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1. nothing but

W: How dare you be so rude to me!

M: I’m so sorry. I didn’t really mean to hurt you. It’s nothing but a joke!

【解析】

女士说：“你怎么敢对我如此粗鲁！” How dare you do sth. 这个句型表达说话人的愤怒和不满，意思是“你怎么敢……”。男士道歉说没想伤害这位女士，这只是一个玩笑而已。nothing but的含义是“仅仅”。

2. anything but

W: I heard you went to Pairs for holidays last week. I believe it was bound to be a wonderful trip!

M: Not exactly. My visit to Paris was anything but a pleasure trip.

【解析】

女士听说男士上周去巴黎度假了，并且相信这绝对是一次不错的旅行。be bound to do sth. 表示“一定……”。在男士的话语中，anything but的含义为“绝不、绝非”，因而男士的意思是他认为巴黎之行绝不是一次充满乐趣的旅行。

3. How come?

M: I have to tell you Sam failed the exam.

W: How come? Isn’t he the best student in the class?

【解析】

男士告诉女士说Sam考试不及格，女士很诧异。How come的含义相当于why。女士的意思是“怎么会这样？他难道不是班上最好的学生吗？”

4. I’m up to my ears in …

M: Can you come over for dinner tonight?

W: I’m up to my ears in works, so I’ll have to take a rain check.

【解析】

男士问女士今晚能否顺便来吃个饭，女士说工作忙得不可开交，所以暂时来不了了。be up to one’s ears in sth.的意思是某人忙得不可开交。（小白老师说：这个对话还涉及到另外一个重要的短语take a rain check, 表示“暂时拒绝，以待接受改日邀请”的意思）

5. be under the weather

W: Sam, what’s wrong with you? I haven’t seen you for several days.

M: Oh, it’s nothing. I was just a little under the weather. I feel better now.

【解析】

女士问男士最近怎么了，好几天没见到他了。男士回答说没什么，有点不舒服，现在好多了。be under the weather表示“不舒服，生病了”。（小白老师说：可以预见，这个短语一旦考到错误率必然是极高的，和天气还真没半毛钱关系）

6. Don’t bury your head in the sand.

W: I really don’t want to do the work. Itis so tough and I can’t stand it any more.

M: Don’t bury your head in the sand. You’ll learn a lot more from the experience.

【解析】

女士抱怨道：“我真的不想再做这项工作了。太难了，我再也无法忍受了！”男士安慰道：“不要逃避现实，你会从中学到很多东西。”Don’t bury your head in the sand.表示“不要逃避现实，要勇于面对。

7. be cut out for / to be

M: I heard Mary decided to study medicine.

W: I don’t think she is cut out for the medical profession.

【解析】

男士告诉女士Mary决定学医，女士说我觉得她天生不是学医的料。be cut out for sth.表示“天生适合”。

8. blow up

M: What’s happened to Sam?

W: When I told him the bad news that his son failed in the exam, he blew up.

【解析】

blow up的含义为“某人很生气”。

9. 虚拟语气

M: The dress you tried on was really nice,and reasonably priced.

W: I’d bought it right away if they had had it in my size.

【解析】

男士说：“你刚才试穿的衣服真漂亮，而且价格合理。”女士回答道：“要是有我穿的号我一定立马买走。”虚拟语气表示假设，实际情况是没有这位女士能穿的尺码，因此她也没有买。

10. I will save my breath.

W: I know you need a lot of money for the project. But why don’t you ask Sam for help?

M: Ask him? I’ll save my breath.

【解析】

女士问道：“我知道你这个项目需要很多钱，但为什么不向Sam求助呢？”男士回答道：“想他借？我还是省省力气吧。”对话中，why don’t you do sth.表示一种委婉的建议。I’ll save my breath.的意思是“省省力气吧，没用的”。

11. count on

W: I wonder to know whether Mary takes her camera.

M: You should never count on her. She i salways forgetful…

【解析】

女士说：“我想知道Mary是否带相机了。”男士说：“你永远不要指望她，她总是丢三落四的。”count on的意思是“依靠，指望”。

12. pigs fly

W: John says that he is bound to pass the exam.

M: He’ll succeed when pigs fly.

