a sweet tooth 喜爱甜食。
例如：a：alana is getting fatter and fatter. why doesn't she try to lose some weight?
a：阿兰娜越来越胖了，她为什么不试着**呢？
b：she has a sweet tooth and loves meat more than anything else.
b：她偏好甜食而且最喜欢吃肉。
a：no wonder she's getting weight so fast.
a：怪不得她胖的这么快。
b：but now she's come to realize the consequences and decided to cut down on candies and desserts.
b：但现在她已渐渐意识到后果严重了，并决心少吃糖果和甜点。
one's heart of hearts 在心里。
例如：a：are you really dating with tom?
a：你真的在和汤姆约会吗？
b：yeah. but in my heart of hearts, i find he's not very to my liking.
b：是的，可是，我并不是从心眼里喜欢他。
a：then why not keep away from him?
a：那你干吗不离开他呢？
b：the problem is that i just h**e no one to turn right now.
b：问题是我还没有找到更好的人。
a：that's stupid.
a：这样做真愚蠢。
head like a sieve 健忘。
sieve:“漏勺，筛”的意思，h**e head like a sieve意思是“健忘”就不难理解了。
例如：a：what's that man's name?
a：那位先生叫什么来着？
b：i thought you'd been introduced to him twice.
b：我想已经给你介绍了两次了。
a：yeah. but i still cannot remember his name. i've got a head like a sieve.
a：不错。但我还是没有记住他的名字，我很健忘。
on 责骂；批评；申斥。
a：my mother always harps on me.
a：我妈总是责骂我。
b：so does my mother. they're just like that, i'm already used to it.
b：我妈也是。她们就是那样。我已经习惯了。
a：but i can't bear it.
a：但我不能忍受了。
b：what they do is just for our good.
b：她们那样做也是为我们好。
it over 比…..好些；胜过。
a：it's pity that i h**en't been to many countries.
a：真遗憾很多国家我都没去过。
b：but i think you h**e it over me. i've never been out of china.
b：但我想你总比我要好。我从来都没出过中国。
a：never?
a：从来都没出去过？
b：never. i am not joking.
b：从来都没有。我没有开玩笑。
it in one 有能力（做某事）
a：harry was elected monitor at the class meeting yesterday.
a：昨天哈里在班会上被选为班长。
b：do you think he has it in him to be a good monitor?
b：你认为他有能力成为一名好班长吗？
a：he's a good student as far as his achievement is concerned. but i really can't tell whether he'll make a good monitor.
a：就他的成绩来说他是一名好学生。但他是不是能当个好班长，我也说不好。
me (非正式)不知道。
a：where's annie?
a：安妮呢？
b：in the house.
b：在屋里。
a：in the house? where is she?
a：在屋里？在哪儿呢？
b：search me, i don't know where she is now.
b：不知道，我也搞不清。
race 激烈的竞争。
a：america is a rich country. many people are dreaming of going there but you came back.
a：美国是个富裕的国读。很多人都梦想去那儿，但你却回来了。
b：to tell you the truth, i'm very happy with my modest job here and the peaceful life.
b：坦白地说，我很满意自己在这里的普通工作和平静生活。
a：new york is exciting, isn't it?
a：纽约很令人兴奋，不是吗？
b：yes, but i h**e no desire to take part in the rat race there.
b：是的。但我却无心卷入那种你死我活的竞争。
of hard knocks 艰苦的磨练。
a：my boss is such a shrewd businessman everyone admires him.
a：我的老板是个非常精明的生意人，每个人都很欣赏他。
b：which university did he graduate from?
b：他是从哪所大学毕业的？
a：he never went to high school. he was educated in the school of hard knocks.
a：连高中都没上过。他是受了艰苦的磨练而成长起来的。
b：that's incredible.
b：真是难以置信。
benefit of the doubt (在证据不足情况下)假定某人无辜。
a：who did it?
a：这是谁干的？
b：don't be so angry, henry?
b：亨利，别发那么大的火好不好？
a：it must be robert.
a：准是罗伯特干的。
b：maybe robert did it, maybe he didn't. if i were you, i would give him the benefit of the doubt.
it's not so important anyway.
b：也许是罗伯特干的，也许不是。如果我是你，我就先假定不是他干的。不管怎么说这件事也没什么大不了的。
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