1. clock in打卡

Don’t forget to clock in,otherwise you won’t get paid.别忘了打卡，否则领不到钱。

2. come on to对某人轻薄；吃豆腐

Tanya slapped Bill after he came on to her.坦尼娅在比尔对她轻薄之后打了他一巴掌。

3. come easily易如反掌

Languages come easily to some people.语言学习对有些人来说易如反掌。

4. don’t have a cow别大惊小怪

Don’t have a cow! I’ll pay for the damages.别大惊小怪的！我会赔偿损失的。

5. push around欺骗。Don’t try to push me around!别想耍我！

6. keep one’s shirt on保持冷静

Keep your shirt on. He didn’t mean to offend you. That’s just the way he talks.

保持冷静。那只是他说话的惯常方式，他并非有意要冒犯你。

7. cool it冷静一点。Cool it. You are making me mad.冷静。你快把我逼疯了。

8. joy ride兜风。Let’s go for a joy ride.让我们去兜兜风。

9.rap说唱音乐。Do you like rap music? I have trouble understanding the words.你喜欢说唱音乐吗？我听不太懂其中的歌词。

10. red-letter day大日子

This is a red-letter day for Susan. She made her first sale to a very important client.

今天是苏珊的大日子。她和一个非常重要的客户做成了第一笔生意。

11. go up in smoke成为泡影

Peter’s vacation plans went up in smoke when a crisis arose in the office.

办公室出了问题，彼得的假期泡汤了。

12. hit the road上路

We should probably hit the road. It’s going to take us two hours to get home.

我们可能该上路了吧，到家还得要两个小时呢！

13. shape up表现良好，乖

You’d better shape up if you want to stay on.如果你还想留下来的话最好乖一点儿。

14. take a shine to有好感、喜爱

He really likes you. There are very few people he takes a shine to right away.

他真的喜欢你。他很少对人一见面就有好感的。

15. pull strings运用关系

He pulled some strings and managed to get us front row seats for the concert.

他运用关系替我们拿到音乐会前排的位子。

16. come again再说一遍

Come again? I didn’t quite understand what you said.再说一遍好吗？你刚说的话我不明白。

17. come clean全盘托出，招供

The criminal decided to come clean.罪犯决定供出事实。

18. spring for请客

Let me spring for dinner.我来请客吃饭吧。

19. spill the beans泄漏秘密

Don’t spill the beans. It’s supposed to be a secret.别说漏了嘴，这可是个秘密哦！

20. stick in the mud保守的人

Cathy is such a stick in the mud. She never wants to try anything new.

凯茜真保守，她从不想尝试新事物。

21. fix someone up撮合某人

I think Sally and Macaulay would make a perfect couple.Let’s fix them up.

我想莎莉和麦考利非常相配，我们来撮合他们吧。

22. keep in line管束

He needs to be kept in line.He’s too wild.他太野了，要好好管束一下。

23. jump to conclusion妄下结论

Don’t jump to conclusion.We have to figure it out first.不要妄下结论，先把事情搞清楚。

24. lemon次, 差

This car is a real lemon. It has broken down four times.这辆车真次，已经坏了四次了！

25. fishy可疑的。His story sounds fishy. We should see if it’s really true.他的故事听起来可疑。我们应该看看到底是不是真的。

26.jump the gun草率行事

Don’t jump the gun. We have to be patient for a while.不要草率行事。我们应耐心等会儿。