英语习语

Chop Shop
A shop where stolen cars are disassembled for parts
地下拆车厂

Bang to rights
Caught in an unlawful or immoral act without any mitigating circumstances
当场抓住，逮个正着

Have/with your nose in the air
Have a snobbish or disdainful attitude
鼻孔朝天，目中无人

Crash a Party
To attend a party without being invited
未经邀请而闯进宴会，做不速之客

In the pipeline
Being prepared for the marketplace, being worked on
在筹划中；在进行中

Pencil something in
Make tentative arrangements
草拟，初定

Stand one’s ground
Refuse to back down; insist on one’s position
坚守阵地；坚持立场，拒不让步

Under the Table
Without being officially recorded
私底下，幕后交易

A Little Bird Told Me
I got this information from a source I cannot reveal
无可奉告，我不说

Dog eat dog
Intensely competitive
狗咬狗的；残酷无情的竞争；自相残杀

drag your feet
do something very reluctantly; delay doing something
（因为不情愿而）拖拖拉拉地做，磨蹭

Eat out of house and home
Eat everything in somebody’s house
把…吃穷；吃光…的家当