make a balk of good ground
失去好机会
make a balls of
v.
把...搞糟
make a bargain
成交
达成协议
make a beast of oneself
行同禽兽, 行为卑鄙
make a bed
整理床铺
make a beeline for
[口]一直奔向...
抄近路向...走去
make a bid for
v.
出价买, 企图获得
make a big deal out of
v.
小题大作
make a big fanfare
大吹大擂
make a break for it
[口](趁人不注意时)偷跑, 逃跑
make a brilliant figure
崭露头角
放异采, 引人注目, 超群出众
make a career
v.
向上爬, 谋求发迹
make a chump out of
使...丢脸, 侮辱
make a claim for
对(赔偿等)提出要求...
make a claim to
认为...是属于自己的
make a clean breast
v.
坦白
make a collection for
为... 募捐
make a companion of
与...作伴, 与...为友
make a complaint against
提出不满意见, 对...提出控告
make a compliment to
恭维, 夸奖, 颂扬
make a conspicuous figure
崭露头角
放异采, 引人注目, 超群出众
make a convenience of sb.
v.
利用某人
make a diversion
分散注意力
声东击西
进行牵制
make a false countercharge
v.
倒打一耙, 反攻
make a Federal case out of sth.
v.
过分强调某事, 过分夸大某事
make a fuss about
小题大作
make a good show
好看, 大出洋相
make a great coup
v.
大获成功, 一鸣惊人
make a great flutter
轰动一时
make a great fuss about nothing
小题大做
make a hole in the water
投水自尽
make a long story short
长话短说, 总之, 简言之
make a matter
大惊小怪, 引起一场风波
make a noise in the world
v.
名噪一时
make a perfect fetish of
盲目崇拜
过分注意
make a pig of oneself
狼吞虎咽, 大吃大喝
make a poor mouth
叫穷, 诉苦
make a rod for one's own back
v.
自讨苦吃
make an evil reputation for oneself
弄得声名狼藉
make an example of
惩罚, 罚一儆百
make an exhibition of oneself
v.
当众出丑
make bricks without straw
v.
作无米之炊
make eyes at
眉目传情, 做媚眼, 挤眉弄眼
make fish of one and fowl of another
厚此薄彼
make head against
v.
迎头击败
make ill blood between persons
(在二人之间)挑起恶感, 挑拨离间
make it worth sb.'s while
v.
酬谢某人
make mischief
v.
挑拨离间
make neither head nor tail of sth.
v.
为某事不知所措
make one's peace with
v.
言归于好
make oneself conspicuous
标新立异, 惹人注目
make oneself pleasant
处世灵活, 八面玲珑
make out of whole cloth
凭空捏造
make plain with the earth
[废]夷为平地, 彻底摧毁
make providence
预做准备, 未雨绸缪
make sb.'s blood run cold
v.
使人毛骨悚然
make sb.'s hair stand on end
v.
使人毛骨悚然
make short shrift of
v.
很快解决, 敷衍了事
make the best of a bad bargain
对于恶运或逆境泰然处之
善处逆境, 随遇而安
make the best of both worlds
v.
两全其美
make the best of things
v.
随遇而安
make the money fly
乱花钱, 挥金如土
make waves
v.
兴风作浪
捣蛋
make white black
颠倒黑白
混淆是非
[此贴子已经被作者于2005-11-30 10:41:16编辑过]