some moring exercises does you good.

doesn't count 這次不算

It doesn't count this time,try again.

down and out 窮困潦倒

Being down and out,he couldn't support his family.

drive at　用意，意欲

What's he driving at?他用意何在？

drop me a line　寫信給我

On arriving the University,please drop me a line.

early bird　早起的人

An early bird catchs worms。捷足先登

eat my words 收回前言，認錯道歉

I said something bad to my mum.Although I want to eat my words back, it didn't work,for I had hurt my mum's feeling.

face the music 直面困難

He knew he'd never get away with it so he decided to face the music and give himself up to the police.

few and far between　很少，稀少

Human beings are few and far between in this zone.

give me a headache 讓人頭痛

The naughty boy gave me a headache.

have had it　受夠了

I have had it with all your excuses.我受夠了你的借口。

hold water　站得住腳

Non of his arguements seem to hold water.

in every sense of word 在某種意義上說

It's a lie in every sense of word.

no good 沒有好結果

Bad mam comes to no good.

make waves　引起轟動；興風作浪

His achievement made waves in his country.

lazy bones 懶骨頭

Get up lazy bones!

old hand　老手

He is an old hand at stealing.

old story 老一套

I am tired of it,same old story.

packed like sardins　擁擠

During the holidays,people in the trains are packed like sardins.

what is up 近來可好

Hi,I haven't seen you for a long time,what's up?