blackand white 白纸黑字
Theproof is in black and white and the murderer has no any excuses.
blindalley 死胡同
Youare heading into a blind alley.
blowhot and cold 摇摆不定
Thisguy seemed to have no own idea. He always blew hot and cold.
blowone's own trumpet 自吹自擂
Don'tblow your own trumpet. Let us see what on earth you can do.
Beborn with a silver in one's mouth 出生在富贵人家
Heis born with a silver in one's mouth.
blandnew 崭新的
abland new coat
breakthe ice 打破沉默
Thecouple hadn't spoken to each other for a week. They were both waiting for theother one to break the ice.
bya blow 无意中的一击
Heis beaten to the ground by a blow.
carrysomething too far 过火了
Youare carrying your joke too far.
comeeasily 容易
Languagescome easily to some people.
cupof tea 喜欢
Moviesare not my cup of tea.
cutit out 停止，住嘴
Cutit out! I can't stand you any longer.
callit a day 不再做下去，停止（某种活动）
Letus call it a day, stop.这一天工作够了，停工吧！
darkhorse 黑马
Nobodyconsidered that John would win the game. He was a dark horse in the final.
dearJohn letter 绝交信
Jackreceived a dear John letter from his girlfriend because he had broken herheart.
dosomeone good 对某人有好处
Havingsome morning exercises does you good.
doesn'tcount 这次不算
Itdoesn't count this time, try again.
downand out 穷困潦倒
Beingdown and out, he couldn't support his family.
driveat 用意，意欲
What'she driving at? 他用意何在？
dropme a line 写信给我
Onarriving the University, please drop me a line.
earlybird 早起的人
Anearly bird catches worms。捷足先登
eatmy words 收回前言，认错道歉
Isaid something bad to my mum. Although I want to eat my words back, it didn't work,for I had hurt my mum's feeling.
facethe music 直面困难
Heknew he'd never get away with it so he decided to face the music and givehimself up to the police.
fewand far between 很少，稀少
Humanbeings are few and far between in this zone.
giveme a headache 让人头痛
Thenaughty boy gave me a headache.
havehad it 受够了
Ihave had it with all your excuses.我受够了你的借口。
holdwater 站得住脚
Noneof his arguments seem to hold water.
inevery sense of word 在某种意义上说
It'sa lie in every sense of word.
nogood 没有好结果
Badman comes to no good.
makewaves 引起轰动；兴风作浪
Hisachievement made waves in his country.