1.my goose is cooked. 我完蛋了。
A：My goose is cooked.我完蛋了。
B：What happeded?怎么了？
A：I hit a traffic jam this morning, and then I lost my cell phone.Now I am out of mind .
早上碰上堵车，然后又丢了手提电话。我现在要疯了。
B：Well ,take it easy. 别着急。
2. It was a blessing in disguise.这是祸中之福。
A：Henry spent all his inheritance on the horses.
亨利把遗产全赔在赌马上了。
B: So awful! 好惨啊!
A: It was a blessing in disguise.He got so poor that he decided tostop gambling.
塞翁失马，焉知非福。他穷到终于下定决心戒毒了。
3.period piece 过时的人或物
A：That film star,which once seemed so popular, has become a period piece.
那个电影明星，一度似乎非常受欢迎，而今已成明日黄花。
B：That’s life---it’s not all roses.
这才叫人生-----人生不如意十之八九。
4.pull strings 背后操作，走后门
A：Could you pull some strings to get me hired?
你可以通过关系帮我得到这工作吗？
B：Sorry , my friends are all just a bunch of nobodies.
抱歉，我的朋友都不过是无名之辈。
5.at loose ends 没事做，闲暇时
A：Let’s go for a picnic if you’re at loose ends.
闲暇的时候，咱们一起野餐游玩吧!
B: That’s a neat idea. 的确是好主意。
6.murder (因无知或缺乏技巧）而糟蹋
A：You’re not singing in tune and you just murder this beautiful folk song.
你唱走调了！你简直在糟蹋这首优美民歌。
B：None of your business.管你什么事!
7.have nothing on someone 比不上某人
A：William Shakespeare has nothing on you---you’re a real writer.
莎士比亚也没有你厉害---你真是文豪！
B：You are a great flatterer. 你真会捧人。
8.plant 栽赃
A：He claimed that the heroin had been planted on him.他声称*洛因海**是别人给他栽的赃。
B：Yes, and pigs might fly!谁信呢？
9.tough break 运气不好
A：He had a couple of tough breaks and suffered many hardships.他时运不济，吃了好多苦头。
B：No cross,no crown. 吃得苦中苦，方为人上人。
10.get to the bottom of 找出原因，查出真相
A：Who exposed the imposter? Did you get to the bottom of it ?
谁揭发了冒名顶替者？你知道真相吗？
B：Yes.It was his brother,he had the guts to inform against him.
我知道，是他的弟弟。他有勇气举报自己的哥哥。
11.do one’s stuff 露一手，显身手
A：Cooking is in your line,so do your stuff.
下厨是不本行，大显身手吧。
B：I’ll give it my best shot .我会尽力的。
12.swear blind 一口咬定
A：She swear blind that she have any tickets on her record.
他一口咬定她的开车记录里没有交通罚单。
B:I’ll check into it .我会深入研究一下。
13.get in the swing of something 适应某种情况
A：Now you have to get in the swing of things and have a good command of the practical skills.
从今以后你必须适应新情况，更好的掌握应用技艺。
B：It’s very kind of you!你真好!
14. go to pieces 抓狂，变的歇斯底里
A：I’m at my wit’s end.My husband just went under the knife for cancer.
我已经乱了方寸。我的丈夫刚刚因为癌症而动手术。
B：Don’t go to pieces.What will be ,will be.
别发慌。该来的，总该来。
15.what goes around comes around. 做恶迟早有报应。
A：Jim got caught cheating on his final exam.The teacher gave him a zero.
吉姆期末考试作弊被抓了个现形。老师给他个大零蛋。
B：What goes around comes around. 因果报应。
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