【解析】

女士说：“John一定能通过考试。”男士揶揄道：“他能考及格，猪都能飞了。”pigs fly表示“…事情绝对不可能”（小白老师说：这个习语和中文“男人靠得住，老母猪能上树”简直是神同步啊！要不怎么说中西文化是相通的呢！呵呵！）

13. count the days

M: Are you looking forward to going home for holidays?

W: Sure. I’m counting the days.

【解析】

男士问女士：“你盼着回家度假吗？”女士说：“当然，我数着日子呢。”count the days暗示女士归心似箭，已经到了数着日子的地步了。

14. bite off more than one can chew

M: I’ve decided to take eight courses next semester.

W: Don’t bite off more than you can chew.

【解析】

男士告诉女士他决定下学期选八门课。女士的劝说意思是“别贪多嚼不烂”。

15. cost sb. an arm and a leg

W: Did you see the pearl necklace Sam gave to Mary?

M: It must have cost him an arm and a leg.

【解析】

女士问男士：“你看到Sam给Mary买的珍珠项链了吗？”男士说：“一定花了他一只胳膊一条腿。”言下之意是“让某人花了一笔大钱”。

16. not do anything / a lot / much for sb.

W: What do you think of my new hair style?

M: It doesn’t do anything for you.

【解析】

女士问男士觉得她的新发型如何，男士说这个发型没能使她变得更漂亮一些。

17. hold water

W: I believe the wealthier you are, the happier you feel.

M: Your argument doesn’t hold water.

【解析】

女士认为越有钱越快乐。男士反驳说：“你的观点站不住脚。”hold water的意思是“说不通，站不住脚”。

18. cannot do … without …

W: Harry, you’d better forget Mary.

M: Impossible! I can’t live without her!

【解析】

女士劝男士忘了Mary。男士答道：“不可能！没她我就没法活！”这个短语表达的含义就是“没有……就无法……”。

19. burn the midnight oil

W: What’s wrong with you, John? You look very tired.

M: I have a big test today, so I burn the midnight oil last night.

【解析】

女士问男士有什么不舒服，男士看上去很疲惫。男士说他今天有一个重要的考试，昨天晚上熬夜了。Burn the midnight oil的含义就是stay up, 即“熬夜”。

20. Don’t put all one’s eggs in one basket.

M: I am now busy with job hunting.

W: You’d better apply for several jobs and don’t put all your eggs in one basket.

【解析】

男士告诉女士：“我正忙着找工作。”job hunting表示找工作。女士建议男士多申请几份，别把所有的鸡蛋放在一个篮子里。Don’t put all one’s eggs in one basket.这个句子的意思是显而易见的，即“不要把所有的鸡蛋放在一个篮子里，要注意分散风险。”

21. if only

W: Have you found your wallet?

M: If only I could remember where I had left it.

【解析】

女士问男士：“找到钱包了吗？”男士说：“要是我记得我把它放在哪里就好了。”if only的意思是“要是……就好了”，也是虚拟语气的一种。

22. no wonder

W: I feel faint.

M: No wonder. You haven’t had a bite all day.

【解析】

女士说她感到头晕。男士说：“难怪，你一整天都没有吃上一口东西。”no wonder的含义是“难怪，不足为奇”。（小白老师说：这段对话大家一定已经非常熟悉了，这是医博英语考试短对话开始前千年不变的样题，在考场上一定要注意听，不要走神。因为这个样题读完就正式开始第一题了，）

23. in vain

W: As a friend, you should persuade him to accept the chance of going abroad for further study.

M: I had a talk with him about it, but in vain.

【解析】

女士说：“作为朋友，你应该劝他接受这个出国进修的机会。”男士说：“我和他谈过此事，但没用。”in vain的含义是“无用的、徒劳的”。

24. from scratch

M: It is reported that John Smith will have had 100 chain stores totally by the end of this year. He is the big cheese now.

W: But no one knows he started from scratch with 200 dollars he’d borrowed from his friend.

【解析】

在男士话语中，it is reported that ……意为“据报道……”，chain stores的意思是连锁店，the big cheese指的是“大人物”。女士说：“但没人知道他是从一个朋友那里借来200美元白手起家的。”from scratch的含义就是“白手起家”.

25. up to scratch

W: Mr. Smith, I’m wondering to know whether you are interested in our software?

