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单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,1,It goes in one ear and out the other,I told Sally it was foolish to marry that man,but it went in one ear and out the other.Now she wishes shed listened to me.He drinks and gambles and she wants to leave him.,How many times have I told you to get to work on time.But my words just go in one ear and out the other.So I dont have any choice but to fire you.,if information goes in one ear and out the other,the person who is told it forgets it immediately because they do not listen carefully enough.,2,play by ear,I havent had a chance to prepare any notes so all I can do is start talking and play it by ear.,I am not sure if my wife wants me to go shopping with her on Sunday.If she decides to go with her sister instead,then I can play tennis with you.Lets just play it by ear.,to deal with a situation as it develops and without a plan,to play a piece of music after hearing it and without written music,3,sunny side up,Over easy,M:Miss,Id like two fried eggs,sunny side up,and the sausage on the side.F:Not me.I dont like to see my eggs staring up at me with big yellow eyes.Miss,two fried eggs,over easy,and not fried too hard.,4,to throw cold water on something,Everybody else in the office thought my idea was great,but the boss threw cold water on it.,I had planned on going to medical school but my dad threw cold water on this idea the other day when he told me he wasnt sure he had the money to pay my tuition for so long.,to criticize or stop something that some people are enthusiastic about,5,hold water,That excuse simply doesnt hold water.,The accused man claimed that hed been in another city the night of the murder.But his story didnt hold water after three different witnesses testified in court that they had seen him running from the scene of the crime.,if an opinion or a statement does not hold water,it can be shown to be wrong,6,water off a ducks back,I keep telling my friend its foolish to gamble all of his money,but its like water off of a ducks back.,The doctors tell us its dangerous to smoke,but such good advice rolls off of some people like water off of a ducks back.,if criticism is water off a ducks back to someone,it has no effect on them at all,7,a dead duck,The project was a dead duck from the start due to a lack of funding.,If Dad finds out you used the car,youll be a dead duck.,something or someone that is not successful or useful,someone who is going to be punished severely for something they have done,.,8,Pull your socks up,I have bad news:our sales were off 18%for the last quarter.So Im telling you guys-you have to pull your socks up and get out there and sell more stuff,or youll be looking for new jobs this summer.,to make an effort to improve your work or behaviour because it is not good enough.,9,knock your socks off,Wait until you hear my new marketing plan-itll knock you socks off!,Have you seen Jacks sister,whos here visiting from California?Shell knock your socks off:shes the most gorgeous-looking woman Ive seen for a long time.,to completely surprise or please you very much.,10,poker face,I never know whether my boss likes my work or not-he is a real poker face!,I tried to keep a poker face even though I was scared to death when I went back to my doctor to hear the results of my lab tests.But I admit I gave him the biggest smile of my life when he told me the tests were negative and there was nothing wrong with me.,A face lacking any interpretable expression,as that of an expert poker player.,11,The shoe is on the other foot,Back in school we made fun of Jones because we thought he spent too much time studying instead of having fun.Now the shoe is on the other foot-hes made lots of money and the rest of us are just barely making enough to feed our families.,if you say that the shoe is on the other foot,you mean that a situation is now the opposite of what it was before,often because a person who was in a weak position is now in a strong position.,12,keep an ear to the ground,I try to keep an ear to the ground and what I hear these days is that most people think we spend too much money on building roads and not enough on our schools.,to watch and listen carefully to what is happening around you so that you know about everything,13,fly off the handle,My wife spent all afternoon yesterday cooking a special dinner for our wedding anniversary.So she really flew off the handle when I came home three hours late.,He really flew off the handle when I suggested selling the house.,to react in a very angry way to something someone says or does,14,would give you the shirt off their back,Pete never says very much.But when he hears about somebody whos sick in the hospital or lost his job,hes always the first to put his hand in his pocket and bring out money to help.Yes,sir,hes the kind of man whod give you the shirt off his back.,if someone would give you the shirt off their back,they are extremely generous,15,Up in arms,All us students are up in arms at the news the school is raising our tuition ten percent.,Local businessmen are up in arms over the new parking regulations which will make shopping very inconvenient for customers,.,very angry,16,At arms length,I keep trying to get friendly with that lovely blonde who sits next to me in biology class.But she keeps me at arms length.,Let me warn you about this Smith fellow.He seems like a nice,friendly guy.But its wise to keep him at arms length.You get too friendly with him,and the first thing hell do is ask to borrow money from you.,At such a distance that physical or social contact is discouraged,17,To take candy from a baby,Getting grandmother to loan me the money was as easy as taking candy from a baby.,A piece of cake,18,top gun,Read this book by Professor Winter-hes a top gun in Shakespeare research.,One who performs at the pinnacle of professional ability;one who is the best at what one does.,19,bottom line,Our new cook from Sichuan is bringing in a lot more people.And the bottom line is that last month we made a profit of fifteen thousand dollars.,I hate to tell you this,but if we dont get more customers the next three months,the bottom line is that well go out of business,The final result or statement;upshot,the most important fact in a situation,20,laugh up ones sleeve,We were all laughing up our sleeves at the teacher when he was up at the blackboard explaining the math problem.He had a rip in the back of his pants and didnt know it.,We were all laughing up our sleeves at our brother when he sat down at the dinner table.Hed seen his girl off at the airport and had lipstick on his face and didnt know it.,to laugh at someone secretly,often in an unkind way,21,