1. 横穿马路 jaywalk

在这条街上横穿马路是要被罚款的

Anyone who jaywalks in this street will be fined.

2. 咬紧牙关bite the bullet

董事长让董事会要紧牙关顶住这场危机。

The president asked the board to bite the bullet to the crisis.

3. 吓唬某人 give somebody a bluff

别害怕，我只是吓唬吓唬你而已。

Don’t be scared .I was only giving you a bluff.

4. 解囊相助 give someone the shirt off one’s back

缺钱花时你可以去找老张，他会解囊相助的。

You can turn to Zhang when you are caught short. He would give you the shirt off his back.

5. 拔腿就跑 take to one’s heels

当街头小贩看到警察来了时，他们匆忙卷起摆的摊儿拔腿就跑

As soon as the street peddlers saw the police coming they folded up their stands and took to their heels.

6. 刻苦钻研某科to dig at a subject

她说她一定要刻苦钻研美国文学以应付明年的考试。

She said that she would dig at American literature for her exam next year.

7. 打开天窗说亮话 talk turkey

在这个问题上我们兜了这么长时间的圈子了，现在也该说点真格的了

We have been beating about the bush on the matter for so long and it’s time to talk turkey.

8. 骑到某人脖子上walk all over someone

不要显得低于他，否则他会骑到你脖子上的。

Don’t appear to be in an inferior to him, or he’ll walk over you.

9. 被逼得走投无路 be driven to the wall

他因被债主逼得走投无路而自杀。

The creditor drove him to the wall, which resulted in his suicide.

10. 结伙对付某人 gang up on somebody

一些较大的贸易公司纠结在一起来对付我们，打算把我们从该行业中排挤出去。

Some fairly large trading companies ganged up on us, trying t force us out of that business.