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2.好险 a narrow squeak 昨晚好险哪。老板同一个女职员在办公室里动手动脚的，差点让他的妻子给撞上了。 The boss had a narrow squeak last night in his office: his spooning with a girl clerk was almost found our by his wife. 3.手气好 have the Midas touch 王先生的手气特别好，干什么都挣钱。 Mr. Wang has the Midas touch: everything he does turns to gold. 4.走运be on the gravy train 这几年他一直很走运 Hes been on the gravy train these years. 5让人给骗了be ripped off 我又被那个家伙给骗了 I was ripped off again by that guy. 6．不入虎穴焉得虎子 Nothing venture ,nothing have. 7.白费力气plough the air. 你再劝他也只是白费力气 Any attempt tot let him change will only be ploughing the air. 8.命好lead a charmed life 他的命真好。爸爸是政府高级官员，妈妈是公司的总经理，自己通过了托福考试并获得美国一所大学的奖学金。 His father is a senior government official, his mother is the general manager of a large company and he himself had passed the TOFEL test and got a scholarship from an American university. He must have been leading a charmful life! 9.倒霉get in the neck 在家里，如果孩子们打架被父母发现了，倒霉的总是年龄大的孩子。 In the family, if the kicks-up are found out by the parents , its always the oldest of the children wholl get in the neck. 10.背黑锅hold the bag 在任何的情况下，我从没有让任何人为我背黑锅 Under no circumstances have I made anyone hold the bag for me. 11. 有利可图的事an angle 无利可图的事，那家伙是从来不会干的 That guy never does anything unless theres an angle in it. 12.吃苦头burn ones fingers 以前，我为了帮那个家伙吃了一些苦头 I burned my fingers in helping that guy before. 13.被开除be sacked 他因为玩忽职守被开除了 He got sacked for falling asleep at the switch. 14.因祸得福a blessing in disguise 他遭遇车祸反而因祸得福了：住院时和一个漂亮的护士相爱了 He had an accident and it turned out to be a blessing in disguise: a pretty nurse fell in lover with him during his stay in the hospital. | 
