A
1
a wet blanket
掃興的人或事
2
a piece of cake
小菜一碟
3
all ears
洗耳恭聽
4
as strong as a horse
力大如牛,很強壯
5
as poor as a church mouse
一貧如洗
6
as busy as a bee
忙得團團轉
7
as cool as a cucumber
非常冷靜
8
As white as a sheet
臉色蒼白
9
As sly as a fox
狡若城狐
10
As tall as a tree
很高
11
As sharp as a spear
聰明，思路敏捷
12
As hungry as a lion
極其渴望得到
13
As quickly as a deer
很快
14
A walking dictionary
活字典，活的百科全書
15
As brave as a lion
勇猛
16
As black as coal
墨黑，極黑
17
As clear as day
一清二楚的
18
As mad as a wet hen
非常生氣
19
As good as gold
表現很好的； 完美無缺
20
As sick as a dog
病得厲害
21
As light as a feather
很輕盈
22
As dry as a bone
幹極了
23
As easy as pie/ ABC
非常容易
24
As plain as day
非常清楚
25
An arm and a leg
大價錢，鉅額花費
26
A square meal
一頓美餐
27
A pack of lies
一派胡言； 鬼話連篇
28
As happy as Larry
非常高興
29
A confidential source
線人
30
An incident between sb
爭執，打鬥
31
A correctional facility
監獄
32
A sacred cow
神聖之物
33
Achilles’ heel
致命弱點
34
A Herculean task
極為艱鉅的工作
35
A good Samaritan
樂善好施之人
B
1
be at a loss for words
難以言表
2
Be tickled pink
樂不可支
3
Be green with envy
妒忌
4
By and by
不久
5
Be a weed
懦弱
6
Black is white and white is black
黑白顛倒
7
Be one’s rock
後盾，支持者
8
Burn the midnight oil
開夜車，挑燈夜戰
9
Be up and about
起來走動
10
Be at odds with sb
有矛盾，合不來
11
Be economical with the truth
隱瞞真相
12
Body count
死亡人數統計
13
Between jobs
失業
14
Be over the moon
非常快樂， 狂喜
15
Bible
有權威的書
C
1
Cast-ironed nerves
堅定的意志
2
Child’s play
容易乾的事
3
Capital punishment
死刑
4
Color the truth
粉飾事實，歪曲事實
5
Catch-22
進退維谷的局面； 無法擺脫的困境
D
1
Don’t count your chickens until they are hatched.
別過早打如意算盤
2
Do one’s homework about
為…做準備
3
Dark horse
黑馬（出人意外得勝）
4
Daniel in the lion’s den
大難不死；艱鉅的任務
5
David and Goliath
強弱懸殊；以弱戰強
E
1
Eat like a bird
吃得極少
F
1
Feel blue
感到心情低落
2
Feet of clay
致命弱點
3
Friendly fire
誤殺,誤傷(戰爭中由己方/友軍造成的死傷）
4
Full-figure man
比較胖的人
G
1
Great minds think alive, but fools seldom differ.
英雄所見略同
2
Golden years
晚年
3
give sb the cold shoulder
冷落某人
H
1
have green fingers
有園藝技能
2
History repeats itself.
歷史總在重演
3
honesty is the best policy
誠實為上策
4
Have butterflies in one’s stomach
心慌，緊張
5
Hold firm
堅持
6
Have special needs
有學習障礙
7
Hearing-impaired
聾的
8
Helen of Troy
紅顏禍水；害人精
I
1
In the red
負債
2
In the black
盈利
3
In the same boat
處於同樣境地
J
1
Job seeker
求職者
2
Job flexibility
彈性工作，不穩定的工作
3
Jonah
帶來不幸
4
Judas
叛徒
5
Jekyll and Hyde
雙重人格
K
1
Kill the fatted calf
設宴款待
L
1
Leading light
重要任務，中流砥柱
2
Lose heart
喪失勇氣； 心灰意冷
3
Late uncle
去世的叔叔
M
1
Make hay while the sun shines.
抓住時機
2
Mother Teresa
對人非常好而仁慈的人
3
Mickey Mouse course
輕而易舉.
N
1
no way
不可能
2
out of the question
不可能
3
not in a million years
不可能
4
Not all there
某人的行為表現很奇怪，或者是很傻
5
Negative profit
虧損
O
1
one’s cup of tea
喜愛的人或事物
2
One man’s meat is another man’s poison
對某人有利的對另外的人未必有利
3
Off the top of one’s head
不假思索
4
On paper
理論上
5
On one’s last legs
垂死； 日暮途窮
P
1
pull one’s leg
開玩笑
2
Play it safe
謹慎行事
3
Pass away
去世
4
Person of interest
疑犯
5
People of color
有色人種
6
Pandora’s box
災難之源
7
Physically challenged
殘疾的；有生理缺陷的
R
1
Rain cats and dogs
滂沱大雨
2
Rome wasn’t built in a day.
冰凍三尺,非一日之寒
3
Run like a wind
跑得很快
4
Robin Hood
綠林好漢
S
1
Shangri-la
世外桃源
2
sleep like a log
熟睡
3
See the handwriting on the wall
看見不祥之兆
4
Sink or swim
不論成敗、孤注一擲
5
Shop around
貨比三家再買;逐店比較後選購
6
Sanitary worker
清潔工
7
Senior citizen
老年人
8
Scrooge
吝嗇鬼，守財奴
9
Stone Age
石器時代；過時
T
1
the top dog
首領;老大;魁首
2
The apple of one’s eye
掌上明珠
3
The early bird catches the worm
捷足者先登
4
teach a man to fish
授人以漁
5
The best fish
最好的人
6
There is no question
毫無疑問
7
The man in the street
普通人
V
1
Visually challenged
盲的，眼瞎的
W
1
Wash one’s hands
上洗手間
2
Waterloo
慘敗
Y
1
You reap what you sow
種瓜得瓜種豆得豆
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