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2.眼中钉 a thorn in someones flesh. 不知为什么我成了他们的眼中钉了。我可从未错待过他们。 I wonder why I become a thorn in their flesh. Ive never harmed them. 3.馋得流口水 make someones mouth water 桌上的美味佳肴馋得他直流口水。 The delicacies on the table make him mouth water. 4.胡说八道 shooting from the hip 他说我迷恋上了莉莉?这简直是胡说八道。 He thinks Ive got the hots for lily? Its shooting from the hip! 5.各奔东西 drift apart 毕业后我们班的同学就各奔东西了。 After graduation my classmates drifted apart. 6.呕吐shoot the cat 他刚吃完饭就吐了. He shoot the cat right after the meal. 7.打嗝 make a belch 孩子打嗝了，让他喝口水吧。 The kid is making a belch. Give him a drink. 8.久等 cool ones heels 我在你家门外足足等了两个小时。 I was left cooling my heels outside your home for two hours. 9.各有利弊 cut both ways 在国营企业或合资企业工作各有利弊：在国营企业工作比较安定，但工资较少。在合资企业工作挣钱多一些，可是又不稳定。 It cuts both ways to work in a state-run enterprise or a joint venture: the pay from a state-run enterprise is relatively lower but you feel more stable while in a joint venture you feel unassured, through the pay is relatively higher. 10.吃闭门羹 to a locked door 我昨天去他家看他，不想吃了闭门羹。 I went to see him yesterday, but unfortunately I was to a locked door. 11.哪儿都找了 look high and low 我哪都找了，可还是没有找到那把钥匙。 I looked high and low for the key, but I couldnt find it anywhere. 12.抽筋 have a charley horse 别碰我，我大腿抽筋了。 Dont touch me; Ive got a charley horse on the leg. 13.烫伤 to scald 炸丸子时他把手给烫伤了，现在手上全是泡。 He had his hand scalded when frying meatballs and now the scalds come up in blisters all over his hand. | 
