1 hold your horses

勒住你的馬（慢來）

You need to hold your horses. = You need to wait and be less anxious.

你得慢慢等，別急。

例子：Stop fidgeting and tapping your knife. We will leave when I finish eating, so hold your horses.

別這么坐立不安敲你的餐刀，我一吃完咱們就走，所以耐心的等，別急。

1 get/give the green light

綠燈亮了（獲準行動）

I got the green light. = I got approval to start.

我得到允許，可以動手了。

例子：My boss gave me the green light on my idea for the project, so I am going to start it as soon as my partner gets back from his business trip.

我的上司批準我去實行我的計劃，所以一等我的同事出差回來，我就可以動手了。

1 nail in the coffin

棺材釘子（致命的一擊）

That was the nail in the coffin. = That was the thing that really made the result final.

那是決定成敗的最重要的因素。

例子：She didn't return my calls and gave back the ring, but moving

to Alaska was the nail in the coffin and I knew that it was over.

她不回我的電話，而且把戒指退回給了我。但她搬到阿拉斯加去才是棺材釘子。我以此知道我們的關系已經完了。