英語(yǔ)習(xí)語(yǔ)成語(yǔ)

1、一、英語(yǔ)俚語(yǔ)Aapple-polisher 馬屁精 例如：She is a real apple-polisher for the way she's crawling around the boss and making eyes at him. 她是一個(gè)馬屁精，整天圍著老板眉來(lái)眼去的。 as busy as a bee （象蜜蜂）忙忙碌碌的 as graceful as a swan （象天鵝）姿態(tài)優(yōu)雅的 as gentle as a lamb （象羊羔）性情溫順的 as cunning as a fox （象狐貍）一樣狡猾的 as poor as a church mouse 一

2、貧如洗 B I'm beat. 我非常疲乏。 beat gums 空洞無(wú)物、廢話(huà)連篇的講話(huà) bell the cat 為眾人的利益承擔(dān)風(fēng)險(xiǎn) black sheep 害群之馬 Buddy, where is john？ 要上廁所? Bungee jumping 蹦極跳 Stop bugging me, man! 喂，別煩我了。 C blue collar 藍(lán)領(lǐng) white collar 白領(lǐng) pink collar 粉領(lǐng)族（指和藍(lán)領(lǐng)體力工人相當(dāng)?shù)呐怨と耍?gold-collar workers 金領(lǐng)族（一般都有一技之長(zhǎng)，對(duì)公司工作的方方面面都十分了解，甚至對(duì)公司 的利潤(rùn)大小和收益都有直

3、接的重要影響。他們的工作環(huán)境優(yōu)雅，職業(yè)體面， 有著豐厚的收入和穩(wěn)固的經(jīng)濟(jì)地位） D dog-eared books 讀得卷了邊的書(shū) dog sleep 不時(shí)驚醒的睡眠 dog-tired 像狗一樣的累 dog watch 夜班 old dog 上了歲數(shù)的人、老手 a sly dog 偷雞摸狗者 a yellow dog 雜種狗、卑鄙可恥的小人 a big dog 看門(mén)狗、保鏢；要人 You're a lucky dog! 你真是個(gè)幸運(yùn)兒！ hot dog 熱狗 dog nose 啤酒與杜松子酒的混合酒 a dog in a blanket 葡萄卷餅或卷布丁 as faithful as

4、 a dog 像狗一般的忠誠(chéng)，在西方文化中，狗是"忠實(shí)、賣(mài)力、辛勞"的化身， He that lies down with dogs must rise up with flea. 近朱者赤，近墨者黑 A good dog deserves a good bone. 西方人論功行賞時(shí)常說(shuō)"好狗應(yīng)有好骨頭" a a dog in the manger 占著馬槽（不拉屎） Honey, I forget to duck. 親愛(ài)的，我忘記閃開(kāi)了。 E eat crow 由于夸大其詞或過(guò)分自信，最后不得不承認(rèn)錯(cuò)誤。 eat his words 食言 out at

5、 elbows 捉襟見(jiàn)肘 elbow one's way 用胳膊肘擠來(lái)擠去為自己開(kāi)道 get a black eye 被別人打青了眼睛 mind your eye 叫別人當(dāng)心 blink our eyes 眨眼睛 flash our eyes at sth. 瞟一眼 make eyes 拋媚眼 cast sheep's eye 暗送秋波 You have an eye for something. 有眼光有見(jiàn)解 finely arched eyebrows 纖細(xì)的弓形眉 pencil the eyebrows 描眉 eyebrow pencil 眉筆 rough bushy e

6、yebrows 濃密的粗眉 eyelash grower 睫毛膏 eyelash curler 卷睫毛器 without turning an eyelash 泰然自若，不動(dòng)聲色 not bat an eyelid 沒(méi)合眼睡覺(jué) not bat an eyelid 對(duì)事情泰然自若 hang on by the eyelids 事情危在旦夕 F face the music 不得不接受懲罰、承擔(dān)后果，必須承受出現(xiàn)的局面 a matter of face 面子攸關(guān)的事情 lose face 丟面子 例如：He knew he was wrong, but he would not admit it

