Will的部落格

scratch someone's back



原文解釋: to do a favor for someone in return for a favor done for you

break a leg



原文解釋: something that you say to wish someone good luck, 
              especially before they perform in the theatre

had it coming
原文解釋: if someone had it coming, something bad happened to them
              which they deserved (often + to )
中文解釋: 即將到來，也同樣帶有活該之意思，相似詞有deserves it, sucks for you等等。
已下為例句:
1. I feel sorry that he got fired. But he surely had it coming with all those unexcused absences.
2. Maybe I had it coming , you know ? bad karma.
3. The guy really had it coming.
4. She should have it coming on her, for she's been too conceited.
5. I told you not to eat so much chocolate, but you didn't listen. You had it coming.
6. The boy that often bullies other students was kicked out of school. He really had it coming.

serve someone right
原文解釋: [for an act or event] to punish someone fairly (for doing something)
中文解釋: 帶有活該, 自作自受之意思。
已下為例句:
1. It serves you right to have lost your purse . you're always too careless with it.
2. You touched her and she slapped you . it serves you right.
3. I once told you to work hard , but you always turned a deaf ears to me. it serves you right.
4. Punish him; it will serve him right for what he has done to you.
5. After the way she treated him, it would serve her right if he left her.
6. It would serve you right if your children never spoke to you again.
7. John copied off my test paper. It would serve him right if he fails the test.

raise eyebrows
原文解釋: to shock or surprise people; to cause disapproval or worry
中文解釋: (對...)表示輕蔑(或驚訝、懷疑等)之意思。
已下為例句:
1. Anna's miniskirt raised eyebrows at the board meeting.
2. The player's huge transfer fee raised a few eyebrows in the football world.
3. The news that the princess was engaged to a commoner raised eyebrows all over the kingdom.
4. Eyebrows were raised when he shaved all his hair off.
5. The styles now favored by many teenagers have raised a few eyebrows among parents.
6. a. How did you feel when the shyest student won the talent contest?
    b. It raised some eyebrows.
7. a. What was the reaction of the people who saw the magic show?

think outside the boxs
原文解釋: to think freely, not bound by old, nonfunctional, or limiting structures, rules, or practices

up for grabs
原文解釋: available for anyone; not yet claimed
中文解釋: 人人有機會, 每個人都可爭取之意思。

second nature
原文解釋: not innate but so long practised or acquired as to seem so
中文解釋: 第二天性, 習慣成自然之意思。

out cold
原文解釋: use when the person is in a deep sleep
中文解釋: 帶有被人打昏, 喝醉, 失去意識或是睡得很死之意思, 不省人事之意思。

from scratch
原文解釋: From the very beginning, from the outset; from nothing.
中文解釋: 從零開始; 從頭做起; 從頭開始之意思。