1. Can I bank(count) on it? 믿을수 있을까?
2. You have to brush up on your study. 꼭 복습을 해야해.
3. That's the way it is / That's life. 세상일이 다 그런거지.
4. That will be the day. 절대 그럴 일은 없을 걸
5. I'll teach him a lesson this time. 본때를 보여줄꺼야
6. He's talking through his hat. 헛소리하다
7. You must see things. 헛것을 보다
8. Just take it with a grain of salt. 있는 그대로 믿으면 안 돼
9. He finally smell a rat. 수상한 낌새를 눈치채다
10. Whenever time elapse. 시간이 날 때마다 하죠
11. Speak of the ____devil_______. 호랑이도 제 말하면 온다.
12. Don't spill the beans. = Don't let the cat out of the bag. 비밀이야
13. Let's meet halfway / Let's split the difference. 타협하죠
14. I decided to stay put in the US. . 그냥 있기로 했어요
15. I hate her. She stole my show. 공로(인기)를 독차지하다
16. He stole my thunder. 선수치다
17. His scandal finally came to light. 드러나다
18. He's in my ____way________. 방해되다
19. He took me by _______surprise_______. 깜짝 놀라다
20. Why don't you take for a spin? (test-drive). 시운전하다
21. Just grin and bear it!. 서러워도 참아!
22. "Let's take a breather. = Let's take a break. = Don't stir him up! (egg on)!". 선동하지 마
23. Stick to your gun. 믿음을 고수하다
24. He recently cashed in on. . Lotto큰 돈을 벌다
25. He's bound to work on the paper. 보고서를 작성해야 한다
26. Don't make a fuss about it. 그렇게 난리치지 마
27. His death is eating my heart out. = His death broke my heart. 애태우다
28. You cut down(back) on smoking. 줄이다
29. "He has what it takes for a great President.(He's cut out for a President )". 자질이 있다
30. He dressed me down. 호되게 야단치다
31. I'm calling on ___behalf_____ of my husband. 대신해서
32. I study out of necessity. 필요에 의해서
33. They always pick on me. 구박하다
34. Please see to it you have to turn in your paper by tomorrow. 틀림없이 ---하도록 해!
35. He has skeleton in his __closet_________. 뭔가 비밀이 있다
36. I'm 100 dollars shy of my rent. 모자르다
37. He saw red. 화가 나다
38. It serves right. / You deserve it. 쌤통이야 / 그럴 만 해
39. Both parties finally saw eye to eye. 합의하다
40. Search me! / Beats me! / You've got me! 몰라
41. Don't rock the boat. 평지풍파 일으키다
42. It doesn't ring a ___bell______ with me. 생각이 잘 안 나
43. We're rolling up our ____sleeve_________. 본격적으로 일 할 태세를 갖추다
44. I have an ace up my sleeve. 비장의 카드가 있다
45. I'll go rain or shine(fine)! 무슨 일이 있어도 갈께
46. I'm racking my brain to remember his name. 머리를 쥐어 짜내고 있어
47. Don't put the cart before the _____horse____. 일의 순서를 그렇게 거꾸로 하지 마
48. He always puts on _airs________. 뽐내다
49. I pulled an all-nighter. 밥 새우다
50. He often plays hooky. 땡땡이 치다
51. The government tried to pick up the pieces. 사태를 수습하다
52. He pitched in charities. 기부하다/ 협력하다
53. She is playing hard to get. 내숭떨다
54. We're poles apart. 우린 정반대야
55. He's penny-wise pound-foolish. 작은 거에 목숨걸다
56. It cost me an _arm____ and a _leg_______. 비싸게 사다 / 값비싼 희생을 치루다
57. The politician always pay ___lip_____ service. 입발린 소리하다
58. Your story doesn't hold water. 이치에 맞질 않아
59. I'm wiped out / worn out. 녹초가 되다
60. To say the least. 적게 말해서
61. He has money to ____burn_______. 돈이 정말 많다
62. I have to run some errands. 심부름하다
63. He pulled strings. 빽 쓰다
64. It's on the tip of my tongue. . 생각이 날 듯 말 듯
65. He delivered a speech off the cuff. 그는 즉석에서 연설을 했다
66. The demand is on the rise. 상승하다.
67. He's on the ball. 치밀하다
68. It's nothing to write home about. 별다른 거 없어
69. I started work as of today. 오늘부로 / 오늘부터
70. rat race / daily grind . 치열한 경쟁사회 / 지겨운 일상사
71. scape goat. 희생양
72. a fish out of water. 주위환경에 익숙지 않은 사람
73. pep talk. 격려의 말
74. cabinet reshuffle. 개각
75. Their divorce is talk of the town. 장안의 화제거리
76. a castle in the air. 사상누각
77. gut feeling / hunch. 육감
78. tug of war. 줄다리기
79. He is just a man in the street. 평범한 사람
80. defamation of character. 명예훼손
81. transition period. 과도기
82. I talked off the top of my head. 언뜻 생각나는대로 말했다
83. He's on pins and needles. 좌불안석
84. The company is on the rocks. 그 회사는 파산했다
85. Studying is no picnic. 공부가 만만한게 아냐
86. It was a laughingstock. 웃음거리
87. It can wait. 그건 나중에 해도 돼, 급하지 않아
88. The little boy made a scene. 소란은 피우다
89. We made peace with them. 화해하다 (make up with)
90. The race is neck and neck(too close to call). 막상막하
91. He is making a mountain out of molehill. 침소봉대하다
92. Fly in the soup / Fly in the ointment . 옥의 티
93. a lion's share. 가장 큰 몫
94. a port in any storm. 궁여지책
95. a diamond in the rough. 숨은 진주
96. I don't have the gift of the gab. 말주변
97. apple of discord . 분쟁의 씨
98. You should nip in the bud. 미연에 방지하다
99. blessing in disguise 전화위복