在职联考英语口语常见习惯短语 考研英语(二)写作

在职联考英语口语交际常见习惯短语all at sea 茫然、迷惑、不知所措；all thumbs笨手笨脚；at one’s disposal听从吩咐；beat around the bush 拐弯抹角a backseat driver指手画脚的人；I’m beat累得筋疲力尽；behind bars坐牢；a bolt from the blue晴天霹雳；he’s broke破产；brush up擦亮，刷新，温习功课；burn up at发怒；burn the night oil熬夜；bury(hide)one's head in the sand逃避现实；back sb. up支持；one’s cup of tea喜爱的事情；dark horse黑马；face the music承担后果，受到惩罚，面对危险；go Dutch各自付费；(the)eleventh hour最后时刻；be fed up with 感到厌烦；few and far between稀少，罕见；get the picture了解概略情况；get stuck困住，难住；offhand立即，马上，事先无准备地；go down the drain，枉费心机，白白浪费掉；have one’s hands full 手头工作很忙；have words with sb．与…争吵；I give you my word 对某人许下诺言；a piece of cake 极容易的事；slip one’s mind 忘记pull one’s weight 齐心合力pull oneself together 振作起来，控制自己；a rainy day 急需的时候，困难的日子；red tape繁杂的手续；get the sack 解雇；a hard nut to crack 难对付的人turn one’s back on sb. 不理睬（表示轻蔑、忿怒等）never say die 别气馁，不要轻言放弃turn／give the cold shoulder on 冷淡对待某人；ring a bell 听起来耳熟take French leave不辞而别；make believe 装作be lost to sth 专心做某事right on the target 击中要害next to nothing 几乎没有with a grain of salt 有所保留a blessing in disguise 因祸得福be green with envy 羡慕极了a drop in the bucket 沧海一粟be in hot water 陷入困境a fair-weather friend 不能共同患难的朋友be in the same boat 处境相同a flash in the pan 昙花一现be neither fish nor fowl 不伦不类a late bloomer 大器晚成be no picnic 非轻松之事a nobody 无名之辈be of two minds 拿不定主意a white lie 没有恶意的谎言be on cloud nine 高兴得飘飘然add fuel to the flame 火上浇油be on pins and needles 坐立不安as sly as a fox 非常狡猾be on the rocks 陷入困境，完蛋ask for trouble 自找麻烦be quick to take offence 特别爱生气bark up the wrong tree 弄错目标be sick at heart 心里非常难受be at loose end 心里没有着落be stuck on someone 迷恋上某人be at one’s wits’end 智穷力竭be too good to be true 好得另人难以相信be completely in the dark 蒙在鼓里be behind someone’s back 在某人背后be cut out for 天生适合于blow hot and cold 息怒无常bite off more than one can chew 力不从心blow one’s own trumpet 自吹自擂call a spade a spade 有什么说什么come through with flying colors 大获成功count chicken before they are hatched 高兴太早give sb. the gate 让某人滚蛋drive sb. to the wall 把某人逼得走投无路give sb. the cold shoulder 冷待某人easier said than done 说时容易做时难have a bone to pick with sb.对某人有意见(feel) under the weather 身体不适have a card up one’s sleeves 胸有成竹fight the clock 争分夺秒have a change of heart 改变心情fish in troubled waters 浑水摸鱼have butterflies in one’s stomach 忐忑不安fly into a rage 大发雷霆have sticky fingers 手不老实have many irons in the fire 同时有很多事要做have words with sb 与某人吵架foot the bill 付款have money to burn 有花不完的钱gain the upper hand 占上风have one’s heart set on 一心想要get a kick out of doing sth. 从中得到极大乐趣keep an eye open 密切注视get one’s bearings 知道自己的方位keep sb. at arm’s length 与某人保持距离get wind of sth. 得到风声know the ropes 精通业务give sb. a buzz 给某人挂电话lead sb around by the nose 牵着鼻子走let sb. down 使某人失望not breathe a word 不吐露一个字let the cat out of the bag 泄密not have the heart to do sth. 不忍心去做live from hand to mouth 勉强糊口on the tip of sb’s tongue 就在嘴边上look high and low 到处都找遍one’s brain child 某人的主意lose one’s temper 发脾气parade one’s knowledge 卖弄学问make do with 凑合pave the way for…为…铺平道路make neither head nor tail about 摸不着头脑play fast and loose with…敷衍了事make someone’s blood boil 使某人大为恼火play it cool 不露声色mind one’s own affairs 少管闲事put in a good word for…为…说好话poke one’s nose into sth. 乱打听别人的私事put one’s foot in one’s mouth 说话走嘴safe and sound 安然无恙地take sth to heart 往心里去see eye to eye with…与…意见一致thank one’s lucky stars 感到万幸sell like hot cakes 卖得很快sing the blues 心情低落the apple of someone’s eye 某人的掌上明珠skate on thin ice 如履薄冰the black sheep of the family 家中的败家子, 有辱门楣的人in the red 亏损、负债the early bird catches the worm 捷足先登throw in the towel 认输smell a rat 察觉可疑sound someone out 试探某人的意见tighten one’s belt 勒紧裤带to one’s heart’s content 心满意足、尽情地stand on one’s feet 自食其力take it easy 轻松地对待某事start from scratch 从零开始try one’s hand at…试着干steal the show 喧宾夺主turn one’s back on someone 不理睬某人too many cooks spoil the broth 厨师太多烧坏汤turn someone’s stomach 令人作呕take someone for a ride 欺骗某人watch one’s step 当心take someone under one’s wing 庇护某人a needle in a haystack 大海捞针keep the pot boiling 使工作生动活泼地进行下去on one’s high horse 趾高气扬、盛气凌人the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak 心有余而力不足you can’t eat the cake and have it 两者不可兼得。