15. agree to differ 求同存異
agree to differ指的是“各自保留不同意見（不再說服對方）”，意即“求同存異”。
A: What do you mean? 你是什么意思？
B: Considering the major contracts they might give us, I overlooked the small loss. 考慮到他們可能與我們簽訂大宗合同，小小的損失我就忽略不計了。
A: So you agreed to differ? 所以你就求同存異？
B: That’s right. 沒錯。
16.all told 合計；總之
此語原義為“總計，合計”，引申為“總之”。如：All told，it was a great credit to them.（總之，這給他們大大增了光。）此語同in all同義。
A: How many people attended today’s meeting? 有多少人參加了今天的會議？
B: There were seventeen of us at the meeting, all told. 一共有十七個人。
A: Issue an announcement that if somebody doesn’t attend meeting next time, his or her bonus will be deducted. 發(fā)布一則通知，就說如果有人下一次不參加會議，他或她的獎金全扣。
B: Yes. 好的。
17.all wet 搞錯了
wet原義為“濕的”，干活常把手弄濕，指某人“沒經(jīng)驗的”。該習語多見于美國俚語，意為“大錯特錯，胡說，瞎扯”。
A: I made a reservation two days ago. My name is David Johnson. 我前天在這兒預訂了房間，我叫戴維約翰遜。
B: Reservation? What do you mean? 預定？什么意思？
A: I booked a single room here for tonight. 我定了一間今晚的單人房。
B: Oh! You’re all wet, actually. This is not a hotel. The hotel is the building across the road. 哦，你搞錯了。這不是旅館，旅館是路對過的那做樓。
18.an easy digging 輕而易舉的事
dig做動詞時有“集中精力于… 的意思”，往往用來指工作、學習。An easy digging指“學習輕松”，引申為“事情輕而易舉”。
A: Do you think we can nurse our business back to life? 你說我們能讓生意起死回生嗎？
B: It’s not an easy digging. We’ll have to rack our brain and think of some effective measures. 這可不是件容易事。我們得絞盡腦汁想出一些行之有效的辦法。
A: I seem to be at the end of my wits. I have got lost and don’t know where I’m going. 我可是黔驢技窮了。我有點茫然，不知道該干什么才好。
B: Never say die. The darkest hour is the nearest dawn. 別這么說，現(xiàn)在只是黎明前的黑暗。
19.any more 不再
此語用于否定句中，構(gòu)成not … any more“不再”，與之同義的短語為not … any longer。與肯定句中的no more和no longer同義。區(qū)別在于not any longer和no longer都口語化。
A: I can’t take the job any longer. 我不能再干這份工作了。
B: If you need the money, you’ll just have to grin and bear it. 如果要想掙錢的話，你就得含笑忍辱。
A: I’d rather starve than suffer the torture of the beast! 我寧愿餓死也不受這份罪。
B: Don’t be childish and capricious. You want to change the world? No way, it is just the world that will change you. 別幼稚任性了。你想改變這個世界？決不可能的。只能是這世界改變你。
A: My God! The school life is really simple and free. But now I have it no more. 天呀！還是校園生活簡單自由，可我不再擁有它了。
20.as easy as one’s eye 很容易
該習語是一種非正規(guī)的口語表達方式，類似的表達方式還有：as easy as anything/as ABC/as falling off a log/as winkling。這些短語指的是“很容易”。
A: Money is hard to earn these days. 這年頭掙錢不容易。
B: To me, it’s as easy as my eye. 對我來說很容易。
A: You steal? Or rob? 去偷還是去搶？
B: Of course not. 當然不是。
21.as sure as eggs is eggs 毫無疑問，千真萬確
此語與“蛋”可說沒什么直接聯(lián)系，其中eggs很可能系數(shù)學公式中x的訛誤。它原作as sure as x is x，17世紀后始作（as）sure as eggs is eggs。有時亦作（as）sure as eggs are eggs。這條成語1699年在英國北部地區(qū)首先使用。
