in a nutshell, 在堅果殼裏，
什麽在堅果殼裏？ 是果仁。
給我來點兒實在的，快的。
2 Let us chew the fat a while.
讓我們八卦壹會兒。
3 Don't cry over spilt milk.
不要為撒了的牛奶哭泣。 悔亦無補。
4 You are full of beans tonight!
妳今晚真嗨啊。 full of beans 有能量。
5 He is a bad egg.
他不是個好東西。
6 You'd better take what she says with a grain of salt.
妳最好不要相信她說的。
7 She is the apple of his eye.
他非常中意她。
8 They are the cream of the crop.
他們是最好的，最優秀的。
9 I know you are a big potato.
我知道妳很壹般。 壹個土豆指沒什麽特殊地方的人。
10 You can't have your cake and eat it.
妳不能得到妳的蛋糕而且吃它。 魚和熊掌不能兼得。
11 The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
布丁的好壞只能通過吃來驗證。
12 The joke is in us , a very sour joke indeed.
這個玩笑是對我們開的，而且是個不太搞笑的玩笑。
13 The tax represents a real bite out of our wages.
稅收侵蝕了我們收入。