Week of 9/28

Question 1

Teachers are up in arms about new school tests.

Answer 1

up in arms: protest vigorously about sth.

Question 2

an apple or other fruit blown down from a tree or bush by the wind.
a piece of unexpected good fortune, typically one that involves receiving a large amount of money

Answer 2

windfall profits

Question 3

The line in the bank hasn’t budged.
I couldn’t budge the door.
Budge over, boys, make room for your uncle.
Neither bribe or threat will budge him.
You can never budge him from his opinion.

Answer 3

vi. make or cause to make the slightest movement

vi. change or make (someone) change an opinion

Question 4

Her honesty is a known quantity.

Answer 4

known quantity: any factor, circumstance, etc., that is already accepted or familiar

Question 5

Any rank-and-file definition refers to the non-management, lower level employees who perform the day-to-day tasks that keep the company running.

Answer 5

rank-and-file employee

Question 6

for some unfathomable reason

Answer 6

莫名其妙的

(of water or a natural feature) impossible to measure the extent of.