1.The man is as stubborn as a mule.

这人犟得像头牛。

2. He looks like up to the air.

他看来像大发雷霆。

3. I’m only a small potato in this office.

在这个办公室里，我是个小人物。

4. Her performance brought down the house.

她的表演博得全场喝彩。

5. Last night I heard him driving his pigs to market.

昨夜我听到他鼾声如雷。

6. You’d better pull up your socks next term.

下学期你最好加把油。

7. The manager gave him the sack.

经理把他解雇了。

8. She found the keys she had lost last month, which was like a bolt from the blue.

她找到了上个月她丢失的那些钥匙，真是喜出望外。

9. I wonder whether he is a Trojan Horse.

我不知道他是不是一个内奸。

10. They have, by this very act, opened a Pandora’s Box.

他们这种做法造成了混乱和不幸。