1. Ants in one's pants

褲襠里有螞蟻（坐立不安）

Do you have ants in your pants? = Why are you fidgeting so much?

你為什么這么坐立不安？

例子： We were very hungry, so when the food didn't come for a long time, we sat at the table with ants in our pants.

我們都很餓了，所以菜老不上來，我們都有點坐立不安了。

2. Back in the saddle

重上馬鞍（重整旗鼓）

I am back in the saddle. = I had a problem but now it is fixed and things are normal now.

我先前有些問題，現在解決了。一切恢復正常。

例子: After my leg heals, it will be nice to be back in the saddle again. I miss playing tennis every Tuesday with Amie and Todd.

我得腿傷好了以后就要卷土重來。這一陣不跟愛米和陶德打網球，真不好受。

3. Ball and chain

鐵球鐵鏈，甜蜜的枷（老婆）

I will ask the ball and chain. = I will ask my wife.

我得回去問問我的老婆。

例子：Although would like to go to the party, I am not going because the ball and chain doesn't want to go.

雖然我很想去，但是去不了，因為我的老婆不想去。

*A ball and chain is attached to a prisoner so he cannot move very far.