例句：He kicked the bucket 他歸天了，他掛了
black sheep 害群之馬 字面意思：黑羊
dark horse 黑馬，出乎意料的獲勝者 字面意思：黑暗的馬匹
dog-tired 筋疲力盡 字面意思： 狗壹樣累
horse-play 胡鬧，惡作劇 字面意思：馬的把戲
lucky dog 幸運兒 字面意思：幸運的狗
when pigs fly 這是不可能的事 字面意思：當豬飛了的時候
例句：A：Do you think Mary will quit her job now that she's pregnant?
B：Yeah, when pigs fly! There is no way she is giving up her career!
Hit the ceiling 非常生氣 字面意思：撞著天花板了
例句：When Carol's son got an F on his report card, she hit the ceiling!
French leave 不辭而別 字面意思：法國式的離別
mother wit 天生智慧 字面意思：媽媽的智慧
best seller 暢銷 字面意思：最好的賣家，銷售最棒
brain storm 靈機壹動 字面意思：大腦風暴
at sixes and sevens 亂七八糟 字面意思：六六七七（有點像中文的七七八八的感覺:)）
例句：The boy made the room at sixes and sevens.
black and white 黑白分明的，絕對的 字面意思：黑和白
例句：He told her in black and white that she couldn't leave the house while he was out.
ins and outs 細節，始末 字面意思：裏裏外外
例句：I don't know the ins and outs of the situation, so I can't really advise you.
有趣的英文短語可以從動物、顏色、常用動詞下手去尋找並理解記憶。比如dog，cat,mouse,horse,pig等就又很多與之相關的有趣短語。就不多舉例了。
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