许飞许飞，栩栩声威!

　　165、 Know which side one’s bread is buttered.知道自己的利益所在　　A：Mary is married again.　　B：Is she? I wonder why the stupid husband wants to marry the butterfly. She will leave him any time.　　A：Well, she won’t leave as long as he continues to make money. She knows which side her bread is buttered.　　A：玛丽又结婚了。　　B：是吗？我真不知道哪个愚蠢的丈夫会娶这个轻浮的女人，她随时都可能离开他。　　A：恩，只要他还能赚钱，玛丽就不会离开。她知道为自己算计

　　168、 Sell / go like hot cakes 卖的非常快　　A：Did you get the book?　　B：No, the books are sold out.　　A：Sold out?　　B：Yeah, they sell like hot cakes.　　A：你买到书了吗？　　B：没有，书卖完了。　　A：卖完了。　　B：是的，书卖得非常快。　　169、 Take the cake 得头奖；居首位　　A：Jack, you did a good job in the marathon race.　　B：Thank you, Mr. Smith.　　A：Scores of runners started, but only a few finished it. And just one, you, take the cake.　　A：捷克，你在马拉松赛上可真棒！　　B：谢谢你，史密斯先生。　　A：开始时参赛者有好几十个，但只有几个跑完全程。而你居然得了头奖。

　　176、 The eternal triangle 三角恋爱　　A：I don't like Korean TV plays. There are always three major characters to be in the old eternal triangle.　　B：You’re right, usually the hero is either very successful or at the bottom of life..　　A：The girls will be the same with one pure, innocent and another sophisticated.　　B：I can always guess the ending.　　A：我不喜欢韩剧，三个主角总是卷进三角恋。　　B：没错，男主角或是非常成功或是非常落魄。　　A：女孩子总是一个清纯，另一个世故。　　B：我总能猜到结局。

　　177、 Old wives’ tale 荒诞故事　　A：What’s the date today?　　B：It’s the 13th.　　A：Oh, no. I was told not to travel on the 13th.　　B：That’s all an old wives’ tale.　　A：今天几号？　　B：13号。　　A：太糟了。有人告诉我13号千万别出门。　　B：这纯属无稽之谈。　　178、 Call someone by one’s first name 直呼其名179、 　　A：Do you really call your American mother-in-law by her first name?　　B：Yes, I do.　　A：Isn’t she angry?　　B：Angry? No, she’s more than happy.　　A：你真的对美国岳母直呼其名吗？　　B：是啊。　　A：她不生气吗？　　B：生气？不，她高兴着呢！

　　181、 Comparatively speaking 相对而182、 言　　A：Why is our country so poor?　　B：It has a large population and, comparatively speaking, it’s short of natural resources.　　A：Japan has a large population, and it hardly has any natural resources. I’d rather say it’s due to the backward education, science and technology.　　A：为什么我们国家这么穷呢？　　B：我们人口太多，相对而言，资源不足。　　A：日本人口也不少，几乎没有什么自然资源，要我说，是由于我们落后的教育和科学技术。