本书共收录了160多条美国日常使用*频繁的习语和俚语，每一条习语或俚语都配有英语及汉语解释，情景对话，中国人学到该表达方式时的情景，*后附有一条名人名言。
本书收录的习语和俚语使用频率高，是读者学习地道英语的捷径；配备的情景对话可以帮助读者理解该习语或俚语的含义；中国人学到该表达方式时遇到的趣闻也是本书不可缺少的部分，可帮助读者在轻松的情景中巩固自己学到的知识。
相信本书定会帮助广大英语爱好者学习地道的英语。

前言
1 a beauty
2 a plece of cake
3 an arm and a leg
4 Are you Pulling my leg?
5 as mad as a wet hen
6 bad news
7 bananas
8 bat 500
9 be all ears
10 be all thumbs
11 be old hat
12 beat one's head against the wall
13 big cheese
14 black hat
15 break a leg
16 break one's neck
17 butterflies in one's stomach
18 buy the farm
19 cat
20 catch some rays
21 chicken
22 climb the walls
23 cook the books
24 did a godd job
25 dirty work
26 do
27 doggy bag
28 dress to kill
29 drink like a fish
30 drop one/s teeth
31 fast worker/operator
32 free lunch
33 fruitcake
34 funny business
35 Get a life
36 Get real!
37 give sb.a run for his/her money
38 give someone
39 five
40 go-go girl/dancer
41 Go jump in the lake!
42 go native
43 go out like a light
44 go places
45 go round and round
46 happy hour
47 have seen better days
48 Hey,What do you say?
49 Hold the phone!
50 house sense
51 How are they hangling?
52 How do you like them apples?
53 I hope to tell you !
54 I'll eat my hat
55 I'll say!
56 in one's birthday suit
57 in one's pocket
58 in the pink
59 it takes two to tango
60 it's a deal
61 it's up in the air
62 join the club!
63 know the score
64 like a million dollars/bucks
65 lose one;s shirt
66 lucky dog
67 mean business
68 miss the boat
69 monkey suit
70 moonlight
71 Mr.Right
72 My eye!
73 nighty-night!
74 no sale
75 nobldy's home
76 number one
77 old bag
78 old goat
79 on the street
80 one's cup of tea
81 out of this world
82 out to lunch
83 over my dead body!
84 pain in the neck
85 paint the town(red)
86 pardon/excuse my French
87 pass the hat
88 pat sb.on the back
89 pay through the nose
90 peach
91 peanuts
92 plain jane
93 plant
94 play ball(with)
95 play one's cards right
96 play the game
97 pop the question
98 prince
99 private eye
100 push one's buttons
101 put on the dog
102 put on the feedbag
103 railroad sb.(into)
104 rain cats and dogs
105 Rats!
106 Read my lips!
107 ring a bell
108 rob the cradle
109 rock the boat
110 rocket scientist
111 romance
112 run around like a chicken with its head
113 run with the ball
114 Save(one's)breath!
115 save sb's skin
116 say /cry uncle
117 Says who?
118 sell/go like hot cakes
119 Search me !
120 smelling like a rose
121 smoke and mirrors
122 smooth operator
123 soft soap
124 something tells me
125 song and dance
126 Speak of the devil!
127 speak the same language
128 steal
129 steal/rob(someone )blind
130 Sue me!
131 sugar
132 Sunday best
133 sweet nothings
134 take care of
135 take sb.for ride
136 That's all she wrote!
137 That's my boy/girl
138 That's rich!
139 The Big Easy
140 the birds and the bees
141 the cold shoulder
142 the hot seat
143 the life of the party
144 the pen
145 the right side of the tracks
146 there you go
147 tomato
148 toss one's cookies/lunch
149 wear the pants
150 Well,I'll be a monkey's uncle!
151 What a shame!
152 (so)What else is new?
153 what's his/her face/name
154 when/if puch comes to shove
155 Where's the fire?
156 you bet
157 You can say that again!
158 You don't say!
159 You got it !
160 You rang?
161 Your best bet