28 刻苦鉆研某科to dig at a subject
她說她一定要刻苦鉆研美國文學(xué)以應(yīng)付明年的考試。
She said that she would dig at American literature for her examnext year.
29 打開天窗說亮話 talk turkey
在這個問題上我們兜了這么長時間的圈子了，現(xiàn)在也該說點真格的了。
We have been beating about the bush on the matter for so long and it’s time to talk turkey.
30 騎到某人脖子上walk all over someone
不要顯得低于他，否則他會騎到你脖子上的。
Don’t appear to be in an inferior to him, or he’ll walk all over you.
31.抖露出去 hang out something
如果你對我不公平，我就把你的那些丑事都給抖露出去。
If you’re unfair to me, I’ll certainly hang out all your dirty linen.
32 向……行賄 grease the hand of …
那個司機(jī)企圖收買警察，卻被警察拒絕了。
The driver was trying to grease the hand of the cop, but he was refused.
33 出賣朋友 sell someone down the river
你說他不好，可他從不會出賣自己的朋友。
You may think he is bad, but he has never sold his friends down the river.
34 有毛病 have rocks in one’s head
想讓把我錢借給像他那樣的人?你有毛病啊?
Want me to lend the money to guy like him? Have you got rocks in your head?
35 湊合 fill the bill
我沒有新的，你先拿這個去湊合用吧。
I don’t have a new one, but you may take this to fill the bill.
36 糊弄人 throw someone off the scent
我把實情告訴他了，可是他以為我在糊弄他。
I told him the true story, but he still thought I was throwing him off the scent.