Unit 1
1) Burn the midnight oil
熬夜读书,开夜车 To study or work until late at night.
2) Hit the books
用功读书,与熬夜无关 To study, especially with particular intensity
3) Do back-breaking work
劳累至极腰酸背痛的工作 To do some physically difficult work and makes you
very tired.
4) Work like a dog
拼命工作 To work very hard.
5) Fall down on the job
rs to
敷衍了事,没做好工作 Be incapable for a work.
6) Work one ’ s finge the bone
非常努力的工作 To work very hard.
Unit 2
1) Be a breeze
像一缕清风一样很容易做 A thing that is easy to do.
2) Have a green thumb
擅长园艺 To be good at gardening.
3) Be easy as pie
小菜一碟,小事一桩 To be very easy.
4) Have a golden touch
点石成金,无所不能 It means that you can do anything that you want to do.
5) Have two left feet
笨手笨脚 To be very awkward in your movements, especially when
you are dancing or playing a sport.
6) Have a nose for something
善于发现某物,有洞察力 To be perspective and good at discovering.
Unit 3
1) Down to earth
脚踏实地,实事求是 To do something with no illusions or pretensions, sensible
and practical.
2) Think one is god ’ s gift to mankind
自以为了不起,自负 To think oneself is really something in some areas;
conceited.
3) Show off
炫耀 To show one’s ability with pride to anyone.
4) Put someone in someone ’ s place
安分守己 To make someone do his own duty and abide by the law.
5) Put on airs
摆架子, 摆谱 It means someone is conceited in order to show his identity.
6) Blow one ’ s own horn
自吹自擂
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