give somebody the boot（譯文~1）

    A：Foolish Kate！

    B：Anything wrong？

    A：Yes，she quarreled with her boss and she was given the boot.She should have known better than to quarrel with her superior. A：凱特真蠢！

    B：她出問(wèn)題了嗎？

    A：是的，她和上司吵架了，因此被炒了魷魚(yú)。拓本該明智一點(diǎn)兒，不能和上司吵架。

    capn. 帽子put on one's thinking cap （譯文~2）

    A：Is the reprot important？

    B：Yes，important enough to shape your future. A：So I'll have to put on my thinking cap before writing anything down. A：這個(gè)報(bào)告重要嗎？

    B：是的，重要到可以改變你的未來(lái)。

    A：看來(lái)在動(dòng)筆之前我必須得認(rèn)真思考了。

    clothn. 布cut one's coat according to one's cloth （譯文~3）

    A：Can we buy a house of our own，dear？

    B：Not now.My salary isn't large at the moment and we can't afford to get a loan from the bank.We must cut our coat according to our cloth. A：親愛(ài)的，我們能買(mǎi)套房子嗎？

    B：現(xiàn)在不行。我現(xiàn)在的工資不高，而且我們也貸不起銀行的款。所以我們必須量力而為。

    參考答案：

    1.解雇某人2.動(dòng)腦筋想，認(rèn)真思考3.量力而為，隨機(jī)應(yīng)變