1. creep in/into sth 開始發(fā)生（或影響）As she became more tired, errors began to creep into her work. 由于越來越疲勞，他的工作開始出現(xiàn)差錯。
2. tendon = sinew n. 筋腱澄步，肌腱；sinew 關(guān)鍵環(huán)節(jié)稽屏，力量來源
3. flake off 剝落； fall apart 崩潰西乖，瓦解
4. capitalize on 利用
5. regular shipments 定期運(yùn)輸
6. high tea 下午茶（英式）
7. wither on the vine （通常指因缺乏幫助或支持而）漸漸破滅，消失坛增，未能實(shí)現(xiàn)
8. leave on one’s own devices 聽任...自便获雕；讓...自行發(fā)展；自生自滅收捣，聽之任之 If you just leave the virus to its own devices, it will go way up like we’ve seen in Italy.
9. ramp up 鞏固届案，增加 We noticed China, they ramped up their testing really fast. 中國針對病人的檢測非常迅速。
10. cut-throat competition 激烈競爭罢艾，惡性競爭
11. leave the rivals in the dust 將對手遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)甩在身后
12. for the time being 暫時
13. of late 最近楣颠； as of now 截至目前
14. on par with 與...同等水平尽纽；趕上；同步童漩；一致
15. (hit) close to home 觸到痛處弄贿；說得太露骨；感同身受 It was close to home. I felt hurt.
16. in due course 在適當(dāng)?shù)臅r候矫膨；及時地差凹；順次
17. bounce back 復(fù)蘇，恢復(fù)原狀
18. kick into gear 開始運(yùn)作
19. break one’s back 拼命做侧馅，辛苦工作 eg: Working as a consultant in this country will break your back.
20. get around to 抽出時間來做... 開始考慮做...
21. blow by blow 原原本本的危尿，詳細(xì)地描述事情經(jīng)過 eg: a blow-by-blow description 詳盡的描述；~ analysis詳盡的分析馁痴；~ review 詳盡的審查（沒有hyphen作副詞谊娇；有hyphen作名詞）
22. have no call for sth 沒有理由做某事 There isn’t lots of call for small shops nowadays. 如今對小商店已沒有多大需求了。= uncalled for
23. bring sth to a head 某事到了非做決定的緊要關(guān)頭 eg: It brought to a head his addiction to cigarettes. He’s been tobacco-free ever since.
24. brush off 忽略罗晕；不予理睬 eg: She brushed off all bad reviews. 他對負(fù)面評價根本不理睬济欢。
25. brush sb off 忽略某人 He keeps brushing me off. 把我的話當(dāng)耳旁風(fēng)，不理睬我攀例。
26. burning question 最亟待解決的問題
27. business as usual 照常船逮；恢復(fù)正常 It will not be business as usual any time soon for the Japanese people. 日本人民的生活近期內(nèi)恐怕難以恢復(fù)。
28. carbon copy 復(fù)寫紙粤铭；adj. 非常相似挖胃，一摸一樣 eg: She is a carbon copy of her sister. 她姐倆長的一摸一樣。
29. a case in point 典型的例子 A case in point was her believe in living here and now. 一個恰當(dāng)?shù)睦泳褪前阉嘈乓钤诋?dāng)下梆惯。
30. cast in stone 最后的決定酱鸭；板上定釘?shù)臎Q定 There are no rules cast in stone on how to order wines. 點(diǎn)酒沒有什么固定的規(guī)則。
31. be caught in the middle 左右為難垛吗；被夾在中間
32. waking skeleton 瘦猴凹髓；瘦得像搓衣板；皮包骨 as thins as six o’ clock （時針和分針上下一條線怯屉，非常形象）
33. wild goose chase 徒勞的搜索蔚舀；勞而無功的事
34. a wild goose 大雁（不是野鵝）
35. roses and thorns 玫瑰與荊棘；甘苦
36. all talk and no cider 只聽樓梯響锨络，不見人下來赌躺；網(wǎng)絡(luò) 空口說白話
37. the blind leading the blind 盲人指引盲人；外行指導(dǎo)外行 eg: It was the blind leading the blind.
