| I could murder a… |
hire on |
I know (just / exactly) how you feel |
be a shadow of your former self |
pitch up |
| confront with |
put a damper on sth |
lay something in/up |
beyond your ken |
press sb to one’s bosom |
| wet through（或to the skin） |
from afar |
rev up |
make a bolt for |
have something/a lot on the ball |
| have a quick temper |
be damned |
within (the) sound of sth |
one o'clock / two o'clock etc |
sleep like a log/baby |
| go round |
hedge off |
be on familiar terms with sb |
by common consent |
put your face on |
| the great apes |
leading lady / man |
in reality |
be bound together by/in sth |
in sb's own backyard |
| the/a slippery slope |
give sb a leg up |
the gutter press |
start from scratch |
get/take the hump |
| well enough |
polish sth ↔ up |
if all else fails |
charge with |
enough/something to be going on with |
| ahead of your time |
sell someone a bill of goods |
a ray of hope / light etc |
more in sorrow than in anger |
bend sb's ear (about sth) |
| Around |
all the livelong day |
have eyes like a hawk |
marry sb ↔ off |
sb's sense of self |
| have the legs of |
lightning never strikes twice in the same place |
reverse the charges |
blue with cold |
shoot at |
| be a go |
the march of time / history / progress etc |
out of (all) proportion (to sth) |
wall of fire / water etc |
set/get to work |
| for aught I know |
be hot off the press |
not as black as one is painted |
give mouth to |
（not） be themselves |
| by no（或not by any）stretch of the imagination |
eat salt with |
not all that good, well, etc. |
in bad repair |
go to the scrap |
| any port in a storm |
come home to |
hit-or-miss |
fall into / avoid the trap of doing sth |
artist / actor / teacher etc manque |
| run a mile |
a（或the）deuce of a - |
stick to one's gun |
getting on for |
two-headed / three-headed etc |
| in lockstep |
take sb/sth for granted |
inform sb of |
in marriage |
the white rose of innocence/virginity |
| take ill |
stand on |
imitation is the sincerest form of flattery |
pipe something away |
exempt sb from |
| badly off for sth |
the new kid on the block |
squash up |
ambient temperature / light etc |
wait about/around |
| the Pole Star |
have a good time |
hate sb's guts |
the sth / sb from hell |
make your flesh creep |