第一篇：英語成語大全

英語成語大全

愛屋及烏Love me, love my dog.百聞不如一見Seeing is believing.比上不足，比下有余“worse off than some, better off than many;to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst

笨鳥先飛A slow sparrow should make an early start.不眠之夜white night

不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses

不遺余力spare no effort;go all out;do one's best

不打不成交”No discord, no concord.拆東墻補西墻rob Peter to pay Paul

辭舊迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new;ring out the old year and ring in the new

大事化小，小事化了try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all

大開眼界open one's eyes;broaden one's horizon;be an eye-opener

國泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace

過猶不及going too far is as bad as not going far enough;beyond is as wrong as falling short;too much is as bad as too little

功夫不負有心人Everything comes to him who waits.好了傷疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more

好事不出門，惡事傳千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.和氣生財Harmony brings wealth

活到老，學到老One is never too old to learn.既往不咎let bygones be bygones

金無足赤,人無完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.金玉滿堂Treasures fill the home

腳踏實地be down-to-earth

腳踩兩只船sit on the fence

君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal;a hedge between keeps friendship green

老生常談，陳詞濫調cut and dried, cliché

禮尚往來Courtesy calls for reciprocity.留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒“Where there is life, there is hope.”

馬到成功achieve immediate victory;win instant success

名利雙收gain in both fame and wealth

茅塞頓開be suddenly enlightened

沒有規矩不成方圓Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.每逢佳節倍思親

On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.謀事在人，成事在天“The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven./ Man proposes, God disposes.”

弄巧成拙be too smart by half;Cunning outwits itself.拿手好戲masterpiece

賠了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad

拋磚引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions;throw a sprat to catch a whale

破釜沉舟cut off all means of retreat；burn one?s own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end

搶得先機take the preemptive opportunities

巧婦難為無米之炊If you have no hand you can't make a fist./ One can't make bricks without straw.千里之行始于足下a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step

前事不忘,后事之師Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.前人栽樹,后人乘涼One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.One sows and another reaps.前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something

強龍難壓地頭蛇Even a dragon(from the outside)finds it hard to control a snake in its old haunt-Powerful outsiders can hardly afford to neglect local bullies.強強聯手win-win co-operation

瑞雪兆豐年A timely snow promises a good harvest.人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.人海戰術huge-crowd strategy

世上無難事，只要肯攀登“Where there is a will, there is a way.”

世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;

死而后已until my heart stops beating

歲歲平安Peace all year round

上有天堂，下有蘇杭“Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth.”

塞翁失馬，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.三十而立“A man should be independent at the age of thirty.At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself.” 升級換代updating and upgrading(of products)四十不惑Life begins at forty.誰言寸草心，報得三春暉“Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass.”

水漲船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.時不我待Time and tide wait for no man.殺雞用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel 實事求是seek truth from facts;be practical and realistic;be true to facts 說曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.實話實說speak the plain truth;call a spade a spade;tell it as it is 實踐是檢驗真理的唯一標準Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.山不在高，有仙則名“No matter how high the mountain is, its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy;”

韜光養晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time

糖衣炮彈sugar-coated bullets

天有不測風云Anything unexpected may happen.a bolt from the blue

團結就是力量Unity is strength.“跳進黃河洗不清”“eve if one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not wash oneself clean--there's nothing one can do to clear one's name ”

歪風邪氣unhealthy practices and evil phenomena

物以類聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.往事如風“The past has vanished(from memory)like wind.;What in past, is past.”

望子成龍hold high hopes for one's child

屋漏又逢連陰雨Misfortunes never come singly.When it rains it pours.文韜武略military expertise;military strategy

唯利是圖draw water to one's mill

無源之水,無本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots

無中生有make/create something out of nothing

無風不起浪There are no waves without wind.There's no smoke without fire.徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends

新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean

虛心使人進步,驕傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.蓄勢而發accumulate strength for a take-off

心想事成May all your wish come true

心照不宣have a tacit understanding;give tacit consent;tacit understanding

先入為主First impressions are firmly entrenched.先下手為強catch the ball before the bound

像熱鍋上的螞蟻like an ant on a hot pan

現身說法warn people by taking oneself as an example

息事寧人pour oil on troubled waters

喜憂參半mingled hope and fear

循序漸進step by step

一路平安，一路順風speed somebody on their way;speed the parting guest

嚴以律己,寬以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others

魚米之鄉a land of milk and honey

有情人終成眷屬“Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.”

有錢能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go.Money talks.有識之士people of vision 有勇無謀use brawn rather than brain

有緣千里來相會Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.與時俱進advance with times

以人為本people oriented;people foremost

因材施教teach students according to their aptitude

欲窮千里目，更上一層樓“to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further;Ascend further, were you to look farther;Would eye embrace a thousand miles? Go up, one flight.”

欲速則不達Haste does not bring success.優勝劣汰survival of the fittest

英雄所見略同Great minds think alike.冤家宜解不宜結Better make friends than make enemies.冤假錯案“cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced;unjust, false or wrong cases”

一言既出，駟馬難追A real man never goes back on his words.招財進寶Money and treasures will be plentiful

債臺高筑become debt-ridden

致命要害Achilles' heel

眾矢之的target of public criticism

知己知彼,百戰不殆Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.紙上談兵be an armchair strategist

紙包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.左右為難between the devil and the deep blue sea;between the rock and the hard place Too much to handle心有余力不足

龍生龍，鳳生鳳，老鼠的兒子會打洞！The father,the son!不打自招：to let the cat out of the bag

第二篇：英語成語

英語成語（idiom）

1、by the skin of one’s teeth 九死一生

2、foot the bill 付賬

3、on foot 步行

4、no pains, no gains 不勞則無獲

5、screw up one’s courage 鼓起勇氣、壯起膽子

6、to the manner born 與生俱來的

7、a pond of flesh 合法但悖于情理的要求

8、man Friday 忠仆、得力助手

9、Brevity is the soul of wit 言以簡為貴

10、A little learning is a dangerous thing 一知半解是危險的

11、Live not to eat, but eat to live 活著不是為了吃飯，吃飯是為了活著

12、Knowledge is power 知識就是力量

13、Judas’s kiss 猶大之吻，比喻出賣朋友

14、much cry and little wool 雷聲大，雨點小，比喻空叫喊

15、turn the other cheek 忍受暴力、忍受侮辱

16、the window’s cruse 寡婦的壇子，比喻取之不盡的財富

17、The spirit is willing, but the flash is weak 心有余而力不足

18、salt of the earth 社會的中堅

19、Spare the rod and spoil the child 棒打出孝子 20、Midas touch 掙錢的本領

21、Pandora’s box 潘多拉的盒子，引申為災禍之源

22、Sphinx’s riddle 難解之謎

23、the heel of Achilles 唯一的弱點、要害

24、between Scylla and Charybdis 比喻進退維谷、腹背受敵

25、Dead Sea fruit 比喻某些事物金玉其外、敗絮其中，華而不實

26、naked truth 原原本本的事實、赤裸裸的事實

27、kill the goose that laid the golden eggs 殺雞取卵、涸澤而漁

28、sour grapes 聊以自慰的話

29、bell the cat 替別人冒險 30、cat’s paw 被別人利用的人

31、the lion’s share 最大的份額

32、the last straw 終于使人不能忍受的最后一擊

33、a wolf in sheep’s clothing 比喻危險人物、面善心毒的人

34、King Log 比喻徒有虛名而不聞朝政的國王

35、cry wolf 比喻發假警報

36、meet one’s Waterloo 一敗涂地

37、burn one’s boats(bridges)破釜沉舟

38、the sword of Damocles 眼前的災難

39、a man for all seasons 比喻博學多才、適應性強的人 40、Mickey mouse 比喻無關緊要的人物

41、Carey Street 破產

42、Indian File 魚貫而行、一路縱隊

43、a feather in one’s cap 炫耀榮譽

44、nest egg 儲備金

45、a skeleton at the feast 居安思危、掃興的家伙或事物

46、wrong side(get out of bed on the wrong side)一大早就發脾氣，心緒不好

47、as wise as owls 聰明

48、as quiet as a mouse 安靜如鼠、非常安靜

49、as timid as a rabbit 膽小如鼠 50、no spring chicken 已不再年輕的女人

51、swan song 告別演出

52、bury one’s head in the sand 采取逃避措施、逃避現實

53、come out of the cocoon 停止自我封閉，開始與人交往

54、keep one’s head above water 使人免遭滅頂之災、理好財

55、on the rocks 觸礁、瀕臨破裂

56、all at sea 茫然

57、nail one’s colors to the mast 堅持立場

58、go with the stream 隨波逐流

59、hold out an/the olive branch 愿意講和 60、nip in the bud 防微杜漸、把??扼殺在襁褓之中 61、reap what one has sowed 種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆 62、a bed of roses 舒適的生活

