10.run around like a chicken with its head cut off

　　(verb phrase - idiomatic) go crazy, act without any sense.

　　(动词短语)发狂，无意识地行动。

　　Stop running around like a chicken with its head cut off and tell me what happened!

　　不要像个无头苍蝇似得了，告诉我发生了什么!

　　She ran around like a chicken with its head cut off when she heard the bad news.

　　当她听到这个坏消息时，就像个无头苍蝇似的跑来跑去。

　　11.run for it

　　(verb phrase) try to escape.

　　(动词短语)试图逃跑。

　　Run for it! The cops are coming!

　　快跑!警察来了!

　　He decided to make a run for it and sprinted to his car.

　　他决定开车逃跑。

　　12.run in the family

　　(verb phrase) be a characteristic that is common in one's family.

　　(动词短语)成为一个家族共有的特色。

　　Musical talent runs in my family.

　　我们家的人都有着音乐细胞。

　　I think his ability with children runs in the family.

　　我觉得他教育孩子的能力是遗传的。

　　13.run into a stone wall

　　(verb phrase) not be able to progress through a situation.

　　(动词短语)因为条件的限制无法取得进步。

　　We ran into a stone wall when we tried to get a building permit.

　　当我们试图拿到施工执照时，却处处碰壁。

　　Don't ask for a raise now. You'll run into a stone wall.

　　现在先别要求加薪了，你会碰壁的。

　　14.run out of gas

　　(verb phrase) not have any more gas in your car.

　　(动词短语)汽车的燃料耗尽

　　We're going to run out of gas soon. We'd better stop.

　　车没油了，我们最好停车。

　　He ran out of gas and had to walk three miles to the closest gas station.

　　他的车没油了，不得不走走上三英里去往最近的加油站。

　　15.run someone ragged

　　(verb phrase) make someone very tired because you push them to do too many things

　　(动词短语)因为让某人干了太多活儿，而使其筋疲力尽。

　　Her son run her ragged when he was over the holidays.

　　她儿子假期时把她累得够呛。

　　She says her boss runs everyone ragged at her place of employment.

　　就目前的工作环境，她说老板会把每个人都榨干。

　　16.run something up

　　(verb phrase) to charge something, to make a bill.

　　(动词短语)付钱，结账。

　　Peter ran his clothes up on his Visa card.

　　皮特用信用卡买了衣服。

　　He's run up quite the bill at the local tavern.

　　他在当地的酒馆消费了一大笔钱。

　　17.still waters run deep

　　(idiomatic phrase) people who are calm are very wise.

　　(习语)大智若愚的人。

　　Just listen to him for a while. Still waters run deep.

　　先听他讲一会儿，他是那种大智若愚的人。

　　Remember still waters run deep. It might take some time to figure out.

　　记住大智若愚，你得花一些时间才能明白。

（编辑：何莹莹）