1.call it quits不干了

After being in the used car business for 40 years, Harry finally called it quits.

做了40年舊車生意后，哈利終于洗手不干了。

2.chip in出錢

We all chipped in to buy Jennifer a going-away present.

大家都出錢買一個送別禮物給Jennifer.

3.a chip off the old block一個模子印出來的；酷似（父母的人）

Scott certainly is a chip off the old block. He reminds me so much of his father when he was

that age.

斯克特酷似他爸爸。他讓我想起他爸爸在他這年齡時的許多事。

4.clean up one’s act洗心革面，重新做人

You’d better clean up your act if you want to go to a good school.

如果你想進好學校就要洗心革面，奮發圖強

5.cliffhanger吊人胃口的東西

TV series like Dallas usually end the season with a cliffhanger.

象《達拉斯》這樣的電視連續劇經常以吊人胃口的方式結束一個時節。