Ins and outs?
“Ins and outs” means all the details.
Getting too close to the sun?
If someone is described as flying too close to the sun, he or she is being reckless and rash, driven hubris or arrogance.
Sounding board?
One person uses the other as a sounding board so as to see how his or her ideas sound to the other person.
Baker's dozen?
Anyways, baker's dozen means 13 – not twelve, the number a dozen usually represents.
Through the office grapevine?
Grapevine is anonymous with the rumor mill, the unofficial channel through which information, or rather, gossip is shared.
Better angels?
One's better angels or the better angels of our nature represent the Godliness in us.
《中国关键词》英译实践探微
在翻译过程中首先要准确表达这些术语的基本概念和内涵。
Better judgement?
They mean to say they shouldn't have done it had they fully followed their head instead of the heart.
侯毅凌：Lunar New Year哪里不正确？
刘雯用Lunar New Year拜年真的错了吗？
Boom and bust?
In other words, rags to riches, riches to rags. Fortunes made, fortunes lost.
Top dog?
The top dog wins – or at least is always expected to win.
Down time?
Down time refers to a period of break, hiatus or sabbatical during an otherwise hectic and busy schedule.
与“狗”有关的英语常用同义词
这些同义词在某些义项相同，而在另些义项相近或不同。
All hat and no cattle?
All hat and no cattle is descriptive of someone who talks big but doesn't act on his words.
Wrecking ball?
If someone or something is described as a wrecking ball, he or she, or it is something that can do great damage and destruction.
