P-5：peace and quiet 安宁 A:I cant stay here any more minutes. A：我无法在此多呆一分钟。 B:Whats wrong with you? B：怎么了？ A:Tom is making so much noise. I have not a bit of peace and quiet all evening. A:汤姆秀出很...

P-4：pat on the back 鼓励一番 A:Ive puzzled my brains about how to teach the children. A:教育孩子的事真让我大伤脑筋。 B:Whats your problem? B：你怎么了？ A:My children can never be obedient even if I criticize them...

P-3：pass over 忽视 A:Where is our son, dear? A:亲爱的，儿子在哪儿？ B:He is in his bedroom. He has been in a bad mood after school. B：他在自己的房间里，放学后他就一直心情不好。 A:What happened? Have you...

P-2：parade ones knowledge 卖弄学问 A:Mark is parading his knowledge again. A:马克又在卖弄学问了。 B:Yeah! Hes very good at showing off his knowledge. B：是啊，他总是善于炫耀。 A:A well-learned person never does t...

P-1：pale as death 面无血色 A:Betty was in hospital. A:贝蒂住院了。 B:I know that. I met her last week, and she looked as pale as death. B：我知道了，上周我遇到过她，她脸色白得吓人。 A:She suffers from cance...

O-17：over the edge 疯了 A:I hear that Mary got mad. A:我听说玛丽疯了。 B:So I heard. B：我也听说了。 A:Whats wrong with her? A:怎么搞的？ B:She went over the edge after her son was killed in an accident. B：自从他儿...

O-16：over a barrel 受制于人 A:It is obvious that their goverment is nursing the hope of having all other countries over a barrel and bring them completely under their control. A:很显然，他们的政府是存心想在经济上支配其...

O-15：out of sight, out of mind 眼不见，心不烦 A:I hear that Tom has got divorced, and I dont know how he is now. A:我听说汤姆离婚了，不知道他现在怎么样？ B:Out of sight, out of mind. B：眼不见，心不烦。...

O-14：out of ones hair 使某人不受打扰 A:Ann! Dont you see the children are making so much noise here? Why dont you keep them occupied and out of their mothers hair? A:安！你没看见孩子们在这儿那么吵吗？你为什么不让...

O-13：out of ones wits 不知所措 A:Saying you wanted to kill yourself, you terrified me out of my wits. A:你说要自杀，真是把我吓死了。 B:I was playing a joke on you. B：跟你开个玩笑。 A:Thats too much. A:那也太过...