32)drag one’s feet行動>

　　Model:

　　——How’s Bob coming along on his dissertation proposal?(Bob的論文計劃進(jìn)展地怎P style="MARGIN: 0 0 0; TEXT-INDENT: 28px; mso-char-indent-count: 2.0">——He’s really been dragging his feet. (他很磨蹭的。)

　　33)draw the line拒絕，拒不容忍

　　Model:

　　——Paul expects me to clean the room every week. (Paul想讓我每周打掃房間。)

　　——That’s where I draw the line. (可是我絕對不會答應(yīng)的。)

　　34)feel down in the dumps心情不好;情緒低落

　　Model:

　　——Kate was really feeling down in the dumps about her latest chemistry assignment. (Kate為最近的化學(xué)作業(yè)成績感到很沮喪。)

　　35)few and far between不多;少而分散的;不常碰到或發(fā)現(xiàn)的;稀少的

　　Model:

　　——Steve is really a terrific guy. (Steve真是不簡單。)

　　——He sure is. Ones like him are few and far between. (當(dāng)然。像他那樣的人可不多見。)

　　36)fit as a fiddle身體很健康

　　Model:

　　——Harry! How have you been? I haven’t seen you in ages. (Harry，你好嗎?好久沒看見你了。)

　　——I’m fit as a fiddle. This exercise program I’m following is terrific. (我身體好極了。我正進(jìn)行的這個鍛煉計劃太棒了。)

　　37)grin and bear任勞任怨;毫無怨言s=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0 0 0; TEXT-INDENT: 28px; mso-char-indent-count: 2.0">Model:

　　——Carla,I can’t take this job any longer. (Carla，我不能再做這份工作了。)

　　——If you need the money, you’LY: 宋體; mso-ascii-font-family: ’Times New Roman’; mso-hansi-font-family: ’Times New Roman’">如果你需要錢，你就得忍耐。)

　　38)hit the spot(特指吃了食物，喝了飲料之后)精神完全恢復(fù)過來或感到滿足;恢復(fù)精力;提精神

　　Model:

　　——This Lemonade sure hits the spot.(檸檬汁

　　——And how! (當(dāng)然了!)

　　39)keep between the two of us不讓第/P>

　　Model:

　　——What I’m going to say is rather personal, so let’s keep between the two of us. (我要講的純屬私事，所以希望你能保密。)

　　40)know a thing or two about略知一二

　　Model:

　　——Do you think Andy could help us plan the camping trip to West Virginia? (你認(rèn)為Andy會幫我們計劃去西弗吉尼亞州野營嗎?)

　　——Well, since he spends every summer there, he might know a thing or two about it. (可能吧。他每個夏天都去那兒，應(yīng)該知道一些事兒。)

　　41)leave no stone unturned不遺余力;全力以赴

　　Model:

　　——Lynn left no stone unturned in her research, and handed in an excellent paper. (Lynn全力以赴做她的研究，交了一篇優(yōu)秀的論文。)

　　42)on cloud nine沉浸在幸福之中;非常高興

　　Model:

　　——Marcia looks like she’s on cloud nine. Do you know what made her so happy? (Marcia好象沉浸在幸福之中。你知道她為什么這么高興嗎?)

　　——She just had a paper accepted for publication. (她有一篇文章要發(fā)表了。)

　　43)on the tip of one’s tongue一時想不起來，話到嘴邊又忘記

　　Model:

　　——Are you sure you can’t remember the name of that record? (你肯定記不起來那張唱片的名字嗎?)

　　——It’s just on the tip of my tongue! (我就是一時想不起來了。)