The sentence you made doesn't make any sense to me.
down and out窮困潦倒
Being down and out,he couldn't support his family.
drive at 用意,意欲
What's he driving at?他用意何在?
drop in偶然拜訪
I dropped him in on my way to the hospital.
drop me a line 寫信給我
On arriving the University,please drop me a line.
early bird 早起的人
An early bird catchs worms。捷足先登
easy come easy go來得快去得也快
eat my words收回前言,認錯道歉
I said 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.
face the music直面困難
He knew he'd never get away with it so he decided to face the music and give himself up to the police.他知道自己不可能逃脫,因此決定一人做事一人當——向警察自首。
face up to勇敢地面對某事
You must learn to face up to your responsibilities.
fed up 厭倦
I am rather fed up with your complaints.
feel free to do something不要拘束
Please feel free to make suggestions.
few and far between 很少,稀少
Human beings are few and far between in this zone.
French leave 不辭而別
give me a headache讓人頭痛
The naughty boy gave me a headache.
give me a hand幫我一下
go Dutch AA制
God bless you上帝保佑你
God bless you with your examinations.
God knows天知道
Got it?明白了嗎?
green thumbs/fingers園藝技能
hands are full 非常忙
have a ball 勇敢
have had it 受夠了
I have had it with all your excuses.我受夠了你的藉口。
hold water 站得住腳
Non of his arguements seem to hold water.
in every sense of word在某種意義上說
It's a lie in every sense of word.這是不折不扣的謊言。
keep an eye on 提高警惕
kill time打發時間
lazy bones懶骨頭
Get up lazy bones!
leave it to me 讓我來吧
leave me alone別管我
like father like son 有其父必有其子
like it or not 不管你喜不喜歡
make a fool of oneself 愚弄某人
make a big money 賺大錢
make both ends need收支平衡
We have to cut our expenses to make both ends need.
make waves 引起轟動;興風作浪
His achievement made waves in his country.
make yourself at home別拘束
no good沒有好結果
Bad mam comes to no good.
no kidding不要開玩笑
none of your bussiness 不關你的事
not really也不是……
old hand 老手
He is an old hand at stealing.
old story老一套
I am tired of it,same old story.
on one's word of honor 以某人的人格擔保
on occasion間或
of one's own accord 自願地
packed like sardins 擁擠
During the holidays,people in the trains are packed like sardins.
pass away 去世
pay the price 付出代價
You are playing with the fire and you must pay the poice one day.
put up with 忍受
I cann't put up with your rudeness any more;leave my room.
red-letter day重要的或值得紀念的日子
red tape 繁文縟節
red carpet 紅地毯
run into 偶遇
I ran into an old friend in the shop yesterday.
run out of 用盡,缺少
Quick,quick,we are running out of time.
show up炫耀
small potatos 小人物
so what? 那怎麼樣呢?
stand up for忍受
suit one's taste對某人的胃口
sunday dress最好的衣服
sure thing 十有把握的事
take one's time盡情玩
Take your time and enjoy it.
take the words out of one's mouth 說出某人想說得話
that's it 就是
that is really something太好了
there is nothing I can do 我什麼都不能做
there you go這邊請
there is nothing wrong with me我沒事
under the table 死底下,秘密地
under the weather 身體不適
what's going on 怎麼了
what a man 多勇敢的人啊
walking dictionary活字典
what is up近來可好
Hi,I haven't seen you for a long time,what's up?
world class 一流的