M: Sorry, I have to say this software couldn’t be up to scratch. It is not easy to use.

【解析】

女士想要知道男士对她们公司的软件是否感兴趣。在男士的话语中，be up to scratch的含义是“达到标准”。

26. can’t too + adj.

M: Why are so many young girls obsessed with being thin?

W: As a man, you can’t understand it. As for girls, they can’t be too thin.

【解析】

在男士的话语中，be obsessed with的意思是“对……很痴迷”，男士的意思是：“到底为什么这么多的年轻女孩这么痴迷苗条呢？”女士话语中，can’t be too thin的意思是：“对于女孩子来说，再怎么瘦也不为过。”

27. It’s written all over your face.

M: If you really like the purse, I will buy it for you.

W: Why do you know I like it very much?

M: It’s written all over your face.

【解析】

It’s written all over your face.直译就好了：一切都写在你脸上了。意思是“太明显了”。

28. like peas and carrots

W: I admire Mary and Sam. They are always together whatever they do.

M: Exactly. They are like peas and carrots.

【解析】

女士说很羡慕Mary和Sam，无论做什么他们都总是在一起。Like peas and carrots，像豌豆和胡萝卜一样，意思是“形影不离”。

29. a third wheel

M: Mary and I would like to see a movie after work. Would you like to go with us?

W: Anyway, thanks. But I don’t want to be a third wheel.

【解析】

男士问女士愿不愿意跟他和Mary一起下班后看电影。女士的回答中，a third wheel的意思是“不合时宜的人”，也就是我们常说的“电灯泡”。

30. in one ear and out the other

W: As his father, you should persuade him to change his mind and choose medicine as his major.

M: Yes, I did. But since he already made his decision, my advice went in one ear and out the other.

【解析】

女士认为男士应该劝说儿子改变主意，选择医学为专业。男士很无奈的说“我劝过，但是因为他已经做出了决定，我的建议也只能是左耳朵进右耳朵出了。”意思是儿子不听劝。

31. be in sb.’s shoes

M: I really understand my son’s decision that he persists in choosing maths as his major. Why doesn’t he change his mind to learn accounting?

W: If you are in his shoes, you are likely to understand him.

【解析】

在男士的话语中，persist in doing sth. 的意思是“执意要做某事”。女士的回答中，be in sb.’s shoes的意思是“设身处地，站在某人的立场上”。

32. pay lip service

M: Did you have a fine holiday? I remembe ryou told me that your boyfriend had promised you to go abroad for holidays in the summer vacation.

W: He always pays lip service.

【解析】

男士问女士假期是否过得愉快，因为女士曾提过她男朋友答应假期带她去国外度假。在女士的回答中，pay lip service的意思就是“光动嘴，不付诸行动”。（小白老师说：所以呀，男人要是靠得住，Pigs fly.）

33. down-to-earth

M: I am determined to stop smoking since now.

W: Shouting slogans alone will never get things done. What you need is down-to-earth efforts.

【解析】

男士信誓旦旦地说要戒烟。在女士的话中，slogan的意思是标语，down-to-earth的意思是“脚踏实地的，实实在在的”，因而女士的意思是说光喊口号没用，需要实实在在的努力。

34. find fault with sb.

W: Recently, I’m not satisfied with my husband. He hasn’t given me flowers for a week and I really hope he can be more romantic.

M: You shouldn’t find fault with him all the time.

【解析】

女士说她最近不满意他丈夫，说她丈夫已经有一个星期没有给她送花了，而且希望他能更浪漫一些。find fault with sb.的意思是“挑剔，吹毛求疵”。

35. ups and downs

W: Mr. Smith was a successful investor before. But he is so unfortunate that he experienced a tough period recently.At first he was bankrupt, and then his wife died in a car accident.

M: Life is full of ups and downs.

【解析】

女士认为Smith最近很不幸，先是破产了，然后妻子又死于一场车祸。男士也很感慨地说：“生活有得意时也有失意时。”ups and downs的意思是“人生的起起落落”。

36. odds and ends

M: I hear that you are moving in June. What can I do for you?

W: Thanks. Everything is done except for a few odds and ends.

