keep up with . remain on the level with；maintain the same speed with保持同一水平；赶上
My secretary works so fast that no one in the office can keep up with her．我的秘书工作非常快，办公室里没有人能赶上她。
Every home and office needs the latest electronic equipment to keep up with the times．每个家庭和办公室都需要最新的电子设备以赶上时代的步伐。
I have to work hard to keep up with the other students．我必须努力学习，赶上其他同学。
keep up appearance . save appearances . present an unchanged front or appearance in public（esp．following some loss of status，prestige or fortune）装门面；虚饰外表
She would rather go hungry and keep up appearance that eat properly and wear last year's fashions．她宁愿挨饿也要顾全面子而不愿吃得好穿着过时的衣服。
It is silly to spend money just to keep up appearance．仅仅为了装门面图外表而那样花钱是愚蠢的。
Some young people spend lots of money on weddings just to keep up appearance．一些年轻人在婚礼上花费很多的钱仅仅是为了讲排 场、装门面。
keep a good table . always have good food served at one's table and have it in abundance 常有可口和丰盛的食物
All her neighbours admitted that she kept a good table．所有的邻居都公认她常有丰盛的食物。
kick around . kick about . treat badly by kicking or hitting 粗暴对待
You can't kick him around like that．你不能这样粗暴地对待他。
The mother was taken to court for kicking the child about．这位母亲因虐待孩子而被送上法庭。
Mr．Jones is always kicking his dog around．琼斯先生总是虐待他的狗。
kick around . kick about . talk easily and carelessly back and forth about；discuss 扯来扯去地讨论；漫谈
at first our committee didn't want to accept my plan，but later they decided to kick it around for a while．起初委员会不同意接受我的计划，但后来他们决定议一议。
Bod and I kicked around the idea of going swimming，but it was hot and we were too lazy．鲍勃和我说来说去想去游泳，可是天气太热，我们也懒得动。
We'll begin the meeting by kicking around a few possibilities on how we might raise the money，then we'll make some decisions．我们一开始得先讨论一下如何募捐的几种可能，然后再做一些决定。
The committee kicked your suggestion around for over an hour．委员会对于你的建议讨论了一个多小时。
kick around . kick about . lie around or in a place；be treated carelessly；be neglected 闲置；忽视；冷落
This old overcoat has been kicking around the closet for years．这件旧大衣放在壁橱中已多年不穿
The manuscripts have kicked around on the desk for days．那些文稿堆在写字台上已有好多天无人处理。
kick around . kick about . move about often； go from one job or place to another经常到处跑；常换职业
Jack has kicked around all over the world as a visiting professor．杰克以访问教授的身份走遍了全世界。
He's been kicking around for several months．他几个月来一直到处跑。
kick around . kick about . be present； alive； be in existence到场；活着；存在
It never occurred to me he was still kicking around； for years I thought he was dead．我从没想到他居然还活着，多年来我一直以为他已经死了。
The idea of flight had been kicking around for centuries before man actually achieved it ．关于飞行的想法持续了几个世纪以后人类才真正予以实现。
kick against . oppose；dislike不喜欢；反对
The customers are kicking against paying such high prices．顾客不肯出这样的高价。
kick back . return as a reward， often secretly； pay money illegally（悄悄地）报答；回扣
We won the contract because we agreed to kick back five percent of the profit to him．我们赢得了这项合同，因为我们同意悄悄地给他百分之五的回扣。
Most of us suspect that the contractor kicks back a certain amount to our manager but there is no concrete evidence．我们中大多数人都怀疑承包商给了我们经理一定数量的回扣，但是没有确凿证据。
kick back . kick somebody in retaliation； counterattack报复；回击
We ought to kick back at all these unfair allegations of corruption in our organization．对那些指责本组织贪污腐败的胡言乱语，我们应当给予还击。
He said he would kick back at his accusers when the time came．他说他到时候要对控告他的人进行还击。
I'll kick back at such malicious slander．我将对这种恶毒的攻击进行反击。
kick back . restore（stolen property， money，） to the owner把（偷来的钱、物等）退还原主
The thief was severely punished and enjoined to kick back all the stolen money．盗窃犯受到了严厉惩罚，并被责令退还全部赃款。
kick down the ladder . said of persons who repudiate or ignore the friendship or associations by means of which they have risen in the world忘恩负义；过河拆桥
As soon as Harris became manager of the company he kicked down the ladder and turned his back on his former friends．哈里斯一当上经理就翻脸不认人，不理睬过去的朋友了。
kick in . contribute one's share，esp．in money 捐献；捐款
Each of us had to kick in a certain amount toward the general expenses．我们每人需捐献一定数量的钱作为公共费用。
We all agreed to kick in ten percent of the cost．我们都同意负担百分之十的费用。
He said he would kick in for the annual Christmas party．他说他要为一年一度的圣诞节晚会捐款。
An unknown contributor kicked in with five hundred dollars．一位匿名人士捐了五百美元。
kick in . die 死去
After a long illness，the old man kicked in last night．那位老人久病不愈，昨晚死了。
He kicked in at the ripe old age of ninety．他在九十高龄时去世了。
She kicked in after a long and painful illness．她害了一场极其痛苦的、久治不愈的大病后死去了。