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
9 D7 C/ H4 R: |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
' P  I4 H) V( `, {; N# S# J例句：If my brother-in-law hopes to borrow any more money from me, he will be barking up the wrong tree.
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
; U* ^2 m& T0 }; Y: l) J# E' }# 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.
2 Q" q0 s9 M, s4 @* O$ }- n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。
4.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.
3 g# p$ J  d( ^" c; P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。
5.keep one’s shirt on　劝告别人要有耐心，不要太紧张了
3 n9 g3 g' t" p+ _8 O. [9 z6 V例句：Keep your shirt on, Harry; we have plenty of time to catch the train.
# e5 ^8 n$ f6 ^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。