1
Q
Unearthed new
A
evidence
2
Q
Great if you two are
A
an item
3
Q
I break out in a cold sweat
A
become extremely worries
4
Q
cold
A
sore
5
Q
Everyone toes the line when
A
doing business
6
Q
The lorry contained thousands of pounds worth
A
of contraband
7
Q
You would have to turn on the
A
charm to talk her round
8
Q
When conditions are
A
ripe
9
Q
Scald heated oil
A
over the fish
10
Q
have the hots
A
for sb
11
Q
Kiss and
A
make up
12
Q
Busy body
A
愛管閒事的人
13
Q
for heaven’s
A
sake
14
Q
spill sth out
A
爆出來
15
Q
shady
A
dealings
16
Q
sly old
A
fox
17
Q
Drown your sorrow
A
喝悶酒
18
Q
see you in
A
a bit
19
Q
loosen up
A
放鬆點
20
Q
fix the problem in
A
no time
21
Q
The light bulb
A
moment
22
Q
leave her mother deeply
A
distraught
23
Q
talent
A
pool
24
Q
bereavement
A
money
25
covet her
beauty/ power
26
I must be jinxed - whenever I wash a wine glass,
it breaks
27
answer to my
conscience
28
earn by hook or
by crook
29
she is such a
shrew
30
Don't rock
the boat
31
God's mill grinds slow but sure
天網灰灰, 疏而不漏
32
I am wrecked by
self-guilt
33
The thief tried to make a bolt for
the exit/ door
34
Do time
服刑
35
It wouldn't have
blown
36
What
nerve!
37
Be back to
square one
38
Eschew the pomp that surrounded his predecessors and seeking contact with
the ordinary people
39
He travelled far and
wide
40
champion
peace
41
denounce human right
abuses
42
deplored the decadence of
the modern world
43
appear before million-strong
crowds speaking powerfully for human rights
44
the steady thaw of
the Soviet glacier that lay over central and Eastern Europe
45
at the behest
of
46
Diamond-studded
crown
47
A drawn-out
fight
48
a botch scheme to
claim...
49
Scantily clad
women
50
The animal has to be put
down
51
Bow to pressure
from developers
52
He peed
his pants
53
Nesting
doll
54
A botched
date
55
You have a soft spot for
that girl
56
pep
talk
57
if memory
serves
58
Knuckle
bump!
59
I was gored by
a bull
60
They are coming up
short
61
Startling
discovery
62
Their phenomenal size means they are off
the menu of the predators
63
He was stricken with grief
since her death
64
A poverty-stricken
country
65
The submarine
submerged
66
She is a
bridezilla now
67
The teacher read the
Riot Act to the students
68
There is an ominous
silence
69
What a remarkable rally
from both players
70
Throw the baby out
with the bathwater
71
I felt down
in the dumps
72
He is working at full/ half
throttle
73
Back then
當年
74
My wish went up
in smoke
75
A management
buyout
76
I will walk you
out
77
Get it off
my chest
78
We are going down
different paths
79
Take the
anti-depressant
80
He won't amount to
anything
81
Tell me flat out
what you think
82
They work flat out to get the job
finished
83
I will go in to seclusion
until the violence ends
84
To vote as
a block
85
His early training stood him in
good stead
86
To help after graduation
and beyond
87
Let your ideas flourish and
dreams take flight
88
Lawmakers from all shades of
the political spectrum
89
A source familiar with
the arrangement said
90
They have steadfastly ignored the elephant in the room:
the ever-growing debt burden on graduates
91
They are forced to confront
the elephant in the room
92
They would not broach the topic
in private
93
Urge the two sides
to forgo differences
94
Glutinous
rice
95
She brought with her a young man
with finely chiseled features
96
Poems are
highly-wrought
97
a rambling
six-hour speech
98
By any standard,
it is big
99
a flag-draped
coffin
100
At all times I will be strong in purpose, steadfast in will, resolute in action
Gordon Brown
101
I am tough in crimes and tough on the causes of crimes
Tony Blair
102
Recessive
gene
103
find a needle in a
haystack
104
It would be very difficult if you
went in blind
105
All were in
awe
106
The minister insisted that agreement was
in sight
107
The intrepid
mountaineers
108
It is a treasured memento
of the visit
109
It is the
driving force
110
She is determined to spread the word
that the environment was in strife
111
But in the end,
the plan didn't eventuate
112
The council subjects her to
"interrogative style" questioning
113
She began to fear that her plans would
come to naught
114
Her dream was well on the way
to becoming realty
115
Her dedication to the task is
spurred by the fear that
116
Carrie Lam in bid to rally
support
117
Begin a hunger strike tomorrow
in protest
118
The minister was nowhere
to be seen
119
They don't have enough votes
to pass the motion
120
The company ramped up
production
121
The other day I
was...
122
For good
forever
123
No-frill ads/product
no flamboyance
124
Your behaviour today has been
beyond/ above reproach
125
The organizer is forging ahead
witha programme of the public event
126
Apply a
dressing (medical)
127
The Holy Grail
something that is extremely hard to find or get
128
It is career
limiting
129
The commuter train veered off
track at the height of rush hour
130
He was electrocuted
when he touch the bare wires
131
Double
Dutch
132
I am not even breaking
a sweat
133
I am a
natural!
134
On the house
at the expense of the establishment
135
Duck and
cover!
136
"Can I try out your new bicycle?"
"Be my guest"
137
Chuck sth
out/ away
138
The world has seen nothing like them before,
or since
139
The lethal concoction of
venom
140
How to keep the yolk
running
141
Custard
pie
142
The Fed is ready to gear down on
the stimulus to the market
143
Analysts and oracle abound,
I am quite bullish on the Asia market
144
It is just a load
of claptrap
145
The protestors
dispersed
146
Racial
profiling
147
He has been plagued with
injuries
148
Avoid the
wrecking ball
149
Sudden spark
of genius
150
Tantalizing
long leg
151
Blunt-
talking
152
Steel-rod
Bruce
153
Curvy
figure
154
Stag night vs
hen night
155
Effeminate
sissy
156
Women's tongue are like lamb's tails
- they are never still
157
Playboy/ womanizer/ ladies' man/ women killer vs
slut/ whore
158
After hours of fierce negotiation,
he gained/got/had the upper hand
159
It is music to
my ears
160
Six years ago she went cold turkey (=stopped completely)
on a three-pack-a-day smoking habit
161
We staunchly
opposed to...
162
Never before
have we...
163
One swallow doesn't make
a summer
164
As a racing driver, he was involved in many serious clashes and had
cheated death on several occasions
165
An inside
scoop
166
Old
goat
167
I have been racking my
brains all day
168
In an apparent
bid to
169
inexorable
price rises
170
Emoticons
A
171
make
a fuss
172
sugar-coated
words
173
a person of
discernment
174
The trade-based
seats
175
The play has incurred the wrath/ anger
of both audiences and critics
176
Be in the
law
177
a lone
wolf
178
Don't think you can
outtalk me
179
She gave me a dressing-down
for getting there late
180
Hunch your
torso
181
Clock off
early
182
Fall under the
spell of
183
He runs
the show
184
Catch you
off guard
185
off-
putting
186
Lick the
boots of
187
Pour to
us!
188
I like people
of principle
189
boarder
租客
190
The tables are
turned
191
Walk on
all fours
192
on a substantial
scale
193
Her parents eventually relented
and let her go to parties
194
A long-winded
speech
195
I root for you
I support you
196
I don't impose
on you then
197
His story is full of twists and
turns
198
Take pity
on sb
Expression
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