16.其丑無比 have a face that would stop a clock
我真不敢想象象李同這樣英俊的小伙子竟然和奇丑無比的孫麗結了婚
You can hardly imagine that a handsome man like Li Tong would get married with a girl like Sun Li who has a face that would stop the clock.
17.體型勻稱 be well-proportioned
杰克體型勻稱,個頭適中,一雙大眼睛炯炯有神,成了許多女孩追求的目標。
Lack, with a body well-proportioned, about the middling, a pair of intense big eyes, has become the target of many pretty girls.
18. 做得太過火了 overplay one’s hand
你一定時做得太過火了, 否則她不會對你如此不依不饒的。
You must have overplayed your hand or she wouldn’t have taken off her gloves to you like that!
19.正中下懷 play into someone’s hands
你同意到外地出差正中老板下懷,至于原因,還是留給你自己去思考吧
Your agreeing to take the business trip in another city well played into the hands of the boss. As for the reason, you put it in the pipe and smoke it.
20/輕松的工作 a cushy job
他想干個輕松的工作,可又怕掙錢太少了。
He hope to take a cushy job but at the same time, worries about pay he gets from such a job.
21.多的不得了 a jillion
千萬別讓你的丈夫去那個城市出差,那里的妓女多得不得了
Never allow your husband to take a trip to that city. There are a jillion streetwalkers there.
22.爭論的原因 a bone of contention
我想,分利不均才是他們爭吵的真正原因。
I think the inequality in splitting the profits is their real bone of contention.
23.仍在……著 be still on
現在已經是深夜12點了,可是他辦公室的燈還在亮著。
It’s already 12:00 o’clock midnight, yet, the light in his office is still on.
24.有點生疏 go a bit rusty
A:你能講法語么?B:過去學過,可幾年不用有點生疏了。
Can you speak French? I learned it, but I haven’t used it for a long time so it has got a bit rusty.
25.喝多了 have one too many
看他那個樣子肯定是喝多了,你最好把他送回家
He must seem to have had one too many. You’d better walk him home.
26.事情的真相 what’s what
如果你弄清事情的真相,就馬上打電話告訴我
Give me a buzz and tell me as soon as you’ve got the what’s what.
27.真慘 a bad scene
這次考試真慘。十道題我只答對了兩道,其他的全錯了。
This exam was really the bad scene! I miss all the ten questions but two.
28.不能再……了can’t be adjective+er
這個價格不能再低了 The price can’t be any lower.
29.徹頭徹尾的 out and out
他是個徹頭徹尾的口頭革命派。
He’s an out and out armchair revolutionary.
30.打扮得特別漂亮be dressed to the nines
每次去參加舞會,她都打扮得特別漂亮。
Every time she went to a dance, she would always be dressed up to the nines.