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EASYAMERICANIDIOMSHundredsofidiomaticexpressionstogiveyouanedgeinEnglish!byRachelVarraEditedbyChristopherWarnaschACKNOWLEDGMENTSThankstotheLivingLanguagestaff:TomRussell,NicoleBenhabib,ChristopherWarnasch,SuzanneMcQuade,ShainaMalkin,ElhamShabahat,SophieChin,LindaSchmidt,AlisonSkrabek,CarolynRoth,andTomMarshall.Copyright©2006byLivingLanguage,animprintofRandomHouse,Inc.LivingLanguageisamemberoftheRandomHouseInformationGroupLivingLanguageandcolophonareregisteredtrademarksofRandomHouse,Inc.Allrightsreserved.PublishedintheUnitedStatesbyLivingLanguage,animprintofRandomHouse,Inc.:CarolynRothProductionManager:TomMarshallInteriorDesign:SophieYeChinISBN:978-1-4000-0659-5LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationDataavailableuponrequest.Thisbookisavailableatspecialdiscountsforbulkpurchasesforsalespromotionsorpremiums.Specialeditions,includingpersonalizedcovers,excerptsofexistingbooks,andcorporateimprints,canbecreatedinlargequantitiesforspecialneeds.Formoreinformation,writetoSpecialMarkets/PremiumSales,1745Broadway,MD6-2,NewYork,NewYork10019,[e-mail]OFAMERICA10987654321CONTENTSLESSON1MyToeIsKillingMe!42TyingtheKnot63That’saWeightoffMyShoulders!94IHaveaBonetoPickwithYou!125LikePullingTeeth166Honey,There’sSomethingonMyMind...197NowWe’reCooking!218FitsLikeaGlove!259I’mUptoMyEyeballsinWork!2810She’sGotYouWrappedaroundHerFinger.3o11That’sPuttingtheCartbeforetheHorse.3212LikeaBatoutofHell3513It’saSteal!3814OfftheBeatenTrack4o15TurningOveraNewLeaf4416FacetheMusic!4717Let’sCatchaFlick,ThenGrabaBite.5o18TaketheBullbytheHorns.5219JustCheckingIn...5520JustGowiththeFlow!581MyToeIsKillingMe!Doctor:Sorryyouwaitedsolong,Paul;I’vebeentiedupallafternoon.Whatseemstobetheproblemthistime?Paul:Doc,mytoe’skillingme.Ithinkit’sbroken.Doctor:Hmm...Let’shavealook.Oh,yeah,that’sabeauty.Youreallydidanumberonthattoe.How’dithappen?Paul:Iwashelpingmybrothermove.Idroppedadeskonmyfoot.Doctor:Well,that’sasurefirewaytobreaksomebones.Paul,didn’tIseeyoulastyearforsomesprainedfingers?Paul:Yeah...Iwastryingtofixthetoiletandgotmyhandstuck.Iyankeditout,andhurtmyself.I’mstilltryingtolivethatonedown.Doctor:Well,Mr.Fix-it,you’vereallyoutdoneyourselfthistime.Youwon’tbewalkingwiththisfootforeightweeks.Paul:That’simpossible!Ihaveacampingtripscheduledforsixweeksfromnow.Can’titbehealedbythen?Doctor:That’satallorder,Paul...ButIsupposeit’snotoutofthequestion.Withalotofrestnow...andintensivephysicaltherapy,youjustmaybebackinthesaddleagaininsixweeks.Butthetherapyrequiresalotofwork,andtime...andspecifically,followingthedoctor’sorders...Canyouhandlethat?Paul:Pieceofcake!Doctor:Butlisten,evenifyouarewalkingbythen,you’vegottotakeiteasyduringthetrip.Noclimbingtreesorjumpingacrossstreamsoranything.Youreallyneedtobabythislegforawhile!Paul:Surething.Doctor:Well,Paul...let’sgetyoubandagedup.We’llhaveyouhobblingoutofhereinnotime.Now...Iwantyoutokeepaneyeontheswellingintherestofthelegandfoot.AndgetintouchwithDr.Phillips...She’sthephysicaltherapist.Paul:Okay,Doc.ShouldIdropbyhereanotherday?LESSON4Doctor:Yes.We’regoingtowanttofollowuponthisinabouttwoweeks.Paul:I’llscheduleanappointmentwiththereceptionist.Thanks.Bye,Doc.Doctor:You’rewelcome.AndPaul,takeiteasy,wouldyou?Paul:Yes,Iwill.Ipromise.1.Tobetiedupwithsomethingorsomeone.Tobebusy.2.Tobekillingsomeone.Tobeverypainful.3.Abeauty.Averygoodorvividexampleofsomething;inthiscase,areallygoodexampleofabadinjury.4.Todoanumberonsomething.Todamage,destroy,orhurtsomethingbadly.5.Asurefirewaytodosomething.Awaythatwilldefinitelyhaveacertainoutcomeorresult.6.Tolivesomethingdown.Tobeallowedtoforgetaboutanembarrassingsituation.Thisisusedinthenegative—toneverornotlivesomethingdown.Acommonwayyou’llhearthisexpressionisthephrase“I’llneverlivethisdown!”7.Tooutdoyourself.Todosomethingverywell.Todobetterthanyounormallydo.Notethatthisexpressionisoftenusedinasarcasticway.8.Atallorder.Anunusuallydifficultrequest.9.Tobeoutofthequestion.Tobeimpossibletoaccomplish.10.Tobebackinthesaddle.Toreturntoyournormalactivities,especiallyafteranillnessorinjury.Tobebackincontrolofyournormalactivities.11.Tohandlesomething.Tocopewithormanageasituation.12.Tobeapieceofcake.Tobeveryeasy.13.Totakeiteasy.Todothingsslowlyandcarefully,withouttiringyourself.14.Tobabysomeoneorsomething.Totreatverycarefullyandwithgreatsensitivity.15.Tokeepaneyeon.Towatchcarefully.16.Togetintouchwith.Tocontact,totalktosomeone.17.Todropby.Tovisitsomeone.18.Tofollowuponsomething.Toaddressorcheckonasituationlater.5更多精品在大家！大家网，大家的！口语最新最全资料下载汇总（不断更新）《背诵为王》全四册文本及听力倾心奉献一周口语2009.11.30-12.11PDF下载新东方背诵五十篇WORD+MP3下载新东方4+1听力口语MP3下载超感人爱情电影台词英语口语资料大汇总（文本及听力下载）(一)英语入门：【音标学习】初学者必看动画讲英语语法【音标学习】动画学音标完整版音标学习电子书]英语国际音标一学就会共30期电子书下载（文本及听力）英语发音十日过美语发音全面总结有声动画英语电子书下载英语入门--迪斯尼神奇英语三册彩色电子版PDF下载教孩子学英语(英文原版).pdf下载《小朋友美语手册(4册)文本+MP3》下载影视口语：《结婚大作战》BrideWars精讲笔记WORD下载5部经典影视口语精讲笔记WORD下载《好好先生》YESMAN精讲笔记WORD下载《哈利·波特与混血王子》精讲笔记WORD下载JustMyLuck《倒霉爱神》精讲笔记WORD下载NannyDiaries《保姆日记》