· be in full swing达到高潮，全面展开
China has opened its door to the outside world for twenty years. Reforms in every walks of life are in full swing.
· be asleep at the switch玩忽职守
The goal-keeper was asleep at the switch and let the rival team goal at the last minute.
· suit...to a T对……再适合不过了
This new job suits me to a T.
· turn the tables扭转局势
Don't worry, your husband knows how to turn the tables and crack down on those guys.
· drink someone under the table把某人灌醉
He has a hollow leg. He can drink all of us here under the table.
· keep tabs on something/someone掌握情况,密切关注
He has subscribed ten newspapers in order to keep tabs on the new developments in market management.
· keep someone down a notch挫某人的傲气
The monitor likes to order us around. He needs to be kept down a notch.
· Take it out on someone拿别人出气
The boy was reprimanded by his father. He took it out on his ball.
· An old wives’ tale无稽之谈
Do you think the existence of life on Mars is an old wives’tale?
· Be the talk of the town满城风雨
The death of the Princess Diana has been the talk of the town.
· Leave a bad taste in someone’s mouth给人留下坏印象
Once I went to a famous university. But the untidy campus left a bad taste in my mouth.
· Crocodile tears假惺惺的眼泪
Some of my business partners came to comfort me when I lost almost everything in one bad deal.