41.be on a gravy train 走運，有賺錢的機會
　　gravy在美國口語中有“容易賺得的利潤”的意思，gravy train意即“輕易發大財的工作”。該習語直譯為“在一輛容易賺錢的火車上”，所以引申為“走運，有賺錢的機會”。
　　A: John seems to be on the gravy train these days. 約翰最近看起來很走運。
　　B: Yeah. He got a chance of going abroad to arrange an exhibition. 是啊。他得到了一個出國去辦展覽的機會。
　　A: I don’t know why the sun is not shining on me. 我不明白為什么我的運氣總是不佳。
　　B: Don’t worry. You’ll be in the chips sooner or later. 別著急，總有一天你也會很富裕的。
　　
42.be on cloud nine 高興得飄飄然
　　該習語原為美國氣象用語。該習語的流行據說應歸功于50年代播放的一個名叫《約翰尼·多拉爾》的廣播節目。Be on cloud nine的字面意思是“坐早九重云霄之上”，引申為“高興得不得了”或“飄飄然”。例如：He was on cloud nine after winning the competition. （他在比賽勝利后欣喜若狂。）
　　A: You seem to be on cloud nine these days. How is your restaurant business? 你近來有些高興得飄飄然。餐館的生意怎么樣？
　　B: How is my business? It’s none of your business! 我的生意怎么樣？這不關你的事。
　　A: It’s rude of you to talk to me like this. 你這樣跟我說話太粗魯了。
　　B: I was only teasing you. You see, we have our clients eating out of our hands now. Both Mark and I are feeling on the top of the world. 我只是在逗你玩兒。你看，我們現在已經有了許多回頭客了。馬克和我都感到非常高興。
　　
43.be on pins and needles 坐立不安
　　pins指“大頭針”，needles指“針”，be on pins and needles的字面意思是“如坐在大頭針和針上”，喻為“坐臥不安”或“如坐針氈”。
　　A: It seems you’re on pins and needles today. Anything troubling you? 你今天似乎坐立不安。有什么事嗎？
　　B: Yeah. I don’t know why bad things keep happening to me. You see, my car was stolen and the warehouse had been broken into. I can’t put my finger on the causes of this damned thing. 是的。我不知道壞事為什么總是找上我。你看，我的汽車被偷了，貨倉也被盜了。我弄不明白怎么會發生這些倒霉事。
　　A: There must be someone who had planned that. He threatened to show you the color when you refused to give him a promotion. 也許這是有人精心策劃的。因為你沒有提升他，他要給你點顏色看看。
　　
44.be over the hump 已度過難關
　　hump的本義是“小丘，山脈”，over the hump直譯為“越過山脈”，引申為“度過難關”。
　　A: The Asian financial crises have almost paralyzed Asian economy. 亞洲金融危機幾乎使亞洲經濟癱瘓。
　　B: Your company must be influenced by it deeply. 你們的公司肯定也很受影響吧
　　A: Yeah. But we are over the hump now. 是的。但我們現在我們已經渡過了難關。
　　
45.be saddled with 把任務或責任強加在某人身上
　　saddle在這兒作動詞，意為“使負擔，強加”，saddle sb. with sth. 意為“為某人負重擔”，因此該習語意為“把任務強加予某人”。

例如：I can’t be saddled with any more responsibilities.（我再也不能承擔更多的任務了。）
　　A: How is George recently? 最近喬治怎么樣？
　　B: Not very good. I hear that he is saddled with debts of his company. 不太好。我聽說他的公司現在債務纏身。
　　A: What happened? 怎么回事？
　　B: It’s said that he was cheated by his partner. 據說是他的合伙人把他給騙啦。