小道消息

a labor of love

乐意做的(不记报酬的)工作(任劳任怨)

10. a house divided against itself内讧 | 11. a labor of love乐意做的(不记报酬的)工作(任劳任怨) | 12.A little bird whispered to me. 有人私下里告诉我的(小道消息)

all the more

更加,益发

When you tell Mary some gossip,she is all ears.跟Mary讲一些小道消息,她会听地仔仔细细. | all the more 更加,益发 | You'll be all the better for a holiday.度一次假,对你会更有好处.

As cool as cucumber

沉着冷静

23 A hard nut to crack 难以处理的问题;难以对付的人 | 24 As cool as cucumber 沉着冷静 | 25 By the grapevine 马路新闻;小道消息

authoritative source

权威消息人士

audience survey 受众调查 | authoritative source 权威消息人士 | back alley news 小道消息

back road

小道,僻径

小葱/spring onion | 小道,僻径/back road | 小道消息途径/gossip circuit

sheer baloney

纯粹是一派胡言

beat a dead horse;争论已经解决了的问题 | sheer baloney;纯粹是一派胡言 | through the grapevine;传闻,小道消息

going bananas

快要发疯了 )

grapevine ( 小道消息 ) | going bananas ( 快要发疯了 ) | peaches and cream ( 完美无缺 )

The weather was so bad that I got a cabin fever

烦躁不安

I got the news through the grapevine. / 小道消息 | The weather was so bad that I got a cabin fever. / 烦躁不安 | We like to shoot the breeze during the break. / 闲聊

bush telegraph

小道消息

bus girl餐馆女杂工 | bush telegraph小道消息 | busybody好管闲事的人

We only discovered by bush telegraph that our son had a new girlfriend

通过小道消息 我们才知道儿子有了一个新的女朋友

4."bush-telegraph"=the spreading of news by one person to ano... | We only discovered by bush telegraph that our son had a new girlfriend. 通过小道消息 我们才知道儿子有了一个新的女朋友. | bushel 蒲式尔...

functional catches：活动把手生耳

回零针 fly-back hand | 混合表 combo watch | 活动把手生耳 functional catches

parametric linear programming：参数线性规划

参数模型|parameter model | 参数线性规划|parametric linear programming | 参数最优化|parameter optimization