A: Do you think Peter will win this time? 你認為彼得這次會贏嗎？
B: It’s impossible. 不大可能。
A: Why? 為什么？
B” He’s no match in force and skill. 體力和技巧上，他都不是對手。
A: You mean he’ll lose, as sure as eggs is eggs? 你是說他必定會輸，確信無疑了？
B: Yeah, unless there is a miracle. 是這樣，除非有奇跡發(fā)生。
22.as well 也，還，又；完全的，足夠的
此語一指“也，還，又”；也可做副詞短語，意義為“完全的，足夠的”，如：Obviously she had been frightened out of wit, as well she might be.（顯然她已經(jīng)給嚇得六神無主了，于她來說這也在情理之中。）與之相近的習語為as well as“（除 … 之外）也”，如：On Sundays, his landlady provided dinner as well as breakfast.（逢星期天，他的女房東除供應他早餐外，還供應他晚餐。）As well as 的另一意義為“和 … 一樣”，如：He would like to go as well as you.（他和你一樣想去。）
A: I’m going to ask the janitor to wash the floors in the halfway. 我要讓看門的把走廊的地板清洗一下。
B: Would you ask him to clear the lobby as well? 請你讓他把大廳也清洗一下好嗎？
A: Ok. Can he do it well? 好吧，他能做好嗎？
B: Yes, if he’s glad to. 能，只要他肯干。
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23.ask for it 自找麻煩，自找苦吃
該習語是ask for trouble的非正規(guī)的口語表達方式。如：Don’t be late again, or you’ll ask for it.（別再遲到了，要不然你會自找苦吃的。）
A: Do you know what happened? 你猜怎么著？
B: Not an inkling. What’s happened? 猜不著，怎么了？
A: My girlfriend gave her boss a good piece of her mind. 我女朋友狠狠教訓了她老板一頓。
B: He asked for it, I suppose. 我猜他是自找的。
A: Yeah. She is really something. 可不是么，她真了不起
agree to differ指的是“各自保留不同意見（不再說服對方）”，意即“求同存異”。
A: What do you mean? 你是什么意思？
B: Considering the major contracts they might give us, I overlooked the small loss. 考慮到他們可能與我們簽訂大宗合同，小小的損失我就忽略不計了。
A: So you agreed to differ? 所以你就求同存異？
B: That’s right. 沒錯。
16.all told 合計；總之
此語原義為“總計，合計”，引申為“總之”。如：All told，it was a great credit to them.（總之，這給他們大大增了光。）此語同in all同義。
A: How many people attended today’s meeting? 有多少人參加了今天的會議？
B: There were seventeen of us at the meeting, all told. 一共有十七個人。
A: Issue an announcement that if somebody doesn’t attend meeting next time, his or her bonus will be deducted. 發(fā)布一則通知，就說如果有人下一次不參加會議，他或她的獎金全扣。
B: Yes. 好的。
17.all wet 搞錯了
wet原義為“濕的”，干活常把手弄濕，指某人“沒經(jīng)驗的”。該習語多見于美國俚語，意為“大錯特錯，胡說，瞎扯”。
A: I made a reservation two days ago. My name is David Johnson. 我前天在這兒預訂了房間，我叫戴維約翰遜。
B: Reservation? What do you mean? 預定？什么意思？
A: I booked a single room here for tonight. 我定了一間今晚的單人房。
B: Oh! You’re all wet, actually. This is not a hotel. The hotel is the building across the road. 哦，你搞錯了。這不是旅館，旅館是路對過的那做樓。
18.an easy digging 輕而易舉的事
dig做動詞時有“集中精力于… 的意思”，往往用來指工作、學習。An easy digging指“學習輕松”，引申為“事情輕而易舉”。
A: Do you think we can nurse our business back to life? 你說我們能讓生意起死回生嗎？
B: It’s not an easy digging. We’ll have to rack our brain and think of some effective measures. 這可不是件容易事。我們得絞盡腦汁想出一些行之有效的辦法。
