注解：这个表达中的water 是动词“流口水”。字面理解“使得某人嘴巴流口水”就是“垂涎三尺”了。

例句：The smell of garlic outside the restaurant made my mouth water.

餐馆外的蒜香令人垂涎三尺。

430. make one’s own way – rely on one’s own abilities. 全靠自己（打拼奋斗）

注解：字面理解“制造出自己的一条路”，喻指靠自己打拼奋斗。

例句：She had no help from anyone. She had to make her own way.

她没有任何外来帮助，全是靠她自己。

431. make sense – be comprehensible. 可以被理解的

注解：这个词组十分常用，通常用来表达“我懂了”，“我理解”，“我知道了”等含义。sense 有“常识，常理，逻辑”的意思，to make sense 可以理解为符合常理，符合逻辑，既然你能看出来符合逻辑就表示你已经明白了，理解了。

例句：It makes sense for her to leave him, he has been such a jerk.

她离开他是合理的，他这这个人太差劲了。

例句：What you have just said makes a lot of sense.

你刚刚说的太有道理了。

例句：I could not make sense of calculus.

我理解不了微积分。

432. make sure – see about something yourself, check. 确定，确保

注解：这个词组十分常用，sure 我们都知道是确定的意思，make sure 就是使某件事情成为确定的，无论是通过再次确认，还是主动进行干涉确保。

例句：We are leaving on our vacation, and I want to make sure that you locked all the doors.

我们就要去度假了，我想确认你的确锁门了。

例句2：Please make sure that the customers do not get thirsty.

请确保顾客不会感到口干

433. make the best of – accept a bad situation and do as well as possible under the circumstances. 充分利用；尽力而为；妥善处理；打好一手烂牌

注解：字面理解“使…成为最好”。要想变得最好，当然需要尽力而为了。

例句：Even though our heating system broke, let’s light a fire in the fireplace and make the best of it.

尽管我们的暖气坏了，我们还是可以凑合点壁炉挽救局势。

434. make up one’s mind – decide. 下决定

注解：准备好某人的头脑，准备好做某件事的头脑，就是下决定。

例句：She hasn’t made up her mind as to what university she will be attending.

她还没有决定好去哪一所大学。

435. make waves – upset the status quo, create a disturbance. 产生波动；产生反响

注解：wave是名词“波浪，巨浪”。字面理解“使产生波浪”，就是日常生活中常说的“闹出大动静，产生巨大反响”的意思。

例句：He likes to avoid controversy and usually doesn’t make waves.

他喜欢避免争议，也不喜欢闹出大动静。

436. man-to-man – frank, direct. （像男人一样）直接的；坦率的

注解：如果有话不当面对说，要在背后说的话就属于不男人的行为。所以如果两个人都是男人就肯定是直接当面说事。

例句：Don’t discuss the problem with me. Go to your boss’s office and talk about it man-to-man.

别跟我说啊，你是男人就直接去找老板说去。

437. mean business – be serious. 严肃的，认真的

注解：mean 作为动词有“指的是”的意思。business 就是生意，就是涉及钱和利益的事情。有钱和利益的事情大家都会认真对待不会随意开玩笑。

例句：He told his son that he had to finish all of his homework before he went out to play and he meant business.

他告诉他儿子必须写完作业才能出去玩，他是认真的。

438. mess – disorderly, cluttered condition; bad or confused situation. 烂摊子

注解：mess n. 混乱；困境。

例句：There were clothes and food all over his apartment and it was a mess.

他的公寓里满地都是衣服和食物，就是一个烂摊子。