Take names 叫板Manny Pacquiao was taking names after his victory at the Macau Cotai.The news team was taking names after covering an exclusive interview with a warlord.Obama was taking names after his amazing 2004 Speech at the Democratic National Convention.Definition: Phrase used in reference to someone or something that is having multiple successes in succession. Etymology: The term "taking names" means that you are recording a list of future contestants who will also have to be beaten or defeated in the defined task.***叫板After winning the first international award, the boxing champion started to take names and is aiming to beat all his rivals in the country.After winning the Maths Olympiad, the student is taking names.I am not afraid of your taking names, because I believe in my cooking skills. Shall we cook together one day? XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXThrow under a bus 推人下水 出卖/牺牲朋友During the football scandal, which involved deflated footballs, the NFL coach threw his star player Tom Brady under a bus to save himself.Many people thought Apple threw their users under the bus when they introduced a new phone with a totally new charger socket. This forced their loyal fans to fork out more money to buy the smartphone.Donald Trump threw his campaign manager under a bus after the manager made just one mistake.Definition: To sacrifice a friend or ally for selfish reasons. It is typically used to describe a self-defensive severance of a previously-friendly relationship when the relation becomes controversial or unpopular.Etymology: A journalist wrote "In the rock 'n' roll business, you are either on the bus or under it." ***推人下水 出卖/牺牲朋友Someone has to come out and take responsibility for the country's financial crisis, in this case the economist was thrown under a bus by the policy makers in the government.In order to get both his name published and all the award money, he threw his friend under the bus by deleting his co-researcher's name from the book before publicizing their research project.