63、as cool as a cucumber 泰然自若、冷靜 64、turn over a new leaf 改頭換面 65、hear through the grapevine 道聽途說 66、beat around the bush 旁敲側擊 67、spill the beans 泄露秘密 68、rain cats and dogs 傾盆大雨

69、cut off one’s nose to spite one’s face 為了泄憤反而害己

70、play one’s cards close to one’s chest 保守秘密 71、bill and coo 說情話

72、a friend in need is a friend indeed 患難見真交 73、stare one in the face 明顯在眼前 74、look one in the face 勇敢地面對 75、bring the house down 博得全場喝彩 76、bring the roof down 震塌屋頂 77、walls have ears 隔墻有耳

78、be/feel under the weather 感覺不舒服、生病 79、beat generation 迷惘的一代 80、on the carpet 受訓斥 81、long time no see 好久不見 82、a fat salary 高薪

83、a watched pot never boils 心急水難開 84、kick the bucket 死去、斷氣 85、at large 逍遙法外 86、good-for-nothing 廢物，飯桶 87、go the whole hog 干到底

88、jump down one’s throat 突然猛烈攻擊 89、talk through one’s hat 胡言亂語

90、all the world and his wife 人人、所有的人 91、get one’s number 看清某人的真面目 92、easy on the eye 悅目的 93、crocodile tears 假悲傷 94、a dog’s life 悲慘的生活

95、the apple of one’s eye 表示某人對自己十分重要 96、as old as the hills 古老的

97、as poor as a church mouse 非常窮、一文不名 98、as easy as pie 非常容易 99、as dead as mutton 確已死了

100、a fine kettle of fish 一塌糊涂或艱難的境況 101、a wet blanket 掃興的人

102、at the eleventh hour 在最后一刻 103、kick the bucket 死去 104、the gift of the gab 口才 105、paint the town red 狂歡 106、face the music 敢作敢當

隱喻（明喻）成語

Head、brain、mind 與“思考”聯系在一起 107、lose one’s head 慌亂 108、be light in the head 愚蠢 109、not make head or tail of 不理解

110、rack one’brain 絞盡腦汁 111、beat one’s brains out 想盡辦法

112、have one’s head screwed on the right way 有智謀 113、cry one’s head off 抱頭大哭

114、keep one’s head above water 免遭滅頂之災 115、fresh in one’s mind 心靈的窗戶

nose與“觀察、干預、偵察”聯系在一起

116、poke/push one’s nose into sth 探聽某事 117、win by a nose 險勝

118、pay through the nose 被敲竹杠

119、keep one’s nose to the grindstone 埋頭苦干

eye與“看、注視或看到的事物”聯系在一起 120、keep an eye on 密切注視 121、see eye to eye 意見一致 122、be an eyesore 讓人看不下去 123、make eyes at 送秋波

mouth、lips、tongue、throat、gums與“說”聯系在一起 124、button one’s lip 保持沉默 125、hold one’s tongue 保持沉默 126、not find one’s tongue 無言以對 127、word of mouth 口頭表達的 128、beat one’s gums 廢話連篇 129、pay lip service 口惠而實不至 130、be honey-lipped 嘴甜

131、bad-mouth somebody 說某人的壞話 132、poor mouth 哭窮 133、zip one’s lips 閉上嘴 134、a slip of the tongue 說走了嘴

135、speak with one’s tongue in one’s cheek 假惺惺地說 136、smite with the tongue 血口噴人 137、be down in the mouth 垂頭喪氣 138、cut one’s own throat 自取滅亡 139、get a lump in one’s throat 哽咽

heart與“直覺、情感、精神、勇氣、寬厚或熱情”聯系在一起 140、break one’s heart 使某人極度傷心

141、have one’s heart in the one’s mouth 非常焦急或害怕、恐懼

142、with all one’s heart 真心誠意的

143、not have one’s heart in the right place 心術不正 144、be/feel sick at heart 心里特別難受

145、wear one’s heart on one’s sleeve 過于直率 146、word from the bottom of one’s heart 肺腑之言

hand與“有技術和有力量的人、助手”聯系在一起 147、eat out of one’s hand 完全順從某人 148、from hand to mouth 僅夠糊口

149、bite the hand that feeds one 恩將仇報 150、have one’s hands full 忙得不可開交 151、gain the upper hand 占上風

152、marry with the left hand 與比自己門第低的女人結婚 153、overplay one’s hand 過高估計自己的力量 154、play into someone’s hands 正中下懷 155、grease the hand of 向??行賄 156、fold one’s hands 袖手旁觀 157、wash one’s hands of 洗手不干

finger與“行事、指示、撈好處”聯系在一起 158、burn one’s fingers 因魯莽而吃苦頭 159、have sticky fingers 手不老實

160、have a finger in the pie 為謀取私利而參與某事 161、let something slip through one’s fingers 痛失良機 162、all thumbs 笨手笨腳

163、not lift a finger 一點也不幫忙 164、twiddle one’s thumbs 閑得無聊 165、lay a finger on somebody 碰某人一指頭 166、be counter on the fingers 屈指可數 167、under sb’s thumb 仰人鼻息

Stomach與“胃口、愿望、意向”聯系在一起 168、turn one’s stomach 讓人惡心

blood 與“生命、活力或勇氣”聯系在一起 169、in cold blood 殘忍地

170、make one’s blood boil 使某人憤怒 171、make one’s blood run cold 使某人不寒而栗 172、blood relationship 骨肉至親

bone 與“本質、骨子”聯系在一起 173、feel in one’s bones 確信

174、have a bone to pick with somebody 同某人爭論 175、make no bones about 對??毫不猶豫 176、be bone idle 懶透了 177、be all bones 瘦得像一把骨頭 178、be a lazy bone 懶骨頭

flesh 與“力量”聯系在一起

179、The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak 心有余而力不足

180、A thorn in someone’s flesh 眼中釘，肉中刺 181、flesh and blood 血肉

nerves 與“感情、情緒”聯系在一起 182、get on one’s nerves 使某人惱怒

183、keep one’s nerves on edge 使某人感到心煩意亂

gall 與“厚顏無恥”聯系在一起

184、have the gall to do something 厚著臉皮去干某事

leg、foot、heel與“行走、立足、立場、理據”聯系在一起 185、not have a leg to stand on 論點站不住腳 186、on one’s last legs 垂死

187、full(land)on one’s feet 安然脫離危險 188、put one’s foot down 采取堅定立場 189、set foot on 進入、到達

190、get off on the wrong foot 出師不利 191、get off on the right foot 旗開得勝

192、be head over heels in love with somebody 深深低愛著某人

193、at one’s heels 緊跟在某人后面，緊追不舍 194、take to one’s heels 逃走 195、down at the heels 衣衫襤褸 196、cool one’s heels 久等

