BEC中级口语必备词汇（11）

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1.fly off the handle 　突然失去控制而勃然大怒
- u1 V" s* m8 r- @$ _. g例句：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.
为了庆祝我们结婚周年，我太太化了整个下午精心烹调。可是，我昨晚晚了三个小时才回家。她可真火了。
2.bark up the wrong tree 　直译是狗叫错了树，翻译过来意思是找错门了
例句：If my brother-in-law hopes to borrow any more money from me, he will be barking up the wrong tree.
; l9 s# ?! V: @- g* M: }$ E要是我的小舅子再想问我借钱，那他算是找错了门了。
3.right on the beam 　一个人做某件事做的很对
/ i- u! R$ L' c% O例句：I thought Mr.Claghorn’s speech was right on the beam last night! Just like he says, we need to spend more money on educating our children. He makes a lot of sense to me.
8 ]$ l. g0 b0 K1 T; d( V我认为克拉格霍恩先生昨晚上讲的话完全正确。就像他说的，我们应该花更多的钱在教育孩子方面。我觉得他讲的话很有道理。
* D2 Q( {' H. Y3 Z* j4.fly by the seat of my pants　在做某件事的时候没有明确的指导，也缺乏足够的知识
例句：When Jones started up business in a new town, he didn’t know anybody, so he had to fly by the seat of his pants.
当琼斯在一个新的地方开始经营他的生意的时候，他在那里一个人都不认识。所以他只好全靠自己摸索着办。
& ?* i9 E) t* [% m/ D0 e- B; i5.keep one’s shirt on　劝告别人要有耐心，不要太紧张了
# ~/ v! o3 o2 C8 W$ P8 F例句：Keep your shirt on, Harry; we have plenty of time to catch the train.
4 [# \/ d4 b! H: w哈里，你别太紧张了，我们还有好多时间，足够我们赶到火车站去的。