(1) body and soul 全心全意地；完完全全的

1.  I love my wife body and soul.

我真心实意地爱我的太太。

2.  He fought body and soul for his country.

他全心全意地为祖国而战斗。

(2) boil sth. down (to sth.) 归纳（某事）；浓缩（某事）

Could you boil that article down to 400 words?

你能把这篇文事缩写成400字吗?

(3) as bold as brass厚颜无耻的

He sat there as bold as brass and refused to leave。

他厚颜无耻地赖在那儿不走。

(4) a bolt from the blue 意外的事件；晴天霹雳；突如其来的事情

1. The news of his death was (like) a bolt from the blue.

他逝世的消息犹如睛天霹雳。

2. His decision to go abroad is a bolt from the blue.

他决定出国，这真是件出人意料的事。

(5) have a bone to pick with sb. 就某事跟某人辩论或争吵

I have a bone to pick with you. Why didn't you return those reports to me as you promised to do?

我得和你讲讲理，你答应把那份报告还给我，为什么不还?

(6) make no bones about (doing) sth. 对（做）某事毫不掩饰；坦率地做（某事）

1. He made no bones about his extreme left-wing views.

他毫不隐讳自己极左的观点。

2. She made no bones about telling her husband she wanted to divorce.

她坦率地告诉她丈夫，她要离婚。

(7) in sb. 's good/bad books 得某人(失某人)欢心（此处的books 一-词,系用其本义“各册”）

1. You'll be in the boss's bad books if you don't work harder.

工作不努力，老板对你就没有好感。

2. I'm rather out of her books just now.

我现在是不顺她的眼的。

3. If you want to keep in her good books, you had better not call her the old lady.

如果你想得到她的欢心，你最好不要称呼她为老太婆。

(8) bring sb. to book (for sth.) 要求某人对其行为做出解释；责问某人；追究某人

1. The teacher brought Jack to book for his rude behavior.

老师要杰克对他的粗鲁行为做出解释。

2. The judges are going to bring the criminal to book.

法官准备责问这个犯人。

(9) throw the book at sb. 警告某人必须按规定办事，否则可能受处分；严惩某人

1. Do that again and I'll throw the book at you.

你再做，我就要处分你了。

2. The Judge throws the book at the defendant and sentenced him to six years in jail.

法官对被告从严判决，判处他6年监禁。

(10) give sb. the boot/get the boot 解雇（某人）；被解雇

If you're late once more, you're getting the boot.

你再迟到一次，就要把你解雇了。

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