[摘要]
· keep a stiff upper lip意志坚定，坚强不屈

One failure means nothing. You’ve got to keep a stiff upper lip.
· be at loggerheads with...互不相让

The two parties were at loggerheads w...

· keep a stiff upper lip意志坚定，坚强不屈

One failure means nothing. You’ve got to keep a stiff upper lip.
· be at loggerheads with...互不相让

The two parties were at loggerheads with each other over the new tax policy.

· a born loser一事无成者

Nobody is a born loser. All you need is perseverance.

· louse up something把某事搞得一团糟

He let the cat out of the bag, which loused up the whole deal.

· not do...for love or money死也不会……

Stop trying. I won’t betray my friend for love or money.

· feel a lump in one’s throat心里感到很难受

I felt a lump in my throat on hearing her story of fighting with the deadly disease.

· make do with...用……凑合

We are too tired to cook. We can make do with two bags of instant noodles.

· the man in the street普通的人，老百姓

The interview with the man in the street shows that 90% of them are satisfied with the TV fro grams.

· be one’s own man不受他人支配，自己管自己

Our monitor is not easy to cope with. He is much his own man.

· steal a march on someone抢在他人前面，暗渡陈仓

We stole a march on our rivals by reducing 5% of our price and got back our market.

meat and drink精神寄托

To some old people, raising pets is their meat and drink.

· be at the mercy of受……支配

When you get this kind of disease, your life is at the mercy of God.

· blow someone’s mind把某人搞得晕晕乎乎

Readers had rather high opinion of his new book, which blew his mind.

· have a good mind to do something很想去干某事

When I see young and robust men elbow their way onto the bus, I have a good mind to smack them.

· have a one-track mind死脑筋，一根筋

Mark has a one-track mind. All he cares is earning money.

· mind one’s own affairs少管闲事

You are nothing but an old gossip! Can’t you only mind your own affair?

· weigh on someone’s mind心事重重

The failure of signing the contract has been weighing on his mind. He couldn’t sleep at night.

· be of two minds拿不定主意

Jill was of two minds as whether to spend the money on books or on clothes.

· have money to burn有花不完的钱

The new rich has money to burn.

· once in a blue moon千载难逢

Our boss is a miser. He gives us a treat only once in a blue moon.