1. All ears   洗耳恭聽(tīng)

awaiting an explanation, listening eagerly and carefully

形容恭敬地專心傾聽(tīng)，等待答復(fù)。

Tell me how you managed to pass the exam, I’m all ears.

快說(shuō)，你是怎么通過(guò)考試的，我洗耳恭聽(tīng)。

She was all ears to find out where her husband had been the night before.

她目不轉(zhuǎn)睛地聽(tīng)丈夫解釋前夜去了何處。

2. Cold shoulder   冷淡對(duì)待

(give sb the cold shoulder, get the cold shoulder) – paying no attention to something, a deliberate act of disrespect, an attitude of rejection

（冷遇某人）——不關(guān)注某事、故意怠慢、拒絕的態(tài)度。

I hoped she would come to the cinema with me, but I just got the cold shoulder.

要是她能來(lái)和我一起看電影該多好啊，只可惜我吃了閉門(mén)羹。

The manager has given the cold shoulder to our proposal to buy a new company car.

經(jīng)理對(duì)于我們提出的關(guān)于購(gòu)買新車的提議置之不理。

3. Itchy feet   流浪癖

a strong impulse to travel, restlessness, desire to leave

強(qiáng)烈渴望旅行、坐立難安、想要離開(kāi)。

Seeing a boat always gives me itchy feet.

我一看見(jiàn)船就想遠(yuǎn)行。

No wonder she’s got itchy feet. She’s been working in the same office with the same people for more than twelve years.

難怪她那么想出去走走。她已經(jīng)在這間辦公室跟這些人一起工作了十二余年。

 4. Long arm of the law   法律制裁

the far-reaching power of the authorities; the police, the law

當(dāng)局、政策、法律的強(qiáng)大效力。

Stop this dirty business, the long arm of the law will reach you some day.

快停下你齷齪的勾當(dāng)，總有一天，你會(huì)受到法律的制裁。

He tried to live on shoplifting, but long arm of the law caught him in a week.

盡管他試著以偷竊維生，但一個(gè)星期就遭到逮捕。

5. Old hand   經(jīng)驗(yàn)豐富的人

a person with a lot of experience in something

在某方面經(jīng)驗(yàn)豐富之人

Our boss is an old hand in the car business; you can’t cheat him with this broken engine.

我們老板在車行經(jīng)營(yíng)業(yè)可是個(gè)老手，你休想用壞引擎糊弄他。

The new chef was an old hand at making Italian dishes.

新來(lái)的大廚在意大利烹飪方面經(jīng)驗(yàn)豐富。

6. Sweet tooth   嗜吃甜食

a great liking for sweet-tasting food, a weakness for sweets; someone with a liking for sweets

愛(ài)吃甜食，對(duì)甜食沒(méi)有抵抗力。愛(ài)吃甜食的人。

She has a sweet tooth, but as she’s rather fat, she must resist eating chocolate too often.

雖然特別喜歡吃甜食，但是她已經(jīng)超重，不能再常吃巧克力了。

I’m a sweet tooth, I couldn’t help eating all the remains of my birthday cake after the party.

我嗜吃甜食，總是忍不住把聚會(huì)剩下的蛋糕吃個(gè)精光。

7. Elbow room   施展空間

enough space to move or work in; freedom to do what you like

足夠大的移動(dòng)空間、工作空間。自由施展的空間。

There’s so little elbow room in our office that you must stand up from your desk if somebody wants to go out.

我們辦公室空間不大，一有人要出去，就得站起來(lái)騰地兒。

The agents were given as much elbow room as they needed to increase the sales.

為增加銷售額，代理們有了更多的施展空間。

8. Eye-catching   引人注目的

tending to attract attention, visually attractive, striking

引人注意、視覺(jué)上吸引人的。

There were lots of eye-catching posters at the entrance of the cinema.

影院入口張貼了不少引人注目的海報(bào)。