1) take a rain check 改期

2) lost count 弄不清楚

3) be in another world 精神恍惚;魂不守舍

4) make yourself at home 随意，随便

5) save your breath 省口气吧;别白费口舌了

6) make sense 有意义，理解

7) cost sb. an arm and a leg 非常昂贵

8) burn a hole in one’s pocket 很快地被花光

9) fill one’s shoes 很好地顶替;令人满意地替代

10) is ice cold 表示理所当然

11) like apples and oranges 用来表示无法相比的事物

12) lose one’s train of 忘记

13) meet each other half way 相互妥协，让步

14) on the dot 准时;正点

15) once and for all 最后一次;干脆

16) out of earshot 不在听力所及范围

17) out of this world 非常好

18) play by ear 随机应变，视情形而定

19) ring a bell 令人想起某件事;听起来耳熟

20).above all - most importantly 首要的是，尤其

21).account for - explain 说明(原因、理由等)

22).as a matter of fact - in fact ,to speak the truth 事实上，其实

23).as a rule - generally ;normally 照例; 通常

24).about to - be ready to;be on the point of doing something 即将，正要

25).an old hand - be an experienced persom 老手

26).any day now -soon 随时

27).approach sb -talk to sb 靠近...; 走近某人

28).be fed up with - be out of patience with 饱受，厌烦英语四级评分标准

29).be on one’s own - live independently 独自地

30).be on the safe side - take no chances 万无一失; 不冒险

31).be out of something - have no longer in supply

32).be tired of - be bored with ,frustrated with 厌烦; 腻; 倦

33).be up to ones’ears - be extremely busy 非常忙碌

34).be up to someone -be a person’s responsibility 决诸他人

35).be out for -trying to get 企求，力图获得

36).be out of the question - be unacceptable ,impossible 不可能

37).bite off more than one can chew - take on more than one can handle 好高鹜远; 心余力拙

38).break down - cease to function 失败; 划分

39).break the ice - begin to be friendly wuth people one doesn’t know 打破僵局; 打破冷场

40).break the news - inform or give bad news 委婉地把坏消息告诉

41).brush up on - imporve noe’s knowledge of something through study 复习

42).bump into - meet unexpectedly 撞上; 偶然碰见

43).by and large - in general大体上; 总的来说

44).by heart - by memory 凭记性

45).by all means - absolutely ,definitely 当然可以; 一定

46).by no means - in no way 决不; 并不

47).call off -cancel 取消; 点名

48).cheer up - be happy 高兴起来,(使)振作起来

49).come down with - become sick with 付钱，染上

50).come into -receive,especially after another’s death 进入; 加入，参加