197、kick up one’s heels 高興地跳起來

動詞成語：常見形式是動詞＋賓語

198、to help a lame dog over a stile 助人渡過難關 199、to set one’s home in order 進去內部調整

名詞成語：常見形式是定語＋名詞 200、salt of the earth 社會中堅力量 201、a dark horse 競爭中出人意料的獲勝者 介詞成語：常見形式是介詞＋介詞賓語 202、on thin ice 如履薄冰

203、between the devil and the deep sea 進退維谷 204、in deep water 陷入困境之中

205、形容快樂： As merry as a lark As happy as a clam As merry as a cricket

206、形容貪婪： As greedy as a dog As greedy as a wolf

207、形容強壯： As strong as a horse As strong as a lion As strong as a bull As strong as an ox

208、Like a cat on hot bricks 局促不安、熱鍋上的螞蟻 209、Look like something the cat has brought in 看來不整潔的

210、Look like the cat that ate the canary 自鳴得意

211、Run around like a scalded cat 四處奔忙

212、As busy as a bee

非常忙碌

213、as firm as a rock 堅如磐石

214、as light as a feather 輕如鴻毛

215、as free as air 自由自在

216、as fierce as a tiger 兇猛如虎

217、as heavy as lead 十分沉重

218、as silent as the grave 寂靜無聲

219、as pretty as a picture 美麗如畫 220、as silly as a goose 愚蠢如鵝 221、as sure as the Bible 像圣經一樣確實 222、as warm as toast 像烤面包一樣熱 223、as cunning as a cuttlefish 像烏賊一樣狡猾

224、as thick as two short planks 像兩塊短木板那樣粗厚，非常笨 225、as poor as a church mouse 一貧如洗 226、as rich as a Jew 富可敵國

227、as plentiful as blackberries 多如牛毛 228、to sleep like a log 酣睡

229、to spend money like water 揮金如土 230、to go like the wind 飛馳

231、to fight like cat and dog 激烈地爭執 232、add fuel to the flames 火上加油 233、a bolt from the blue 晴天霹靂 234、castles in the air 空中樓閣

235、constant dropping wears the stone

水滴石穿

236、you will cross that bridge when you get to it 船到橋頭自然直 237、like a koala up a gum tree 進退兩難 238、meet one’s Waterloo 形容遭到慘敗 239、carry coals to Newcastle 多此一舉

英語諺語（English proverbs）

1、Lift is long if it is full.生活充實，生命長久

2、If you lie upon thorns when old.少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲

3、Better die standing than live kneeling.寧愿站著死，不愿跪著生

4、He who keeps company with a wolf will learn to howl.近墨者黑

5、All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.只工作而不娛樂會使人變傻

6、Waste not, want not.不浪費，就不會匱乏

8、Care kills the cat.憂慮傷身

9、Little strokes fell great oaks.水滴石穿

10、Take heed will surely speed.謹慎是迅速成功的保障

11、After dinner sit a while after supper walk a mile.午飯后要坐，晚飯后要走

12、Money borrowed is soon sorrowed.錢剛借到手，立刻便擔憂

13、Birds of a father flock together.物以類聚，人以群分

14、Up corn, down horn

谷貴則肉賤

15、Translators, traitors.翻譯易，忠實難

16、Fast bind, fast find.藏得好，丟不了

17、Well fed, well bred.吃得飽，懂禮貌

18、Many dishes, many diseases.食多病多

19、It is easier to fall than rise.學壞容易學好難

20、It is love that makes the world go round.正是愛，它使地球轉動

21、What great crime than loss of time?

有什么更大的罪惡能比上浪費時間

22、The more the merrier, the fewer the better cheer.人多好做事，人少好吃飯

23、Never do things by halves.凡事不可半途而廢

24、Sow nothing, reap nothing.不播種，沒收獲

25、Keep good men company and you shall be to the number.近朱者赤

26、Give him an inch, and he will take an ell.得寸進尺

27、He laughs best who laughs last.誰笑在最后，誰笑得最好

28、All things are easy that are done willingly.愿做的事容易做

29、He can not speak well that can not hold his tongue.好講話的人講不好話

30、They must hunger in frost that not work in heat.少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲

（If you lie upon thorns when old.）

7、Many man, many minds.十個人，十條心

31、One man(is meant)no man.個人是渺小的

32、As the tree(you plant)，so the fruit(you get).栽什么樹，結什么果

33、A little labor,(brings)much health.勞動搞一點，健康大有益

34、(It is)Better(to be)glorious death than a shameful life.寧可站著死，不可跪著生

（Better die standing than live kneeling.）

35、Where(there is)doubt, there truth is.有疑問的地方，便是真理所在

36、Lifeless, faultless.只有死人才不犯錯誤

37、Nothing seek, nothing find.無所求則無所獲

38、Laugh and grow fat.心寬體胖

39、Roll my log and I’ll roll yours.與人方便，與己方便

40、Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.知識使人謙虛，無知使人驕傲

41、Promise little, but do much.少許愿，多做事

42、A lazy youth, a lousy age.少來懶惰老來苦

43、One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh：but the earth abideth for ever.人事自更替，地球自遠行

44、Claw me and I will claw thee.你捧我來我捧你

45、One woe doth tread upon another’s hell.禍不單行

46、Who chatters to you, will chatter of you.搬弄是非者必是小人

47、Who shows mercy to an enemy denies it to himself.對敵人的仁慈就是對自己的殘忍

48、A man is as old as he feels to be.老不老，自己曉

49、A miss is as good as a mile.失之毫厘，差之千里 50、Time flies like an arrow.光陰似箭

51、Speech is silver, silence is gold.說話是銀，沉默是金

52、Money is the root of all evil.金錢是萬惡之源

53、Union is strength.團結就是力量

54、Make hay while the sun shines.趁熱打鐵

55、Two can play the game.孤掌難鳴

56、Speak of the devil, and he appears.說魔鬼，魔鬼到

57、Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune.在酒里淹死的人比在海里淹死的人多

58、The pen is mightier than the sword.文力勝過武力

59、Even Homer nods.智者千慮，必有一失 60、Lies have short legs.謊言是站不住腳的 61、Every dog has its day.人人皆有得意出頭日 62、Time and tide wait for no man.時不我待 63、Many drops of water will sink the ship.積羽沉舟 64、One single slip brings eternal regret.一失足成千古恨 65、Every lovers sees a thousand graces in the be loved object.情人眼里出美女

66、Step by step the ladder is ascended.千里之行始于足下 67、A work ill done must be done twice.工作沒做好，就得重新搞 68、First come, first served.先到先招待 69、A snow year, a rich year.瑞雪兆豐年 70、Business is business.公事公辦

71、Early to sleep and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.睡得早、起得早，聰明、富裕、身體好 72、Work while work;play while play.做歸做，玩歸玩 73、Lightly come, lightly go.來得容易去的快 74、Rich men feed, poor men breed.富人養，窮人生 75、Short pleasure, long lament.痛快一陣子，悲嘆一輩子 76、A colt you may break, but a horse you never can.小駒可訓，老馬難教

77、Away goes the devil when he finds the door shut against him.門戶緊閉，魔鬼退避

78、Youth looks forward, but age backward.青年展望未來，老年眷戀過去

79、Such master, such servant.有其主必有其仆 80、Like father, like son.有其父必有其子 英語俚語（Slang）

Slang : Very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid and ephemeral than ordinary language;speech or writing characterized by use of vulgar and socially taboo vocabulary and idiomatic expressions;the jargon of particular group/profession etc.argot, cant.1、Baby sitter 臨時保姆

2、VIP 大人物

3、By hook or crook 不擇手段地

4、Let it all hang out 把事實和真相和盤托出

5、Beef up 加強

6、Pep up 給??鼓士氣

7、Soap Opera 肥皂劇

8、電視:gogglebox/ the one-eye monster

9、電視出故障：It’s on the blink

10、香煙 cancer stick

11、逃學 cut class

12、手銬 bracelets 干活拖沓的人 clock watcher

13、死 to kick the bucket/ to turn it / to turn one’s toes up/ to turn one’s heels/ to be a goner/ to go up the flame

