1 keep an ear to the ground
一耳贴地(注意新动向)
We need to keep an ear to the ground. = We need to listen for new information.
我们得注意有什么新动向。
例子:Keep an ear to the ground at school for someone selling a desk because I need one.
你在学校留意一下有谁要卖桌子,我想买一张。
People used to be able to know if people were coming by listening to the ground for the sound of horses running.
1 framed
被陷害,遭栽赃。
I was framed.
例子: The man was put in jail for stealing from his company, but after they found evidence to show that he was framed, they let him free.
那人因为侵吞公司的钱而被捕入狱,但后来找到证据,他是被人陷害,于是他就被放出来了。
1 just what the doctor ordered
正是大夫说得(对症下药)
That was just what the doctor ordered. = That was something that perfectly satisfied me.
那正是我最需要的。
例子:After working for twelve days without a day off, going to the beach today was just what the doctor ordered.
一连工作了十二天后,今天去海滩玩正是我最需要的。