at each others throats 争吵 American courts and universities are at each others throats, and once again the issue is race. 美国法院和大学一直闹不休，这次又是种族问题。...

have had ones day 风光不再 Radio programs have had their day in the limelight. 电台节目风光的时代已经过去。...

have ones head in the sand 不顾事实真相；逃避现实；拒绝承认问题但又妄想情况好转；采取鸵鸟政策 Its no use having your head in the sand .You should try to solve the problem. 逃避现实是没有用的。你应该...

fly-by-night 不负责任的；不可靠的 The project is totally ruined by the fly-by-night undertakers. 这项工程完全是给那些不负责任的承包商破坏的。...

pull strings 运用关系；主宰局面；发挥影响力 Bob pulled some strings and managed to get us front row seats for the concert. 鲍伯运用关系替我们拿到音乐会前排的位子...

bite off more than one can chew 过份高估自己；不自量力；承担超乎个人能力的事；不能胜任于某事 The CEO concedes he bit off more than he could chew. 这位CEO承认他太不自量力。...

throw up ones hands 表示没办法处理；放弃；退出(竞争) The entrance exam is so difficult. Judy had to throw up her hands and said:university is not for me. 入学考试太难了，朱迪无能为力，说：大学是和我无缘了...

hot on someones trail 紧紧跟在某人后面走；尾随；对穷追不舍 He is hot on a suspects trail for almost an hour. 他已经紧跟那个疑犯差不多一个小时了。...

boys will be boys 小孩子不懂事 We cant accept that boys will be boys. We need intervene with boys, to hold them accountable for what they are doing. 我们无法接受小孩子不懂事的观念，我们必须管管他们，让他们对...

live it up 尽情玩乐；玩得尽兴 He carefully cultivated the image of the Outsider. He avoided the restaurants where politicians lived it up and cut their backroom deals. 他苦心塑造局外人的形象，从不涉足政治人物花天...