(1)Intheair：尚未确定的

　　Someneighbouringgovernments'concreteplanstoalleviatetheireconomicproblemsarestillintheair.

　　(2)Inclover：（常和"live"连用）生活舒适

　　Thoselivingincloverwillnotbeabletounderstandthemiseryofthepoor.

　　(3)Indeepwater：深深陷入困境

　　Youhadbettergetawayfromthatbusinessoryouwillbeindeepwaterwithnoonetopullyouout.

　　(4)Inlowspirits：士气低沉的

　　What'swrongwithyouYoulookedfineamomentago.Whyareyounowinlowspirits?

　　(5)Inafix：面临困境

　　Somenewly-wedsareinafixnow;whencantheygettheirHDBflatsandmovein

　　(6)Inaflutter：处在紧张状态中

　　Thenewsaboutthedignitary'svisitputthestaffinaflutter.

　　(7)Infullswing：如火如荼地

　　Thecelebrationforwelcomingthevictoriousnationalteamisalreadyinfullswing.

　　(8)Intheknow：知道详情的

　　Themanagerhasresigned.Forfurtherinformation,pleaseseethesecretary,whoisintheknow.

　　(9)Inlimbo：处于不确定的状态中

　　Thedecisionontheoverseaprojectisinlimbo,duetosomeindeterminatefactors.

　　(10)Inaflash：瞬息间

　　Idon'tknowwhathappenedtoGrace,whowentoutandretunedinaflash.

　　(11)Inthelimelight：众人注意的焦点

　　Onceapersonbecomesfamous,hewillbeinthelimelight.allthetimewithverylitteprivatetime.

　　(12)Inanutshell：简而言之

　　Ihavealottosayabouthislatestbook,buttoputitinanutshell,itisagoodwork.

　　(13)Intheoffing：即将到来

　　Accordingtoanewspaerreport,aminorcabinetreshuffleisintheoffing.

　　(14)Inthepipeline：在准备中

　　TheTVmagazineindicatesthatsomenewTVserialsareinthepipeline.

　　(15)Intheopen：公开的

　　Thehearsayaboutaminister'sresignationhasnowbecomeafact;everythingisnowintheopen.

　　(16)Inthesameboat：面临同样的不幸处境

　　Ifacompanycannotsurvive,manyotherswillbeinthesameboat,andworkingpeoplewillbeinforahardlife.

　　(17)Instepwith：和……符合

　　Isitpossibletoexpecttheopinionofeverymembertobeinstepwiththatofthepartyleaders?

　　(18)Instorefor：即将发生；即将到来

　　Foreverycapableperson,thereisapromisingfutureinstoreforhim.

　　(19)Intheswim：通晓时务

　　Ifyouaretokeepyourinformationuptodate,pleaseseeJimmy,whoisalwaysintheswim.

　　(20)Inatightsqueeze：(财务等）紧缩

　　Wheninatightsqueeze,acompanyhastoresorttothebankforassistance.