(1) 把握大局 ：grasp the overall situation

(2) 擺譜兒 ：put on airs;keep up appearances

(3) 白手起家: start from scratch

(4) 拜年：pay New Year call

(5) 班門弄斧：teach one's grandma to suck eggs

(6) 報銷 ：apply for reimbursement

(7) 爆冷門：produce an unexpected answer

(8) 曝光：make public

(9) 奔小康：strive for a relatively comfortable life

(10) 閉門羹：given cold-shoulder

(11)比上不足，比下有余：fall short of the best,but be better than the best

(12)逼上梁山：be driven to drastic alternatives

(13)變相漲價：disguised inflation

(14)邊遠(yuǎn)貧困地區(qū)：outlying poverty-stricken areas

(15)邊緣知識人：Marginal intellectuals

(16)表面文章：Lip service;surface formality

(17) 博導(dǎo)：Ph.D supervisor

(18)補(bǔ)發(fā)拖欠的養(yǎng)腦筋：Clear up pension payments in arrears

(19)不眠之夜：white night

(20)菜鳥：green hand