23.敬而遠(yuǎn)之give a wide berth to
對(duì)他那號(hào)人,你還是敬而遠(yuǎn)之為好
You’d better give a wide berth to a guy of his sort.
24.稍微……就行了give ……a once-over
車子不很臟,稍微擦擦就行了
The car’s not very dirty, a once-over will do.
25.無(wú)聊 be for the birds
他特別無(wú)聊,不是講下流笑話,就是談?wù)搫e人的婚姻。
He’ s plain for the birds. He would either crack a blue joke or talk about other people’s marriages.
26.合口味to one’s taste
這種音樂(lè)很符合他的口味
This sort of music is quite to his taste.
27.心里特別難受 be sick at heart
看到她受到那般傷害我心里特別難受
I felt sick at heart when I saw how much she was hurt.
28.別往心里去not take …to heart
不要往心里去,她不是有意要傷害你的
Don’t take it too much to heart. She didn’t mean to hurt you.
29.死也不同意 over one’s dead body
她說(shuō)她死也不會(huì)跟你結(jié)婚的
She said that she would marry you over her dead body.
30.頭痛得快炸了a splitting headache
我的頭痛得快炸了
I have a splitting headache.
31.受到良心的譴責(zé)get one’s conscience smitten
如果你拋棄你的妻子和孩子,你遲早會(huì)受到良心的譴責(zé)的
You’ll get your conscience smitten sooner or later if you have the heart to abandon your wife andchildren.
32.忐忑不安 have (a case of )the jitters
自從那家人搬到我們這兒,我們就感到忐忑不安
33.垂頭喪氣 sing the blues
我不知道為什么這幾天她總是垂頭喪氣的
I don’t know why she’s singing the blues these days.

