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...

O-12：out of breath 上气不接下气 A:Oh, youre out of breath! Whats happened? A:哦，你上气不接下气地，出什么事了？ B:A gang of bastards are wildly shooting on the next street. We must leave this place the soonest! B:一帮...

O-11：out of a clear blue sky 出乎意料 A:The trouble is not that. It is that he may suddenly remember something I promised him a couple of weeks ago, out of a clear blue sky. Then he complains that I have gone back on my words. A:麻烦不...

O-10：osmosis 埋头 A:Mary is really a diligent girl. A:玛丽真是一个勤奋的姑娘。 B:What do you mean? B:为什么这么说？ A:She learns to speak Lation by osmosis within three months. A:她废寝忘食三个月学会了拉丁语...

O-9：open someones eye to 使某人意识到 A:The eountry is strong only in appearance. Dont you think so? A:这国家只是外表强大，你不这么认为吗？ B:Yes. In fact therere quite a large number of people who have no food to...