Achilles heel
致命要害；薄弱環節；致命處
English has always been his Achilles heel.
英語一直是他的致命傷。
A weight off your shoulders
放下肩頭重擔；如釋重負
After the project is completed, I felt like a weight was lifted off my shoulders.
項目完成後，我覺得自己的負擔減輕了。
Give sb the cold shoulder
故意冷落…，有意怠慢…
She didn't like him and gave him the cold shoulder.
她不喜歡他，故意冷落他。
Shoulder to shoulder
肩並肩地
They were sitting shoulder to shoulder on the sand.
他們肩並肩地坐在沙灘上。
A shoulder to cry on
可以傾訴的對象，可以向其尋求安慰的人
Stand shoulder to shoulder with sb
站在（某人）一邊，全力支持（某人）
He hoped that his family could stand shoulder to shoulder with him.
他希望他的家人能全力支持他。
At the top of one's lungs
用盡量大的聲音，儘量大聲地，聲嘶力竭地
The girl yelled at the top of her lungs to get the attention of her father.
那女孩大喊大叫，想引起她父親的注意。
Blood is thicker than water
血濃於水；家人總比外人親
Butterflies in one's stomach
緊張不安；因害怕而引起的發抖
I had butterflies in my stomach when I introduced myself in front of my colleagues.
當我在同事面前自我介紹的時候，我心裡很緊張。
Find your feet
適應環境
It's difficult for me to find my feet in my new company.
在新公司裡，我很難適應新環境。
Gut feeling
直覺
My gut feeling was that the man had lied to me.
我的直覺是那個男人對我撒了謊。
Hands are tied
束手無策，無能為力
He told me that he couldn't help me because his hands were tied.
他告訴我他幫不了我，因為他無能為力。
Head start
領先；搶先起步的優勢；有利的開端
Speaking English well gives you a head start in work.
英語說得好會讓你在工作中領先一步。
Joined at the hip
交情極深；結成了親密夥伴；關係非常好
They are joined at the hip.
他們的交情極深。
New hand
新手
Old hand
老手；熟練工人；有經驗者
He is an old hand at fixing cars. He has been doing it for 10 years.
他是修理汽車的老手。他做這行已經10年了。
Sight for sore eyes
悅目之物；令人高興的事；受歡迎的人
You're a sight for sore eyes!
非常高興見到你！
scratch one's back
相互幫助
scratch one's head
搔頭皮；迷惑不解
save one's neck
免受絞刑；免於遭難
Pain in the neck
極討厭的人或事; 頭痛的事
Study English is really a pain in the neck.
學英語真是令人頭疼。
Weak at the knees
嚇得兩腿發軟
The bad news made her go weak at the knees.
那個壞消息使得她兩膝發軟。
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