38. clean slate 盡棄前嫌羡儿；重新開始 eg: They decided to leave the past behind them and start with a clean slate.
39. clean the air 消除誤會礼患；澄清事實(shí) eg: I prefer face-to-face conversation over e-mail.
40. churn out 大量炮制；粗制濫造的炮制
41. chip on one’s shoulder 心里有根刺；懷恨在心chip 木板 eg: My co-worker always has a chip on his shoulder because the boss didn’t give hike a promotion.
42.? cold comfort 不起作用的安慰缅叠；無用的安慰 That was cold comfort. 這解決不了問題悄泥。
43. come a long way 取得飛躍進(jìn)展
44. come clean 全盤招供；坦白交代 I’m the type of person who comes clean rather quickly.
45. come to grips with 與...爭論肤粱；沖突弹囚；對付；認(rèn)真對待 eg: I had a hard time coming to grips with the loss of my cat.
46. cook someone’s goose 使某人計劃等挫斃欠浮余寥；使垮臺 eg: The sex scandal cooked his goose.
47. of all places （表示認(rèn)為不可能或驚訝）在所有的地方中（偏偏就這個地方）
48. galloping global pandemic 蔓延全球的流行病
49. a rough ride 艱難的旅途; have much riding on sth 在某事上下賭注
50. beyond oneself 極度興奮；發(fā)狂 eg: They’re beside themselves with fear and worry.
51. cover one’s tracks 掩蓋行蹤悯森；隱瞞證據(jù)
52. cross that bridge when one comes to it 船到橋頭自然直 eg: They don’t want... They prefer to cross that bridge when they come to it. 但是不...等情況發(fā)生了再說)
53. wing it 到時候再說宋舷，隨機(jī)應(yīng)變
54. curry favor 討好；奉承 curry 咖喱瓢姻；curry favor with sb 拍馬屁 eg: He always currying davor with the boss. Finally, he’s isolated in the office.
55. cut both ways 一件事情有利有弊祝蝠；雙刃劍 eg: Being an only child has cut both ways. 作為獨(dú)生子女有好有壞。
56. damage control 破壞幻碱；損壞绎狭；采取措施將造成的損害降到最低 eg: He was sorry and sent flowers. That’s damage control.
57. damn with faint praise 名褒實(shí)貶；用輕微的贊揚(yáng)進(jìn)行貶低 eg: She damned me with faint praise even though I’ve tried my best to impress her.
58. diamond in the rough 未經(jīng)雕琢的璞玉褥傍；非常有潛力的人和物
59. do the trick 取得想要的成果儡嘶；獲得成功的竅門 eg: staking your dog for a run in the morning will do the trick.
60. eke out 節(jié)約使用；勉強(qiáng)度日恍风；竭力維持 eg: He was able to eke our a few more car sales. 他竭盡全力多賣幾輛車蹦狂。
61. the end of the line 盡頭；極限（再做努力也無用的時刻或階段）eg: The popularity of emails may mean the end of the line for a lot of post offices.
62. let sth rip 使全速前進(jìn) let growth rip
63. make up leeway 擺脫逆境朋贬；彌補(bǔ)損失的時間
64. perk up 昂首翹尾凯楔；活躍起來；振作精神 = ginger up
65. in full swing 活躍锦募；蓬勃高漲
66. go out of one’s way 特地摆屯；不怕麻煩
67. big-ticket items 大件消費(fèi)商品
68. overall picture 總體形勢；總體情況糠亩；概貌
69. on end 連續(xù)地
70. take the full (for sb) 為某人承擔(dān)責(zé)任虐骑；待人受罪
71. put a spoke in one’ wheel 破壞阻撓某人計劃 spoke 輻條
72. go through the mill / put sb through the mill使陷于困境；與某人為難? mill磨粉機(jī)
73. whip sb into shape 訓(xùn)練赎线，嚴(yán)格管教
74. hop off 起飛富弦；離開
75. steal / hog the limelight 把公眾的注意力吸引過來
76. in the nick of time 及時；恰好
77. crash course 速成課氛驮；填鴨式課程 = cram course
78. pumped with adrenalin 打雞血（adrenalin 腎上腺素）
79. keep afloat 擺脫債務(wù)，經(jīng)濟(jì)上周轉(zhuǎn)的開
80. push one’s luck 得寸進(jìn)尺
81. see through 識破济似，看穿矫废；幫助度過難關(guān) to see us through the crisis
82. hive n. 蜂巢盏缤；(比喻)充滿繁忙人群的場所；v. hive sth off to sth 把一部分分離出來蓖扑，賣掉公司的一部分 eg: The IT Department is being hived off into a new company.
