序
典故
01. a brave new world
02. a far cry from
03. a hacker
04. a snow job
05. behind the eight ball
06. bellwether
07. best thing since sliced bread
08. bring together the alphabet soup of...
09. call a spade a spade
10. cut corners
11. Deep Throat
12. divide and conquer
13. Dixie cup
14. Enron's stock
15. flagship
16. forbidden fruit
17. ground zero
18. hokey-pokey
19. in the ballpark
20. keep a stiff upper lip
21. leap tall fences in a single bound
22. let-the-chips-fall-where-they-may
23. make one's debut
24, marry money
25. on course for
26. peanut gallery
27. rank-and-file
28. ride off into the sunset
29. Snow White Jacko
30. Spartan
31. the Big Easy
32. the little search engine that could
33. the tip of the iceberg
34. the unbearable lightness of being...rich
35. Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.
36. writing on the wall
37. zero in on
比喻
01. a bit of meat with my gravy
02 a client base growing as fast as the vines
03. a cul-de-sac
04. a slippery slope
05. an itch that needs to be scratched
06. an oasis
07. an uphill battle
08. be comfortable in one's own skin
09. beat Mother Nature to the punch
10. breakneck-paced
11. buzzing
12. career overdrive
13. daily despair
14. dip one's toes in the dot-corn ocean
15. drop off the radar
16. Fluffy and Spot
17. go according to script
18. in the field
19. kiss-and-tell
20. on one's toes
21. pass the baton... to...
22. pencil pushers
23. precious little
24. push... in(to) a tight corner
25. road warriors
26. softball questions
27. squirm
28. the cream has risen to the top
29. the passing of the torch
30. The pendulum is swinging back the other way.
31. treacherous waters
32. tuna casserole
33. velvet hammer
34. walk-ins
35. warm and fuzzy
惯用语
01. a cutting edge
02. a flop
03. a melting pot
04. at one's fingertips
05. at the helm
06. be riddled with
07. bells and whistles
08. big guns
09. blow one's stack
10. boil down to
11. bounce back
12. break ground
13. breathe down one's neck
14. cash cows
15. come with a high price tag
16. comfort food
17. deep-pocketed
18. go behind the camera
19. groan under the weight of...
20. have one's work cut out
21. head-to-head
22. hold water
23. in one piece
24. miss the mark
25. money in the bank
26. music to (someone's) ears
27. no-frills
28. off the hook
29. on the drawing board
30. pale next to...
31. pop out (from/of)
32. rake in
33. ruffle (someone's) feathers
34. shove... down someone's throat
35. sink one's teeth into...
36. smoking gun
37. spit someone out
38. spread oneself too thin/thinly
39. stand by
40. surf the net
41. take... by storm
42. teacher's pet
43. turn one's back on
44. be dressed to kill
45. fork out
46. mentally challenged
47. throw up
48. tip
49. win critical acclaim
双关语
01. a crash course
02. a double eyelid
03. a high note
04. a highflier
05. a lemon
06. a rough ride
07. a wanted man
08. a woman's place...
09. absorb
10. band Aid
11. bangs for one's buck
12. be burned in every sense
13. be stuck on
14. bruise
15. bullish
16. chug along
17. clean out
18. C-Leg
19. Decaf Web, anyone?
20. do the dirty work
21. don't hold one's breath
22. double vision
23. duke it out
24. economic recovery
25. fair game
26. fish and chips
27. food for thought
28. for a rainy day
29. from the same page
30. get lost in the shuffle
31. get one's wings
32. go to the dogs
33. good grief!
34. head-turning
35. heavy petting
36. hit below the belt
37. hook
38. hot stuff
39. It doesn't pay to be a potty mouth.
40. it's got sole
41. jaw dropping
42. kick the habit
43. light one's fire
44. make the cut
45. nose around
46. off the ground
47. on the hit list
48. one too many
49. party animal
50. push someone's buttons
51. re-possessed
52. ride on
53. roll out the final mile
54. run rings around
55. say no to crack
56. shaken, not stirred
57. shatter one's stone-cold determination
58. shift gears
59. small world
60. speak a language of one's own
61. stand tall
62. take a shot at
63. talk about having a fling at a hotel
64. Technofile
65. things are looking up
66. tip of the iceberg
67. toss one's cookies
68. towering strength
69. turn heads
70. two-dimensional
71. virtually
72. wash up
73. white powder
