1.go to the dogs 墮落

The poor man went to the dogs after he lost his job.

那可憐的人失業之后就墮落了。

2.make a pig of oneself 猛吃猛喝

He always makes a pig of himself.

他總是暴飲暴食。

3.smell a rat 感到不妙(rat老鼠)

When he saw the policemen walking to him，he smelt arat.

當他看到警察朝他走來時，就感到不妙。

4.hold one’s horses 耐心

Hold your horses，we still have some time left.

耐心點，我們仍然有時間。

5.get one’s goat 令某人生氣/發火

The students got his goat because they didn’t do theirhomework.學生們因為沒有做家庭作業使他很生氣。

6.do the donkeywork 做呆板的例行工作(donkey驢)

He had to do the donkeywork.

他不得不做那些呆板的工作。

7.put one’s monkey up 使某人生氣

Your last word put his monkey up.

你最后一句話使他很生氣。

8.kill two birds with one stone 一舉兩得

He killed two birds with one stone by shopping and seeing thefilm.

他既買了東西又看了電影，真是一舉兩得。

9.rise up with the lark 早起(lark云雀)

Every day my mother rises up with the lark.

我母親每天都早起。

10.have a bee in one’s head 神經不正常、胡思亂想

It seems that the woman has a bee in her head.

那婦女看起來神經有點不正常。

11.have other fish to fry 有要緊的事要干

i have no time now.I have other fish to fry.

我現在沒有時間，我有要緊的事要干。

12.like a duck to water 輕而易舉

He worked out the problem like a duck to water.

他輕而易舉地做出了這道題。