14、醉酒 soaked/ sozzled/ stoned

15、爛醉如泥 blitzed/ fuddled/ woody

16、錢 brass / lolly/ tin/ dash/ bees/ dough/ bread/ honey

17、親昵的稱呼 buddy/ mate/ my boy / old man /old /bean/ egg /fruit thing /top /my girl

18、親昵的話語 Come along/my boy /cheer up /there is absolutely nothing to worry about

19、大話 bazoo 20、時髦派頭，活力pizzazz

21、愚蠢的過失 flub

22、與妻子分居而未曾離居的丈夫 semi-detached

23、帶上助聽器的人 wired for sound

24、胡話，廢話bs

25、酒吧女郎 B-girl

26、安培 amp

27、放大器 amplifier

28、流感 flu

29、流行音樂pop 30、卑鄙的 mingy

31、廣播，電視劇中的幽默片段 sitcom

32、航空母艦 bird farm

33、減肥中心 fat farm

34、未正式結婚而獨立贍養孩子的婦女 bachelor mother

35、傻瓜，笨蛋 dumdum

36、禁忌，禁例 no-no

37、極好的，一流的 Tiptop

38、老古板 fuddy-duddy

39、特別大而引人注目的，顯著的 super-duper 40、大空襲 megablitz

41、高價 megacost

42、大出游 mega travel

43、頹廢派 beatnik

44、和平主義者 peacenik

45、社會渣滓 no-goodnik

46、Wan to = wanna

47、I don’t know = I dunno

48、Going to=gonna

49、Am/is/are not ,have/has/ not =ain’t 50、Because = cos

51、摩天大樓 skyscraper

52、笨頭笨腦 cabbage head

53、孤家寡人 cold fish

54、胡扯 banana oil

55、電視迷 couch potato

57、發現處于困境之中 to find oneself in the pickle

58、策劃陰謀 to brew a plot

59、發生什么事情啦 What’s cooking 60、嘔吐清潔袋 barf bags=discomfort contains 61、可卡因 California flakes 62、大麻 grass mainline

英語成對次詞twin words / words in pair

1、milk and honey 富饒充足

2、Loaves and fishes 世俗利益 物質利益

3、Rant and rave 怒氣沖沖的大談特談

4、Here and there 到處

5、Bill and coo 竊竊私語 互相接吻

6、Up and down 上下 來回 到處

7、Box and Cox 互相當值 輪流交替

8、Prunes and prisms 矯揉造作

9、Null and void 無效不再有約束力

10、Metes and bounds 邊界 邊界線

11、Aid and abet 同謀 伙同作案

12、Assault and battery 毆打 人身攻擊

13、Iron and steel 鋼鐵

14、Man and wife 夫婦

15、One and the same 同一個 完全一樣

16、Aches and pains 種種疼痛

17、Far and wide 廣泛的

18、Watch and ward 監視 警衛

19、Kith and kin 熟悉的親友 20、Often and often 經常

21、Ever and ever 永遠

22、More and more 越來越多

23、Worse and worse 越來越差

24、Out and out 十足的 徹頭徹尾的

25、In and in 同種繁殖近親結婚

26、Game and game 各贏一次 打平

27、Through and through 徹頭徹尾

28、Neck and neck 并駕齊驅 不分上下

29、Pro and con 正反兩方

30、Back and forth 前后來回 來來往往

31、Right and left 左右

32、High and low 高低貴賤，到處

33、Up and down 上下 到處

34、Give and take平等交換

35、Behind bolt and bar 關在監獄里

36、Bow and arrow 弓箭

37、Knife and fork 刀叉

38、Bench and bar 法官和律師

39、Fur and feather 鳥獸 40、Flora and fauna 各種動植物

41、Flotsam and jetsam 流離失所的人 零碎的東西

42、Bed and board 夫妻關系

43、Bread and butter 生計

44、With main strength 竭盡全力

45、Grace and favour 恩惠

46、Cups and gold 金杯

47、Good and ready 準備就緒

48、Silks and satins 衣著華麗

49、Airs and graces 裝腔作勢 50、Aid and abet 同謀

51、Grunt and groan 抱怨

52、Rough and tough 強壯的粗野的

53、Meek and mild 溫順的，忍聲吞氣的

54、Back and edge 全力

55、Well and truly 確實低

56、As and when 當??

57、Each and every 每個

58、Ever and above 在?? 之上

59、Bad blood 憤怒的情感 60、Crocodile tears 假慈悲 61、Narrow escape 九死一生 62、The life and soul 活躍分子 63、Blue chip 熱門股票 64、Top dog 優勝者

65、Smooth tongue 油嘴滑舌 66、Food dream 黃粱美夢

67、Zero hour 行動開始的準確時刻 68、Beat about the bush 拐彎抹角 69、Break the ice 打破沉默

70、Break something to light 披露某事 71、Come down to earth 腳踏實地 不再想入非非 72、Do one’s best 盡最大努力 73、Fall flat 完全失敗

74、Go into a hot water 陷入困境 75、Give the game away 泄露內幕 76、Go native 入鄉隨俗

77、Hit the nail on the head 一針見血 78、Hold one’s ground 堅持己見 79、Lay down one’s arms 放下武器 80、Make a mountain out of a molehill 小題大做 81、Play the gallery 嘩眾取寵

82、Pour oil on troubled water平息** 83、Push the envelop 超越極限 84、Rock the boat 興風作浪

85、Take the bull by the horns 不畏艱難 86、Turn the other cheek 忍氣吞聲 87、High on the hog 奢華 88、Black sheep 害群之馬 89、Dark horse 黑馬 90、White lie 謊言

91、Whole new ball game 新局勢 92、Behind the scenes 在幕后 93、By the large 大體而言 94、In a breeze 輕而易舉地 95、In the case of 就??而言 96、In one’s birthday suit 一絲不掛 97、Beyond the pale 失寵 98、Off the record 私底下 99、On call 隨叫隨到 100、On the go 叫個不停 101、On the ball 表現機靈

102、Through thick and thin 不顧艱難險阻 103、Under the weather 身體欠佳 104、Out on a limb 身處險境 105、Under a cloud 受懷疑 106、Up to the hammer 第一流的 107、Go on 繼續

108、Get along with 相處 109、Come off 成功

110、One another 互相 111、Two cents 自慚形穢

112、Three sheets in the wind 飄飄欲仙 113、Four corners 四面八方 114、Six to one 相差懸殊 115、Ten to one 十之八九

116、Sixty-four dollar question 最重要的問題

英語成語的翻譯

1、cold war 冷戰

2、Sour grape 酸葡萄

3、Trojian Horse 特洛伊木馬

4、To shed crocodile tears 掉鱷魚的眼淚

5、Keep one’s distance 保持一定的距離

6、Catch sb.In the act 當場捉住某人

7、Call a hault 停止 停戰

8、Swim against the stream 逆流而行

9、Follow one’s footsteps 步人后塵

10、A rolling stone gathers no moss.滾石不生苔

11、Blood is thicker than water.血濃于水

12、Speech is the picture of the mind.言論是心靈的寫照。

13、Love me, love my dogs.愛屋及烏。

14、To be on the thin ice.如履薄冰。

15、You can take a horse to the water, but you can’t make him drink.老牛不喝水，不要強按頭。

16、Nothing comes wrong to a hungry man.饑不擇食

17、In for a penny, in for a pound.一不做二不休

18、To fish in the troubled waters.渾水摸魚

19、Take care of the pence and all the pounds will take of themselves.小事注意,大事自成。20、Like for like.恩報恩，仇報仇

