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B字头

butter up：讨好、谄媚
　Ex: After Rock yubs Katie the wrong way, he tries to butter her up. 　
　Ex: Corey buttered up all his feachers in the hope that he would get better grades.

C

out of character: 和一贯的性格、行为不一致
　Ex: It’s out of character for Frank to be so concemed about the feelings of other people. 　
　Ex: Keeping good hours would be out of characfer for John and Susan. 

have a chip on one’s shoulder：心怀怨恨
　EX: Calvin has a chip on his shoulder, because he has heard a lot of rumors spread by his best friend.

Cream puff：n. 奶油卷; 娘娘腔的男人, 懦夫;文弱的男子
　EX:Sammy likes to take out his cream puff for a drive on weekends.

Culture vulture：对文化艺术成瘾的人
　Culture：n. 文化；教养、修养；耕种、种植
　vulture：n.  秃鹰, 贪婪的人
　EX:There were a lot of culture vulture gathering in New York last Christmas for the grand opening of the New York Art Festival.

throw a curve: 误导、欺骗
　Curve：n.  曲线, 曲球, 弯曲
                v.  成曲形; 弯; 使弯曲
　Ex: Sam’s girlfriend is easily confused when Some one throws her a curve. 　
　Ex: Tim threw me a curve when he first denied and then admitted to lying about the banking error.

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E

have an ear to the ground：注意，留心可能发生的事
　馅饼即使落到头上，弹一下，终归大地。一定要留心看地面，没准就有什么发生了，比如拣个钱包什么的。
　Ex:The city manager kept an ear to the ground for a while before deciding to raise the city employees’ pay.

F

fake steps：采取必要的措施
    fake: n.  冒牌货; 冒充者; 仿造品;骗子
              v.  伪造; 冒充; 捏造; 假装; 假装; 做假动作; 佯攻
           adj.  假的; 冒充的
    Ex: The executive committee has faken steps to guarantee salary raises for each employee.

fake-out tricks:  vt. 以欺骗手法制胜人；[篮]过人技巧
    Ex:The ball handler will often perform numerous flashy moves while attempting to drive to the basket, including crossovers, jab steps and other fake-out tricks.
持球者常常会在试图冲向球篮时施展无数花哨的动作，其中包括胯下运球、步和其它过人技巧。

G

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B

H

hit below the belt：暗中傷人，用不正常的手段攻击别人，使阴招。
　都打在腰带以下了，还不算阴招吗？莫非是“猴子偷桃”？
　Ex:Most of the criticism of his new book hit below the belt.

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