7、for fear of losing face. 他知道自己錯(cuò)了，但卻不肯承認(rèn)錯(cuò)誤，因?yàn)榕率ッ孀印?save one's face 挽回面子 pull a long face 拉長(zhǎng)了臉 make a face at you 對(duì)你做個(gè)鬼臉 have the face 厚顏無(wú)恥 例如：I'm so surprised that you have the face to do so! 你怎么有臉做出這樣的事！ cold fish 態(tài)度冷冰冰，沒(méi)有熱情的人。 drink like a fish 牛飲 flats 平跟鞋 footfall 客流量 例如：We strive to sho

8、w booksellers what we are doing to support them and drive footfall into their stores. 我們要努力向圖書(shū)商展示我們將如何支持他們，并使更多的客人進(jìn)入他們的商店。 G green eyed 嫉妒 green finger（thumb）?把大伙干不好的活都干得漂漂亮亮 例如：A person with green finger has a magic touch that makes plants grow well and quickly. 長(zhǎng)著綠手指的人是有魔法的，只要他一碰，植物就長(zhǎng)的又快又好。 green

9、hand 生手 例如： I'm still green at my job. 我依然是個(gè)新手。 green light 允許、許可 例如： I'm only waiting for the green light from you. 我在等您的允許。 green revolution 綠色革命 例如：These developing countries produced enough food to serve their people after green revolution. 綠色革命后，這些發(fā)展中國(guó)家就生產(chǎn)出足夠的糧食來(lái)滿(mǎn)足國(guó)民的需要。 the green years

10、 青春年華 H He is ripe in years but green in heart. 形容某人是老當(dāng)益壯 lose your heart to someone 和某人談戀愛(ài) lack heart 缺乏勇氣 win your heart 贏得你的心 broken heart 破碎的心 heart of stone 石頭心腸 pour out your heart 傾吐你的心事 have a heart 可憐可憐你 his heart in the right place 他的心腸是很好的 not to wear your heart on your sleeve 不要太情緒化 Don&

11、#39;t take the failure to your heart. 別為失敗而難過(guò) lose heart 失去信心 your heart of gold 金子般的心，美好心靈 write a letter to her and declare your heart. 寫(xiě)信表達(dá)愛(ài)慕之情 Don't let your heart get cold. 不要讓你的熱情冷卻下來(lái) a man after her own heart 正和她心意的人 put your heart at rest 放下心來(lái)習(xí)語(yǔ)1. A bad beginning makes a bad ending.不善始者不

12、善終。2. A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit.吃虧的和解也比勝訴強(qiáng)。3. A bad thing never dies.壞事遺臭萬(wàn)年。4. A bad workman always blames his tools.拙匠常怨工具差，不會(huì)撐船怪河彎。5. A barking dog is better than a sleeping lion.吠犬也比睡獅強(qiáng)。6. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.一鳥(niǎo)在手勝過(guò)雙鳥(niǎo)在林。7. A boaster and a liar are cous

13、ins-german.吹牛與說(shuō)謊本是同宗。8. A book that remains shut is but a block.有書(shū)不讀，書(shū)變木頭。9. A bully is always a coward.色厲內(nèi)荏。10.A burden of one's choice is not felt.愛(ài)挑的擔(dān)子不嫌重。11. A candle lights others and consumes itself.蠟燭照亮別人，卻奉獻(xiàn)了自己。 12. A cat has nine lives.貓有九命。 13. A cat may look at a king.小人物也該有權(quán)利。 14. A

14、close mouth catches no flies.病從口入，禍從口出。 15. A constant guest is never welcome.?？土钊藚?。 16. Actions speak louder than words.事實(shí)勝于雄辯。 17. Adversity leads to prosperity.窮則思變。 18. Adversity makes a man wise not rich.逆境出人才。 19. A fair death honors the whole life.死得其所，流芳百世。20. A faithful friend is hard to fi