21、Grasp all, lose all.樣樣都要，全數失掉。

22、To grow like mushrooms 雨后春筍

23、Against the grain 格格不入

24、Beat the air 白費力氣

25、Keep one’s head above water 湊合著過日子

26、Throw one’s hat into the ring 提出挑戰

27、A nice-day’wonder 曇花一現的事物

28、Carry coals to Newcastle 多此一舉

29、Cast the first stone 率先批評或譴責 30、Loaves and fishes 個人私利

31、Cut one’s coat according to one’s cloth

32、Throw in the sponge 認輸 投降

33、Curry favor 阿諛奉承

34、Be nuts on 善于，喜愛

35、After my own heart 合乎心意，志趣相投

量入為出

第三篇：英語成語典故

英語成語典故

源自希臘羅馬神話傳說的

1.An Apple of Discord爭斗之源；不和之因；禍根

An Apple of Discord直譯為“糾紛的蘋果”，出自荷馬史詩Iliad中的希臘神話故事

傳說希臘阿耳戈英雄(Argonaut)珀琉斯(Peleus)和愛琴海海神涅柔斯的女兒西蒂斯(Thetis)在珀利翁山舉行婚禮，大擺宴席。他們邀請了奧林匹斯上(Olympus)的諸神參加喜筵，不知是有意還是無心，惟獨沒有邀請掌管爭執的女神厄里斯(Eris)。這位女神惱羞成怒，決定在這次喜筵上制造不和。于是，她不請自來，并悄悄在筵席上放了一個金蘋果，上面鐫刻著“屬于最美者”幾個字。天后赫拉(Hera)，智慧女神雅典娜(Athena)、愛與美之神阿芙羅狄蒂(Aphrodite)，都自以為最美，應得金蘋果，獲得“最美者”稱號。她們爭執不下，鬧到眾神之父宙斯(Zeus)那里，但宙斯礙于難言之隱，不愿偏袒任何一方，就要她們去找特洛伊的王子帕里斯(Paris)評判。三位女神為了獲得金蘋果，都各自私許帕里斯以某種好處：赫拉許給他以廣袤國土和掌握富饒財寶的權利，雅典娜許以文武全才和勝利的榮譽，阿芙羅狄蒂則許他成為世界上最美艷女子的丈夫。年青的帕里斯在富貴、榮譽和美女之間選擇了后者，便把金蘋果判給愛與美之神。為此，赫拉和雅典娜懷恨帕里斯，連帶也憎恨整個特洛伊人。后來阿芙羅狄蒂為了履行諾言，幫助帕里斯拐走了斯巴達國王墨涅俄斯的王后---絕世美女海倫(Helen)，從而引起了歷時10年的特洛伊戰爭。不和女神厄里斯丟下的那個蘋果，不僅成了天上3位女神之間不和的根源，而且也成為了人間2個民族之間戰爭的起因。因此，在英語中產生了an apple of discord

這個成語，常用來比喻any subject of disagreement and contention;the root of the trouble;dispute等意義

這個成語最初為公元2世紀時的古羅馬歷史學家馬克·朱里·尤斯丁(Marcus Juninus Justinus)所使用，后來廣泛的流傳到歐洲許多語言中去，成為了一個國際性成語。

eg: He throwing us an apple of discord,we soon quarrelled again.The dispute about inheriting estate formed an apple of discord between them.This problem seems to be an apple of discord between the Soviet union and the USA.2.The Heel of Achilles 亦作The Achilles' Heel唯一弱點；薄弱環節；要害 The Heel of Achilles直譯是“阿基里斯的腳踵”，是個在歐洲廣泛流行的國際性成語。它源自荷馬史詩Iliad中的希臘神話故事。

阿基里斯是希臘聯軍里最英勇善戰的驍將，也是荷馬史詩Iliad里的主要人物之一。傳說他是希臘密耳彌多涅斯人的國王珀琉斯和海神的女兒西蒂斯所生的兒子。阿基里斯瓜瓜墜地以后，母親想使兒子健壯永生，把他放在火里鍛煉，又捏著他的腳踵倒浸在冥河(Styx)圣水里浸泡。因此阿基里斯渾身象鋼筋鐵骨，刀槍不入，只有腳踵部位被母親的手捏住，沒有沾到冥河圣水，成為他的唯一要害。在特洛伊戰爭中，阿基里斯驍勇無敵，所向披靡，殺死了特洛伊主將，著名英雄赫克托耳(Hector)，而特洛伊的任何武器都無法傷害他的身軀。后來，太陽神阿波羅(Apollo)把阿基里斯的弱點告訴了特洛伊王子帕里斯，阿基里斯終于被帕里斯誘到城門口，用暗箭射中他的腳踵，負傷而死。

因此，the heel of Achilles,也稱the Achilles' heel，常用以表示a weak point in something that is otherwise without fault;the weakest spot等意思。

eg:The shortage of fortitude is his heel of Achilles.His Achilles' heel was his pride--he would get very angry if anyone criticized his work.3.Helen of Troy Helen of Troy 直譯“特洛伊的海倫”，源自源自荷馬史詩Iliad中的希臘神話故事。

Helen是希臘的絕世佳人，美艷無比，嫁給希臘南部邦城斯巴達國王墨涅俄斯(Menelaus)為妻。后來，特洛伊王子帕里斯奉命出事希臘，在斯巴達國王那里做客，他在愛與美之神阿芙羅狄蒂的幫助下，趁著墨涅俄斯外出之際，誘走海倫，還帶走了很多財寶

此事激起了希臘各部族的公憤，墨涅俄斯發誓說，寧死也要奪回海輪，報仇雪恨。為此，在希臘各城邦英雄的贊助下，調集十萬大軍和1180條戰船，組成了希臘聯軍，公推墨涅俄斯的哥哥阿枷門農(Agamemnon)為聯軍統帥，浩浩蕩蕩，跨海東征，攻打特洛伊城，企圖用武力奪回海輪。雙方大戰10年，死傷無數，許多英雄戰死在沙場。甚至連奧林匹斯山的眾神也分成2個陣營，有些支持希臘人，有些幫助特洛伊人，彼此展開了一場持久的惡斗。最后希臘聯軍采用足智多謀的奧德修斯(Odusseus)的“木馬計”，里應外合才攻陷了特洛伊。希臘人進城后，大肆殺戮，帕里斯王子也被殺死，特洛伊的婦女、兒童全部淪為奴隸。特洛伊城被掠奪一空，燒成了一片灰燼。戰爭結實后，希臘將士帶著大量戰利品回到希臘，墨涅俄斯搶回了美貌的海輪重返故土。這就是特洛伊戰爭的起因和結局。正是由于海輪，使特洛伊遭到毀滅的悲劇，真所謂“傾國傾城”，由此產生了Helen of Troy這個成語。

特洛伊戰爭的真實性，已為19世紀德國考古學家謝里曼在邁錫尼發掘和考證古代特洛伊古城廢墟所證實。至于特洛伊城被毀的真正原因，雖然眾說紛紜，但肯定決不是為了一個美女而爆發這場戰爭的，與其說是為了爭奪海輪而打了起來，毋寧說是為了爭奪該地區的商業霸權和搶劫財寶而引起戰爭的。所謂“特洛伊的海倫”，實質上是財富和商業霸權的化身。中國歷史上也有過“妲己亡商”，“西

施沼吳”等傳說，以及唐明皇因寵楊貴妃而招致“安史之亂”，吳三桂“沖冠一怒為紅顏”等說法。漢語中有個“傾國傾城”的成語（語出《漢書·外戚傳》：?一顧傾人城，再顧傾人國?。）這里的“傾”字一語雙光，既可指美艷非凡，令人傾倒；也可紙傾覆邦國。其含義與Helen of troy十分近似。

在現代英語中，Helen of Troy

這個成語，除了表示a beautiful girl or woman;a beauty who ruins her country等意義外，還可以用來表示a terrible disaster brought by sb or sth you like best的意思。eg:It is unfair that historians always attribute the fall of kingdoms to Helen of Troy.She didn't think of the beautiful umbrella bought the day before should become a Helen of Troy in her family.Because of this she and her husband quarreled for a long time.4.The Trojan Horse木馬計；暗藏的危險；奸細