A: I seem to be at the end of my wits. I have got lost and don’t know where I’m going. 我可是黔驢技窮了。我有點茫然，不知道該干什么才好。
B: Never say die. The darkest hour is the nearest dawn. 別這么說，現(xiàn)在只是黎明前的黑暗。
19.any more 不再
此語用于否定句中，構(gòu)成not … any more“不再”，與之同義的短語為not … any longer。與肯定句中的no more和no longer同義。區(qū)別在于not any longer和no longer都口語化。
A: I can’t take the job any longer. 我不能再干這份工作了。
B: If you need the money, you’ll just have to grin and bear it. 如果要想掙錢的話，你就得含笑忍辱。
A: I’d rather starve than suffer the torture of the beast! 我寧愿餓死也不受這份罪。
B: Don’t be childish and capricious. You want to change the world? No way, it is just the world that will change you. 別幼稚任性了。你想改變這個世界？決不可能的。只能是這世界改變你。
A: My God! The school life is really simple and free. But now I have it no more. 天呀！還是校園生活簡單自由，可我不再擁有它了。
20.as easy as one’s eye 很容易
該習語是一種非正規(guī)的口語表達方式，類似的表達方式還有：as easy as anything/as ABC/as falling off a log/as winkling。這些短語指的是“很容易”。
A: Money is hard to earn these days. 這年頭掙錢不容易。
B: To me, it’s as easy as my eye. 對我來說很容易。
A: You steal? Or rob? 去偷還是去搶？
B: Of course not. 當然不是。
21.as sure as eggs is eggs 毫無疑問，千真萬確
此語與“蛋”可說沒什么直接聯(lián)系，其中eggs很可能系數(shù)學公式中x的訛誤。它原作as sure as x is x，17世紀后始作（as）sure as eggs is eggs。有時亦作（as）sure as eggs are eggs。這條成語1699年在英國北部地區(qū)首先使用。
A: Do you think Peter will win this time? 你認為彼得這次會贏嗎？
B: It’s impossible. 不大可能。
A: Why? 為什么？
B” He’s no match in force and skill. 體力和技巧上，他都不是對手。
A: You mean he’ll lose, as sure as eggs is eggs? 你是說他必定會輸，確信無疑了？
B: Yeah, unless there is a miracle. 是這樣，除非有奇跡發(fā)生。
22.as well 也，還，又；完全的，足夠的
此語一指“也，還，又”；也可做副詞短語，意義為“完全的，足夠的”，如：Obviously she had been frightened out of wit, as well she might be.（顯然她已經(jīng)給嚇得六神無主了，于她來說這也在情理之中。）與之相近的習語為as well as“（除 … 之外）也”，如：On Sundays, his landlady provided dinner as well as breakfast.（逢星期天，他的女房東除供應他早餐外，還供應他晚餐。）As well as 的另一意義為“和 … 一樣”，如：He would like to go as well as you.（他和你一樣想去。）
A: I’m going to ask the janitor to wash the floors in the halfway. 我要讓看門的把走廊的地板清洗一下。
B: Would you ask him to clear the lobby as well? 請你讓他把大廳也清洗一下好嗎？
A: Ok. Can he do it well? 好吧，他能做好嗎？
B: Yes, if he’s glad to. 能，只要他肯干。
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23.ask for it 自找麻煩，自找苦吃
該習語是ask for trouble的非正規(guī)的口語表達方式。如：Don’t be late again, or you’ll ask for it.（別再遲到了，要不然你會自找苦吃的。）
A: Do you know what happened? 你猜怎么著？
B: Not an inkling. What’s happened? 猜不著，怎么了？
A: My girlfriend gave her boss a good piece of her mind. 我女朋友狠狠教訓了她老板一頓。
B: He asked for it, I suppose. 我猜他是自找的。
A: Yeah. She is really something. 可不是么，她真了不起