15、nd.知音難覓。 21. A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.吃一塹，長(zhǎng)一智。 22. A fox may grow gray but never good.江山易改，本性難移。 23. A friend in need is a friend indeed.患難見(jiàn)真情。 24. A friend is easier last than found.得朋友難，失朋友易。 25. A friend is never known till a man has need.需要之時(shí)方知友。 26. A friend without faults will nev

16、er be found.沒(méi)有十全十美的朋友。 27. “After you” is good manners. “您先請(qǐng)”是禮貌用語(yǔ)。 28. A good beginning is half done.良好的開(kāi)端，成功的一半。 29. A good beginning makes a good ending.善始者善終。 30. A good book is a good friend.好書(shū)如摯友。 31. A good fame is better than a good face.不做虧心事，不怕鬼叫門(mén)。 32. A good medicine tastes bitter.美名勝過(guò)美貌。

17、 33. A good wife's health is a man's best wealth.夫善則妻賢。 34. A great talker is a great liar.良藥苦口。 35. A hedge between keeps friendship green.君子之交淡如水。 36. A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.戲謔不能化敵為友，只能使人失去朋友。 37. A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.說(shuō)謊者即使講真話(huà)也沒(méi)人信。 38. A l

18、ight heart lives long.心情開(kāi)朗壽命長(zhǎng)。 39. A litter body often harbors a great soul.濃縮的都是精華。 40. A litter knowledge is a dangerous thing.一知半解自欺欺人。 41. A litter pot is soon hot.壺小水易熱。 42. All are brave when the enemy flies.敵人逃竄時(shí)，人人都成了勇士。 43. All good things come to an end.天下沒(méi)有不散的筵席。 44. All rivers run into s

19、ea.海納百川。 45. All roads lead to Rome.條條大路通羅馬。 46. All that ends well is well.結(jié)果好就一切都好。/善始善終。 47. All that glitters is not gold.閃光的不一定是金子。 48. All things are difficult before they are easy.凡是總是由難而易。 49. A leopard cannot change its spots.積習(xí)難改。 50. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.只會(huì)用工不會(huì)玩耍，聰明的孩

20、子也會(huì)變傻。 51. A man becomes learned by asking questions.不恥下問(wèn)才能有學(xué)問(wèn)。52. A man can do no more than he can.凡事都應(yīng)當(dāng)量力而為。53. A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.一心不能二用。54. A man is known by his friends.什么人交什么朋友。55. A man without money is no man at all.一分錢(qián)難倒英雄漢。56. A merry heart goes all the way.心曠神怡，事事

21、順利。57. A miss is as good as a mile.失之毫厘，謬以千里。58. A mother's love never changes.母愛(ài)永恒。59. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.一天一個(gè)蘋(píng)果，不用請(qǐng)醫(yī)生。60. A new broom sweeps clean.新官上任三把火。61. An eye for an eye and a tooth for tooth.以眼還眼，以牙還牙。62. An old dog cannot learn new tricks.老狗學(xué)不出新把戲。63. An old dog bark

22、s not in vain.老狗不亂吠。64. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.預(yù)防為主，治療為輔。65. A rolling stone gathers no moss.滾石不生苔，轉(zhuǎn)業(yè)不聚財(cái)。66. As a man sows so he shall reap.種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。67. A single flower does not make a spring.一花獨(dú)放不是春，百花齊放春滿(mǎn)園。68. A snow year, a rich year.瑞雪兆豐年。69. A sound mind in a sound bod

23、y.健全的精神寓于健康的身體。70. A still tongue makes a wise head.智者寡言。71. A stitch in time saves nine.小洞不補(bǔ)，大洞吃苦。72. A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.身正不怕影子斜。73. A wise head makes a close mouth.真人不露相，露相不真人。74. A word spoken is past recalling.一言既出，駟馬難追。75. A year's plan starts with spring.一年之計(jì)在于

