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· One’s brain child某人的主意，某人想出来的
等同于one’s original idea
one’ brain children（复数）
The new ways of teaching which have been proved very effective are brain children of all teaching staff of our department.
· Have a chip on one’s shoulder叫阵，叫板
He is not popular among his peers. He always seems to have a chip on his shoulder.
此外该语还有“不满”，“对抗”的意思
Mary has got a chip on her shoulder about not having obtained the scholarship.
· Clam up守口如瓶，拒不开口，沉默不语
I don’t understand why my students are quite talkative during the break but all clam up in class.
· Take someone to the cleaners使人囊中如洗，一贫如洗
Don’t ask me to play in a crap game. I don’t want to be the cleaners.
· A cliff-hanger扣人心玄的事情
Peter was nearly involved in a car accident. He called it a narrow escape. But it was really a cliff-hanger.
· Fight the clock争分夺秒，与时间赛跑
等同于work against the clock
If you don’t fight the clock to enrich yourself, you will surely be lagged behind soon.
· A clotheshorse讲究穿戴的人
Princess Diana was a real clotheshorse. It’s hard to imagine how much she had spent on clothes.
· Get hot under the collar发怒，怒气冲天
Make someone hot under the collar
He got hot under the collar when he found his bicycle was missing.
· Come through with flying colors干得出色，大获成功
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