英语博客：4000,000 boxes of cherries.

I learned a few things this past weekend about the fruit industry. My husband has been involved in national and international export of fruit for over twenty years, and right now, he is *up to his neck in this season's fruit: the cherry. Washington s

英美人天天都在说的4000句 43:cook sb.’s goose

[00:01]E：Holy smoke1! He's a toon! [00:03]That lame-brained freeway idea...could only be cooked up by a toon. [00:08]R：Eddie! Do something! Hurry up. Eddie! Do something! [00:17]Eddie, there's dip everywhere. How are we going to get down? [00:21]

英美人天天都在说的4000句 120:not a bed of roses

[00:01]J：I say, marriage with Max is not exactly a bed of roses, is it？ [00:04]R：I think you'd better go before Max gets back. [00:06]J：Oh, jealous, is he? But you don't think I'm the Big Bad Wolf, do you? [00:10]You know, you've grown up a b

英美人天天都在说的4000句 69:get sb.’s nose to...

[00:00]J：Why don't you have your friends join us? [00:02]S：Why, sure. Hey, why don't you kids drive down with us, huh? [00:06]G：Oh, I'm afraid I couldn't get away, Sam. [00:09]S：Still got the nose to the old grindstone, eh? [00:11]Jane, I off

英美人天天都在说的4000句 68: get sb.'s back up

[00:01]J：Uplink completed. [00:02]W：Yeah. That's more like it! [00:04]L：Let's go. [00:05]K：Take a look at your amps. How are we doing? [00:07]J：You got her back up, Ken. Boy, I wish you were here to see it. [00:12]K：I bet you do.

英美人天天都在说的4000句 86: have a bee in one’s.

[00:01]P：This is out of my hands, Porter. Professor Dumbledore will be waiting for you. [00:06]S：Bee in your bonnet, Potter? [00:09]H：I, I was, I was just wondering if you put me in the right house. [00:13]S：Yes. You were particularly difficu

英美人天天都在说的4000句 81:goody two-shoes

[00:01]R：Who the hell do you think you are, lady? Sticking your nose in where it doesn't belong. [00:06]You're a number cruncher. Just crunch the goddamn numbers! [00:11]J：Uh, I was doing my job. I mean, we were creating a defense system that was

英美人天天都在说的4000句 77:give sb. the boot

[00:00]L: I've put a lot of money into this firm over the years. And I, I brought in a lot of business. [00:05]H: You've take enough out, too. You know, that... [00:07]H: The bridges are burned. [00:08]B：What's going on? [00:09]M：Lynch is giving

英美人天天都在说的4000句 83:green-eyed monster

[00:00]K：I'm not holding my breath. It's so hard to stand out from all the other aspirants, you know. [00:05]So where were you all day? [00:07]B：Truant with Troy. [00:10]K：You look high on happy pills. [00:12]B：Oh, God, Kimberly, he's a poet.

英美人天天都在说的4000句 102:jack of all trades

[00:03]P：The General here, shall be directing our little old tunneling operation. [00:07]Garth Pancake, though a master of none, is a Jack of all those trades corollary to our aim. [00:14]Gawain is our proverbial inside man. [00:17]He has managed t

英美人天天都在说的4000句 100:it goes in one ear and

[00:00]G：The Lord didn't put you here. [00:02]C：Grandpa, I never killed anybody. [00:04]G：Oh, I doubt that. [00:06]O：Sir, I don't think God really cares too much about us. Or he wouldn't have put us here. [00:10]C：He always came that religi

英美人天天都在说的4000句 162: show sb.the ropes

[00:01]E：Why would I sabotage my own project? [00:03]J：You tell us. You will be allowed the privilege to prove your innocence. [00:08]If you didn't blow up, find out who did. [00:11]And Motherwould like me to show you the ropes. [00:14]He'd like

英美人天天都在说的4000句 148:red herring

[00:00]M：...Let me handle this, Father. I'm in charge. [00:02]F：We both know who's responsible. This story is a complete red herring. It's quite impossible. [00:07]M：Nothing is impossible, Father. I often think of six impossible things before b

英美人天天都在说的4000句 145:put (get) the cart...

[00:00]J：Oh, no, no, that's unfair. We should certainly trade off in terms of giving and receiving. [00:05]H：Look, Jess, let's not put the cart before the horse here with all the high-tech stuff, you know, 'cause [00:10]we don't need any of that.

英美人天天都在说的4000句 144:put one’s money wher

[00:01]J：Lose the girls, Valentin! We need to talk. [00:04]V：Why am I suddenly worried that I'm not carrying enough insurance? [00:09]Chill out, James. Fine, ladies. Go on. Beat it. Scram! [00:13]Bull, give them an inch, and make sure they lose i

英美人天天都在说的4000句 138:prince charming

[00:02]B：Oh! Isn't this amazing! [00:08]It's my favorite part because, you'll see, [00:17]here's where she meets Prince Charming, [00:23]but she won't discover that it's him till chapter three! [00:32]W：Now it's no wonder that her name means beau

英美人天天都在说的4000句 132:pass the hat

[00:00]T：When did you get back in town? [00:01]D：A couple of days ago. [00:03]T：You heard about Luther Coleman, didn't you? [00:05]D：Yeah. Some of the boys were passing the hat for Alva and the kids. [00:08]I've never seen the guys so worked

英美人天天都在说的4000句 194:wash one’s hands of

[00:00]G：Hey, hey! Didn't we just pay nine hundred bucks to have this roof fixed? [00:03]N：I swear to god this house is starting to fall apart. [00:06]First the heating went out, and the gas thing broke, and the plumbing froze... [00:10]I don't k

英美人天天都在说的4000句 168:step on sb.’s toes

[00:00]L： Circulation is down by a third. [00:04]Color reproduction is horrible. [00:08]The models look like they're $3 whores. [00:12]The writing is by some moronic idiot. [00:16]M：Mr. Flynt... [00:19]I don't want to step on your toes, but thing

英美人天天都在说的4000句 183:third degree

[00:01]M：Where's your bed? [00:02]P：It's not in the apartment? Oh no. [00:05]I can't believe this is happening again. [00:07]M：What? [00:08]P：OK, enough with the third degree! I, I, I don't live here anymore. [00:13]M：What are you talking a