[诸葛国际][英研]内部培训教材之写作习语-01

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英研常用习语（I） Foot the bill (to pay for all the expense)Put one’s foot down (to make a firm decision and insist someone obey)Stand on one’s own feet (to depend on oneself, not to ask anyone for help or money)Have cold feet (not to be brave enough to do something)Get one’s feet wet (to do something for the first time)Drag one’s feet (to hesitate to act, or to act slowly because a person isn’t enthusiastic)Be waited on hand and foot (to be served in every possible way by another person)The shoe is on the other foot (a situation in which a person experiences how another person feels)Shoot for the stars (to have high goals and strive to attain them)Big shots (very important people)A shot in the dark (an attempt without much hope of success)Put bait on the hook (to make a plan to catch the criminals by giving them the opportunity to get something they want)Take the bait (to fall into a trap)Get a break (to get lucky)Let off the hook (to set someone free)A drop in the bucket (a small amount that isn’t enough to accomplish anything)Drop hints (to tell a person something in a polite, indirect way)Drop a bomb (to give information that is very upsetting)Stick it out (to endure a difficult situation)A stick-in-the-mud (an old-fashioned person who won’t change beliefs or behavior)Sticky fingers (a person who steals things)Scratch one’s head (to be confused; not to understand)Bury one’s head in the sand (to ignore a problem or danger because one doesn’t want to deal with it)Put heads together (to think and work together to solve a problem)Beat one’s head against the wall (to try hard but with no success)Fall head over heels in love (to feel a strong romantic love and not to care about anything else)Put all one’s eggs into one basket (to place all one’s hopes in a single person or thing)Count one’s chickens before they are hatched (to plan on getting a lot of money before one has it)Go to bed with the chickens (to go to bed very early)Kill the goose that laid the golden egg (to destroy the source of wealth by being greedy)A bull in a china shop (a person who speaks and behaves in an impolite way that offends others)
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