[English]美国习惯用语例句总结(三)

外语 Lee 发表于 2006/7/24 18:35:33 1.         Back in school we made fun of Jones because we thought he spent too much time studying instead of having fun. Now the shoe is on the other foot -- he's made lots of money and the rest of us are just barely making enough to feed our families. 2.         For the last ten years the Tigers have been the worst team in the league: we've finished down at the bottom. But now the shoe is on the other foot: we have all these good young players and we're beating everybody else in the whole league. 3.         The local police are working hand in glove with the FBI to find the bank robbers. 4.         I read in the paper about this customs officer they arrested at the airport. They caught him working hand in glove with a gang of smugglers to bring diamonds into the country without paying duty. 5.         Turn left at the next corner and then follow your nose -- you can't miss it. 6.         You say you're looking for the French Bakery? Just walk two blocks north, turn left, and you can smell that wonderful smell of fresh bread baking: just follow your nose and it will bring you right to the front door. 7.         My brother Bob borrowed the money to open his restaurant five years ago when the interest rate was so high, so he's been paying through the nose ever since. 8.         Life is funny. When the famous dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh was alive, nobody wanted to buy his pictures. But now rich people will pay through the nose for one, sometimes more than five million dollars. 9.         Every two weeks while the Congress is in session, I try to get back home to California to talk to people. This doesn't give me much time to relax with my family, but I have to keep an ear to the ground and hear what voters are thinking about. 10.     I try to keep an ear to the ground and what I hear these days is that most people think we spend too much money on building roads and not enough on our schools. 11.     Half the people in my office are home sick, so I'm up to my ears! 12.     Gee, honey, you know I'd like to help you paint the kitchen tonight, but I'm up to my ears in paper work I had to bring home from the office. 13.     The mayor says he didn't know people on his staff were taking bribes. But my guess is he's up to his ears in it. 14.     Miss Smith didn't want the job until the company sweentened the pot by offering her a higher salary and the use of a company car. 15.     They've built so many new office buildings here that they have trouble renting out all the space. So some landlords sweeten the pot; they offer a company six months free rent if it signs a three-year lease. 16.     Last night I got into a poker game with these men I met in the hotel bar. And I lost a thousand dollars before I realized the cards were stacked against me. All I could do was pick up the money I had left and walk away. 17.     I really wanted to try out for the basketball team when I was in college. But the cards were stacked against me: I'm only five feet six inches tall and everybody else was six-two or even taller. 18.     My wife spent all afternoon yesterday cooking a special dinner for our wedding anniversary. So she really flew off the handle when I came home three hours late. 19.     Honey, please don't fly off the handle -- I had a little accident with the car, but it certainly wasn't my fault. 20.     If my brother-in-law hopes to borrow any more money from me, he will be barking up the wrong tree. 21.     Hey man, if you think I was the guy who robbed that bank today, you're barking up the wrong tree! I was nowhere near the place.

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