83. woe betide sb / woe to sb 某人將會遭殃唉铜，就要倒霉 eg: Woe betide anyone who gets in her way.
84. give (sb) the boot 解雇某人；boot n.鞋子律杠；v.踢潭流；the boot/shoe is in the other foot 形勢已經(jīng)完全不同了；to boot 另外柜去，加之（舊）
85. on the grounds that 由于灰嫉，根據(jù)
86. dig in one’s heel 固執(zhí)己見，局部讓步
87. have a nodding acquaintance with sb / sth 和...有點(diǎn)頭之交嗓奢；對...略知一二
88. a nod and a wink / a nod is as good as a wink 一點(diǎn)就懂讼撒；心有靈犀一點(diǎn)通
89. glass ceiling 玻璃天花板（社會企業(yè)中，女性或少數(shù)民族晉升到高級職位的障礙）
90. flex your muscles 顯示實(shí)力股耽，炫耀力量（警告或威脅）muscle-flexing
91. ram (sth) home 反復(fù)灌輸...直至信服根盒；迫使接受；強(qiáng)調(diào)...以使人接受 ram home an idea; eg: The loss of all his belongings rammed home the need to insure against fire. 他的家產(chǎn)喪失殆盡物蝙，這使他痛感火災(zāi)保險必不可少炎滞。
92. with all one’s might 竭盡全力；全力以赴
93. We will never stand aloof and shun our friends when they are in trouble. And we will never pick and choose not attach any strings when extending a helping hand. stand aloof袖手旁觀诬乞，shun our friends 避而遠(yuǎn)之 attach strings 夾帶私利册赛，pick and choose 挑三揀四
94. with strings attached 附加條件 eg: They immediately agreed to donate 1000US dollars, no string attached. 他們立刻同意捐獻(xiàn)1000美金，不求回報丽惭。
95. 我們不輸出中國模式击奶，也從未要求誰“抄中國作業(yè)” We have never exported the Chinese model to anyone, nor asked anyone to copy China’s methods.
96. be in the same boat 出于同樣的困境 The Virus put all of us in the same boat. And do not rock the boat. 搗亂；破壞良好的現(xiàn)狀责掏；使遇到危險
97. drive home 開車送回家柜砾；把…敲入；使人理解
98. win plaudits 贏得喝彩
99. close ranks （尤其是受到批評時）抱團(tuán)换衬；攜手合作
100. close the book on sth 放棄某事痰驱；半途而廢； close your mind to sth 對...不考慮瞳浦；置若罔聞担映；at / from close quarters 很近，非辰辛剩靠近蝇完；close, but no cigar 很接近了，但是還是輸了；猜的差不多短蜕，但是不完全對氢架；a close call / shave 僥幸避免事故；幸免于難朋魔；a close thing 成敗機(jī)會個半岖研；close to home 中要害使某人不安，尷尬
101. bridge the gulf / gap / divide between A and B 消除A和B的隔閡/鴻溝/分歧警检；abridge 刪減孙援；刪除（書記，劇本）
102. rack your brains 冥思苦想扇雕；絞盡腦汁拓售； tacked by 飽受...；rack up累計達(dá)到...洼裤；in the rack 倍感壓力邻辉，焦慮萬分，痛苦不堪腮鞍；go to rack and ruin 變得一團(tuán)糟值骇；off the rack 現(xiàn)成的 = off the peg 成品的，現(xiàn)成的 = off-the-shelf
103. cash in [美俚] 死去 eg: He is spurring from cancer and going to cash in. 他患了癌癥移国，快要死了
