16.all told 合計；總之
　　此語原義為“總計，合計”，引申為“總之”。如：All told，it was a great credit to them.（總之，這給他們大大增了光。）此語同in all同義。
　　A: How many people attended today’s meeting? 有多少人參加了今天的會議？
　　B: There were seventeen of us at the meeting, all told. 一共有十七個人。
　　A: Issue an announcement that if somebody doesn’t attend meeting next time, his or her bonus will be deducted. 發布一則通知，就說如果有人下一次不參加會議，他或她的獎金全扣。
　　B: Yes. 好的。
　　
17.all wet 搞錯了
　　wet原義為“濕的”，干活常把手弄濕，指某人“沒經驗的”。該習語多見于美國俚語，意為“大錯特錯，胡說，瞎扯”。
　　A: I made a reservation two days ago. My name is David Johnson. 我前天在這兒預訂了房間，我叫戴維約翰遜。
　　B: Reservation? What do you mean? 預定？什么意思？
　　A: I booked a single room here for tonight. 我定了一間今晚的單人房。
　　B: Oh! You’re all wet, actually. This is not a hotel. The hotel is the building across the road. 哦，你搞錯了。這不是旅館，旅館是路對過的那做樓。
　　
18.an easy digging 輕而易舉的事
　　dig做動詞時有“集中精力于… 的意思”，往往用來指工作、學習。An easy digging指“學習輕松”，引申為“事情輕而易舉”。
　　A: Do you think we can nurse our business back to life? 你說我們能讓生意起死回生嗎？
　　B: It’s not an easy digging. We’ll have to rack our brain and think of some effective measures. 這可不是件容易事。我們得絞盡腦汁想出一些行之有效的辦法。
　　A: I seem to be at the end of my wits. I have got lost and don’t know where I’m going. 我可是黔驢技窮了。我有點茫然，不知道該干什么才好。
　　B: Never say die. The darkest hour is the nearest dawn. 別這么說，現在只是黎明前的黑暗。
　　
19.any more 不再
　　此語用于否定句中，構成not … any more“不再”，與之同義的短語為not … any longer。與肯定句中的no more和no longer同義。區別在于not any longer和no longer都口語化。
　　A: I can’t take the job any longer. 我不能再干這份工作了。
　　B: If you need the money, you’ll just have to grin and bear it. 如果要想掙錢的話，你就得含笑忍辱。
　　A: I’d rather starve than suffer the torture of the beast! 我寧愿餓死也不受這份罪。
　　B: Don’t be childish and capricious. You want to change the world? No way, it is just the world that will change you. 別幼稚任性了。你想改變這個世界？決不可能的。只能是這世界改變你。
　　A: My God! The school life is really simple and free. But now I have it no more. 天呀！還是校園生活簡單自由，可我不再擁有它了。
　　
20.as easy as one’s eye 很容易
　　該習語是一種非正規的口語表達方式，類似的表達方式還有：as easy as anything/as ABC/as falling off a log/as winkling。這些短語指的是“很容易”。
　　A: Money is hard to earn these days. 這年頭掙錢不容易。
　　B: To me, it’s as easy as my eye. 對我來說很容易。
　　A: You steal? Or rob? 去偷還是去搶？
　　B: Of course not. 當然不是。