Amateur hour
A display of incompetence
表现得业余、不专业
- Come on, it's amateur hour from top to bottom.
得了，从头到尾都太业余了。
As far as I can throw
Only slightly
几乎没有，根本不
- Don’t lend her money. I trust her about as far as I can throw her.
不要借钱给她。我根本不相信她。
Bag of tricks
A set of methods or resources
各种手法，花样繁多
- No matter what the situation, we could always count on her bag of tricks.
不管在什么情况下，我们肯定她会有办法的。 - On-line thieves have developed a variety of crafty methods to try to deceive you. Beware of their bag of tricks!
网上窃贼想出了各种狡猾的办法来骗人，要警惕他们的各种手法。
Drop the ball
Fail to fulfill one’s responsibilities
（尤指由于愚蠢或粗心）犯错误、掉链子
- For God's sake don't drop the ball on this - we're relying on you.
千万不要搞砸了，我们就靠你了！
Find one’s voice
Become more confident in expressing oneself
愿意开口
- Witnesses often find their voices when they hear a reward has been offered.
听到有悬赏时目击证人往往就愿意开口了。
Green as grass
Lacking training, naïve
少不更事，缺乏历练
- Those who are as green as grass can't be leaders of groups.
那些缺乏经验的人是不能当任小组领导工作的。
Lose one’s touch
Suffer a decline in one’s skill at doing something
技艺大不如前，做某事的能力下降
- It's good to see their goalkeeper's not losing his touch.
好在他们的守门员状态很好。
Not cut out for
Not naturally skillful enough to do something well
天生就不适合……
- I'm not cut out for an office job.
我根本就不是坐办公室的料。
Sharp as a tack
Mentally agile
（北美）极其机智的，极其狡猾的
- Because the new salesman was as sharp as a tack, he was quickly promoted.
由于新业务员聪明机灵，他马上升官了。
