托?？谡Z(yǔ)短語(yǔ)詞匯積累

　　Walk on air 興高采烈

　　例句：Some students seem to walk on air after they succeed in passing the entrance examination of college.

　　一些學(xué)生在考入大學(xué)后似乎有些忘乎所以了。

　　At an awkward age 即將成年

　　例句：Tom was very easy to bring up and never seemed to have an awkward age at all.

　　湯姆是一個(gè)很容易帶大的孩子，他好像從來(lái)就沒(méi)有成年前的那種彷徨。

　　Autumn of somebody’s life 在垂暮之年

　　例句：It's amazing that somebody can still contribute to society even in the autumn of his life.

　　令人驚異的是，有人在垂暮之年還能夠?yàn)樯鐣?huì)作貢獻(xiàn)。

　　Paint the lily 多此一舉

　　例句：Comment upon this would be to paint the lily.

　　對(duì)此發(fā)表評(píng)論無(wú)異于畫(huà)蛇添足。

　　Lay at somebody’s door 歸咎于某人

　　例句：Don't lay the blame at my door; you spilled food on the carpet，too!

　　不要只責(zé)怪我;你也把食物打翻在地毯上了呀!

　　Wall-to-wall 無(wú)處不在的

　　例句：Within minutes, the presidential salvo is wall-to-wall on the wire services and TV news，then the Internet.

　　幾分鐘之內(nèi)，總統(tǒng)保留態(tài)度的看法就被各大新聞通訊社和電視新聞臺(tái)鋪天蓋地地作了報(bào)道，接著上了互聯(lián)網(wǎng)。

　　To Put on the dog 擺闊、裝門(mén)面

　　例句：What I like about him was that he never put on the dog to show off his money.

　　我喜歡他的一點(diǎn)的是他從來(lái)不亂花錢(qián)來(lái)炫耀他的富有。

　　On the side 作為兼職

　　例句：He's a teacher，but he does some journalism on the side.

　　他是教師，但還兼職做一些新聞工作。

　　Get into the swing of thing 積極投入某事

　　例句：It took time to get into the swing of things.

　　熟悉情況需要一些時(shí)間。