1.多的不得了 a jillion

千万别让你的丈夫去那个城市出差，那里的妓女多得不得了

Never allow your husband to take a trip to that city. There are a jillion streetwalkers there.

2.争论的原因 a bone of contention

我想，分利不均才是他们争吵的真正原因。

I think the inequality in splitting the profits is their real bone of contention.

3.仍在……着 be still on

现在已经是深夜12点了，可是他办公室的灯还在亮着。

It’s already 12:00 o’clock midnight, yet, the light in his office is still on.

4.有点生疏 go a bit rusty

A:你能讲法语么？B：过去学过，可几年不用有点生疏了。

Can you speak French? I learned it, but I haven’t used it for a long time so it has got a bit rusty.

5.喝多了 have one too many

看他那个样子肯定是喝多了，你最好把他送回家

He must seem to have had one too many. You’d better walk him home.

6.事情的真相 what’s what

如果你弄清事情的真相，就马上打电话告诉我

Give me a buzz and tell me as soon as you’ve got the what’s what.

7.真惨 a bad scene

这次考试真惨。十道题我只答对了两道，其他的全错了。

This exam was really the bad scene! I miss all the ten questions but two.

8.不能再……了can’t be adjective+er

这个价格不能再低了 The price can’t be any lower.

9.彻头彻尾的 out and out

他是个彻头彻尾的口头革命派。

He’s an out and out armchair revolutionary.

10.打扮得特别漂亮be dressed to the nines

每次去参加舞会，她都打扮得特别漂亮。

Every time she went to a dance, she would always be dressed up to the nines.