By蜡笔小丸子
1.a stuffed shirt:爱摆架子，表现得神气十足的人。
stuffed：吃得饱饱的；充满的
2.to give you the shirt off one's back:
从字面上来解释，to give you the shirt off his back 就是把他的衬衣从背上脱下来给你。一个人要是肯把衬衣脱下来给你的话，那就是一个在你患难的时候能拿出他所有的一切，包括他的衬衣，来帮忙的人。这种朋友是很可贵的。所以，to give you the shirt off his back指尽自己的力量帮助别人。
例如：of course dad gets mad at me sometimes for no good reason. but if i ever need it, i know he would give me the shirt off his back.
我父亲有时对我发火也不见得有什么道理。但是，只要我需要，他总是会尽一切力量帮助我的。
又如：peter never says very much. but when he hears about somebody who's sick in the hospital or lost his job, he's always the first to put his hand in his pocket and bring out money to help. yes, sir, he's the kind of man who'd give you the shirt off his back.
皮特这个人平时话不多。但是，每当他听说某人有病进了医院，或失了业，他总是第一个拿钱出来帮忙。是的，他是这种会尽力帮助别人的人。
3.lose one‘s shirt:失去一切
4.to keep your shirt on :不要紧张
5.bring down the house=bring the house down:
1.（艺术表演）赢得雷鸣般的掌声或者喝彩声，令观众为之倾倒
2.形容运动比赛
6.like a house on fire:比喻迅速得一举成名
like a house on fire。 习惯用语like a house on fire已经有两百多年的历史了。归根溯源，它是来自早年美国西部的拓荒生活的。当年垦荒的人们砍伐树木开辟农场，并就地取材用伐下的原木搭房子。
这些原木没经过木材处理还带着树脂所以一点就着。原木造的房子一旦着火，那就来势迅猛，一栋房子一眨眼就化为灰烬。
奇怪的是人们却没在意这种意外事件的灾难性后果，倒是对这种迅雷不及掩耳的火势印象深刻，于是就采用like a house on fire来比喻迅速地一举成名。我们来听个例子，说的是一部杰出的新电影。
例句-3：This movie has everything: an exciting story, fantastic special effects and top popular stars. So it's going like a house on fire: the first week it was out it took in 25 million dollars.
他说：这部电影万事俱备：扣人心弦的故事情节，奇妙逼真的特技效果，再加上光彩夺目的明星阵容，所以这部片子立即引起轰动；上映第一周就创收二千五百万美元。
这里的like a house on fire用来比喻迅速成名。
Like a house on fire也可以带有浪漫情调。下面就有这么个例子。说话的人把Sallie小姐介绍给了弟弟Joe。我们来听听进展怎样。
例句-4：I was worried that Joe and Sally are so different they wouldn't like each other. But they're getting along like a house on fire and tonight Joe says he's going to ask her to marry him.
他说：我起先担心Joe和Sally全然不同，可能不会相互爱慕，但是他们的爱情却如同野火春风般地迅速发展。Joe说今晚他要向 Sally 求婚了。
这里的like a house on fire用来描述爱情的迅速发展。
(此处习语来源于：https://www.cnblogs.com/shadowicool/archive/2008/05/23/1205920.html）
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