Are you by yourself? 你一个人来吗？ Don’t fall for it! 不要上当！ Give him the works! 给他点教训！ I’ll see to it! 我会留意的！ That’s always the case! 习以为常了！ You owe me one! 你欠我一个人情 Any day will do? 哪一天都可以？ Are you by yourself? 你一个人来吗？ Believe it or not! 信不信由

Walls have ears. 隔墙有耳。 原句： Keep your voice down. Still water runs deep. 大智若愚。 原句：A wise man playing a fool. blue and black－－－－鼻青脸肿 Actions speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩 All is not gold that glitters.金玉其外败絮其中 An idle youth， a needy age.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲 Bitter pills may ha

美式英语： Eg. I’ll back you up all the way.我完全支持你。 原句： I will support you from beginning to end. Eg. Why don’t you get off my back? 不要来打扰我，好不好？ 原句：Don’t disturb me. Eg. That’s enough of your back talk. 不许你回嘴。 原句： I don’t like the way you argue with me.

1. Pain past is pleasure. （过去的痛苦就是快乐。）[无论多么艰难一定要咬牙冲过去，将来回忆起来一定甜蜜无比。] 2． While there is life, there is hope. （有生命就有希望/留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。） 3． Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand. （脑中有知识，胜过手中有金钱。）[从小灌输给孩子的坚定信念。] 4． St

Baby Kisser—指那些爱拍马屁，假惺惺的人 black sheep—害群之马，败类 breakfast-time—结婚后都会经过一个危急时期，被称作“早餐时间 Bus Boy —小二、小厮 dressed turkey—光板火鸡（北京居民所熟悉的菜市场的“西装鸡”） Cheap skate—小气鬼 Chew the fat —悠然自得地聊天，闲磕牙儿 Drug Free

Something worth thinking about. 值得思考的事情 How many times have you heard the expression that most people spend more time planning their vacation than they do planning their lives. I would expand that expression by adding that most people spend more time “thinking” about their vacation than they d

Just for today 就为了今天 Just for today I will try to live through this day only and not tackle my whole life problem at once. I can do something for twelve hours that would appall me if I had to keep it up for a lifetime. Just for today I will be happy. This assumes to be true what Abraham Lincoln said, that