It's on the cards 这件事十有八九会发生

Crash course 速成课

Clean up your act 改邪归正

The university of life 生活经历

Close, but no cigar 几近成功

In the blink of an eye 一眨眼之间

A cashless society 无现金社会

You're pulling my leg! 你在愚弄我！

Going forward 从今往后

Test the water 试探，摸底

Too much stuff 物质主义和简约主义

Cyclists make Olympic history, 400-year-old shark 英国自行车运动员创英奥运历史，400岁格陵兰鲨鱼

Cheap and cheerful 物美价廉

There's method to my madness 我有一个不合常理的办法

Earth-like planet, Pink cockatoo dies at 83 类地行星，83岁风头鹦鹉逝世

Glass-bottomed bridge, cancer risk for HRT and 120-year-old man 世界最长玻璃桥开放，荷尔蒙替代疗法增患癌风险，印度教120岁僧人

To make a monkey out of me 捉弄我

Until I'm blue in the face 任凭你磨破嘴皮

A bitter pill to swallow 不得不吞的苦药

A recipe for disaster 后患无穷

To turn something upside down 把……翻个底朝天

To lie through your teeth 睁眼说瞎话

Bye bye Big Ben's bongs 与大本钟的钟声暂时告别

Hangry 饥饿成怒

To make a mountain out of a molehill 小题大做

Bored at work? Sue the boss! 工作无聊怪老板？

Axe to grind 别有用心

One good turn deserves another 以德报德，礼尚往来

Barefaced 厚颜无耻的

White / blue-collar worker 白领，蓝领