现代英语口语表示法500例160 Ones brain child某人的主意，某人想出来的等同于ones original ideaones brain children（复数）The new ways of teaching which have been proved very effective are brain children of all teaching staff of our department. Have a chip on ones shoulder叫阵，叫板He is not popular among his peers. He always seems ti have a chip on his shoulder.此外该语还有“不满”，“对抗”的意思Mary has got a chip on her shoulder about not having obtained the scholarship. Clam up守口如瓶，拒不开口，沉默不语I dont understand why my students are quite talkative during the break but all clam up in class. Take someone to the cleaners使人囊中如洗，一贫如洗Dont ask me to play in a crap game. I dont want to be the cleaners. A cliff-hanger扣人心玄的事情Peter was nearly involved in a car accident. He called it a narrow escape. But it was really a cliff-hanger. Fight the clock争分夺秒，与时间赛跑等同于work against the clockIf you dont fight the clock to enrich yourself, you will surely be lagged behind soon. A clotheshorse讲究穿戴的人Princess Diana was a real clotheshorse. Its hard to imagine how much she had spent on clothes. Get hot under the collar发怒，怒气冲天Make someone hot under the collarHe got hot under the collar when he found his bicycle was missing. Come through with flying colors干得出色，大获成功In the 13th Asian Games, Chinese athletic team came through with flying colors Show (reveal) ones true colors原形毕露He always appears polite and gentle. But his quarrelling with others in dirty words show his true colors. Come up with找出，想出，弄出，提出等同于to produce, to find out, to think outAfter three days of deep thinking, the manager came up with an idea of promoting the products. Jump to conclusions仓促的下结论Being a teacher, he shouldnt jump to conclusions that a student is not worth teaching simply because he fails one exam. To ones hearts content心满意足Today is weekend. The lights wont go off after 11 oclock. We can chat to our hearts content.此外该语还有“随心所欲”的意思Mary loves keeping diary. She can express her emotion to her hearts content. Lose ones cool沉不住气反义词keep ones coolIn the boxing match. Tyson lost his cool and bit Hollyfields ear. Play it cool不露声色，沉着冷静Sampras, the No. 1 tennis player in the world, always plays it cool when he wins in the match. e rotten to the core坏透了、烂透了Keep away from that boy. He is rotten to the core. cut corners偷工减料、走捷径、图省事、节约Student is a serious thing. You cant expect to cut corners.cut corners并不是都是贬义的，还表示节约，节省With only $100 left, he had to cut corners to make his journey back home. have a crush on someone迷恋某人Some teenager girls got a crush on the film star be a far cry from.与相差甚远（一般用来表示水平或程度等的差距）Though Dick has tried hard, it is still a far cry from what his father expects of him. chew the cud好好琢磨琢磨I dont want to jump to conclusions, I have to chew the cud on it for a few days. be cut out for.天生适合于（用于否定句中）Thank you for your kindness, but I cant accept it. You know, Im not cut for a manager. be completely in the dark一无所知，仍蒙在鼓里keep someone in the dark; be left(kept) in the darkHe is a dictator. Though Im the production manager, Im completely in the dark as what to do next. a blind date初次约会James was too excited to have dinner. He was having a blind date with Sue in the evening. have seen better days今非昔比Look at our dean, He has seen better days. be out of ones depth力所不及Liu was extremely happy to have been admitted to Oxford, but soon he found he was out of his depth in his major. give someone a dose of his own medicine以其人之道还制其人之身On April Fools Day, my classmates made me an April Fool. Next year, Ill give him a dose of his own medicine. a drop in the bucket沧海一粟He has suffered a lot in his life. Losing his job this time was only a drop in the bucket. play dumb with someone装聋作哑Its no use playing dumb with teachers. They know very well their students. be down in dumps垂头丧气，深情沮丧I burned midnight oil yesterday. So I feel down in the dumps today. make the dust fly干得很起劲Many volunteers are helping in the Olympic Games. They are making the dust fly without getting pay. go easy on.酌情处理；节约使用；对手下留情I hope the teacher will go easy on me. Otherwise, Ill have no chance to pass the exam.当介词oin的后面跟得是something的时候，此语用来是“节约使用”或“小心对待”Go easy on salt. We have to save some for the next meal. egg someone on to do something怂恿，鼓动某人干某事Havent you seen him through? He can help you nothing but egg you on to do illegal things. rub elbows with someone和某人没有很深的交情I suppose Jack doesnt know me well. We have only rubbed elbows with other for several times. ba at the end of ones tether山穷水尽Mark feels worried because he cant write any new books. He is afraid that he is at the end of his tether. be at ones wits end不知如何是好My boy is such a mischief-maker. I am at