1.bark up the wrong tree
If I borrow some money from him, I am barking up the wrong tree.. 如果我跟他借钱,就是找错人了(他特抠,特仔细)
2.knock on wood
I hope they won't audit us this year, knock on wood.
但愿他们不会审计我们
I hope to get a salary raise/get a pay increase this month. Knock on wood.
我希望本月可以加薪
3.go/be out on a limb作某种冒险,让自己处于某种困难或有风险的境地。
Sam went out on a limb and quit his job to open a small restaurant.
4.can't (be not able to )see the forest for the trees
Mary is very detail-oriented, she is not able to see the forest for the trees.
玛丽非常注重细节,但她没法看清大局
5.The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
I ooked at his whole family, then at his daughter, and I thought ,the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.