1. The pressure continued unabated.

压力丝毫未减。

2. She’s an iron hand in a velvet¹ glove.

她外柔内刚。

►an iron hand in a velvet glove 外柔中刚，笑面虎，口蜜腹剑，笑里藏刀

3. My husband is a lucid² speaker.

我老公说话很清晰。

4. The business is on the ropes.

生意岌岌可危。

►on the ropes 被击倒在拳击场的围栏索上；处境岌岌可危，濒临毁灭，处于困境

e.g. Emotionally, physically³, and financially I was on the ropes. 我在感情上、身体上和经济上都快支持不住了。

5. Many girls want to marry into the purple.

很多女孩都想嫁入豪门。

6. I have a strange foreboding.

我有一种不祥的感觉。

7. Take it with a grain of salt.

别全当真。

►with a grain of salt 有保留地，不全信地

e.g. You should take what he says with a grain of salt. 你对他的话不可尽信。

8. He got the pink slip.

他被解雇了。

9. Ignorance is bliss⁴.

无知是福。

10. You’ve been living in a fool’s paradise.

你傻并快乐着。

►a fool's paradise 黄梁美梦