1. The pressure continued unabated.

壓力絲毫未減。

2. She’s an iron hand in a velvet glove.

她外柔內(nèi)剛。

?an iron hand in a velvet glove 外柔中剛，笑面虎，口蜜腹劍，笑里藏刀

3. My husband is a lucid speaker.

我老公說話很清晰。

4. The business is on the ropes.

生意岌岌可危。

?on the ropes 被擊倒在拳擊場的圍欄索上;處境岌岌可危，瀕臨毀滅，處于困境

e.g. Emotionally, physically, and financially I was on the ropes. 我在感情上、身體上和經(jīng)濟上都快支持不住了。

5. Many girls want to marry into the purple.

很多女孩都想嫁入豪門。

?marry into the purple (女子)嫁入王侯顯貴之家，與皇子(或貴族)結(jié)婚

6. I have a strange foreboding.

我有一種不祥的感覺。

7. Take it with a grain of salt.

別全當真。

?with a grain of salt 有保留地，不全信地

e.g. You should take what he says with a grain of salt. 你對他的話不可盡信。

8. He got the pink slip.

他被解雇了。

?pink slip 解雇通知書(源于解雇通知多用粉紅色紙條)

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9. Ignorance is bliss.

無知是福。

10. You’ve been living in a fool’s paradise.

你傻并快樂著。

?a fool's paradise 黃梁美夢