101 (to) make ends meet.
解释：使...收支相抵
用法：Expenses(outgoing money) >Incoming(incoming money) =>I cannot make ends meet. 我不能令两端相等。
A: I think I'll need a part-time job.
B: You already work!
A: But I can't make ends meet.
B: Why don't you try cutting out things like cable TV?
102 ordering take-out
解释：订外卖
用法：take-out=>food that can take out from the restaurant
A: I'm ordering take-out!
B: From where?
A: Monkey Burgers.
B: Get me a cheeseburger and a chocolate shake.
103 I'm rather upset~
解释：相当
用法：(to be) rather upset/angry... rather指表面看上去有点..，但实际上应该是非常...
A: I just found out I was adopted.
B: You must be shocked~
A: Well, I'm rather upset.
B: I would be, too.
104 I'm perplexed.
解释：困惑的
用法：(to be) perplexed... =>very confused.
A: You look perplexed.
B: Yeah... was that a man or a woman?
A: Oh, you mean Pat?
B: Yeah~
A: I'm note sure, either, actually!
105 Keep it PG!
解释：
用法：Keep it PG!=>Keep it clean! 来源于电影分级制度 G-General, PG-Parental Guidance, R-Restricted, X-Explicit.
A: Don't look over there.
B: Why? What's going on?
A: Two people are kissing. GROSS!
B: Oh~ Keep it PG!
106 a typo
解释：排印错误
用法：a typo=>a typing mistake
A: "Thanks you"? You made a typo.
B: Oh, thanks! Do you see any others?
A: Um...nope. Looks good.
B: Click~Sent! Thank you for your help.
107 sooner or later
解释：迟早，早晚。
用法：sooner or later=>eventually
A: Do you see my lighter?
B: You haven't quit smoking yet?
A: I will. Sooner or later.
B: Yeah. Sooner or later it'll kill you.
108 Go figure!
解释：奇怪吧!猜猜看，想想看吧
用法：go figure=>who could guess
A: You've lived in Korea for over 20 years?
B: Yeah! Go figure~
A: Are you gonna stay forever?
B: I'm not sure!
The banks are LOSING billions of dollars but the bankers are still getting HUGE bonuses...go figure.
When I exercise at the gym, I get tired RIGHT away. But, when I go shopping, I can go ALL day!! Go figure.
My son is TOO full to eat his carrots. BUT he has room enough to eat CAKE... Go figure.
109 Is A considered B
解释：被认为是...
用法：Is A considered B=>Is a tomato considered a fruit?
A: Is a McDonald's Salad considered healthy?
B: It's a salad!
A: But it's from McDonald's.
B: My guess is it's healthy.
110 In my book
解释：依我的观点
用法：in my book=>in my opinion
A: Katy Perry is SUCH a good singer.
B: In my book, she's not a singer AT ALL.
A: Then who's a good singer?
B: Hmm... Freddie Mercury was a good singer.
111 Who are you? Einstein?
解释：
用法：用Who are you?/What are you?后面加一个名人。1. 你的一个博学的朋友让你生气，你回那一句Who are you? Einstein? 在这里是负面的意思。2. 另一个用法则是正面的意思，表示惊叹！
A: How can I fall in love?
B: Well, you need to stimulate your brain.
A: What?
B: You need an increase in dopamine and norepinephrine which will make you feel "love.
A: Who are you? Einstein?
112 Beats me
解释：我怎么知道？
用法：不能用在正式的场合。Means I don't know
A: Is Pluto still condisered a planet?
B: Beats me.
A: Well, in my book it is.
B: Who are you? Carl Sagan?
113 (to) bite the dust
解释：彻底坏掉了
用法：to bite the dust=to die/broke/doesn't work anymore, 不单单是用在人身上，也可以用在物身上。但是不用用这个短语来表示“你的父亲去世了”或者其他你非常尊敬的人。
A: Where is your friend?
B: What?
A: Your MP3 player! You're always listening to it~
B: I dropped it, and it bite the dust~~
114 Bite me!
解释：别理我
用法：Bite me=> go to hell, leave me alone, forget about it
A: Are you sick?
B: Bite me~
A: What? You look pale...
B: Ugh! I just found out my girlfriend is seeing someone else!
115 No ifs, ands or buts!
解释：不要找借口!
用法：No ifs, ands or buts!=Don't make any excuses
A: I want that report on my desk by 5.
B: 5? It's 4 o'clock now.
A: No ifs, ands or buts. 5.
B: Alright.
116 Damned if do_damned if I don't!
解释：做...或者不做...都不好
用法：
A: Are you going to the company dinner?
B: If I go, my wife will be mad. If I don't go, the boss will be mad~
A: You're damned if you do, damned if you don't!
B: Damn it...
117 hard to beat~
解释：难以击败
用法：hard to beat=>hard to defeat=>sth is the best
A: Who do you think will win the match?
B: Between Spain and the US?
A: Yeah.
B: Spain will be hard to beat!
