Don’t hold your breath: don’t count on a certain event or outcome; don’t expect so […]

Kick the bucket: to die 这个短语的意思是指人死了，类似汉语中的“死翘翘”了。 造句： Did you hear? He had a heart attack last nigh […]

再来介绍一个和棒球运动相关的常用口语：three strikes and you are out。这个短语的意思是你只有三次机会，之后你就玩完了。在棒球比赛中，击球手没有击中球的情况叫”s […]

目前是美国棒球季节，全国棒球大联盟（Major Leagure Baseball）比赛正进行得如火如荼，借此机会介绍一个和棒球相关的常用短语。 To throw a curve / To throw […]

low-hanging fruit(s): 1. things such as goals, targets that can be easily achieved. 2. people who ca […]

(where/when) the rubber meets the road: 1. at the point in a process where there are challenges, iss […]

Throw (or knock) someone for a loop: to confuse or shock someone, which usually makes the person ver […]

Get up on the wrong side of bed (or get out of the wrong side of bed, or wake up on the wrong side o […]

Out of gas: 1). Without gasoline (in a car, truck, etc) 2). Tired; exhausted; worn out 这个短语的字面意思是车没有 […]

Ride the short bus: (this is an offensive and insulting idiom) to be mentally or physically challeng […]