24、春。76. A young idler, an old beggar.少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。1.burn the boat 自絕退路,破釜沉舟 2.one's hairs stands on end/set sb's hair on end 發(fā)根豎立, 毛骨悚然3.show the cloven hoof 露出原形4.hang by a hair 千鈞一發(fā)5.kill the goose that lays the golden eggs 殺雞取卵6.fish in troubled water 混水摸魚(yú)7.neither fish nor flesh 非驢非馬8.fish

25、in the air 白費(fèi)力氣9.a drop in the ocean 滄海一粟10.laugh off one's head 笑破肚皮11.be out at elbows 捉襟見(jiàn)肘12.lay heads together 集思廣益13.know sth like the back of one's hand 對(duì)某事了如指掌14.have an axe to grind 別有用心意譯法： 1.wake a sleeping dog 招惹是非2.as easy as falling off a log 極容易3.cast pearls before swine 對(duì)牛彈琴;白

26、費(fèi)好意4.help a lame dog over a stile 雪中送炭5.paint the lily 畫(huà)蛇添足6.as poor as Job 家貧如洗7.a fly in the ointment 美中不足之處8.reap what one has sown 自食其果9.carry coals to Newcastle 多此一舉;徒勞無(wú)功 10.be all thumbs笨手笨腳1. A Chip on Your Shoulder耿耿于懷No, this doesnt mean that youve dropped part of your snack. To have a chip

27、 on ones shoulder implies that the person is carrying around some grudge or bad feelings about something that happened in the past like having walked through the wreckage of a building, and ended up with a chip of that building stuck to them for years afterward.這可不是說(shuō)你掉了一點(diǎn)兒零食。"To have a chip on

28、one's shoulder" 指的是一個(gè)人對(duì)過(guò)去發(fā)生的事情懷有怨氣或不良情緒.就像是走過(guò)建筑物的殘骸，而接下來(lái)的幾年中建筑物的碎屑仍粘在身上。2. Bite Off More Than You Can Chew貪多嚼不爛Like taking a HUGE bite of a sandwich that will fill your mouth up so much that you cant move your jaw, this idiom implies that youve taken on more than you can handle successfully

29、. An example would be agreeing to build ten websites in a week when normally you can only handle five.就像是你咬了一大口三明治，把嘴填得太滿(mǎn)了，下巴都動(dòng)不了了。這個(gè)習(xí)語(yǔ)指的是做事情不要超出自己的能力。舉個(gè)例子，你同意一周的時(shí)間建10個(gè)網(wǎng)站，而通常情況下你只能建5個(gè)。3. You Cant Take It With You生不帶來(lái)，死不帶去You cant take anything with you when you die, so dont bother hoarding your stuf

30、f or not using it except for "special occasions". Live now, because all your stuff is going to be around long after youre gone.當(dāng)你死時(shí)，什么東西也帶不走。所以不要貯藏東西或只有“特殊場(chǎng)合”才使用某些東西。活在當(dāng)下，因?yàn)樵谀阕吡酥螅切〇|西還會(huì)長(zhǎng)時(shí)間存在。4. Everything But the Kitchen Sink一應(yīng)俱全/無(wú)所不包This implies that nearly everything has been packed/tak

31、en/removed. For instance, if someone said: "The thieves stole everything but the kitchen sink!" it meant that they took everything they could carry; its damned hard to remove a sink and carry it around.這指的是無(wú)所不包。例如，如果有人說(shuō)："The thieves stole everything but the kitchen sink!"指的是賊把能搬的

32、東西都搬走了；很難卸下水槽并隨身攜帶。5. Over My Dead Body休想When the only way youll allow something to happen is if youre no longer alive to stop it.你允許某事發(fā)生的唯一方式是你不再活在世上，無(wú)法去阻止它。6. Tie the Knot喜結(jié)連理To get married. This is left over from the old tradition of handfasting, wherein the hands of the bride and groom would be

