爱理不理
【give sb. the cold shoulder】
例如：我不知怎么得罪她了。她见了我爱理不理的。
I have no idea what I did to offend her, but she gave me the cold shoulder.
碍手碍脚
【in the way; in sb’s way】
例如：厨房里人一多就碍手碍脚的。
Having many people in the kitchen gets in my way.
安分守己
【lead a simple life; do not make waves】
例如：我只想安分守己地过日子。
I just want to lead a simple life and not make waves.
唉声叹气
【sigh deeply】
例如：怎么了？为什么唉声叹气的？
What’s the matter? Why are you sighing so deeply?
八成
【most likely; chances are (that)】
例如：我八成会通过大学入学考试的。
Chances are I will pass my college entrance exams.
八九不离十
【more often than not; most of the time】
例如：他对体育比赛的下注总能八九不离十。
More often than not, he’s right on target when he places bets on sports.
白搭
【pointless; not worthwhile; won’t do a bit of good】
例如：事情已经过去那么久了，再追诉也是白搭。
Trying to get an appeal so long after the incident would be pointless.
和她谈这件事，白搭。
It wouldn’t do a bit of good to talk to her about this.
摆架子
【put on airs】
例如：别对我摆架子，我不吃那一套。
Don’t put on airs with me. I don’t buy it.
不修边幅
【do not pay attention to one’s appearance】
例如：他不修边幅。
He never pays attention to his appearance.
爆冷门
【produce unexpected results】
例如：这次比赛爆出冷门，获胜的是一批年轻的选手。
This competition produced an unexpected result. A group of young people won.
饱眼福
【feast one’s eyes on】
例如：如果你喜欢豪华车，这些可以让你大饱眼福。
If you like luxury cars, feast your eyes on these.
背地里
【behind somebody’s back】
例如：不要背地里谈论别人。
Don’t talk about people behind their backs.
走后门
【by the back door】
例如：他利用朋友帮他走后门，进入政府部门任职。
He used his friends to help him get into the civil service by the back door.
闭门造车
【create something without re-searching market demands】
例如：他们闭门造车，所以做出来的东西没用。
Their new product is worth-less because they failed to re-search market demands.
左右为难
【in a dilemma; between a rock and a hard place】
例如：她的请求使他左右为难。
Her request has put him between a rock and a hard place.
字里行间
【between the lines】
例如：他的信字里行间都流露出对她的爱。
His letter reveals, between the lines, his love for her.
自食其力
【stand on one’s own (two) feet】
例如：你都这么大了，该自食其力了。
You are old enough to stand on your own (two) feet.
竹篮打水一场空
【in vain】
例如：使这位议员烦恼的是，他的一切努力如竹篮打水一场空。
What annoyed the congressman is that all his effort was in vain.
众口难调
【hard to please everybody】
例如：她发现在这件事上众口难调。
She finds it hard to please everybody on this matter.
占上风
【gain the upper hand】
例如：经过第一轮比赛后，他开始占上风。
After the first round of competition, he began to gain the upper hand.
掌上明珠
【the apple of one’s eye】
例如：琳达是她父亲的掌上明珠。
Linda is the apple of her father’s eye.
循规蹈矩，不做违法的事
【keep your nose clean】
例如：自从出狱以来，他已做到规规矩矩。
Since leaving prison, he’s managed to keep his nose clean.
奄奄一息
【be on one’s deathbed】
例如：当他母亲奄奄一息时，他才赶到家。
He rushed home when his mother was on her deathbed.
昙花一现
【a flash in the pan】
例如：他的政治生涯昙花一现。
His political career was a flash in the pan.
唯命是从
【be at someone’s beck and call】
例如：20年来，他一直对老板唯命是从。
He has been at his boss’s beck and call for the past twenty years.
小题大做
【make a mountain out of a molehill】
例如：我认为他是有意小题大做。
I thought he was purposely making a mountain out of a molehill.
逍遥法外
【be at large】
例如：这两名罪犯仍逍遥法外。
These two criminals are still at large.
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