S-17：stab in the back 暗箭袭人 A:Did you hear that Marys marriage is on the rocks? A:你听说了吗，玛丽的婚姻要破裂了。 B:So I hear. B:我听说了。 A:Yesterday I met Mary, and she told me her husband often made pass a...

S-16：spread ones wings 试图独立 A:Im tired of everything in my life. A:我厌倦生活中的一切。 B:What? How happy your life is! I do envy you. B:你说什么？你生活得多幸福呀！我真嫉妒你。 A:You dont know that I...

S-15：split hairs 过于计较 A:My mother likes to split hairs. A:我妈妈太过于计较了。 B:What do you mean by that? B：你这话是什么意思？ A:Shes keen to buy something which is much cheaper. A:她喜欢买更便宜的东西...

S-14：splash ones money about 大肆挥霍钱 A:You are splashing your money about! A:你在大肆挥霍你的钱！ B:Why? I have money now. B：怎么啦？我有钱了。 A:I cant understand why you should have splashed your money about...

S-13：someones heart sinks 非常失望 A:Do you feel better? A:你觉得好点了吗？ B:Much better. My heart sank when Mary told me that she wanted to leave me. B:好多了，当玛丽告诉我她要离开时，我的心为之一沉。...

S-12：soft/weak in the head 头脑不清楚 A:If you fall in love like him, you will go soft in the head, as well. A:如果你像他一样坠入情网，你也会颠三倒四的。 B:Come of it! B：别胡诌了！ A:You want a bet? A：你敢...

S-11：skate on thin ice 情况危急 A:The New Year is coming. Is the final examination approaching, Bob? A:快到新年了！鲍勃，也该期末考试了吧？ B:Oh, yeah. We will have winter holiday. B：是的，妈妈，我们就要放...

S-10：shoulder to shoulder 同心协力的 A:Our son is gone, and my heart is gone too. I dont know how to spend the rest of my years. A:儿子去了，我的心也去了，我不知道怎样度过余生。 B:Oh, darling, we must stand sho...

S-9：shoot the cat 呕吐 A:Jack got drunk and shot the cat again last night. A:杰克昨晚喝醉了，还吐了。 B:I told him many times not to drink so much. He just turned a deaf ear. B:我跟他说了许多次别喝那么多，他全当...

S-8：shake in ones shoes 吓得发抖 A:Ted is so scared by dogs that he shakes in his shoes whenever he sees one. A:泰德非常害怕狗，他一见到狗，就会吓得发抖。 B:The reason is that he once was bitten by a dog. B：那是...