英语习语

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

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