out of touch(with something)消息不灵通，不了解。。。的信息

I am a foreigner in China. Without English newspapers, I'm out of touch with current events.

feel rich/flush: roll in it, feel like you have more than enough money for unneccessary things

team up合作，协作

Disney and Paramount will team up to make a movie based on the best-selling book Alive.

learn the ropes 知道（学会）窍门，内幕

She is just began. It'll take her a week or two to learn the ropes of the new job.

have pity on somebody怜悯某人，为某人感到遗憾

Have pity on her. After all, she lost the speech contest.

affection for(somebody or something): a warm gentle feeling of caring for or loving(somebody or something)挚爱，钟爱

bury one's head in something: focus your attention on something an ignore what is going on around you 埋头于

An idiomatic expression: bury one's head in the sand.逃避现实，采取鸵鸟政策

take on : begin to have a particular quality, appearance

Believing he had only one year to live, his writing took on a feverish intensity.

loose ends : an unsettled or unexplained detail

It is a good report, but there are still a few loose ends to be tied up.

under sb's nose

1 on a spot under the nose

2 right in front of someone, quite openly

how come: the informal expression used to ask why something has happened or been said, especially when you are surprised with it.

How come you didn't come to the party?

"A labor of love" means something that is hard work but that you do because you want to.

Compiling such a list was a labor of love--too pleasurable an activity to persue in office hours.