As safe as houses
Be very safe
十分安全
- The Government insisted that Britain's nuclear power stations are as safe as houses.
英国政府坚称英国的核电站非常安全。
Eat out of house and home
Eat everything in somebody’s house
把…吃穷；吃光…的家当
- Those children of mine have an appetite; they will eat me out of house and home.
我的那些孩子可真能吃，他们会把我吃得倾家荡产。
Get/put your own house in order
Solve your problems or get organized
解决自己的问题
- You should put your own house in order before you start telling me what to do!
你最好先管好自己的事，然后再教我如何去做！
House of correction
Prison
劳教所，教养院
- Your brother should be put in a house of correction.
他真应被关起来好好反省反省。
Wear the pants/trousers in the house
Be the boss in the house, run a household
当家掌权
- In China, those who wear the pants in the house are mostly women.
在中国，很多当家的都是女人。
Throw in the towel
Quit, give up
认输，因觉成功无望而放弃
- Three of the original five candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination have now thrown in the towel.
原来竞争民主党总统候选人提名资格的5人中有3位已经放弃了。
Throw money down the drain
Waste money
浪费钱，特指把钱花在不可能成功或赚钱的东西上
- Why throw money down the drain at the local car wash when you can do it yourself at home?
明明自己在家可以洗车，为什么要浪费钱开到洗车店去洗呢？
Skeleton in the closet
An embarrassing or shameful secret
丑事，隐情
- Most families have one or two skeletons in the closet.
大多数家庭都有一两件家丑。
Hit the roof
Become very angry
火冒三丈，暴跳如雷
- When I was expelled from school, my parents hit the roof.
我被学校开除后，我父母气得暴跳如雷。