【解析】

男士听说女士要搬家，问是否要帮忙。Odds and ends的意思是“零零碎碎的东西”。女士的意思是说一切都已经搞定了，除了一些零碎东西。

37. His / Her bark is worse than his / her bite.

M: I really don’t want to talk to my father any more. He is always shouting at me!

W: Actually your father cares about you all the time. Don’t worry, his bark is worse than his bite.

【解析】

男士说她不愿意再和父亲说话了，因为他父亲总是对他大吼大叫。女士则告诉他其实他父亲一直都很在乎他。Bark原意指“狗叫，大声的愤怒的喊叫”，his bark is worse than his bite的意思是“一个人外表看起来言辞激烈大吼大叫，但心地善良”，意思接近中文的“刀子嘴，豆腐心”。

38. at one’s service

M: Madam, do you have anything I can do for you?

W: No, thanks.

M: If you need anything, I’m at your service.

【解析】

at one’s service的意思是“随时可以提供帮助”。在上面这个短对话中，意为如果您有什么需要，尽管吩咐。

39. know oneself out

W: You’d better go to bed now. Don’t knock yourself out trying to finish the project today.

M: I would like to, but there is not plenty of time.

【解析】

女士希望男士上床去睡觉，别让自己太累，别非得今天完成工作。knock oneself out表示“筋疲力尽”。

40. at one’s fingers’ tips

W: Could you give me some advice on how to get along well with Jim?

M: If it was at my fingers’ tips, I would give you all the information right now.

【解析】

get along well with sb.意为“和某人愉快相处”。在男士的话语中，使用了虚拟语气at one’s fingers’ tips的意思是“了如指掌”。这句话的意思是：“如果这事情我了如指掌的话，我一定会把全部情况立即告诉你。”言下之意是“我不清楚到底什么情况”。

41. at stake

M: Mary, I’m afraid I can’t go with you for dinner. I’m occupied with a big project now, and I have to finish today, otherwise I’m likely to be fired.

W: Your health is at stake, not your job.

【解析】

be occupied with sth. 意为“忙于……”。女士的话中，at stake的意思是“有风险，岌岌可危”，因而这句话的意思是“是你的健康受到损害，不是你的工作“。

42. at one’s wits’ end

W: We have discussed the solution to the problem for a whole day. Who can put forward a feasible one now?

M: I’m afraid I can’t. I’m at my wits end now.

【解析】

Feasible意为“切实可行的”。wit愿意是指人的才智，如果一个人的才智已经到头了，已经不知所措了，那么我们就可以用at one’s wits’ end来表示，意思相当于中文的“黔驴技穷”。

43. round the clock

W: I’m wondering whether you can go with me to see a movie today?

M: I’m afraid not. I have to finish a presentation and maybe I will work round the clock.

【解析】

I’m wondering…是一种很委婉、客气地询问对方是否可以做某事的说法。Round the clocked的意思是“昼夜不停”。

44. in good time

M: We hardly missed the train.

W: Yeah, thanks to the fast taxi driver, or we couldn’t arrive at the station in good time.

【解析】

thanks to表示“幸亏，多亏”，in good time的意思是“及时”。

45. have one’s hands full

W: Henry, here is a new order. Please deal with it right now.

M: Sorry, I can’t accept the new order anymore since I already have my hands full.

【解析】

Order的意思是“订单”。Have one’s hands full表示“让某人手里满满当当的”，言外之意就是“手上订单都做不完，忙得不可开交”。

46. exclusive of

M: Hello, I would like to book a single room for Tuesday next week. What is the rate, please?

W: The current rate is $100 per night exclusive of breakfast.

【解析】

Book a single room预订一个单间。What is the rate, please?是在问房价是多少。Exclusive of的意思是“不包含”，所以女士的回答是说目前房价是100块美元一晚，不含早餐。

47. hang in there

M: Learning English is so tough that I don’t want to learn it any more.

W: Hang in there!

【解析】

男士认为学英语太难了，不想再学下去了。Hang in there表示一种鼓励，意思是“别泄气，坚持下去！”

48. burn a hole in one’s pocket

W: Jim, your shoes are cool. How much did it cost you?

M: 1,000 yuan.

W: It can really burn a hole in my pocket.

【解析】

某物把一个人的口袋烧了个洞，意思是说“这样东西价格昂贵”。

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