英语习语

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

A Stone’s Throw
A very short distance
很短的距离，掷石之遥

A face only a mother could love
A very ugly face
长得非常丑，一张只有母亲能爱的脸

Be head over heels
Be in love with somebody very much
坠入爱河，爱得神魂颠倒

Criticize the Paint Job on the Titanic
To obsess over small flaws and miss serious ones
过于着眼于小瑕疵，而忽略了大问题

Hit the roof
To become very angry
火冒三丈，暴跳如雷