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　34）feel down in the dumps 心情不好；情绪低落
　　Model:
　　——Kate was really feeling down in the dumps about her latest chemistry assignment. (Kate为最近的化学作业成绩感到很沮丧。)
　　35）few and far between 不多；少而分散的；不常碰到或发现的；稀少的
　　Model:
　　——Steve is really a terrific guy. (Steve真是不简单。)
　　——He sure is. Ones like him are few and far between. (当然。像他那样的人可不多见。)
　　36）fit as a fiddle 身体很健康
　　Model:
　　—— Harry! How have you been? I haven’t seen you in ages. (Harry，你好吗？好久没看见你了。)
　　——I’m fit as a fiddle. This exercise program I’m following is terrific. (我身体好极了。我正进行的这个锻炼计划太棒了。)
　　37）grin and bear 任劳任怨；毫无怨言地忍受
　　Model:
　　——Carla,I can’t take this job any longer. (Carla，我不能再做这份工作了。)
　　——If you need the money, you’ll just have to grin and bear it. ( 如果你需要钱，你就得忍耐。)
　　38）hit the spot （特指吃了食物，喝了饮料之后）精神完全恢复过来或感到满足；恢复精力；提精神
　　Model:
　　——This Lemonade sure hits the spot.（柠檬汁太提神了。）
　　——And how! (当然了！)
　　39）keep between the two of us 不让第三者知道，保密
　　Model:
　　——What I’m going to say is rather personal, so let’s keep between the two of us. (我要讲的纯属私事，所以希望你能保密。)
　　40）know a thing or two about 略知一二
　　Model:
　　——Do you think Andy could help us plan the camping trip to West Virginia? (你认为Andy会帮我们计划去西弗吉尼亚州野营吗？)
　　——Well, since he spends every summer there, he might know a thing or two about it. (可能吧。他每个夏天都去那儿，应该知道一些事儿。)
　41）leave no stone unturned 不遗余力；全力以赴
　　Model:
　　——Lynn left no stone unturned in her research, and handed in an excellent paper. (Lynn全力以赴做她的研究，交了一篇优秀的论文。)
　　42）on cloud nine 沉浸在幸福之中；非常高兴
　　Model:
　　——Marcia looks like she’s on cloud nine. Do you know what made her so happy? (Marcia好象沉浸在幸福之中。你知道她为什么这么高兴吗？)
　　——She just had a paper accepted for publication. (她有一篇文章要发表了。)
　　43）on the tip of one’s tongue 一时想不起来，话到嘴边又忘记
　　Model:
　　——Are you sure you can’t remember the name of that record? (你肯定记不起来那张唱片的名字吗？)
　　——It’s just on the tip of my tongue! (我就是一时想不起来了。
　　44）reach the bottom of the barrel 用完，弹尽粮绝
　　Model:
　　——Don’t you have any other clean shirts? (你还有其它干净衬衫吗？)
　　——I guess I’ve reached the bottom of the barrel. (我想我已经用完了。)