1.got steamed up at sb.or about/over sth.:对（人/事）愤怒﹑ 激动; 生气; 发脾气。
Calm down it's nothing to get steamed up about! 冷静一点--没什麽可激动的!
2.give somebody a cold shoulder/ the silent treatment　对某人冷淡；不理睬某人。
I don't know what I did to deserve the silent treatment, but she hasn't spoken to me all day.
我不知道我究竟干了什么而受到冷遇，她一整天都不和我说一句话。
3.tell sb.straight up:don't beat about the bush;just call a spade a spade; come to the point directly:直截了当地告诉某人某事
I didn't mean any malice to anybody, so please don't bear any grudge against（怀恨某人）me. If I did anything wrong, please tell me straight up.
我没有要对任何人有恶意，所以请别对我怀恨在心。如果我有什么不是之处，尽管直截了当说出来。
4.think oneself hot stuff:to have a high opinion of one's own worth　自以为了不起，过分地看重自己
The young lady thinks herself hot stuff but in fact she is nothing in the company but an office lady.
这个年轻的女士以为自己了不起，实际上她在公司里只不过是个文员而已。
5.living in one's shadow:使失色；使相形见绌
The students held Mr. Yan in high esteem, but then Marston came to the college and Mr. Yan was forced to live in his shadow.
阎先生深受学生们尊敬，不过马斯顿来到这所学院后，他就黯然失色了。
6.pick (a) hole(s) in:吹毛求疵；指责；找(某人的)岔子
She was always fond of picking a hole in her husband's excuses.
不管她丈夫有何种借口，她总是要找岔。
7.get one's undies in a bundle:become irritated or provoked　激怒某人
A lot of guys try to make a play for her, and that really gets her undies in a bundle.
许多好色之徒总是对她百般勾引，这使她非常恼火恼火。
8.look down one's nose at:[口]藐视; 瞧不起; 不理会
Poor though they are, you can't look down your nose at them. You know, every dog has its day.
尽管他们很穷， 但是不该瞧不起他们。要知道，任何人都会有好日子的。
9.cold shoulder:deliberate coldness or disregard; a slight or a snub　怠慢；故意的冷落或轻视
The newcomer received the cold shoulder from several members of the club.
新来者受到一些俱乐部成员的冷落。
10.hard put to　in a state of difficulty:造成极大的困难
We were hard put to finish the book on time.
我们很难按时读完这本书。
11.clear the air:to dispel differences or emotional tensions 消除分歧或情绪上的紧张
They finally got reconciled and cleared the air.
他们最终和解了，消除了分歧。