seat-of-the-pants: 直觉的、凭经验的
1. Based on or using intuition and experience rather than a plan or method; improvised：
"A new short-story collection takes Stephen King back to the form that gave him his seat-of-the-pants start."
2. Performed without using instruments: a seat-of-the-pants landing of the aircraft （飞机的无器械着陆）.
很奇怪的一个俚语，试图寻找它的来源，未果。
at stake: 危如累卵，危险
in danger of being lost. About 3000 jobs are at stake if the company moves to another state.
bona fide: 真诚地，真实的
nouveau riche: 暴发户 (=new money)
people who have become rich recently and who buy expensive things in order to show people how much money they have.
old money: 富家出身（从定义可知"三代才能培养一个贵族"的话是由来有自的，看来品味是要靠财富、时间堆出来的，是有共识的）
drag queen: 男扮女装
A Drag queen is usually a man who dresses (or "drags") in female clothes and make-up for special occasions and usually because they are performing or entertaining as a hostess, stage artist or at an event.
The term drag queen originates in Polari, a subset of English slang that was popular in some gay communities in the early part of the 20th century. Drag meant "clothes", and was also theatre slang for a woman's costume worn by a male actor. Queen refers to the trait of affected royalty found in many drag characters.
Prix fixe: 客饭，和菜；客饭或和菜的定价.
1. A complete meal of several courses, sometimes with choices permitted, offered by a restaurant at a fixed price.
2. A fixed price charged for such a meal.
bite the bullet: 咬紧牙关忍受痛苦；硬着头皮顶下去
To face a painful situation bravely and stoically.
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