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21.走上坡路be on the up grade
走上坡路比走下坡路要難得多
It’s much more difficult to be on the up grade than on the down grade.
22.受某人恩寵be in somebody’s grace
他們家的孩子都很受人恩寵
Every child in his family is in good graces of other people.
23.開門紅get off to a flying start
我們公司一成立就來了個(gè)開門紅：在開業(yè)后的第一周就得到了三筆大宗訂單
Our company got off to a flying start when it opened to business: we got three big orders during the first week of opening.
24.跟白給的一樣便宜 be a steal/be for a song
這部車他只花了300美元，跟白揀的一樣。
He spent only 300 dollars in the car, which was simply a steal.
25.坐失良機(jī)miss the boat
他說他為錯(cuò)過那樣好的機(jī)會而感到非常遺憾
He said that he was very much regretted about having missed the boat.
26.一帆風(fēng)順pan out
你不能期望事情總是一帆風(fēng)順的呀！
You can’t always expect things to pan out each time, can you?
27.碰釘子get the cheese
他沒想到在那個(gè)公司會碰釘子
He didn’t expect to get the cheese in that company.
28.在火葬場工作work as a funeral furnisher
老李已經(jīng)在火葬場工作了二十多年了
Lao Li’s been working as a funeral furnisher for more than 20 years.
29.吊兒郎當(dāng)play around
我可不喜歡讓我的孩子整天吊兒郎當(dāng)?shù)模稽c(diǎn)正經(jīng)事都不干。
I don’t want my children to play around all day and do nothing useful.
30.棘手的問題a ticklish question
面對那些棘手的問題他也顯得束手無策了。
He seemed to be at his wits end before those ticklish questions.
