1. have a bone to pick with对……有意见
A: I have a bone to pick with you.
B: Okay, let’s clear the air. What are you getting at?
A: You always have a chip on your shoulder.
B: I’m sorry. But I don’t mean to get your goat.
A：我对你有意见。
B：好吧，让我们来消除误会。你所指何事?
A：你总是容易动怒。
B：我很抱歉，可我并非有意惹你生气。
2. have a field day玩得分外高兴
A: I haven’t seen you for a long time, where have you been?
B: I paid a visit to Korea.
A: Wonderful! I’m sure you have a field day.
B: Yeah, you got it. The scenery was very beautiful.
A: Oh, I think I’ll have a travel there when I have such chance.
A：好长时间没见你，去哪了？
B：我到韩国玩了一圈。
A：真好！我想你一定玩得十分高兴。
B：就是，你说对了。那儿的风景真是漂亮。
A：哦，我想有机会我一定会去转上一圈。
3. have a finger in the pie 参与某事
A: How much have you yet to do?
B: A lot of things are at hand. I’m at my wit’s end with them.
A: Don’t worry. What’s the deadline for handing all of them?
B: Next Monday.
A: Well, I’ll have a finger in the pie and that will help you out.
A：你还有多少没有做？
B：手头的事太多了，我简直都无力招架了。
A：别急。什么时候是上交的最后期限？
B：下星期一。
A：好吧，我可以参与一下。那样就能帮助你完成工作。
4. have a grudge against 对……怀恨在心
A: Some employers seem to have a grudge against women.
B: Where can you see that?
A: They don’t want to employ women.
B: But sometimes they are employed, too.
A: Even if they do, they pay them less.
B: That’s unfair.
A：有些雇主似乎对女性有偏见。
B：你从哪儿看出来的？
A：他们不愿意雇佣女性。
B：但有时她们也被雇佣啊。
A：即使如此，工资待遇也比较低。
B：那不公平。
5. have an axe to grind私心，个人企图
A: He may offer you a post in his firm.
B: Really?
A: Yeah. He has decided.
B: I can’t believe it. Why? Maybe this thing isn’t simple as it looks.
A: Yeah, he has an axe to grind.
B: What’s it about?
A: He wants to stand well with your father.
A：他会在商行里给你安排一个职位。
B：是吗？
A：是的，他已经决定了。
B：我不信。为什么？或许事情并不像表面那么简单。
A：就是，他是有别的企图。
B：关于什么？
A：他想博取你父亲的好感。
6. have an eye to the main chance 谋私利，惟利是图
A: I heard that you and John earned a lot of money this time.
B: Actually I don’t like doing business with him.
A: Why? His information is always right and the profits are high.
B: But he always keeps an eye to the main chance so dearly.
A：听说你和约翰这回做了笔大买卖。
B：实际上，我并不喜欢和他做生意。
A：怎么啦？他消息灵通，利润又大。
B：可他总是那样明显地惟利是图。
7. have faith in 信任，相信
A: Do you think people still have faith in the government?
B: I don’t think so.
A: Why is that?
B: The government can never fulfill their promise.
A: So it’s no wonder people cannot keep faith with it.
A：你认为民众还会信任这届政府吗？
B：我看不会了。
A：为什么？
B：政府从未履行过它的承诺。
A：所以人们无法再信任政府也没什么大惊小怪的。
8. have had one’s day 不再应时，已过全盛时期
A: He used to be a very able businessman.
B: But he’s had his day.
A: Yeah. Time passed by, everything has changed.
B: Why do you sign mournfully? You should know that everything is developing, and has its own end.
A: After all, he had his own day and still in the memory of us, right？
B: Right, we should have an optimistic view of life.
A：他过去是个非常能干的实业家。
B：如今已远不如往昔了。
A：对呀。时间流逝，一切已变。
B：怎么如此悲叹？你应该明白事物总在发展中，一切终有结果。
A：毕竟，他曾风光一时，那景象依然还留在我们的记忆中，是不是？
B：是的。我们应该拥有一个乐观的人生观。
9. have it act with sb.解决争端
A: I know you didn’t agree with me at that point. Please talk with me, OK?
B: Do I have the right to change your idea?
A: Don’t be in the sulks, let’s have it act.
B: I have no time to discuss with you.
A: Oh, please, don’t be like that, we are friends, right?
A：我知道在那点上你和我意见不一致，跟我说说好么？
B：我有权利改变你的主意么？
A：别生闷气了。我们说出来解决行不行？
B：我没工夫和你讨论。
A：请别这样，我们是朋友嘛。
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