Bang to rights
Caught in an unlawful or immoral act without any mitigating circumstances
当场抓住，逮个正着
- Grandma had Billy bang to rights; she caught him with his fingers on the cake.
奶奶叫比利无可抵赖了；当他正伸手拿蛋糕的时候，被她逮了个正着。
Above the law
Exempt from the laws that apply to everyone else
凌驾于法律之上的
- The judge's ruling was based on the simple commonsense tenet that no man is above the law.
法官的判决基于一个常识性原则，即谁也不能凌驾于法律之上。
Act of Congress
Hard to get, said of authorization
国会法案，引申指很难取得授权
- Only an act of Congress could rectify the situation
只有国会法案才能矫正这种形势。
All rights reserved
All reproduction rights are asserted by the copyright holder
版权所有，保留所有权利
- All rights reserved; those responsible for unauthorized reproduction will be prosecuted.
版权所有，翻印必究。
Bail out
To rescue someone from a bad situation
（常通过提供资金）帮助…摆脱困境
- They will discuss how to bail the economy out of its slump.
他们将讨论如何使经济走出低谷。
bail out还指“（因飞机失事）跳伞”和“放弃、退出”。
Ball and chain
One’s spouse (derogatory but often affectionate)
妻子（贬义但通常表示感情深厚）
- I left my ball and chain at home tonight.
我今晚把老婆留在家里.
Letter of the law
The explicit meaning of a law, as opposed to the “spirit” of the law
法律的准确字面意义
- They had stuck to the letter of the law and in my view they should be ashamed.
他们死抠法律字眼，依我看他们应该感到惭愧。
Open-and-shut case
A situation, especially a legal proceeding, with a clear, certain outcome
容易证明的、容易解决的案件
- Our lawyer thinks that we have an open-and-shut case.
我们的律师认为我们的案子很容易解决。
Take the Fifth
Refuse to answer because answering might incriminate or cause problems for you
拒绝回答，以美国宪法第五条修正案为庇护
- "So, who do you like best, Jenny or Kim?" "Sorry, I take the Fifth on that."
“那么，你最喜欢谁？是珍妮还是金姆？”“对不起，我拒绝回答。”
