English | Chinese |
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cry in one's beer (feel sorry for oneself) verb | 垂頭喪氣verb |
cut off one's nose to spite one's face (harm oneself as a result of trying to harm an adversary) verb [UK: kʌt ɒf wʌnz nəʊz tuː spaɪt wʌnz feɪs] [US: ˈkət ˈɒf wʌnz noʊz ˈtuː ˈspaɪt wʌnz ˈfeɪs] | 損人不利己verb |
cut one's coat according to one's cloth (to live within one's means) verb | |
cut one's losses (discontinue an effort that seems unlikely to ever bear fruit) verb [UK: kʌt wʌnz ˈlɒ.sɪz] [US: ˈkət wʌnz ˈlɒ.səz] | 減少損失verb |
drown one's sorrows (to drink alcohol heavily to deal with miserable feelings) verb | 借酒澆愁verb |
eat one's fill (to eat to one's satisfaction, until full) verb [UK: iːt wʌnz fɪl] [US: ˈiːt wʌnz ˈfɪl] | 吃飽verb 吃饱 /chībǎo/verb |
eat one's hat (to express disbelief about a proposition) verb | 字倒過來寫verb |
eat one's heart out (feel overwhelming negative emotion) verb [UK: iːt wʌnz hɑːt ˈaʊt] [US: ˈiːt wʌnz ˈhɑːrt ˈaʊt] | 伤心 /shāngxīn/verb 傷心verb |
eat one's words (regret something said) verb [UK: iːt wʌnz ˈwɜːdz] [US: ˈiːt wʌnz ˈwɝːdz] | 承認說錯話verb |
egg on one's face (suffer embarrassment or humiliation) noun | 出丑 /chūchǒu/noun 出醜noun 面上無光noun |
feast one's eyes (to look at with great satisfaction) verb | 一飽眼福verb 大飽眼福verb 飽眼福verb 饱眼福 /bǎoyǎnfú/verb |
fix someone's wagon (punish) verb | 給...點兒顏色看verb |
frog in one's throat (hoarseness (idiomatic)) noun | 嘶哑noun |
from the bottom of one's heart (in earnest, with one's full feelings) preposition [UK: frəm ðə ˈbɒ.təm əv wʌnz hɑːt] [US: frəm ðə ˈbɑː.təm əv wʌnz ˈhɑːrt] | 深切地 /shēnqiè de/preposition 衷心地 /zhōngxīn de/preposition |
get on someone's case (lecture, berate or complain to somebody) verb | 找岔子 /zhǎo chàzi/verb 挑剔 /tiāoti/verb 挑錯verb 挑错 /tiāocuò/verb |
good as one's word (faithful to a promise) adjective | 重然諾 /zhòngránnuò/adjective |
guard one's tongue (be careful in what one says) verb [UK: ɡɑːd wʌnz tʌŋ] [US: ˈɡɑːrd wʌnz ˈtəŋ] | |
have blood on one's hands (be responsible for a violent act) verb | 負有血債verb |
have butterflies in one's stomach (be nervous) verb [UK: həv ˈbʌt.ə.flaɪz ɪn wʌnz ˈstʌ.mək] [US: həv ˈbʌt.r̩.flaɪz ɪn wʌnz ˈstʌ.mək] |