VOA笔记——单词掌故1.pull a fast one on you 欺骗2.get away 离开3.One’s number is up完蛋4.Be back to square one 从头再来5.Grapevine 小道消息,葡萄藤by the grapevine6.Telegraphy 电报通讯术telegraph lines 电缆7.Wrought 制造的8.Workmanship 工艺，技艺9.Crooked 歪曲的mander 指挥官，负责人11.Battlefield 战场，沙场12.Hush 安静13.Whisper 低语14.Go by the board(想法、计划等）被抛弃her in 开启，开创her someone into 领某人进入17.Drop off 让....下车；睡着；下降18.Run out on sb.（在苦难的情形下）抛弃某人19.Put my foot in my mouth 说错话，多嘴20.Down in the mouth 沮丧，愁眉苦脸21.Put words into someone’s mouth 硬说某人说过某话；发表见解22.Word of mouth 口耳相传；口头传述；口碑行销ernment mouthpiece 政府的喉舌24.Take the words right out one’s mouth 不谋而合25.Leave a bad taste in one’s mouth 留下坏印象26.Have one’s heart in my mouth 提心吊胆27.Be born with a sliver spoon in one’s mouth 含着金汤匙出生28.Live from hand to mouth 度日为艰29.Mouth off 顶嘴30.Run one’s mouth说太多31.Don’t let the grass grow under our feet.不要拖延32.In a spin 晕头转向33.The living speech 现在还使用的语言34.Carry a chip on one’s shoulder愤愤不平，叫板35.Chip off the old block 酷像父母的小孩36.Let the chips fall where they may不计后果采取行动37.Cash in chips 兑换筹码38.Soaked to the skin/bone 湿透了39.Exclamation 感叹40.Oath 誓言41.Course 诅咒，咒骂42.Great scoot 天啊43.Election 选举44.Nomination 提名，任命，推荐45.Praise 表扬，称赞46.Opponent 对手，敌手47.General 将军48.Instinct/gut feeling/gut reaction 直觉49.Fall guy 替罪羊50.Make a jump from A to B 从A演变到B51.Wrestle 摔跤52.Take the fall 代人受罪53.Be tricked into 诱骗54.Country fairs 乡村集市55.Take the rap 背黑锅56.Bump rap 不公正的惩罚57.Be framed 遭到陷害58.Mayday=help me59.Have nothing to do无关60.Sabotage 蓄意破坏61.Subversion 破坏，覆灭62.Leave alone and not interfere 不干涉63.Entrepreneur 创业者64.Film noir 具有悲观色彩的电影65.Avant garde 先锋队66.Resume 简历，摘要，重新开始67.One of a kind 独一无二，其中一类68.Saute 快炒69.Be dead in the water 一蹶不振70.To be in hot water =be in trouble71.Be in deep water 水深火热72.To keep your head above water =staying out of debt 远离债务73.Water over the dam无法改变的事74.hold water 言之有理75.Throw cold water 泼冷水76.Have the time of one’s life 过得愉快77.Nuts and bolts 具体细节，基本要素78.Fall apart 土崩瓦解79.Diplomacy 外交80.Prime minister 首相81.Senate 参议院senator 参议员82.Ambassador 大使83.Joint action 联合行动84.Logistics军事后勤85.Supply an army 为军队提供补给86.For want of a nail,the shoe is lost.For want of a shoe,the horse is lost.For want of a horse,the rider is lost.For want of a rider,the battle islost.For want of a battle,the kingdom is lost.And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.87.Down to earth/both feet on the ground 现实的，实际的，实事求是的88.Go to one’s heads 冲昏头脑89.Have a big head/have one’s nose in the air 自高自大的人90.Head in the clouds/daydreamer不切实际，胡思乱想91.Have a monkey on one’s back 有大难题，有无法承担的重担92.An apple a day keeps the doctor away.93.You are what you eat.人如其食94.The early bird catches the worms.95.A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.一鸟在手胜于双鸟在林（this means you should not risk losing something you have by seeking that is not guaranteed.）96.Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.鸡蛋尚未孵，别忙数鸡雏。

（you should not think too much about some future event before it really happens.）97.Haste makes waste.欲速则不达98.People who lives in glass houses should not throw stones.正人先正己（this means you should not criticize other people unless you are perfect yourself.）99.Sink or swim 成败全靠自己100.Hit a home run 全垒打101.Struck out three times 三振出局102.Differ about 持不同的意见103.Down in the dumps 情绪低落104.Paint oneself into a corner 让自己陷入困境105.Get off your high horse 别摆架子106.Hold your horses 别着急，别轻举妄动107.Horse around 起哄，胡闹，捣蛋108.One-horse town 落后的小地方，小镇109.Wild horses could not drag me away 全心投入110.The horse’s mouth 可靠信息111.You can lead a horse to water,but you cannot make him drink.牵马到河易，强马饮水难112.Beat a dead horse 白费口舌；徒劳113. A dark-horse candidate114.Do not change horses in midstream 不要中途变卦，不要做太大变动115.Fireworks 烟火，激烈争论，终年116.Be out the woods 脱离险境，困境117.An average Joe /Joe Blow 普通人118.Not know Jack about 对某事一无所知119. A doubting Thomas 多疑的人120. A plain Jane 外貌平凡的女人121.Shelia 在口语中表示少女，年轻貌美122.Jack of all trades 一个洋洋都懂得人；博而不精的人123.Uncle Sam 代表美国政府124.John Hancock 亲笔签名125.Declaration of Independence 独立宣言126.Jhnny One Note 五音不全的人127.Dig yourself into a hole 使自己陷入困境128.Wig=false hair129.Bigwig=big wheel=top banana=kinpin重要人物130.Lead a dog’s life 过穷困潦倒的日子131.Dog-eat-dog 自相残杀的，竞争激烈的132.Dog-tired 疲倦至极的133.Sick as a dog 病得厉害134.Every dog has its day 风水轮流转135.His bark is worse than his bite面恶心善136.Be in the doghouse 失宠的，遇到冷落137.Let sleeping dog lie 不惹是生非138.Dog days 三伏天139.Rain cats and dogs 下倾盆大雨140.Go-between 中间人141.Let the cat out of the bag 泄漏机密142.Leave someone holding the bag 背黑锅143.Out of date=as dead as the dodo144.As easy ae falling off a log 易如反掌=easy as pie=piece of cake=as easy as shooting fish in a barrel145.Easy come ,easy go.146.EasyStreet 康庄大道147.Go easy on a person 对人宽容148.Easy touch=soft touch 有求必应的人，容易受骗的人149.The world is someone’s oyster（牡蛎）世上一切尽在某人掌握之中，可以随心所欲。