1. a picky eater  吃飯挑剔之人

2. apple of one's eye  珍愛之人（或物），寶貝 

3. the cold shoulder   對某人冷淡

4. a slip of the tongue 口誤

5. a bitter pill to swallow  吞下苦果

6. an apple a day keeps the doctor away 

一天一個蘋果，不用請醫生（常吃水果有益健康）

7. a piece of cake容易做的事（不費吹灰之力）

8. as fit as a fiddle   非常健康 

9. a big appetite 胃口很好 

10. an adventurous eater 大膽的食客

11. bring home the bacon掙錢養家 

12. bite off more than you can chew

貪多而吃不下（尤指接下過多工作而完不成）

13. burn the midnight oil熬夜 

14. be kept in the dark  被蒙在鼓里

15. behind the times過時了，落伍了，不時髦

16. bump into 偶然碰到,撞見

17. burn the candle at both ends  非常忙碌，過度疲勞

18. cry over spilt milk   覆水難收

19. It is not my cup of tea非我所愛

20. the calm before the storm暴風雨前的平靜

21. born with a silver spoon in your mouth生于富貴之家，生來享受富貴 

22. by hook or by crook 不擇手段，無論如何

23. burn one's bridges  破釜沉舟，自斷后路

24. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder  情人眼里出西施

25. bite the hand that feeds you   忘恩負義

26. eat like a horse  吃得很多

27. go to pieces 破碎,沮喪，心碎

28. go Dutch   各付各的錢 

29. get the axe:  被解雇，被開除

30. go in one ear and out the other   聽了并不照辦,左耳朵進右耳朵出 

31. get carried away 得意忘形,失去理智

32. give somebody a ring 給某人打電話

33. give somebody a hand 幫助某人

34. have your cake and eat it   魚與熊掌兼得

35. hold your horses  放慢，等一等

36. high and dry 讓某人陷入困境

37. hit the hay   去睡覺

38. be hot and bothered   焦慮，不安

39. have one's hands full  很忙

40. have cold feet緊張

41. hit the roof  很生氣

42. His name rings a bell  名字聽起來很熟

43. have a heart of gold   心好,好人

44. in the wink of an eye   一眨眼功夫,很快

45. to jump the gun   行動過早, 結論錯誤

46. keep a straight face擺出嚴肅面孔.忍住不笑

47. keep one's fingers crossed  交叉手指,乞求好運

48. keep an eye on someone留心,留意

49. to kick the bucket 死

50. to knock your teeth out打人

51. look for a needle in a haystack  象大海撈針一樣困難

52. to let the cat out of the bag 泄露秘密

53. to let one's hair down 放松,好好玩

54. the least of my worries次要的事情,小事一樁, 一點也不擔心

55. eat one's words  收回說過的話

56. a fish out of water如魚兒離水,沒有把握,有點不安

57. to face the music  勇敢地面對困難

58. make a monkey out of  嘲弄,戲弄 

59. make eyes at 送秋波,拋媚眼

60. make one's mouth water   使人垂涎三尺,想吃

61. make or break   涉及成敗的關鍵時刻

62. music to one's ears悅耳的聲音,喜訊

63. make hay while the sun shines   趁熱打鐵，及時把握機會

64. make some time   抽出時間,擠出時間

65. meet each other half way相互妥協,各讓一步

66. My legs have fallen asleep   雙腿麻木

67. make a night of it  痛快玩一夜

68. make heads or tails of it 弄清楚,弄明白 (多用在搞不懂的情況下)