萌萌哒少女图片非主流:美国习惯用语 (WORDS AND IDIOMS 151-250)

250easy money; to bet one's bottom dollar
249there's no such thing as a free lunch...
248scrape the bottom of the barrel...
247half-baked; half-hearted
246play with fire; fight fire with fire
245blow one's own horn; blow the lid off...
244free and easy; free-for-all
243freelance; freeloader
242front money; hush money
241the time of one's life; in the nick of time
240fair game; fair-haired boy
239fair and square; fair shake
238bum; bum rap
237in the doghouse; between a rock and a hard place
236high and dry; dry up
235dry run; cut and dried
234Redneck; McCarthyism
233tax-and-spend liberals; knee-jerk liberals
232pick up the tab; go Dutch
231give sb. the hook; by hook or by crook
230right on the mark; right up one's alley
229sacred cow; dark horse
228break the news; break the ice
227give one a break; break even
226slow burn; slow as molasses
225like greased lightning; like a bat out of hell
224butterfingers; butterball
223bread and butter; butter up sb.
222know which side one's bread is buttered on...
221as light as a feather; a feather in one's cap
220birds of a feather; feather one's nest
219touch base; do lunch
218get caught with one's hand in the cookie jar...
217ups and downs; down and out
216open and aboveboard; on the up and up
215on the level; kosher
214in short order; get the short end of the stick
213short and sweet; the long and short of it
212over the long haul; long shot
211stonewall; off the wall
210climb the wall; drive sb. up the wall
209wall-to-wall; wallflower
208put your money where your mouth is...
207motor mouth; foot in mouth disease
206take a walk; walk on eggshells
205walk on air; walk the floor
204bad-mouth; shoot sb.s mouth off
203close the books; cook the books
202one for the book; know sb. like a book
201Sunday best; Sunday driver
200honeymoon; moonlight
199cut out for/cut out to be; cut-up
198cut a deal; cut corners
197the works; in the works
196workaholic; grunt work
195 on thin ice; thin-skinned
194fat cat; fat chance
193fat farm; chew fat
192  hat in hand; wear two hats...
191 pass the hat; take one's hat off
190 at the drop of a hat...
189 stand tall; stand-out
188 stand sb. up; a stand-in
187 make tracks; wrong side of the tracks
186 bean counters; spill the beans
185 full of beans; not worth a hill of beans
184 give sb. a piece of mind; mind-boggling
183 under the gun; gunshy
182 give sb. a piece of mind; mind-boggling
181 one track mind; track record
180 brain drain; brain trust
179 beat one's brains out; brainwash
178 jump the gun; stick to the guns
177 hit the ceiling; blow one's top
176 make one's blood boil;  make one's blood run cold
175 in one's blood; fresh blood
174 all in the same bout; miss the boat
173 keep one's cool; be cool as a cucumber
172 for crying out loud; cool it
171 to whistle a different tune; pipe dream
170 far cry; crying towel
169 nothing special; so-so
168 whistle in the dark; blow the whistle
167 out the window; out of this world
166 out of the woods; out of the picture
165 over a barrel; over one's dead body
164 over one's head; over the hump
163 cold shoulder; hot air
162 get it in the neck; stick out one's neck
161 up to one's neck; break one's neck
160shape up or ship out; rock the boat
159lick; lickety-split
158have a feeling in one's bones; have a bone to pick
157out of one's skull; skull session
156loose lips; at loose ends
155tight-lipped; tight with someone
154run a tight ship; sit tight
153knock off
152street smart; two-way street
151easy street; out on the street