a buyer’s market 买方市场(指对买方有利的市场)
a seller’s market
a country mile 一段很长的距离
a drug on the mrket 滞销商品,滞销货,供应过剩的商品(相当于a hard sale)
a fair shake 公平的待遇
a fat chance 微笑的机会(虽然fat是胖的意思,但是在这里要做小讲哦,嘻嘻……)
a going concern 盈利企业
a leap in the dark 冒险举动
a mare’s nest 海市蜃楼般的东西,镜花水月
a month of
a red carpet welcome 隆重的欢迎
a rule of thumb 单靠经验或实践的方法,粗略而简便的方法
a top banana
across the board 全面地
add up to 合计达,总括起来意味着
agree to differ 求同存异
all told 合计,总之
all wet 搞错了
an easy digging 轻而易举的事
as easy as one’s eye 很容易
as sure as eggs
ask for it
ask no odds 不要求特殊照顾
at a loose end 无所事事,无所适从
at one’s wits’ end 智穷计尽,江郎才尽,黔驴技穷
at sixes and sevens 乱七八糟,七上八下
back to the drawing board 从头开始,失败后另起炉灶
back to square one 退回起点,从头再来
ballpark figure 近似数,大致正确的估计
bang for the buck 货真价实
be brassed off doing 厌烦于做……,对……满腹牢骚
be catty 爱搬弄是非,爱诽谤人的
be down in the dumps 垂头上气
be in a jam 陷入困境
be in full swing 正在全力进行,处于活跃阶段
be in high gear 全力进行
be itching for a chance to do 很想找个机会试试
be of one mind 意见一致,看法相同
be of two minds
be on a gravy train
be on cloud nine
be on pins and needles
be over the hump
be saddled with
be short of hands
be supposed to
be too quick on the trigger 操之过急,行动过于仓促
bear down 加紧努力
beat someone at his own game 将计就计地惩治某人
behind schedule
bell the cat
beside the point 离题,不中肯
big bucks
bite off more than one can chew
bite the bullet 下定决心,咬紧牙关
book off
bore someone to death
brainstorm 绞尽脑汁,费尽心思
break a butterfly on the /a wheel 杀鸡用牛刀,小题大做
break even
bring home the bacon
bring in new/young
bring something to a standstill
bum
burn one’s boat/bridges
burn the candle at both ends
bury one’s head in the
buy a pig in a poke
buy someone off
by all means
by
by the book
cash in on someone
cash in on
change color
change hands
chapter 11/chapter 13
checkmate
chew
chicken feed
cinch
come to a
head
come to grief
come up
come/go
cook the books
cook with gas
corcodile
cross
cross/pass
death-trap
diamond cut diamond
do a land-office business
kill the goose that lays the golden
eggs
double trouble
double-take 再次打量
drag
draw the
eat crow
egg
eke
enter one’s head
every bit
every cloud has a silver lining
explain
eye-sore 丑陋
eye-catcher
face the music
fall
fall
fall between two stools
fall foul of
fall short
feel
fill in 代替,供应最新资料
flex
flub
fly
fly in the face of
fly
fly-by-night
follow one’s nose
follow
follow-up 后续的,连续广告
free from
gain
gain
get
get
get down to brass tacks
get off on the right
get off to a flying start
get over
get round to
get/have/catch/take
get/pull one’s fingers out 工作取得进展
give
give one’s adhesion to
give somebody a dressing down
give somebody a gift
give somebody the air 把某人甩了
give someone the runaround 敷衍搪塞
give something a second thought
give up the
ghost
go
go
go by the board
go
go hog
go in (at )one
go into
go native
go
go
go
go
go up
God’s
grasp
great oaks from litter
grin and
gung ho
half-and half
hand
handle
handout
hands
hang
hangdog
hard
have
have
have
have a
have
have
have
have
have
have
have
have
have
have
haywire
head
heaven
hedge
high
hit
hold
hold
hold
hold
hold/have
hot
ifs
in
in
in
in
in
in
in
in
it
it’s a hard
it’s a short
it’s
jump
just
keep
keep
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