(6)fish out of water离水之鱼,不得其所。
She felt like a fish of water at the evening party because she knew no one. 她在晚会上感到很局促,因为她一个人也不认识。
(7)gives someone an inch and he will take an ell得寸进尺。
If you give those people an inch,theyll take an ell;we told them they might use our side path to reach their garden,now they have fenced in the path so that we cannot use it ourselves.那些人就是得寸进尺;我们对他们说,他们可以经过我们的小道进他们的花园,现在他们已在小道上修起了篱笆,以致我们自己也无法走这条小路过去了。
(8)go west上西天,死,失败。
Poor John was one of those who went west in the explosion.可怜的约翰是在这次爆炸中魂归西天的人物之一。
(9)in a word一句话,简而言之
I have no time to tell you the whole story, in a word, they become hostile to each other.我没时间把全部经过告诉你,一句话,他们相互成了仇敌。
(10)lose face丢脸;失面子。
Certain country often loses face in regard to its relations with small weak countries on account of its dirty tricks某个国家在与弱小国家交往中因其使用卑鄙手段而总是丢脸。
(11)odds and ends零零碎碎。
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