Phrase

1. question
* It is out of question to arrive there on time.
准时到那里毫无问题。
* It is out of the question to rebuild the towers.
重建那座塔是不可能的。肯定建不了！
* He is a good guy beyond question.He is just poor.
毫无疑问他是一个好人。他就是穷了点。
beyond question 是毫无疑问，无可争辩的意思
* It was to be expected that our present economic traumas would call into question the state of economics.
可想而知，我们当前遭受的经济冲击会让人们质疑经济学的地位。
call into question 是对…表示怀疑的意思
* The animals in question are birds, collared flycatchers, to be specific.
该项研究中的动物是鸟，准确的说是白领姬鹟。
in question 是提及正在讨论中的东西

2. contend for a title 争夺冠军

3. back-to-back titles 卫冕冠军

4. counter with 提出

5. infinitely large in magnitude 无穷级大

6. push around
* He's pushing him around.
他在寻衅打架。

* I'm sick of Mr. Jones pushing us around. I'm going to find another job, and when I do, I'll go in and tell him what I think of him and then slam the door on my way out.
我实在讨厌Jones先生这样摆布欺负我们。我要去找新工作，找到后，我会到他办公室去告诉他我对他的为人有什么看法，然后走出来的时候把他的房门重重地关上。

7. pushover

* My friend Peter is a pushover for anybody in trouble. Yesterday on our way back from lunch he saw an old man begging. And he immediately handed him a ten-dollar bill.
我的朋友Peter对受苦的人心肠很软。昨天我们吃了中饭回来的路上看到一个老人在乞讨。他马上给了那老人十美元。

8. push comes to shove 面临最后紧要关头、没有任何回旋余地的时刻

* Mr. Blank is getting a lot of letters and phone calls from people on this bill and he won't say how he'll vote. But when Congress votes Tuesday and push comes to shove, I think he'll vote in favor of it.
Blank先生收到了好多有关这个议案的信和电话，只是目前他还不愿意表态，然而到星期二国会表决的时候他可就没有丝毫回旋余地了。我认为他将投赞成票。

9. in the save boat 面临同样的困境

If two or more parties are in the same boat, they are in the same unpleasant or difficult situation.

10. put the cart before the horse 本末倒置

A person who puts the cart before the horse is doing things in the wrong order.

11. backseat driver 指手划脚的人

A backseat driver is a passenger in a car who gives unwanted advice to the driver.

12. take someone for a ride 欺骗某人

To take someone for a ride means to cheat or deceive them.

13. sail through something 顺利通过

If you sail through something, for example atest or an exam, you succeed in doing it without difficulty.

14. like ships that pass in the night 匆匆相遇而难以再遇到的人

This expression is used to refer to people who meet briefly and are not likely to meet again.

15. train of thought 一连串的思想，思路

A sequence of connected ideas is called a train of thought.

16. asleep at the wheel 心不在焉

If you say that someone is asleep at the wheel you mean that they are not sufficiently attentive, especially at a critical moment when vigilance is required.

17.

for the birds 无趣，令人厌烦
eat like a bird 吃的极少
feather in one's cap 荣誉，卓越成就
clip one's wings 限制权力(或活动开支等)
as the crow files 沿直线前进
eat crow 被迫承认错误
birds of a feather flock together 物以类聚，人以群分

18. Bob's your uncle  易如反掌