118 out of the blue
解释：出乎意料的
用法：out of the blue=>out of the clear blue sky=>suddenly sth appears，out of发音接近outta。
A: You're all wet.
B: I know! Out of the blut it started to rain~
A: It rained?
B: Yes! It totally surprised everyone~
119 low-key
解释：抑制的，软调的
用法：low-key=>to be low-key，一般用来形容颜色，冷色调，可以用来形容人，低调。
A: My favorite actor is Tom Hanks.
B: Why's that?
A: He's great on-screen and low-key off-screen.
B: You're right! He's never in the news like Lady Gaga!
120 What do you say we..
解释：我们要不要...？
用法：What do you say we..=>Let's do sth../How about doing sth?
A: I'm bored.
B: What do you say we watch a movie?
A: Sure! What do you wanna see?
B: How about... Titanic?
121 another nail in the coffin
解释：棺材上的另一个钉子。
用法：another nail in the coffin=the final nail in the coffin, coffin是棺材的意思，a bad future of sb's health/sth。不好的趋势。
A: The iPhone 4 power cable doesn't work on the iPhone 5.
B: That's stupid.
A: This is another nail in their coffin.
B: They're not doing well since Steve Jobs dies...
122 high-profile
解释：高调
用法：high-profile, low-key的反义词。
A: We need to grow our classes.
B: Yes. We need to be more high-profile.
A: Any ideas on how we do that?
B: Buy everyone who joins a free car?
123 It spoke to me~
解释：。。。对我有影响。
用法：It spoke to me~=> the song spoke to me/ influenced me
A: This painting is SO ugly. Why did you buy it?
B: It spoke to me.
A: What did it say?
B: No! Look at it. It shows the meaning of life...
124 Grow up!
解释：别小孩子气了！
用法：Grow up!=>Be c(don't act like a child)
A: Are you playing a video game?
B: No. It's a simulation game.
A: Grow up!
B: Look at you! Wearing "Hello Kitty" pajamas.
125 He's mature for his age.
解释：比他的年龄成熟，早熟。
用法：mature 可以分为身体上的成熟和精神上的成熟。
A: Is your daughter reading Shakespeare?
B: Yeah! She loves that stuff!
A: Isn't she like...8 years old?
B: Yeah! She's mature for her age!
126 the black sheep
解释：败家子，不肖子。
用法：1. I was the black sheep of the family. Because of me, my family was very embaraced. 给家里人丢脸了。 2. the person who is always alone. 孤独的人
A: I was such a black sheep when I was young.
B: People hated you?
A: Not really, they just didn't understand me.
B: You seem fine now.
A: Yeah! I think I was just mature for my age!
127 I'm going to...
解释：
用法：I'm going to不同的发音代表不同的意思。1. I'm going to prep/somewhere 发音类似 I'm goin t'. 2. I'm going to verb发音类似I'm gonna to, 再快点为 I'm'na/Ah ng na(这种发音时候带有消极意味，例如 I'm gonna go home.)
A: I'm going to go to the store.
B: I'm going to go to the store, too.
A: I'm going to buy beer.
B: I'm going to buy chocolate.
128 (to be) few and far between
解释：极少的
用法：few and far between=>rare
A: The food here is really good.
B: Nice restaurants like this are few and far between.
A: I agree. How'd you find it?
B: Online!
129 Man it up!
解释：男人点吧
用法：Man it up!=>to be a man!
A: Dad, I'm tired. Can we rest?
B: Only a little more to the top, son!
A: My legs hurt, da.
B: Man it up, son! Man it up!
130 INTENSE
解释：强烈的；紧张的；热情的；非常的
用法：反义词是 relax
A: Put some sunscreen on.
B: I'll only be outside for 20 minutes.
A: Those UV rays are intense.
B: Okay~ Where is it?
131 (to be/feel) boxed in
解释：困死在...，被困住。
用法：boxed指被局限/限制了。
A: Sue wants to break up with me.
B: Why? You guys look happy.
A: She says she feels boxed in.
B: You are a bit intense~~
132 Give a shout out to~
解释：向...问好
用法：give a shout out to someone=say hello to someone
A: Shane, can you give a shout out to me in your next lesson?
B: Sure, if I remember. I get so busy, I sometimes forget.
A: I'll remind you every day!
B: That might help!
133 He's slick!
解释：圆滑的，油滑的。
用法：(to be) slick, 说某个人slick意思是那个人像蛇一样，常常惹了一堆不好的事，最终又没有什么事情。
A: How can Bill Clinton still be popular? He cheated on his wife.
B: He's slick. Nothing sticks to him.
A: He's like a snake, huh?
B: Straight from the Garden of Eden!
134 Straight from...
解释：直接从...
用法：straight from=>directly from
A: How do you like the new boss?
B: Terrible!!
A: Why?
B: He's straight from hell!
135 (to) pay it forward.
解释：爱心预支
用法：pay it forward=>to pay for the next person
A: What would you like today?
B: A Caramel Macchiato. Large, please.
A: That comes to $5.15.
B: Okay... Here's $10.30. I'll pay for the next person's, too!
