Don't bite off more than you can chew (貪多嚼不爛 )

2012年9月21日 星期五

1)to try to do more than you are able to do.
eg. Don't bite off more than you can chew. Let someone else organize the party.
(2)to try to do something that is too big or difficult to do.
eg. The key to success lies in not biting off more than you can chew.

go/sell like hot cakes (賣得很好;暢銷大賣)

2012年9月14日 星期五

go/sell like hot cakes ---if things are going like hot cakes, people are buying a lot of them very fast. (賣得很好;暢銷大賣)
eg. The book has only just been published and copies are already selling like hot cakes in both Britain and America.

make a beeline for sb/sth

2012年6月1日 星期五

to "make a beeline for sb/sth" means "to move directly towards sb/sth"
(THis idiom refers to the way bees fly in a straight line when they return to the hive.)

eg. The children made a beeline for the food the moment they came in.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you

2012年5月18日 星期五

to " bite the hand that feeds you" means to be "unkind or disloyal to sb who has been kind or be helpful to you, or pays your wages."

Eg. When you say such nasty things about the organization, you're biting the hand that feeds you.