6. bite off sb's nose (scold sb. severely; disagree with sb. in a bad manner) 氣勢(shì)洶洶地回答某人；聲色俱厲地訓(xùn)斥某人
[注] 也作snap off sb's head。該成語(yǔ)最早出現(xiàn)于16世紀(jì)。到了18世紀(jì)，有人用動(dòng)詞 snap 替換該成語(yǔ)中的 bite 一詞。
例：She bites off his nose on the faintest provocation.
不管有事無(wú)事，她動(dòng)不動(dòng)就聲色俱厲地訓(xùn)斥他。
7. break the back of sth. (complete the heaviest or most difficult part of sth. hurt the most import part) 門(mén)第高貴；出生富豪
[注] 銀具是富裕人家身份的象征之一，生在富貴人家的孩子多用銀匙 (silver spoon) 喂食。同義語(yǔ)有be born in (或to) the pruple; be radled in purple.
例：Now that you've broken the back of the job, have a rest.
你既然已經(jīng)完成了這項(xiàng)工作的主要部分，那就休息一下吧。
8. bury one's head in the sand (deliberately ignore sth. that is obvious but unpleasant) 逃避現(xiàn)實(shí)；拒絕承認(rèn)現(xiàn)實(shí)
[注] 鴕鳥(niǎo)遇到危險(xiǎn)時(shí)，總是把頭埋在沙里，自己看不見(jiàn)敵人就認(rèn)為敵人也看不見(jiàn)自己，由此產(chǎn)生這一成語(yǔ)。
例：He had suspected for some months that his son was taking drugs, but he had buried his head in the sand and refused to admit it, even to himself.
幾個(gè)月來(lái)，他一直懷疑自己的兒子在吸毒，但他卻采取鴕鳥(niǎo)政策，拒絕承認(rèn)現(xiàn)實(shí)。
9. carry a chip on one's shoulder (have rather an aggressive manner, as if always expecting to be insulted, ill-treated) 以挑釁的態(tài)度出現(xiàn)；像要跟人家打架似的
[注] 19世紀(jì)中葉美國(guó)中西部的居民尋釁打架時(shí)，常把一塊碎木片（chip）放在肩膀上，誰(shuí)要與他打架就得先擊落這塊木片。
例：He is very difficult to deal with ---- he's always carried a chip on his shoulder about his lack of education.
他這個(gè)人很難對(duì)付----由于沒(méi)能受到良好的教育，他整天都像要跟人家打架似的。
10. chance one's arm (do sth. risky; take a risk) 冒險(xiǎn)一試；碰碰運(yùn)氣
[注] 該成語(yǔ)原出自拳擊運(yùn)動(dòng)，后被裁縫吸收為行話(huà)；從1890年起，又被士兵們用來(lái)指“冒降級(jí)的險(xiǎn)”
例：The doctor decided to chance his arms and try to write a book on medicine.
這個(gè)醫(yī)生決定碰碰運(yùn)氣，試著寫(xiě)一本關(guān)于醫(yī)藥的書(shū)。
[注] 也作snap off sb's head。該成語(yǔ)最早出現(xiàn)于16世紀(jì)。到了18世紀(jì)，有人用動(dòng)詞 snap 替換該成語(yǔ)中的 bite 一詞。
例：She bites off his nose on the faintest provocation.
不管有事無(wú)事，她動(dòng)不動(dòng)就聲色俱厲地訓(xùn)斥他。
7. break the back of sth. (complete the heaviest or most difficult part of sth. hurt the most import part) 門(mén)第高貴；出生富豪
[注] 銀具是富裕人家身份的象征之一，生在富貴人家的孩子多用銀匙 (silver spoon) 喂食。同義語(yǔ)有be born in (或to) the pruple; be radled in purple.
例：Now that you've broken the back of the job, have a rest.
你既然已經(jīng)完成了這項(xiàng)工作的主要部分，那就休息一下吧。
8. bury one's head in the sand (deliberately ignore sth. that is obvious but unpleasant) 逃避現(xiàn)實(shí)；拒絕承認(rèn)現(xiàn)實(shí)
[注] 鴕鳥(niǎo)遇到危險(xiǎn)時(shí)，總是把頭埋在沙里，自己看不見(jiàn)敵人就認(rèn)為敵人也看不見(jiàn)自己，由此產(chǎn)生這一成語(yǔ)。
例：He had suspected for some months that his son was taking drugs, but he had buried his head in the sand and refused to admit it, even to himself.
幾個(gè)月來(lái)，他一直懷疑自己的兒子在吸毒，但他卻采取鴕鳥(niǎo)政策，拒絕承認(rèn)現(xiàn)實(shí)。
9. carry a chip on one's shoulder (have rather an aggressive manner, as if always expecting to be insulted, ill-treated) 以挑釁的態(tài)度出現(xiàn)；像要跟人家打架似的
[注] 19世紀(jì)中葉美國(guó)中西部的居民尋釁打架時(shí)，常把一塊碎木片（chip）放在肩膀上，誰(shuí)要與他打架就得先擊落這塊木片。
例：He is very difficult to deal with ---- he's always carried a chip on his shoulder about his lack of education.
他這個(gè)人很難對(duì)付----由于沒(méi)能受到良好的教育，他整天都像要跟人家打架似的。
10. chance one's arm (do sth. risky; take a risk) 冒險(xiǎn)一試；碰碰運(yùn)氣
[注] 該成語(yǔ)原出自拳擊運(yùn)動(dòng)，后被裁縫吸收為行話(huà)；從1890年起，又被士兵們用來(lái)指“冒降級(jí)的險(xiǎn)”
例：The doctor decided to chance his arms and try to write a book on medicine.
這個(gè)醫(yī)生決定碰碰運(yùn)氣，試著寫(xiě)一本關(guān)于醫(yī)藥的書(shū)。