A: Paying it forward! Great. Next^^
136 a tar baby.
解释：柏油娃娃，比喻无法摆脱的困境。
用法：a tar baby=>tar表示有点油腻，很难处理, sticky situation，Sth is a tar baby意思是Sth is difficult to deal with.
A: Do you think the West should have interfered with Saddam Hussein?
B: It was a tar baby!
A: How?
B: Saddam is gone, but the West is STILL over there. They created a problem and it's just getting worse and worse.
137 He's 40 going on 10!
解释：
用法：40岁看上去像10岁的样子，有些消极的意思。
A: Look at your brother! He's having a great time!
B: He's 40 going on 10!
A: Is it his first time to Disneyland?
B: No! He comes every year! He's a kid!
138 You and me...me and you...You and I...
解释：
用法：在美国，一般是You在前。You and I 一般用作主语。You and me 一般用作宾语。
A: You and me are just the same.
B: You and I.
A: Whatever~ We both love English, but you and me both hate to study!
B: And -- you and I both like Coach Shane's lessons! And he likes you and me!!
139 If I were in your shoes...(If I were you...)
解释：如果我是你的话
用法：if I were in your shoes=if I were you=if I could see the world from your perspetive，一般在给别人建议的时候使用。
A: Should I get the green shoes or the orange shoes?
B: If I were in your shoes, I'd get the purple shoes.
A: Purple? That's an ugly color for shoes!
B: So are green and orange!
140 Keep them coming!
解释：让他们继续来！
用法：Keep them coming!=>Keep 的意思是Continue，意思是一直保持前文提到的某个动作或名词，如果前文的名词是不可数名词，可以改成Keep it coming!。
A: Thanks for the question. Next? Come on, keep them coming.
B: Why do you teach English for free?
A: Because a lot of people don't have enough money to study.
B: But you have to make money, too!
A: People with money can join my DDM classes. Those classes are inexpensive, but they're not free. Next question! Keep them coming^^
141 Hero vs heroine
解释：英雄，女英雄。
用法：hero(male), heroine(female)，但是在实际用途中一般常用hero，不区分性别。
A: Who's your favorite hero?
B: Hmm...Joan of Arc（圣女贞德）.
A: She's a heroine, not a hero!
B: Same thing--she was braver than most men!
142 I'm in deep doo doo...
解释：有大麻烦
用法：I'm in deep doo doo.=>I'm in trouble. Doo-doo 是粪便Feces的意思。
A: So, John, did you finish?
B: Finish what?
A: The proposal. It's due in 10 minutes.
B: OH MY GOD! I didn't even start.
A: You're in deep doo doo!
143 tops
解释：
用法：tops 一般有两个意思1. the best（最好）. 2. at most（最多）,no more than.
A: I need to buy my new girlfriend a present.
B: Birthday?
A: Yeah. Should I get her something expensive?
B: How long have you been dating?
A: Three days.
B: Ten bucks tops. No more.
144 30-something.
解释：三十多岁
用法：30-something，当你不大愿意说你的确切年龄的时候可用，不过一般表示比较靠后的年龄段 mid-30 to late-30。
A: How old is Shane?
B: I think he's 30-something.
A: No! Maybe late 20s.
B: I think mid-30s.
A: Early 30s tops!
145 To have someone over
解释：有人来
用法：to have someone over（日期/for lunch, dinner）=> to invite someone over to my house.
A: What's up tonight?
B: I'm having my girlfriend's parents over.
A: For dinner? You can't cook!
B: KFC, buddy! They'll never know~
146 to brown bag it
解释：自己带饭。
用法：to brown bag it=>to bring your own lunch，美国人普遍的食物是三明治，一般用棕色的纸袋子包裹。
A: What are you eating for lunch today?
B: I've got a tun sandwich and some chips.
A: You brown bag it?
B: Yeah! Food I make tastes better and costs less.
147 head honcho
解释：头巾，主管，老板。
用法：head honcho=boss=decision maker
A: Where's the head honcho?
B: He's out for lunch.
A: Did you eat, yet?
B: I always brown bag it.
A: Homemade food is tops~
148 I'm all tied up!
解释：被占用，脱不了身，忙得不可开交。
用法：I'm all tied up!=>I'm busy!
A: Can you come to my little party on Friday?
B: I'm sorry, John. I'm tied up this weekend.
A: But you have to come!
B: John, I told you--I'm getting married on Saturday!
149 for good
解释：永久地
用法：for good=for good and all=forever.一般碰到以下情况可以用for good， when you stop/quit/leave something(some place)，或者when you are done with/finished with something。
A: So, you are leaving Korea?
B: Yes, next month.
A: But you'll be coming back, right?
B: No, I think I'll be leaving for good~
150 on and off...off and on
解释：断断续续地，不时地。
用法：on and off/off and on=> to be occasional.例句有It's been raining on and off. My mom and I talk on and off. I'm working off and on. My tennis is off and on.
A: Where's your girlfriend?
B: We're taking a break.
A: You guys are on and off all the time.
B: This time... I think it's for good.