33、tied together with a length of ribbon to symbolize that their lives were fastened together permanently.結(jié)婚。這是從婚約的古老傳統(tǒng)遺留下來(lái)的，新郎和新娘的手用緞帶系在一起， 代表他們的生活永遠(yuǎn)地系在了一起。7. Dont Judge a Book By Its Cover不要以貌取人Things arent always what they appear to be at first glance, so its a good idea to give something a chance,

34、even if its outward appearance isnt immediately attractive.事情并不總是第一眼看上去的樣子，所以即使事物的外觀不能立刻吸引你，也要給它們一些機(jī)會(huì)。*The exception to this might be actual books that have hideous covers: those tend to be terrible all around, and in cases such as these, its best to contact the author or publisher and recommend a g

35、ood graphic designer.*例外情況可能是封皮駭人的書(shū)籍：那些書(shū)無(wú)論放在哪里都很?chē)樔耍谶@種情況下，最好聯(lián)系作者或出版商，并推薦好的平面設(shè)計(jì)師。8. When Pigs Fly永無(wú)可能This means never. Pigs arent about to sprout wings and take flight anytime soon, so if someone says to their kid that they can get a forehead tattoo when pigs fly, its not gonna happen.這意味著不可能。豬不可能在短期

36、內(nèi)長(zhǎng)出翅膀飛起來(lái)。 所以如果有人這樣對(duì)孩子說(shuō)， 當(dāng)豬能飛時(shí)就能在前額上紋身，意思是這樣的事是不會(huì)發(fā)生的。9. A Leopard Cant Change His Spots江山易改，本性難移Basically: you are who you are. Just like a leopard cant concentrate really hard and change the pattern on its skin, people cant change who they really are at heart.基本的意思：你就是你自己。就像是豹子很難集中精力并改變皮膚上的圖案一樣，人們很難

37、從本質(zhì)上進(jìn)行改變。10. Wear Your Heart on Your Sleeve感情外露To freely show and express all of your emotions, as though your heart were on the outside of your body.自由地展示和表達(dá)你所有的情感，就像是把你的心放在身體外面一樣。11. Bite Your Tongue!保持安靜Stick your tongue between your teeth (gently), and then try to speak. You cant say a word, can

38、 you? To bite ones tongue means to stay quiet: literally to hold the tongue still so it cant make a sound.把舌頭放在上下牙齒間(輕輕地)，然后試著說(shuō)話(huà)。你一個(gè)字也說(shuō)不出來(lái)，是吧？To bite one's tongue指的是保持安靜：字面意思是讓舌頭靜止不動(dòng)，這樣不會(huì)發(fā)出聲音。12. Put a Sock In It閉嘴The idea behind this is that if you stuffed a sock in your mouth, youd be quiet so

39、 if you tell someone to "put a sock in it", youre telling them to shut up.意思是如果你的嘴里塞了一只襪子，你就會(huì)安靜下來(lái).所以如果你對(duì)別人說(shuō)"put a sock in it", 你是告訴他們不要說(shuō)話(huà)了。13. Let Sleeping Dogs Lie莫惹是非If a couple of dogs had been fighting and are now sleeping peacefully, its best to just leave them alone. The id

40、ea behind this one is to avoid bringing up old arguments so theyll just be argued about again.如果幾條狗打了一架后現(xiàn)在在安靜地睡覺(jué)，最好讓它們獨(dú)自呆著。這個(gè)諺語(yǔ)背后的意思是，盡量不要提出以前爭(zhēng)論過(guò)的問(wèn)題，避免再一次爭(zhēng)論。14. Foam at the Mouth非常憤怒To hiss and snarl in anger like a rabid dog (whose mouth would be foamy as he jumps around like crazy and tries to bite people).像瘋狗一樣發(fā)出噓聲和憤怒的咆哮(瘋狗的嘴上全是泡沫，它瘋