The Trojan Horse直譯“特洛伊木馬”，是個國際性成語，在世界各主要語言中都有。來自拉丁語equns Trojanus.這個成語甚至還進入到漢語詞匯中，毛澤東同志在《矛盾論》中，談到《水滸傳》中宋江三打祝家莊時，就用了“木馬計”這個典故。

這個成語出自荷馬史詩《奧德賽》。希臘人和特洛伊人交戰10年之久，勝負未決。最后，希臘著名的英雄奧德修斯(Odusseus)想出了一個木馬計，用木頭做了一匹巨馬，放在特洛伊城外。全體希臘將士偽裝撤退，乘船隱藏在附近的海灣里，而奧德修斯率領20名勇士事先藏進媽肚。特洛伊人誤認為希臘人已經敗退，大開城門，看到城外的巨大木馬，以為這是希臘人敬神的禮物，就把它當作戰利品拖進城來，大擺宴席，歡慶勝利。到了半夜，特洛伊人好夢正在酣，毫無戒備 的時候，藏在木馬里的希臘英雄們都爬了出來，打開城門，發出信號，與附近海灣里返回的希臘大軍里應外合，一舉摧毀了特洛伊城。

因此，The Trojan Horse經過不斷引用而成為一個廣泛流傳的成語，常用來比喻the hidden danger;the covert wreckers

（內奸）;to engage in underhand activities等的意義。

eg:The superpowers are always sending the Trojan horses to many countries in the world.They are defeated only because of the Trojan horse in their country.5.Greek Gift(s)陰謀害人的禮物；黃鼠狼拜年，不安好心

Greek Gift(s)直譯是“希臘人的禮物”，出自荷馬史詩《奧德賽》以及古羅馬杰出詩人維吉爾(Publius Virgilius Maro,公元前70-前19年)的史詩《伊尼特》(Aeneis)中關于特洛伊城陷落經過的敘述。

據《奧德賽》卷8記述：許多特洛伊人對如何處置希臘人留下的大木馬展開了辯論，“他們有三種主張：有的主張用無情的銅矛刺透中空的木馬；有的主張把它仍到巖石上；有的主張讓它留在那里作為京觀，來使天神喜悅”。結果是后一說占優勢，把那匹木馬拖進城里來，終于遭到了亡國之災。

維吉爾的史詩《伊尼特》，寫的是特洛伊被希臘攻陷后，王子伊尼斯從混亂中攜家屬出走，經由西西里、迦太基到達意大利，在各地漂泊流亡的情況。史詩第2卷便是伊尼斯關于特洛伊城陷落經過的敘述，其中情節除了模擬荷馬史詩的描述外，還做了更詳細的補充。當特洛伊人要把大木馬拖進城的時候，祭司拉奧孔(Laocoon)勸說不要接受希臘人留下的東西。他說：“我怕希臘人，即使他們來送禮”這句話后來成了一句拉丁諺語：“Timeo Danaos,et dona ferenteso.“（原文的達奈人Danaos，即泛指希臘各部族人）譯成英語就是：I fear the Greeks ,even when bringing gifts.其簡化形式就是Greek Gifts.可

惜特洛伊人不聽拉奧孔的警告，把木馬作為戰利品拖進城里。木馬里藏著希臘的精銳部隊，給特洛伊人帶來了屠殺和滅亡。由此，Greek gift成為一個成語，表

示a gift with some sinister purposes of the enemy;one given with intent to harm;a gift sent inorder to murder sb等意思，按其形象意義，這個成語相當與英語的俚諺：When the fox preaches,take care of your geese；也與漢語“黃鼠狼給雞拜年--不安好心”十分類似

eg:He is always buying you expensive clothes,I'm afraid they are Greek gifts for you.Comrades,be on guard against the Greek gifts!

6.A Penelope's Web亦作The Web of Penelope故意拖延的策略；永遠做不完的工作

A Penelope's Web或The Web of Penelope，直譯為“珀涅羅珀的織物”，典故出自荷馬史詩《奧德賽》卷2。

這部史詩的主人公奧德修斯是希臘半島西南邊伊大卡島(Ithaca)的國王，他有個美麗而忠誠的旗子，名叫珀涅羅珀。奧德修斯隨希臘聯軍遠征特洛伊，十年苦戰結束后，希臘將士紛紛凱旋歸國。惟獨奧德修斯命運坎坷，歸途中又在海上漂泊了10年，歷盡無數艱險，并盛傳他已葬身魚腹，或者客死異域。正當他在外流浪的最后三年間，有一百多個來自各地的王孫公子，聚集在他家里，向他的妻子求婚。堅貞不渝的珀涅羅珀為了擺脫求婚者的糾纏，想出個緩賓之策，她宣稱等她為公公織完一匹做壽衣的布料后，就改嫁給他們中的一個。于是，她白天織這匹布，夜晚又在火炬光下把它拆掉。就這樣織了又拆，拆了又織，沒完沒了，拖延時間，等待丈夫歸來。后來，奧德修斯終于回轉家園，夫妻兒子合力把那些在他家里宴飲作樂，胡作非為的求婚者一個個殺死，終于夫妻團圓了。

由于這個故事，英語中的Penelope一詞成了a chaste woman（貞婦）的同義詞，并產生了with a penelope faith（堅貞不渝）這個短語。而A Penelope's Web

這個成語比喻

the tactics of delaying sth on purposel;the task that can never be finished的意思

eg:Mr Jones made a long speech at the meeting.Everyone else thought it a Penelope's web.My work is something like the Penelope's web,never done,but ever in hand.7.Swan Song最后杰作；絕筆

Swan Song字面譯做“天鵝之歌”，源于希臘成語Kykneion asma.天鵝，我國古代叫鵠，是一種形狀似鵝而體形較大的稀有珍禽，棲息于海濱湖畔，能游善飛，全身白色。因此，英語成語black swan,用以比喻稀有罕見的人或物，類似漢語成語“鳳毛麟角”之意。

在古希臘神話中，阿波羅(Apollo)是太陽神、光明之神，由于他多才多藝，又是詩歌與音樂之神，后世奉他為文藝的保護神。天鵝是阿波羅的神鳥，故常用來比喻文藝。傳說天鵝平素不唱歌，而在它死前，必引頸長鳴，高歌一曲，其歌聲哀婉動聽，感人肺腑。這是它一生中唯一的，也是最后的一次唱歌。因此，西方各國就用這個典故來比喻某詩人，作家，作曲家臨終前的一部杰作，或者是某個演員，歌唱家的最后一次表演。即a last or farewell appearance;the last work before death之意；偶爾也可指某中最后殘余的東西。

Swan Song是個古老的成語，源遠流長。早在公元前6世紀的古希臘寓言作家伊索(Aisopos)的寓言故事中，就有“天鵝臨死才唱歌”的說法。古羅馬政治家、作家西塞羅(Cicero,公元前106-前43)在其《德斯肯倫別墅哲學談》等論文中，就使用了“天鵝之歌”來比喻臨死哀歌。在英國，喬叟，莎士比亞等偉大詩人、劇作家，都使用過這個成語典故。如：莎翁的著名悲劇《奧噻羅》(othello)中塑造 的愛米莉霞的形象，她在生死關頭勇敢得站出來揭穿其丈夫的罪行。她臨死時把自己比做天鵝，一生只唱最后一次歌。

eg:All the tickets have been sold for the singer's performance in London this week--the public clearly believes that this will be her swan song

The Tempest was W.Shakespeare's swan song in 1612

8.Win/Gain Laurels獲得榮譽;贏得聲望 Look to One's Laurels愛惜名聲;保持記錄 Rest on One's Laurels坐享清福;光吃老本

