A: I have a camping trip scheduled for six weeks from now. Can't it be healed by then?
B: That’s a tall order, Paul. But I suppose it's not out of the question. With a lot of rest now and intensive physical therapy, you just may be back in the saddle again in six weeks. But the therapy requires a lot of work and time, and specifically, following the doctor's orders. Can you handle that?
A: Piece of cake!

A : 6周后我要去旅行，到那时能治好吗？
B : 很难，但是我想这也不是不可能。多休息，再加上理疗，你6周内可能就会恢复的。但是理疗需要很多精力和时间…具体要遵守医生的吩咐，你能做到吗？
A : 小菜一碟！

a tall order 困难的任务；无理的要求, 难办的事
It's a tall order to fill.
这是很难办到的事。
That is a tall order, at least initially. 
这个要求十分苛刻，至少在起步阶段是这样。
It was a tall order to ask him to be a partner in launching a new initiative of undefined duration when he was contemplating his own demise. 
当死神在向他招手的时候，要他合作发起一项旷日持久的新倡议，未免太苛刻了。 
As you know, it's a tall order. Do you have confidence? 
你知道，这个任务很艰巨，有信心吗？ 
The manufacturers maintained that to expect them to double their output withing three months was a tall order. 
制造商们认为，要求他们在三个月内将产量翻一翻太离谱了。 

tall tale夸张，荒诞的故事
The essence of the tall tale was that it was told. 
重要的是，这样的离奇故事到处都在讲。 
He told us a tall tale about a man who had killed 10 Bears in a day. 
他对我们讲了个夸张的故事，说有个人一天杀死了十头熊。 
The woman's story of survival after going 20 days without food sounds like a tall tale to me. 
那个女人在没有食物的情况下存活20天的故事在我看来令人难以置信。 

out of the question 不可能，根本谈不上，毫无可能的；绝对做不到的
If you keep on eating like this, losing weight is out of the question. 
如果你照这样吃下去,减肥是根本不可能的. 
To introduce his wife into such a society was out of the question. 
他万万不能把妻子介绍给这种团体。 
For the moment it was out of the question to attempt to move him.
眼前把他搬动是万万不成的。 
Bill thought rain was out of the question, so he didn't bring an umbrella. 
比尔认为绝对不可能下雨，所以他没有带 

out of question 毫无疑问；的确；一定当然
That she will pass the entrance examination is out of question. 
她入学考试会成功，那是毫无疑问的。 
It is out of question to arrive there on time. 
准时到达那里毫无问题。 
My ability to write and speak English is out of question. 
我的英文的写和说的能力是毫无疑问的。 
It is out of question that you are right. 
无疑你是对的。 

back in the saddle 身体康复，重回正轨
The line from corporate communications is that Turner is back in the saddle.
公司传达的消息是,特纳重新掌权。
They want you back in the saddle.
他们需要你的老本行