(1) cross my heart（用于强调所说属实）

I saw him do it, cross my heart.

我看见他干的，我可以发誓。

(2) cross one's fingers 祈求成功

I'm crossing my figures that my proposal will be accepted.

但愿我的建议能被采纳。

(3) cross one's mind（指想法等）出现，掠过

It never crossed my mind that she might lose.

我从未想到她会失败。

(4) cross sb.'s path 与某人相遇（通常指不期而遇）

I hope I'll never cross her path again.

但愿我永远不再见到她。

(5) cross swords (with sb.) 与（某人）交锋；争论

The chairman and I have crossed swords before over this issue.

我同主席以前曾经对这个问题进行过辩论。

(6) cross sth. off (sth.)/cross sth. out (through) 划掉（某物）

1. We can cross his name off (the list), as he's not coming.

既然他不来了，我们可以把他的名字（从名单中）划掉。

2. Two words have been crossed out in the article.

文章中有两个词划掉了。

(7) as the crow flies 直线地；最短距离地

1. It is no more than 30 miles from London as the crow flies.

从这里到伦敦，走直线至多30英里。

2. We cut over the fields straight as the crow flies.

我们抄近路笔直地穿过田野。

(8) crowd out (sth./sb.) 排挤出（某物/某人）

1. The restaurant's regular customers are being crowded out by tourists.

这家餐馆的老主顾被游客挤得进不了门。

2. Small shops are being crowded out by the big supermarkets.

小商店正受到大型超级市场的排挤。

(9) cudgel one's brains 冥思苦想；绞尽脑汁

Hard as I cudgeled my brains, I couldn't remember her name.

尽管我冥思苦想，还是想不起她的名字。

(10) (right) on cue 就在这时候

He said she would be back very soon and, right on cue, she walked in.

他说她很快就回来，正说着，她走进来了。

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