Laurel(月桂樹)是一種可供觀賞的常綠喬木,樹葉互生,披針形或者長橢圓形,光滑發亮;花帶黃色,傘形花序.laurels指用月桂樹葉編成的”桂冠“.古代希臘人和羅馬人用月桂樹的樹葉編成冠冕,獻給杰出的詩人或體育競技的優勝者,作為獎賞,以表尊崇.這種風尚漸漸傳遍整個歐洲,于是laurels代表victory,success和distincion.歐洲人這種習俗源遠流長,可上朔到古希臘神話.相傳河神珀納斯(Peneus)的女兒達佛涅(Daphne)長的風姿卓約,艷麗非凡.太陽神阿波羅為她的美所傾倒,熱烈追求她,但達佛涅自有所愛,總是逃避權利很大的太陽神的追求.一天,他倆在河邊相遇,達佛涅一見阿波羅,拔腿就跑,阿波羅在后邊窮追不舍,達佛涅跑得疲乏不堪,情急之下只好請她父親把她變成一株月桂樹.阿波羅非常感傷,無限深情地表示:”愿你的枝葉四季長青,裝飾我的頭,裝飾我的琴,讓你成為最高榮譽的象征“.他小心得將這株月桂樹移植到自己神廟旁邊,朝夕相處,并取其枝葉遍成花冠戴在頭上,以表示對達佛涅的傾慕和懷念.因此,古希臘人把月桂樹看做是阿波羅的神木,稱為”阿波羅的月桂樹

“(The Laurel of Apollo).起先,他們用月桂枝葉編成冠冕,授予在祭祀太陽神的節目賽跑中的優勝者.后來在奧林匹亞(Olympia)舉行的體育競技中,他們用桂冠贈給競技的優勝者.從此世代相傳,后世歐洲人以”桂冠“作為光榮的稱號.由于阿波羅是主管光明.青春.音樂和詩歌之神,歐洲人又把源自”阿波羅的月桂樹“的桂冠,獻給最有才華的詩人，稱”桂冠詩人“.第一位著名的”桂冠詩人“就是歐洲文藝復興時期人文主義的先驅者.意大利詩人彼特拉克(Francesco Petrarch,1304-1374).他的代表作<抒情詩集>,全部為14行詩體,系詩人獻給他心中的女神勞拉的情詩(彼特拉克喜歡了勞拉一輩子,但是勞拉從來都不知道),抒發他對戀人的愛情，描寫大自然的景色，渴望祖國的統一.這部被稱為西方”詩三百'的詩集,雖不能與我國古代<詩經>相提并論,但不失為世界文學的瑰寶.中古時代英國的大學,也曾授予過“桂冠詩人”的稱好，但是這只是一種榮譽稱號,而非目前含義的類似職務,學銜的專用名稱.作為專名的“桂冠詩人”(The Poet Laureate,也稱The Laureate),系英國王室賜予御用詩人的專用稱號,從17世紀英皇詹姆士一世(James I,1566-1625)開始,延續到現在,已歷三個世紀了.凡獲得“桂冠詩人”稱號者,可領取宮廷津貼,每遇到王室喜慶或官方盛典時,都要寫作應景詩以點綴和宣揚喜慶事件,歌功頌德,粉飾升平.17世紀,在英國被封為第一位“桂冠詩人”的是約翰·德萊頓(John Dryden,1631-1700),他一生為貴族寫作,美化君主制度,不過他創造的“英語偶句詩體”,成為英國詩歌的主要形式之一.從1670到1972這三百年間,英國王室相繼封了17位“桂冠詩人”年限最長的是19實際的浪漫詩人阿弗里德·丁尼生(Alfred Tennyson,1809-1892),他從1850年獲得這個稱號一直到逝世,長達42

年，算是“終身桂冠詩人”了.英國最近的“桂冠詩人”是約翰·本杰明(John Benjamin).其實,所謂“桂冠詩人”大部分是徒具虛名的,在英國文學史上享有盛名者極少;就象中國封建時代的“欽點狀元”,從公元960到1904(清關緒30年最后一屆科舉止)近1000年,歷代狀元341名,在中國文學史上著名的寥寥無幾.eg:Shakespeare won laurels in the dramatic world.The student gained laurels on the football field,as well as in his studies.Tom won the broad jump,but he had to look to his laurels Getting an A in chemistry almosst cause Mike to rest on his laurels 9.Under the Rose秘密地;私下得;暗中 Under the rose直譯“在玫瑰花底下”,而實際上卻表示in secret;privately confidentially的意義,語言外殼與內涵，似乎風馬牛不相及.它源自古羅馬的神話故事和歐洲的風尚.羅馬神話中的小愛神丘比特(Cupid),也稱希臘神話里的厄洛斯(Eros),在文藝作品中以背上長著雙翼的小男孩的形象出現,常攜帶弓箭在天空中遨游,誰中了他的金箭就會產生愛情.丘比特是戰神瑪斯(Mars)和愛與美之神維納斯(venus)所生的兒子.維納斯，也就是希臘神話里的阿芙羅狄蒂(Aphrodite),傳說她是從大海的泡沫里生出來，以美麗著稱,從宙斯到奧林匹帕斯的諸神都為起美貌姿容所傾倒.有關她的戀愛傳說很多，歐洲很多文藝作品常用維納斯做題材.小愛神丘比特為了維護其母的聲譽,給沉默之神哈伯克拉底(Harpocrates)送了一束玫瑰花,請他守口如瓶不要把維納斯的風流韻事傳播出去.哈伯克拉底受了玫瑰花就緘默不語了,成為名副其實的“沉默之神”

古羅馬人對維納斯非常尊崇,不僅奉為掌管人類的愛情.婚姻.生育的愛與美的神,而且尊為豐收女神.園藝女神.羅馬的統治者愷撒大帝甚至追搠維納斯是羅馬人的祖先.由于上述神話傳說,古羅馬人把玫瑰花當作沉沒或嚴守秘密的象征,并在日常生活中相尚成風.人們去串門做客,當看到主人家的桌子上方畫有玫瑰,客人就了解在這桌上所談的一切行為均不應外傳.于是在語言中產生了Sub rosa在玫瑰花底下這個拉丁成語.據<牛津英語詞典>解釋,英語under the rose系源自德語unter der Rosen.古代德國的宴會廳.會議室以及旅店的餐室,在天花板上常畫有或雕刻著玫瑰花,用來提醒在場者要守口如瓶,嚴守秘密,不要把玫瑰花底下的言行透露出去.這個流行于15至17世紀的德語成語反映了這種習俗.羅馬帝國全盛時,其勢力幾乎席卷了整個歐洲,羅馬某些文化風尚也隨著他的軍事力量滲透到歐洲各國.因此，以玫瑰花象征沉默的習俗,并不限于德國..under the rose 是個狀語性成語，在句中修飾動詞,其含義因所修飾的動詞的不同而略有不同.如:born under the rose“私生的”“非婚生的”;do under the rose“暗中進行” eg:The senator told me under the rose that there is to be a chance in the cabinet.The matter was finally settled under the rose.Do what you like undeer the rose,but don't give a sign of what you're about...10.The Augean Stable(s)骯臟的地方;藏垢納穢之所;積弊

