英语口语学习之fire/ice

A pretty penny

一大笔钱

例句：

英英解释：A large amount of money.

A fancy car like that costs a pretty penny, so I definitely can't afford it!

像这样的豪华车肯定很贵，所以我绝对买不起！

Be breathing fire:

火冒三丈 √

例句：

He is breathing fire on this issue.

他为这事火冒三丈。

Fire in the belly:

做事要有热情 志向 √

例句：

Don't do it unless you have fire in the belly.

除非你有志向，否则你别做这事。

Cold as ice:

某人态度很不友好 √

例句：

He reacted to the insult acting as cold as ice.

他用冷漠的态度面对别人的侮辱。

Put sth. on ice：

把……冷藏（食物、饮料）

If you don't put that shrimp on ice, we won't be able to eat it later.

如果你不把虾冷藏起来，我们一会就没法吃了。

That’s a great idea, but we’ll have to put it on ice until we can afford to put it into action.

这个主意不错，但是在我们有能力付诸行动之前，我们不得不先把它搁置起来。