介绍:
1. 沉得住气:chen-de-zhu-qi:
one's feathers can't be ruffled:
His feathers can't be ruffled even when during times of crisis.
2. 撑起: cheng-qi:
support,carry:
After he was injured,his wife's job had to carry the entire family.
3. 瞠目:cheng-mu:
raise someone's eyebrows; be stunned:
His weird behavior in public caused the crowd to raise their eyebrows.
4. 逞能:cheng-neng:
show off one's skill/strength:
He likes to show off his strength.
5. 成气候:cheng-qi-hou:
become a hit;make it big:
His wife always believed that he would make it big in the music business someday.
6. 吃不了兜着走:chi-bu-liao-dou-zhe-zou:
get in over one's head by taking on too much;have more (trouble)than one can handle;
He got more than he bargained for when they caught him stealing funds from that account.
7. 吃错药了:chi-cuo-yao-le:
got up on the wrong side of the bed:cranky:
He seems cranky today. He must have got up on the wrong side of the bed.
8. 吃得开:chi-de-kai:
one can do as one pleases:
He can do as he pleases in this company because he's so well-liked.
