16.其丑无比 have a face that would stop a clock
我真不敢想象象李同这样英俊的小伙子竟然和奇丑无比的孙丽结了婚
You can hardly imagine that a handsome man like Li Tong would get married with a girl like Sun Li who has a face that would stop the clock.
17.体型匀称 be well-proportioned
杰克体型匀称,个头适中,一双大眼睛炯炯有神,成了许多女孩追求的目标。
Lack, with a body well-proportioned, about the middling, a pair of intense big eyes, has become the target of many pretty girls.
18. 做得太过火了 overplay one’s hand
你一定时做得太过火了, 否则她不会对你如此不依不饶的。
You must have overplayed your hand or she wouldn’t have taken off her gloves to you like that!
19.正中下怀 play into someone’s hands
你同意到外地出差正中老板下怀,至于原因,还是留给你自己去思考吧
Your agreeing to take the business trip in another city well played into the hands of the boss. As for the reason, you put it in the pipe and smoke it.
20/轻松的工作 a cushy job
他想干个轻松的工作,可又怕挣钱太少了。
He hope to take a cushy job but at the same time, worries about pay he gets from such a job.
21.多的不得了 a jillion
千万别让你的丈夫去那个城市出差,那里的妓女多得不得了
Never allow your husband to take a trip to that city. There are a jillion streetwalkers there.
22.争论的原因 a bone of contention
我想,分利不均才是他们争吵的真正原因。
I think the inequality in splitting the profits is their real bone of contention.
23.仍在……着 be still on
现在已经是深夜12点了,可是他办公室的灯还在亮着。
It’s already 12:00 o’clock midnight, yet, the light in his office is still on.
24.有点生疏 go a bit rusty
A:你能讲法语么?B:过去学过,可几年不用有点生疏了。
Can you speak French? I learned it, but I haven’t used it for a long time so it has got a bit rusty.
25.喝多了 have one too many
看他那个样子肯定是喝多了,你最好把他送回家
He must seem to have had one too many. You’d better walk him home.
26.事情的真相 what’s what
如果你弄清事情的真相,就马上打电话告诉我
Give me a buzz and tell me as soon as you’ve got the what’s what.
27.真惨 a bad scene
这次考试真惨。十道题我只答对了两道,其他的全错了。
This exam was really the bad scene! I miss all the ten questions but two.
28.不能再……了can’t be adjective+er
这个价格不能再低了 The price can’t be any lower.
29.彻头彻尾的 out and out
他是个彻头彻尾的口头革命派。
He’s an out and out armchair revolutionary.
30.打扮得特别漂亮be dressed to the nines
每次去参加舞会,她都打扮得特别漂亮。
Every time she went to a dance, she would always be dressed up to the nines.