ice有关的成语

break the ice, to [俗]打开局面；克服最初的困难；使人们融合；打破拘束

He told a joke in order to break the ice.
为了打破僵局，他讲了个笑话。

on thin ice [俗]如履薄冰；在危险的状况下
Clive is on the thin ice every time he drives.
每次开车，克莱夫都觉得心惊胆战。

注解：
ice意指冰，break意指打破；to break the ice系指把冰打破，喻指打开局面。thin意指薄的；on thin ice系指在薄冰上，喻指在危险的状况下。

call someone on the carpet
[美俚]训斥某人；谴责某人

You must be very careful to do your work well, or you will be called on the carpet for our boss is very strict with us.
你得非常认真地做好你的工作，否则你会受到训斥。因为我们的老板对我们要求非常严格。

The teacher called Fred on the carpet because he didn’t finish his homework yesterday.
老师训斥了弗雷德，因为他昨天未完成作业。

注解：
call意指传唤，carpet意指地毯；to call someone to the carpet系指把某人传到地毯上，喻指谴责某人，训斥某人。

drive someone up the wall
[美俚]把某人逼上绝路

I know Page is under great pressure. So you’d better treat him with care or he may be driven up the wall.
我知道佩奇的压力很大。所以你最好小心对待他，否则会把他逼上绝路的。

Leave him alone and let him work. Quit driving him up the wall.
别管他，由他干去，不要逼他。

注解：
drive意指驱赶，wall意指墙；to drive someone up the wall系指把某人逼上墙，喻指使某人无计可施，走上了绝路。