foot the bill: be responsible for paying the cost of sth 负担费用Once again it will be the taxpayer who has to foot the bill. 这一次掏腰包的又得是纳税人.The local council will have to foot the bill f
Get/lay your hands on sth: obtain sth that you want or need very much 把…弄到手,得到(非常想要的东西)Do you know where I can get my hands on a Russian dictionary? I need to check a translation.你知道
A: Oh, you are never going to pull this off.B: Watch me. Tonight, I'll hook a guy. Tomorrow, pull the switch.pull off:to succeed in doing sth difficult 做成,完成(困难的事情)We pulled off the deal. 我
It pissed the warden off something awful.这下惹恼了典狱长piss sb↔off:to make sb annoyed or bored 使生气;使厌烦Her attitude really pisses me off. 她的态度让我厌烦极了.I'm pissed off with the wa
Give sb the runaround: treat sb badly by not telling them the truth, or by not giving them the help or the information they need, and sending them somewhere else 草草打发,敷衍了事,搪塞Residents claim
We have to put our best foot forward on this pitch.put one's best foot forward: 全力以赴to make a great effort to do sth, especially if it is difficult or you are feeling tired 竭尽全力;全力以赴Bett
cut and dried:(指事情,安排或观念)固定的,已成定局by the end of the evening their plans for carrying out the robbery were cut and dried, with nothing left to chance.夜幕降临的时候他们的抢劫计划已经确定