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WISECRACKS - The English Expressions That Perplex Chinese
   
 
  1. A piece of cake
  2. Big mouth
  3."Black" meat or dark meat ?
  4. Blow your own horn
  5."Borrow" or "rent" ?
  6. Brown bagging
  7. Buzz off !
  8. Calling card
  9. Can you dig it ?
10. Can you make it ?
11. Cave in
12. Change my dress
13. Chapstick and lipstick
14. Chew someone's ear off
15. Chicken pox
16. Childlike and childish
17. Clean the deck
18. Considerable and considerate
19. Count on me
20. Dead end
21. Did you burn the nidnight oil ?
22. Did you shoot the moon yet ?
23. Doggy bag
24. Dog days
25. Dogbody in the doghouse
26. Don't put all of your eggs in one basket
27. Do you get the picture ?
28. Do you have straws ?
29. Down to earth
30. Face the music
31. Follow my nose
32. For good
33. Freeze
34. Getting cold feet
35. Get out of bed on the wrong side
36. Gild the lily
37. Give me a lift
38. Go cold turkey
39. Going down the drain
40. Got your feet wet ?
41. Have a cow
42. He is a pain in the neck
43. He is getting away with murder !
44. He is tearing his hair out
45. He was shanghaied
46. Help me out
47. Hitting below the belt
48. Honey wagon
49. I am broke
50. I am missing a puzzle
51. I am the one wearing pants in the house
52. I have a run on my stocking
53. I just put my foot in my mouth
54. It's a shame
55. It's up in the air
56. I want to buy an island
57. I will give you a ring
58. It costs an arm and a leg
59. It's on the house
60. It's so good, it's smelly !
61. Just window shopping
62. Killer
63. Knock it off
64. Lemon juice vs. Lemonade
65. Let's bag it
66. Losing my mind
67. Monkey see, monkey do
68. My aunt is a pistol
69. My cup of tea
70. My dogs are barking !
71. "No question" and "No problem"
72. Not good for travel
73. Now you are talking
74. Open the faucet
75. Over my head
76. Pass away
77. Play hooky
78. Please see me
79. She burned herself out
80. She didn't wear a dress
81. She is no spring chicken !
82. She is out
83. Sleeping on both ears
84. Sorry, slipped up there
85. Spill the beans
86. Talk turkey
87. That rings a bell
88. Toss one's cookie
89. Unisex
90. Where is the bird ?
91. You are cooking up a storm !
92. You are pulling my leg !
93. You can say that again
94. You did a good job
95. You have money on your back
96. You must have had a ball
97. You need power
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