earth
cost the earth
用： cost可换成charge, pay等词。
意：花费量金钱(来做、买…)
例，No, that's not the thing you can afford to buy. It'll cast the earth!
不，那可不是你能买得起的东西，买那样的东西得花一大笔钱啊!
If you go to a commercial photographer, he'll charge the earth for it.
如果你找商业摄影师的话，他会收你很多钱的。
..like nothing on earth
意：(指人的形象、长相)不整洁，难看极了，窝窝囊囊的;(食物)难吃死了
例，She l}ks like nothing on earth since she had her baby.
她生孩子后，看上去窝窝囊囊的。)
The soup tasted like nothing an earth.
那汤难喝死了.
What on earth possessed you
用：对奇怪、异常或愚蠢的举动表示不能理解，提出质问的句式。
意：到底是什么迷了你的心窍，使你(他…)-二的?
例，What an earth possessed you to suddenly girre up your joh?
到底是什么使你突然放弃工作的?
What on earth possessed him to do such a stupid thing?
到底是什么驱使他于出这种念事来?
