英语学习必备----习惯用语大全affordtimemaketimevaluetimesavetimespendtimesparetimeplentyoftimeawasteoftimemytimebeshortoftimerunoutoftimeUnit2BusinessisWarhaveabattlewithsbbebombardedwithenquiriescaptureashareofthemarketcasualty损失或毁坏的东西one’sownworstenemy自己不幸的根源giveuptakeflak受到抨击或指责joinforceswith与……联合（以达到共同的目的）gaingroundonsb逐渐赶上某人keepone’sheaddown避免麻烦（或危险等）；不抛头露面getone’smarchingorders被解雇minefield棘手的事情reinforceposition巩固地位setone’ssightsonsth立意（做成）某事surroundsettargetsUnit3SeeingisUnderstandingbeblinkered心胸狭窄的clearupasclearasmud很不清楚的beclearmakeoneselfclear把自己的意思讲清楚withone’seyeswideopen充分了解自己所做的事throughone’seyes以某人的眼光（看某事）eye-opener令人开眼界的或令人惊奇的事物getthepicture明白，理解hindsight事后的认识，事后聪明seeseethelight同意，领会seethroughsb看穿或看透某人seereason明白事理，接受劝告seethepoint理解某人的意思，明白要点can’tseepasttheendofone’snose目光短浅losesightofsth/sb忘记或忽略某事（?人）openone’seyes使某人看清，长见识one’spointofviewshortsightedUnit4LifeisaJourneyarrive成功，成名noknowif/whetheroneiscomingorgoing昏了头，不知所措ata/thecrossroads（人生、经历等）处于关键时期，面临重大抉择adead-endjob/career无晋升希望的工作或职业lightattheendofthetunnel历尽艰辛后的成功，苦尽甘来gonowhere无进展，徒劳followinone’sfootsteps从事与某人同样的职业或采取同样的生活方式goone’sseparateways各奔东西gorightofftherails发疯，发狂，陷于混乱beontheroadtorunoutofbeinarut墨守成规，一成不变shortcuttosuccessgetside-tracked被岔开话题runoutofsteam筋疲力尽，失去动力takeoff开始明显好转turnback打退堂鼓Unit5Lifeisagambleabitofagamble有点冒险bluffone’sway（借蒙骗别人）逃离困境playone’scardsright做事精明，处理得当onthecards多半，可能的takeone’schances碰运气，准备冒险whenthechipsaredown危急关头alousyhand运气不佳，（玩牌）手气不好theluckofthedraw一个人一个命（有的人有运气，有的人没运气）showone’shand表明意图或计划hitthejackpot意外地得到一大笔钱，突然交好运youwinsome,youlosesome有所得必有所失putone’smoney确信某人会成功againstalltheodds面对极大困难或遭遇强烈反对atstakeatoss-up（成败各半的）相等机会，难以定夺的事havesthupone’ssleeve暗藏某物以备不时之用Unit6ACompanyisaShipondeck在场做好准备的beallinthesameboat同舟共济bailsbout救助某人摆脱困境（尤指财务方面的）onboard上船；有（工作上的）联系rocktheboat破坏现状，使局面失去平衡oncourse在正确的方向上