[诸葛国际][英研]内部培训教材之写作习语-02

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英研写作习语-02You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink (you cannot force people to do something they don’t want to do, though they have been provided with opportunities) Feel like a fish out of water (to feel awkward in an unfamiliar situation)Feel blue (to feel sad, unhappy)In the red (to be in debt)In the black (to have money in the bank)Red tape (bureaucratic routine required before official actions can be taken)Roll out the red carpet (to show a person honor)Out of the blue (unexpectedly)White lie (a harmless lie)Turn as white as sheet (to be very much scared)Once in a blue moon (very rarely)Be green with envy (to be very jealous)Be born with a silver/wooden spoon in one’s mouth (to be born into a rich/poor family)Jump out of the frying pan into the fire (to go from bad situation to a worse one)Do something under the table (to do something secretly because it’s illegal or dishonest)Wear the pants in the family (to have the man’s authority and be the boss in the family)Roll up one’s sleeve (to be ready to work hard)Fly by the seat of their pants (to use intuition and basic knowledge to guess what is the right things to do)Have ants in one’s pants (to be over anxious to do something)The grass is greener on the other side of the fence (other people have a better quality of life than you do)Nip in the bud (to stop a bad situation when it is just beginning)Turn over a new leaf (to start a new and better life)Hear through the grapevine (to get information by listening to what other people say)Beat around the bush (to be direct)Not able to see the forest for the tree (to criticize the small error and not able to see the future benefits)A bed of roses (a comfortable, pleasant situation)The last straw (a situation that makes you very angry after lots of other unpleasant events have happened)Take root (to be accepted and adopted)Be looked up to (to be admired)Be fed up with (to be tired of and angry about)
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