1.pull one's leg：开某人的玩笑
例如：Don't pull my leg. I know you did not really win the lottery.（别开我的玩笑了。我知道你没真的中彩券。）
If you remain stuck-up, they will often try to pull your leg.（假如你还是目中无人的话，他们会常常想愚弄你的。）
07月03日：Pull yourself together and stop drinking so much!振作起来，别喝那么多酒了。
1.pull oneself together：振作起来，恢复精神
例如：Pull yourself together and try again!（振作起来，重新再来！）
Stop acting like a baby, pull yourself together.（不要像个孩子似的，保持镇静。）
07月04日：It's high time we left home.是时候离开家了。
1.high time：应该（立即）做某事的时候
例如：It is high time you made up your mind.（你该拿主意了。）
It's high time we squared accounts up with you.（我们该和你算帐了。）
07月05日：Some people never adjust to the loss of a loved one.有些人永远无法从失去挚爱的人的悲痛中走出来。
1.adjust to：调节，适应
例如：The eyes need several minutes to adjust to the dimness.（需要花几分钟的时间使眼睛适应昏暗。）
He found it difficult to adjust to his mother-in-law（他很难适应他的岳母。）
07月06日：The problem caught her off base.这个问题让她措手不及。
1.off base：adj. 大错特错的
adv. 冷不防地
例如：His idea is completely off base.（他的想法大错特错。）
He caught me off base with that question.（他的问题猝然把我给问倒了。）
07月07日：He has taken to his bed with a bad cold.他因为重感冒卧病在床。
1.take to one's bed：（因病）睡倒，上床睡觉
例如：The doctor told him to take to his bed.（医生叫他卧床休息。）
He was forced to take to his bed for ten days.（他被迫卧床十天。）
07月08日：Don’t worry on my behalf.别为我担心。
1.on one's behalf：为了某人，代表某人
例如：Don' t trouble to do it on my behalf.（不要为了我去麻烦了。）
I wrote several letters on his behalf.（我代表他写了好几封信。）
发表于 2016-8-3 12:56:32