horse sense 常识(不是“马的感觉”)
beton the wrong horse 【美】希望落空"。
panda car【英】警车（其实真正警车是蓝白的，因为这个名字最早出 现时是在60年代，那时电视机还是黑白的）
donkey jacket 【英】野外作业工人穿的风雨衣，泥水服
theelephantin theroom 被视而不见。如：A century later,Chinais not somuch the elephant in the room, but the elephant in the region. （一个世纪后，中国不再被视而不见，而是被更多地关注。）
abullof Bashan“大嗓门的人”。
bull【美】"空话","废话","胡扯","胡说八道"。(bull shit)
bull in a china shop鲁莽的人\莽撞的人\爱闯祸者。china "瓷器"。例句：Horace is a bull in a china shop。霍勒斯是个鲁莽的人。
bull session 【美】"漫谈","自由讨论"。例句：Some students of the economics department had a bull session last Sunday。上星期天，经济系的一些学生聚集在一起漫谈。
bull"s eye等于hit the bull"s eye, 是美国口语，意为"完全正确"。
acatin the pan "叛徒","变节的人"。
Acatmay look at a king." "小人物也该有同等权利"。
bell the cat出自老鼠在猫颈上系铃的伊索寓言)，意为"(为大家去)冒险"。
a (the) hair of the dog (that bit one) "用以解宿醉的一杯酒"。
blackdog"忧郁","沮丧","意志消沉"。例句： They said the black dog was over David。据说戴维曾很沮丧。
cats and dogs 大雨倾盆（有一个说法是：过去英国城市下水系统不好，一到下雨天，很多地方积水，飘着很多死猫死狗）
a nice (pretty, fine) kettle of fish"乱七八糟","非常混乱","一塌糊涂","处境困难"
a visit from the stork"婴儿诞生" (源自婴儿是鹳鸟带来之传说)。
awhaleat (for , on) "擅长于","善于"。
a whale ofa/an ... "极妙的","极好","非常大","非常多","了不起"。例句：My grandmother told me a whale of a story last night。
birdbrain"傻瓜","笨蛋","蠢蛋"。
blacksheep "害群之马","败家子","败坏名誉者"之意。
black widow 美洲一种有毒的母蜘蛛------黑寡妇球腹蛛，学名是Latrodectus mactans.这种母蜘蛛连公蜘蛛都吃。
bring one"s pigto a fine (pretty) market 做亏本生意\经营不善\判断错误。例句：This old woman brought herpigs to a fine market。这个老妇人做了亏本生意。
buck 【美】是"一块钱"之意，与dollar同义。例句：She bought a dictionary for10 bucks。她花了10块钱买了一本词典。
bug 当及物动词用时有"安放窃听器"之意。例句：Did you know the police had bugged John"s room? 你知道警方已在约翰的房间里安放了窃听器吗？
bug house 【美】"疯人院"。例句：Robert was sent to the bug house by his son。罗伯特被他的儿子送到了疯人院。
