Come as/be a revelation (to be): 让人耳目一新(或大开眼界);出乎意料A: I didn't expect him to do so well!B: Yeah... His performance in the race today was a revelation to everyone. 他今天在赛跑中的表现
Be/go along for the ride: to join in an activity for pleasure but without being seriously interested in it 凑热闹,随大流Some of the group are not really interested in politics---they're just along f
In the interest(s) of sth: in order to help or achieve sth 为了,有助于In the interests of safety, smoking is forbidden. 为了安全,禁止吸烟.Pay sth back/return sth with interest: react to the harm sb h
get in sb's hair: annoy sb by preventing them from doing sth (因妨碍而)惹恼某人I can do the housework much more quickly when the children aren't getting in my hair all the time. 要不是孩子老烦着我的
内容文本have (got) sth at your fingertips: be so familiar with a subject that you can produce any facts about it easily and quickly 对...了如指掌,精通某事The minister was well prepared for the interv
be lost on sb: not be understood or noticed by sb 未被某人理解或注意到I'm afraid that joke was lost on me. 恐怕我没有领会那个笑话.Good writing is lost on him. He's just not interested in literature
Hit the spot: if sth hits the spot it does exactly what it should do 发挥作用,适得其用,切合需要I decided I wasn't really hungry, but the coffee really hit the spot and I drank a whole pot. 我其实不饿
Off the beaten path/track: far away from where people normally live or go 偏僻,人迹罕至Our house is a bit off the beaten track. 我们的房子的地点有点太偏僻了.They live miles off the beaten track. 他们