常用的英语idioms(四)
1)fizzle out：告吹；失败
2)make a few extra bucks：赚一些外快
3)to get by：通过；过得去
4)the proof of the pudding is in the eating：事实胜于雄辩
5)gloss over sth.：无视；掩饰某事
6)to be wired：high nervous 紧张的，不安的
7)to touch base (with)： contact with or connect someone in a professional environment 和某人联系(尤其在商业专业领域) I need to touch base.(similar to "catch up"叙叙旧)
8)it's Miller time：Miller是一种啤酒🍺牌。休息时间(喝啤酒🍺的休息时间)
9)sour mood：to be in a sour mood/not happy 心情不好；心情低落
10)leave you in the dust：望尘莫及
11)at a loose end：无所事事
12)your blood's worth bottling：a phrase expressive of admiration(澳大利)英语－表达赞美的词语：你的血值得被保存
13)the sharp end：最多困难的地方；最棘手的部分the part of an activity, such as a job, where the most problems are likely to be found:
A job like hers would be much too demanding for me, but she enjoys being at the sharp end.
14)do away with：废除，去掉
I need to do away with my knuckle cracking. 我需要去掉掰指关节(的坏习惯)。
15)my day winds down (around 7 o'clock pm)：start to relex(after stress /excitement /intensity)；it starts to finish. 开始闲下来了