※ a cold fish 冷若冰霜的人，不動感情的人
She is really a cold fish. She won't even say hello.
她連個招呼都不愿意打，真是個冷若冰霜的人。
※ a hard crust 不易動感情；厚臉皮
He has such a hard crust that he didn't evey cry over the death of his best friend.
他真是個木頭人兒，知道最好的朋友去世了都不哭一聲。
※ apple-pie order 井井有條，整齊，有秩序，有條理
The secretary did an excellent job by making an apple-pie order for the student records in the school.
秘書干得很出色，把學生檔案整理得井井有條。
※ as cool as a cucumber 悠然自得地；鎮(zhèn)定自若地
When I asked her if she knew where the missing file was, she acted as cool as a cucumber. I don't think she took it.
當我問她是否知道丟失的檔案在哪兒時，她鎮(zhèn)定自若，我想不是她拿的。
※ bite off more than one can chew 做自己力所不能及的事；貪多嚼不爛
If you take 27 units this semester, I think you will be bitting off more than you can chew.
如果你這個學期學27個單元的話，我想你會吃不消的。
※ bring home the bacon 收入足以養(yǎng)家；完成預定目標或任務
Since Randy lost his job, his wife now brings home the bacon.
自從蘭迪失業(yè)以后，他的妻子就擔起了養(yǎng)家糊口的重任。
※ cold turkey 突然停止做某事（通常指突然完全戒除吸煙、酗酒或毒癮）
When my doctor told me I would die soon if I continued to smoke, I stopped cold turkey.
當醫(yī)生告訴我，如果繼續(xù)抽煙我就會很快死去時，我立刻戒煙了。
※ couch potato 習慣懶散的人（尤指把大部分時間用在看電視上的人）
Please go out for a walk, don't become a couch potato.
出去散散步，不要變成懶漢。
※ cream of the crop 精華，精英
Only the cream of the crop can expect to go to Harvard.
只有精英才有希望進哈佛讀書。
※ crusty 動輒發(fā)火的，急性子的（尤指上年紀的人或其行為）
The novel is about a crusty old man who discovers buried treasure on a tropical island.
這本小說寫的是一個脾氣執(zhí)拗的老人的故事，他在熱帶的一個島上發(fā)現(xiàn)了埋在地下的珍寶。
※ full of beans 精力充沛，勁頭十足
You seem full of beans. Where did you get all that energy?
你看起來生氣勃勃，哪兒來的那么多的精力？
※ have a bone to pick with (someone) 因…抱怨（某人），因…對（某人）不滿
I have a bone to pick with my secretary for always coming to work late.
我的秘書上班總遲到，我對她非常不滿。
※ in a pickle 處境困難
I was in a bad pickle when I lost my job.
我失業(yè)后，日子很不好過。
