美國習慣用語

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美國習慣用語 (WORDS AND IDIOMS 151-250)
250 easy money; to bet one's bottom dollar
249 there's no such thing as a free lunch...
248 scrape the bottom of the barrel...
247 half-baked; half-hearted
246 play with fire; fight fire with fire
245 blow one's own horn; blow the lid off...
244 free and easy; free-for-all
243 freelance; freeloader
242 front money; hush money
241 the time of one's life; in the nick of time
240 fair game; fair-haired boy
239 fair and square; fair shake
238 bum; bum rap
237 in the doghouse; between a rock and a hard place
236 high and dry; dry up
235 dry run; cut and dried

234 Redneck; McCarthyism
233 tax-and-spend liberals; knee-jerk liberals
232 pick up the tab; go Dutch
231 give sb. the hook; by hook or by crook
230 right on the mark; right up one's alley
229 sacred cow; dark horse  
228 break the news; break the ice
227 give one a break; break even 
226 slow burn; slow as molasses
225 like greased lightning; like a bat out of hell
224 butterfingers; butterball
223 bread and butter; butter up sb.
222 know which side one's bread is buttered on...
221 as light as a feather; a feather in one's cap
220 birds of a feather; feather one's nest
219 touch base; do lunch
218 get caught with one's hand in the cookie jar...
217 ups and downs; down and out
216 open and aboveboard; on the up and up
215 on the level; kosher
214 in short order; get the short end of the stick
213 short and sweet; the long and short of it
212 over the long haul; long shot
211 stonewall; off the wall
210 climb the wall; drive sb. up the wall
209 wall-to-wall; wallflower
208 put your money where your mouth is...
207 motor mouth; foot in mouth disease
206 take a walk; walk on eggshells
205 walk on air; walk the floor
204 bad-mouth; shoot sb.s mouth off
203 close the books; cook the books
202 one for the book; know sb. like a book
201 Sunday best; Sunday driver
200 honeymoon; moonlight
199 cut out for/cut out to be; cut-up
198 cut a deal; cut corners
197 the works; in the works
196 workaholic; grunt work
195 on thin ice; thin-skinned
194 fat cat; fat chance
193 fat farm; chew fat
192  hat in hand; wear two hats...
191 pass the hat; take one's hat off
190 at the drop of a hat...
189 stand tall; stand-out
188 stand sb. up; a stand-in
187 make tracks; wrong side of the tracks
186 bean counters; spill the beans
185 full of beans; not worth a hill of beans
184 give sb. a piece of mind; mind-boggling
183 under the gun; gunshy
182 give sb. a piece of mind; mind-boggling
181 one track mind; track record
180 brain drain; brain trust
179 beat one's brains out; brainwash  
178 jump the gun; stick to the guns
177 hit the ceiling; blow one's top
176 make one's blood boil;  make one's blood run cold
175 in one's blood; fresh blood
174 all in the same bout; miss the boat
173 keep one's cool; be cool as a cucumber
172 for crying out loud; cool it
171 to whistle a different tune; pipe dream
170 far cry; crying towel
169 nothing special; so-so
168 whistle in the dark; blow the whistle
167 out the window; out of this world
166 out of the woods; out of the picture
165 over a barrel; over one's dead body
164 over one's head; over the hump
163 cold shoulder; hot air
162 get it in the neck; stick out one's neck
161 up to one's neck; break one's neck
160 shape up or ship out; rock the boat
159 lick; lickety-split
158 have a feeling in one's bones; have a bone to pick
157 out of one's skull; skull session
156 loose lips; at loose ends
155 tight-lipped; tight with someone
154 run a tight ship; sit tight
153 knock off
152 street smart; two-way street
151 easy street; out on the street