Lesson 23 IDIOMS英文釋義

• (to get or to have) under one's belt:?to get or to have experience
• EXAMPLE: Before you start your own coffee shop, you should work at Starbucks to?get some experience under your belt.
• nothing to sneeze at:?not insignificant; impressive
• EXAMPLE: This year, our company opened 15 new sales offices overseas. That's?nothing to sneeze at!
• (to) know something inside and out:?to know something very well
• EXAMPLE: If you're having a problem with your presentation, ask Pam for help. She?knows PowerPoint inside and out.
• different animal:?something entirely different
• EXAMPLE: The Gap had many years of experience selling clothing through retail stores. When they started the Gap.com, they found out that selling online was a?different animal.
• no-brainer:??an easy decision; an obvious choice
• EXAMPLE: Most of our clients are based in Korea, so it's a?no-brainer?to open an office there.
• (to) compare apples to oranges:?to compare two unlike things; to make an invalid comparison
• EXAMPLE: Comparing a night at EconoLodge with a night at the Four Seasons is like?comparing apples to oranges. One is a budget motel, and the other is a luxury hotel.
• NOTE: You will also see the related expression "compare apples to apples" which means to compare two things of the same type. This means that you are making a valid comparison, as opposed to when you're comparing apples to oranges.
• (to) go back to the drawing board:?to start a task over because the last try failed; to start again from the beginning
• EXAMPLE: We didn't like the print advertisement our ad agency designed, so we asked them to?go back to the drawing board.
• in the bag:??a sure thing
• EXAMPLE: Boeing executives thought that the new military contract was?in the bag?and were surprised when it was awarded to Airbus instead.
• SYNONYM: a done deal. Example: Boeing executives thought the new military contract was a done deal.
• (to) jump through hoops:?to go through a lot of difficult work for something; to face many bureaucratic obstacles
• EXAMPLE: We had to?jump through hoops?to get our visas to Russia, but we finally got them.
• (to) miss the point:?to not understand
• EXAMPLE: You're?missing the point. Your son wants an expensive new cell phone so he can impress his friends, not because he actually needs all of those bells and whistles.
• (to) beef up:?to improve; to add to
• EXAMPLE: Leave plenty of extra time at the airport. Ever since they?beefed up?security, it takes a long time to get through the lines.