现代英语口语表示法500例( Evelyn录入) ★1☆ A clotheshorse讲究穿戴的人 one' s brain child某人的主意,某人想出来的 Princess Diana was a real clotheshorse. It's hard to imagine how much 等同于 one' s original idea she had spent on clothes one s brain children(复数) The new ways of teaching which have been proved very effective are Get hot under the collar发怒,怒气冲天 brain children of all teaching staff of our department. Make someone hot under the collar He got hot under the collar when he found his bicycle was missir · Have a chip on one' s shoulder叫阵,叫板 He is not popular among his peers. He always seems ti have a chip on Come through with flying colors干得出色,大获成功 his shoulder In the 13th Asian Games, Chinese athletic team came through with 此外该语还有“不满”,“对抗”的意思 flying colors Mary has got a chip on her shoulder about not having obtained the Show( reveal)one's true colors原形毕露 He always appears polite and gentle. But his quarrelling with others in Clam up守口如瓶,拒不开口,沉默不语 dirty words show his true colors I don't understand why my students are quite talkative during the break but all clam up in class. · Come up with找出,想出,弄出,提出 等同于 to produce, to find out to think out Take someone to the cleaners使人囊中如洗,一贫如洗 After three days' of deep thinking, the manager came up with an idea of Don't ask me to play in a crap game. I don 't want to be the cleaners promoting the products A cliff-hanger扣人心玄的事情 · Jump to conclusions仓促的下结论 Peter was nearly involved in a car accident. He called it a narrow Being a teacher, he shouldnt jump to conclusions that a student is not escape. But it was really a cliff-hanger worth teaching simply because he fails one exam Fight the clock争分夺秒,与时间赛跑 To one's heart' s content心满意足 等同于 work against the clock Today is weekend. The lights wont go off after 11 o'clock. We can chat If you dont fight the clock to enrich yourself, you will surely be lagged to our hearts content behind soon 此外该语还有“随心所欲”的意思现代英语口语表示法 500 例（Evelyn 录入） ☆ 1 ☆ 1——50 • One’s brain child 某人的主意，某人想出来的 等同于 one’s original idea one’s 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 one’s 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 don’t 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 Don’t ask me to play in a crap game. I don’t 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 clock If you don’t 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. It’s 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 collar He 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) one’s 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 out After 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 shouldn’t jump to conclusions that a student is not worth teaching simply because he fails one exam. • To one’s heart’s content 心满意足 Today is weekend. The lights won’t go off after 11 o’clock. We can chat to our heart’s content. 此外该语还有“随心所欲”的意思