41. 吃老本rest on one’s laurels.
看来我们再也不能靠吃老本过日子了。
It seems that we can no longer afford to rest on our Laurels.
42. 下饭馆儿 to eat out
今天咱们也下次饭馆,算是换个口味吧。
Let’s eat out today, just for a change.
43. 搞得一团糟 louse up something
他因为跟另外一个女人勾搭而把自己的婚姻搞得一团糟。
He loused up his own marriage by getting involved with another woman.
44. 精神寄托 someone’s meat and drink
读书成了我唯一的精神寄托。
Reading has become my only meat and drink.
45. 瞎猜a shot in the dark
你怎么知道那件事的? How did you know that?
我不知道,是我瞎猜的。 I didn’t know. It was only a shot in the dark.