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You reap what you sow                 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆                                                                                                                                          
My father is a hard worker, and he always uses the phrase, "You reap what you sow."                     

我父亲辛勤工作，他总是把“种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆”这句话挂在嘴上。

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cost an arm and a leg　　 价格非常昂贵；费用很大

Eating in hotels costs an arm and a leg.

　　　　　 在饭店里吃饭费用很大。

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cut and dry    预设好的;已完成的、无法改变的

The situation wasn't cut and dry, and it was actually quite complicated.

情况尚未底定，而且事实上相当复杂。

解析：cut and dry 也可以说 cut and dried，本来是形容已晒干处理好，准备出售的药草，引申为“预设好的”或“已完成、无法改变的”。

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The apple of sb.'s eye  掌上明珠

She is the apple of her father's eye.

她是父亲的掌上明珠。

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blow out   1.聚会 2.爆炸

We arrived two hours late at the big blow out for Charle's birthday
　because our car had a blow-out.

　由于我们车胎炸了，所以我们晚了两个小时到达查理举行生日宴会的地方。
　这句话里第一个blow-out是指规模很大的聚会，第二个blow-out是指汽车的轮胎炸了。

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Great minds think alike.　 英雄所见略同。

A: What do you think of Shakespeare's play?

   你觉得莎士比亚的剧本怎么样？

B: I liked it very much!

   我非常喜欢。

A: Great minds think alike.

　　　　　 　
   英雄所见略同。

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keep one's head　保持镇静

Mr. White can keep his head in any emergency; he is never likely to panic.

怀特先生在任何紧急情况下都能保持镇静，从不会惊慌。

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leave no stone unturned    千方百计、不遗余力

In search for his mother he left no stone unturned, and even after 20 years he still refused to believe that she was dead.

他为了寻找母亲，已经想尽了一切办法，甚至二十年以后，他仍不愿相信她已经不在人世了。

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get on the ball  用心做

If you have to keep your job, you'd better get on the ball and meet the deadline.

如果你还想要你的那份工作，你最好用心做，赶上最后期限。

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on cloud nine  欣喜若狂

He was on cloud nine after winning the competition.

他在比赛中获胜后欣喜若狂。

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It's a hard call! 那很难说！

A hard call: 指事情难以判定

An easy call: 指情况很明显，不复杂

A: Who will win tonight's game?

   今晚的比赛谁会赢？

B: That's an easy call. Chian's team of course.

   这很容易看得出来，当然是中国队。

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谢谢

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no pains, no gains.　不劳无获
  

　例句：
　 　　    A: Julia has won the special prize in the piano competition.

              朱丽亚在钢琴大赛上获得了特别奖。
　　　　　 B: She really did a good job.

              朱丽亚在钢琴大赛上获得了特别奖。
　　　　　 B: She really did a good job.
              她弹的真不错。
　　　　　 A: She sure did. As you see, no pains, no gains.

　　　　　    当然啦！你知道的，不劳无获嘛。

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你说呢？  So what？  
A: You are such a bad person. Who’s gonna like you?

B: So what?



你说呢！  You tell me！        

A: What are we going to do?

B: You tell me!



注：说“So what”时，若语气冷淡，则表示不在乎；若语气带挑衅，则表示不要人干涉，有“你管我 ”“那又怎样”的意思。

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just so so  马马虎虎，不过如此

A: What do you think of the concert?

A: 你觉得这场音乐会怎么样？

B: Just so so.

B: 也就那么回事儿吧。

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Be there be square.  不见不散。

A: Let's meet at the cinema at 7pm, OK?

B: Sure. Be there be square.

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plead guilty    承认有罪

The criminal pleaded guilty to the crime in court.

那名犯人在法庭上承认有罪。

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all ears 全神贯注

Whenever you tell johnny some gossip, he is all ears!

每当你说闲话给约翰尼听时，他总是全神贯注。

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You had it coming!  活该！

A: I gained weight!

B: Well, you had it coming, because you've been eating so much

    without exercising!

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Cool your eyes! 别那么着急！

当有人匆匆忙忙，显得很莽撞时，你就可以利用这句话，如：

A: We'll have to run to catch the start of the movie.

   我们得跑着才赶得上电影开始。

B: Cool your eyes! The preview will be ten minutes long.

  别那么急！会有十分钟的电影预告片。