英语常用短语1000句|常用短语20条

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1. spill the beans - reveal secret deliberately or unintentionally.

2. get the ball rolling - start doing it, take action.

3. pull an all-nighter - study or work all night without getting any sleep.

4. hot under the collar - angry, indignant.

5. keep one"s fingers crossed - hope for the best.

6. stick to one"s guns - maintain one"s position, refuse to change one"s opinions, actions.

7. have one"s hands full - be extremely busy.

8. close one"s eyes to something - ignore something bad and pretend it is not happening.

9. do a bang-up job - do a very good job; do very well at something.

10. get one"s teeth into something - deal with something or become involved in something with great energy and enthusiasm.

11. a hard nut to crack - a problem that is very difficult to solve or a person who is very difficult to understand.

a number of employees were absent last week. it was a hard nut for the manager to crack.

12. a bad egg - bad person, someone a person who cannot be trusted.
that sales person is a bad egg. don"t believe anything he says.

13. on the dot - exactly at the stated or expected time.
don"t be late, the meeting starts at nine o"clock on the dot.

14. put all one"s eggs in one basket - depend for your success on a single person or plan of action.
fund managers always tell us not to put all your eggs in one basket.

15. have one"s eye on - to have seen something that you want and that you intend to get.
peter had his eye on the manager position before i joined the company.

16. cut corners - to do something in the easiest, quickest, or cheapest way, often harming the quality of your work.
we have had to cut a few corners to get your annual leave application ready on time.

17. like a cat on hot bricks - nervous and unable to keep still.
a: “your boss is like a cat on hot bricks today. what"s wrong?”
b: “he has been waiting for an important phone call all day.”

18. busy bee - very busy or very active.
a: “i was working till midnight everyday for the past month to finish up the proposal.”
b: “you"ve been a busy bee!”

19. get out of bed on the wrong side - in a bad mood and is easily annoyed all day.
what"s the matter with your boss today? did he get out of bed on the wrong side?

20. on the rocks - bankrupt.
the company looked to be on the rocks in 1992 but made a remarkable recovery in recent years.
 
 

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