注解：字面理解“把脚放下来”。表示的是站稳脚跟，立场很坚定地反对某事。

例句：I cleaned the whole house. When she told me that I had to clean the garage too, I finally put my foot down.

我把整个房子都清扫了，当她告诉我还要清扫车库的时候，我终于忍不住坚决反对了。

560. put one’s foot in one’s mouth – speak carelessly, make a rude or insensitive comment. 说错话

注解：字面理解“把脚放在嘴里”。本来是指一不小心一脚踩在污水或者比污水更加糟糕的东西上面。 后来，一不小心做了些不该做的事，说了些不该说的话，也叫做put one’s foot in it了 。

例句：I said something that embarrassed my friend, and really put my foot in my mouth.

我说那话太不给我朋友面子了，我嘴真贱。

561. put our heads together – confer, discuss. 凑在一起讨论

注解：直译为“把头凑在一起”，就是大家凑起来讨论。

例句：Let’s put our heads together and figure out a way to solve this problem.

让我们齐心协力像一个办法解决这个问题。

562. put someone in his or her place – scold someone for rude, improper behavior. 提醒某人自己的姓氏

注解：直译为“把某人放在他自己的位置上”，就是说当某人忘了自己姓什么的时候提醒他一下，或者问一下记不记得自己是哪根葱。

例句：When she embarrassed me in front of my friends, I angrily answered her back and put her in her place.

当她在朋友面前贬低我的时候，我愤怒得问了她还记得不记得她自己姓什么。

563. put someone on a pedestal – idolize, worship. 把某人当作偶像崇拜(或理想人物，了不起人物)，崇敬某人

注解：pedestal 是“（雕像的）基座”。这里喻指神坛王座。字面理解“把某人放在神坛的上”，代表对某人及其崇敬。

例句：He has great respect for his coach, and has put him on a pedestal.

他对教练恭恭敬敬，恨不得把他供在神坛上。

564. put something out of one’s mind – try not to think about it. 不去想某事。

注解：字面理解“把某事从脑子里拿走”，就是“不去想某事”。

例句：I’m worried about next week’s test, but I am going to relax and put it out of my mind.

我很担心下周的测试，但是我会静下心来不去想它。

565. put through the wringer – cause severe stress. 吓死宝宝了

注解：put through 是“接通；穿过；经受”，wringer是欧洲古代用的一种机械洗衣机，通过两个互相挤压的滚轮把经过的衣服挤干。把人放进去挤的话，想想都很恐怖...

例句：The attorney asked me many questions and put me through the wringer.

代理人问了我很多问题，吓死宝宝了。

566. put two and two together – make a conclusion knowing the facts. 根据事实推理

注解：直译为“把2和2放在一起”，1+1=2，2+2=4，3＋3=6 这都是公认的事实结论。

例句：She put two and two together and realized that he was stealing from the company.

她意识到自己在贪污公司的钱。

567. put up a good front – pretend to be happy, fool people about one’s status. 逞强（表现出好的一面）

注解：字面理解“把好的东西都放在门口”。日常生活中引申为逞强，指故意呈现出好的一面，隐藏所有不好的。

例句：Even though she is upset about the fight she had with her friend, she put up a good front and smiled the whole time they were together.

尽管她和男友吵得很难受，她还是逞强一直保持微笑。

568. put up with – patiently accept, endure. 忍受

注解：put up with sb. 就是“跟某人放在一起”，如果把你跟一个你很讨厌的人放在一起，那可有你忍受的了。

例句：He has had to put up with her terrible disposition if he wanted to remain married to her.

他如果想娶她的话就得忍受她垃圾的人品。