5． 小菜一碟的说法：  

nothing to it  

there is nothing to it  

none to speak of　  

no big deal  

a piece of cake  

6． 表达理所当然的说话：  

Is ice cold?常做为回答  

Is sky blue?  

Does a bird fly?  

Does a fish swim?  

by all means = in any event  

7． 一些短语（一）  

at sixes and sevens　乱七八糟  

cost sb an arm and a leg 巨贵无比，买东西大出血，非常贵  

feel under weather 天气不好  

get up from the wrong side of bed 心情不好  

don’t let the cat of bag 不要泄露秘密，不要告诉别人  
don’t let me hold the bag 不要让我背黑锅  

apple of my eye 我的掌上明珠，珍贵之物  

apple-polisher 马屁精  

One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy.一个和尚担水 

喝，两个和尚抬水喝，三个和尚没水喝  

care for = like = be attached to = get high on sth  

care to = whould you like to…  

care about = conceined 关心，在意  

take care of 处理，负责　I’ll take care of it. 我会处理的。  

be enthusiastic about 热衷于  

be hooked on sth/sb 迷恋…  

be into sth表喜欢  

be onto sth 想到…，有主意  

rave about 沉醉于，迷恋于（程度很深）  

do sth to one’s heart’s content尽兴…  

be addicted to…对…上瘾（并不完全是不好的，比如非常喜欢juzz）  

adore喜欢（喜欢小的人、东西）　adorable = cute  

8． 偶遇某人：  

come across　run into　bump into　encounter　happen to meet  

9． 不友好的表达：  

be hostile to sb　be critical of sb　be cynical to sb　confront sb  

with sth找某人争执…  

10．管用/不管用：  

it works (out)  

it helps  

it does the trick肯定+否定  

it does some good  
it makes difference　  

以上多以否定形式出现  

11．一些短语（二）  

as cool as a cucumber  

as fit as fiddle　身体健康  

as healthy as a horse  

as strong as an ox  

as stupid as a donkey  

as stubborn as a mule　形容某人太倔了  

as poor as a churche mouse  

as merry as a cricket　形容某人太快乐了  

as proud as a pencock形容某人太骄傲  

as changeable as a moon形容多变  

as like as two peas 形容长的像  

as easy as ABC  

as simple as one two three  

12．健忘：  

slip one’s mind　slip one’s memory　have a short memory　everything  

gets in one ear and out the other　absent-minded  

13．代替某人：  

take over for sb　fill in for sb　take the place of　take one’s place