Coffee Pals English ~ 咖友 英语

我们很高兴地通知您：我们为每一个来访播客一些可下载的额外专栏来帮助您的英语学习。请让我们知道您的想法，您的反馈对我们未来的成功有着至关重要的作用。所以请经常提供我们您的建议并下载这些文件
We are excited to announce that we will now be adding downloadable supplemental pages for each of the podcasts to help with your English learning. Please let us know what you think of them, your feedback is crucial to our future success. So keep those suggestion coming and keep on downloading those files.

Example Page

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To download the MP3 files below RIGHT-CLICK on the Listen [MP3] <)) Link following the Idiom.

Go to the Idiom Album to dowload any or all of the Idiom suplimential pages.

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A bit much:  Listen [MP3]<)) [dialog only] If something is excessive or annoying, it is a bit much.

A chain is as strong as its weakest link: [No file] This means that processes, organizations, etc, are vulnerable because the weakest person or part can always damage or break them.

A little bird told me: [No file] If someone doesn't want to say where they got some information from, they can say that a little bird told them.

Accident waiting to happen: Listen [MP3] <)) [dialog only] If something is an accident waiting to happen, there's definitely going to be an accident or it's bound to go wrong. ('Disaster waiting to happen' is also used.)  

Add insult to injury: Listen [MP3] <)) [dialog only]When people add insult to injury, they make a bad situation even worse.

All dressed up and nowhere to go: Listen [MP3] <)) [dialog only] You're prepared for something that isn't going to happen.

All ears: Listen [MP3] <)) [dialog only] If someone says they're all ears, they are very interested in hearing about something.

All hell broke loose:  [No file] When all hell breaks loose, there is chaos, confusion and trouble.

All of the above: [No file] This idiom can be used to mean everything that has been said or written, especially all the choices or possibilities.

All over the place: Listen [MP3] <)) [dialog only] If something is completely disorganized or confused, it is all over the place. Also used is all over the map.

All’s well that end’s well: Listen [MP3] <)) [dialog only] If the end result is good, then everything is good.

An old flame: Listen [MP3] <)) [dialog only] An old flame is a person that somebody has had an emotional, usually passionate, relationship with, who is still looked on fondly and with affection. 旧情人。老相好。

Around the clock: [No file] If something is open around the clock, it is open 24 hours a day. For example, an airport is open around the clock..

As cold as ice: Listen [MP3] <)) [dialog only] This idiom can be used to describe a person who does not show any emotion. Also used is as cold as stone. 冷若冰霜。顾名思义，是铁石心肠的意思。   

At each other's throats: Listen [MP3] <)) [dialog only] If people are at each other's throats, they are fighting, arguing or competin ruthlessly. 针锋相对，互不相让。如果两个人at each others throats 表示他们经常争吵，互不相让，甚至找对方麻烦.