英语细语1. flying colors success, victory 2. little by little gradually 3. call off cancel 4. come into receive, especially after anothers death 5. put off postpone 6. stop by make a brief visit on ones way elsewhere 7. tie up hinder 8. be out for trying to get 9. fill in for take anothers place 10. turn down refuse or reject reduce the loudness of 11. go off begin to ring 12. cut down lesson; reduce; limit 13. come up with produce; supply 14. make it achieve a specific goal succeed in general 15. catch ones eye attract ones attention 16. care for like; value look after; take care of 17. head and shoulders above much better 18. catch on become popular 19. on the whole in general 20. fill sb. in tell what sb. should know 21. in a nutshell in a few words 22. from top to bottom completely; entirely 23. take the plunge enter with sudden decision upon an unfamiliar course of action 24. on the tip of ones tongue unable to be recalled 25. cheer up feel happy; stop being sad or discouraged; become hopeful 26. hold off postpone; delay 27. on cloud nine a state of perfect happiness 28. back out withdraw from an undertaking 29. grin and bear it be as cheerful as possible in pain or trouble; do sth. without complaining 30. turn out to be come to be; prove 31. bite off more than one can chew attempt sth. that exceeds ones ability 32. in the air uncertain 33. get hold off find a person so you can speak with him 34. learn the ropes acquire thorough or special knowledge of a job 35. tear oneself away from depart with great reluctance; force oneself to leave 36. tie up engage or occupy completely 37. leave well(enough)alone dont try to improve what is already satisfactory 38. touch on mention a subject briefly or casually 39. see to it take care; take the responsibility make sure 40. give away give as a present 41. get along with live or work in harmony with 42. account for explain 43. out of print no longer available for purchase from the publisher 44. send out distribute 45. in no time in a very brief time almost at once 46. before long soon; without much delay 47. play by ear play an instrument without using written music; handle a matter without adequate preparation preparation or guidance 48. wear and tear loss or damage caused by use 49. come what may no matter what happens 50. drop by make a short or unplanned visit 51. be short of not having enough 52. cut it out stop doing sth. 53. be sick of be tired of ; having a strong dislike of 54. look for a needle in a haystack (a bottle) search for sth. in a place where it is hopelessly lost 55. knock oneself out work very hard; make a great effort 56. run up against encounter 57. far from anything but; not at all 58. far from it by no means; not at all 59. hang on to hold tightly; keep firmly 60. get nowhere be unsuccessful; obtain no result 61. day in and day out every day; all the time 62. break down cease to function 63. get going get started; begin to move 64. take ones time not hurry 65. boil down to indicate, especially as a final judgment or analysis 66. make up take a test for the second time 67. put up with bear with patience; tolerate 68. by and by before long 69. give someone a hand help; assist 70. ring a bell sound familiar 71. snap out of it change ones habits, attitude, etc, suddenly regain ones composure, energy, or good spirits; recover 72. raise the roof make trouble; start a fight or an argument 73. get away with escape without punishment 74. on business with definite work to do 75. look up search for, as an item of information, in a reference book 76. let up cease; stop slacken; abate 77. in any case (or event) no matter what happens 78. come out be published 79. look into investigate; inspect 80. spell out explain very clearly or in detail 81. fall back on rely on 82. wrap up bring to an end, especially a successful conclusion 83. save ones breath keep silent because talking will not help 84. hold up delay; hinder endure, last 85. have ones hands full be very busy; be able to do no more 86. How come? How is it? Why? 87. stick around stay or wait nearby 88. make out get along; manage 89. turn up appear, turn out, show up 90. hold off postpone; delay 91. over ones head beyond ones power to understand 92. stock up buy up; lay in a good supply of 93. keep up continue 94. tie up occupy completely 95. in and out coming in and going