The Augean Stable(s)直譯“奧吉亞斯的牛圈”,源自古希臘神話中關于赫拉克

勒斯的英雄傳說.奧吉亞斯（Augeas）是古希臘西部厄利斯(Elis)的國王。他有一個極大的牛圈，里面養了2000頭年（一說3000匹馬），30年來未清掃過，糞穢堆積如山，十分骯臟。因此，the Augean stable=very dirty place.古希臘神話中的英雄赫拉克勒斯(Heracles),亦稱海格立斯(Hercules)，是宙斯同底比斯國王之女阿爾克墨涅所生的兒子，自幼在名師的傳授下，學會了各種武藝和技能，神勇無敵，成為遐邇聞名的大力士。他因受到心胸狹窄的天后赫拉的迫害，不得不替邁錫尼國王歐律斯透斯服役十幾年。赫拉克勒斯拒絕了“惡德”女神要他走享樂道路的誘惑，而聽從了“美德”女神的忠告，決心在逆境中不畏艱險，為民除害造福。他在十二年中完成了１２項英勇業績，其中之一就是在一天之內將奧吉亞斯的牛圈打掃干凈。赫拉克勒斯先在牛圈的一端挖了深溝，引來附近的阿爾裴斯河和珀涅俄斯河的喝水灌入牛圈，而在另一端開一出口，使喝水流經牛圈，借用水利沖洗積糞。這樣，他在一夜之間將３０年沒有打掃過的骯臟不堪的牛圈，打掃的干干凈凈。奧吉亞斯曾許諾事成之后把牛群的十分之一給赫拉克勒斯，作為勞動報酬，后來當他獲悉赫拉克勒斯是奉歐律斯透斯之命來完成這項任務的，竟自食其果，于是被赫拉克勒斯殺死

這個神話傳說反映了古代人民苦干加巧干的精神，體現了人類征服自然的力量和智慧。偉大的革命導師馬克思、恩格斯、列寧、斯大林在他們的著作中，多次引用夠這個典故。在馬列主義經典中，這個成語有時譯為“骯臟的馬廄”，有時譯為“奧吉亞斯的牛圈”。在這里，stable除了泛指地點外，還可代表某些不良的制度，下流的習俗和惡劣的作風等等。由此，人們用the Augean stable這個成語來比喻非常的地方或長期形成的積弊。它常比to clean,to cleanse,to reform等動詞連用，表示to bring about a drastic reform in some public evil的意思

eg:how to clean the Augean stables of this city remains a critical problem.Although they know it is not easy to reform the Augean stables of ths sociey,they are still trying to do it.11.A Procrustean Bed A Procrustean Bed直譯是“普洛克路斯貳斯的床”，源自古希臘神話的典故。

在雅典國家奠基者(Theseus)的傳說中，從墨加拉到雅典途中有個非常殘暴的強盜，叫達瑪斯貳斯，綽號普洛克路斯貳斯。希臘問Procrustes的意思是“拉長者”、“暴虐者”。據公元前1世紀古希臘歷史學家狄奧多(Diodoros,約公元前80-前29年)所編《歷史叢書》記述：普洛克路斯貳斯開設黑店，攔截過路行人。他特意設置了2張鐵床，一長一短，強迫旅店躺在鐵床上，身矮者睡長床，強拉其軀體使與床齊；身高者睡短床，他用利斧把旅客伸出來的腿腳截短。由于他這種特殊的殘暴方式，人稱之為“鐵床匪”。后來，希臘著名英雄提修斯在前往雅典尋父途中，遇上了“鐵床匪”，擊敗了這個攔路大盜。提修斯以其人之道還治其人之身，強令身體魁梧的普洛克路斯貳斯躺在短床上，一刀砍掉“鐵床匪”伸出床外的下半肢，除了這一禍害。

由此，在英語中遺留下來a Procrustean bed這個成語，亦做the Procrustes' bed

或

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用

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表

示an arrangement or plan that produces uniformity by violent and arbitrary measures之意。按其形象意義，這個成語與漢語成語“削足適履”、“截趾穿鞋”頗相同；也類似俗語“使穿小鞋”、“強求一律”的說法

eg:I didn't put forth the plan as a Procrustean bed,to which exact conformity is to be indispensable.Don't stretch the facts to fit the Procrustean bed.12.A Gordian Knot難解的結；難題；難點 A Gordian Knot直譯“戈耳迪之結”。

戈耳迪(Gordius)是小亞細亞佛律基亞(Phrygia)的國王，傳說他原先是個貧苦的農民。一天，他在耕地的時候，有只神鷹從天而且降，落在他馬車的軛上，久不飛走。戈耳迪就趕著馬車進城去請求神示。其時，佛律基亞的老王突然去世，一國無主，上下**不安，于是人們請求神示由誰來做國王。神示說：“在通向宙斯神廟的大陸上，你們遇到的第一個乘馬車者就是新王。”恰好這時戈耳迪正乘著牛車前往宙斯的神廟，人們看見巍然屹立在車軛上的神鷹，認為這是掌握政權的象征，就一致擁戴戈耳迪為國王。戈耳迪當了國王后，就把那輛象征命運的馬車獻給宙斯，放置在嬸廟中。他用繩索打了個非常復雜的死結，把車軛牢牢得系在車轅上，誰也無法解開。由此，人

們

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喻a knot difficult or impossibe to unite;the difficult problem or task.eg:We must try to solve the problem even if it is really a Gordian knot.The knot which you thought a Gordian one will untie it before you.13.Cut the Gordian Knot Cut the Gordian Knot直譯“斬斷戈耳迪之結”，源自上篇的同一典故。佛律基亞(Phrygia)的國王戈耳迪，用亂結把軛系在他原來使用過的馬車的轅上，其結牢固難解，神諭凡能解開此結者，便是亞洲之君主。好幾個世紀過去了，沒有人能解開這個結。公元前3世紀時，古希臘羅馬的馬其頓國王亞歷山大大帝(Alexander the Great,公元前356-323),在成為希臘各城邦的霸主后，大舉遠征東方。公元前334年，他率領進入小亞細亞，經過佛律基亞時，看到這輛馬車。有人把往年的神諭告訴他，他也無法解開這個結。為了鼓舞士氣，亞歷山大拔出利劍一揮，斬斷了這個復雜的亂結，并說：“我就是這樣解開的”因此,to cut the Gordian knot

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著to solve a complicated difficulty by quick and drastic action;to end a diffi

culty by using a vigorous or violent method;to solve a problem by force.按其形象意義，這個成語與漢語成語“快刀斬亂麻”，“大刀闊斧，果斷處置”十分相似。

eg:They have decided to cut the Gordian knot to wipe out the enemy at a blow.Jean is afraid of everything,How can she cut the Gordian knot in her work?

源自圣經文學的成語典故

14.Bone of The Bone and Flesh of the Flesh Bone of The Bone and Flesh of the Flesh直譯“骨中之骨,肉中之肉”,出自<圣經>中關于上帝造人的神話.據<舊約·創世紀>第2章敘述:太初之際,混沌未開,耶和華上帝開天辟地.第一天耶和華創造了白天和夜晚;第二天創造了天空和風云;第三天創造了高山峻嶺.平原河流,以及富饒的土地和芳香的花果;第四天他又創造了太陽.月亮和星辰,確定年歲.季節.月份和日期;第五天他創造了各種形狀和大小的魚類和飛禽;第六天他才創造了各種陸上動物，然后他按照自己的形象用地上的塵土造出一個男人,名叫亞當(Adam),這就是神話中人類的始祖.后來,耶和華見押當獨居無伴侶幫助他,于是,趁亞當沉睡的時候,從他身上取下一根肋骨造成了一個女人叫夏娃(Eve),領到他面前，亞當說：“This is bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh”（這是我骨中之骨,肉中之肉）。從此兩人結為夫妻

Bone of The Bone and Flesh of the Flesh常用來比喻血緣上的親屬關系或思想上的團結一致，即as close as flesh and blood;to be inseperately linked t

o each other等的意思。

eg:Our army is bone of the bone and flesh of the flesh of the people.The I.W.W was bone of the bone and flesh of the flesh of the floating workers.(W.Foster:Pages from a Worker's Life.)15.Adam's Apple喉結

亞當是圣經中人類的始祖，而蘋果的歷史比人類的歷史還悠久。在世界各文明古國的民間故事和神話傳說中，蘋果都是受人喜愛的一種果實。英語中有個諺語：An apple a day keeps the doctor away.但據圣經故事上說，蘋果也給人類帶來了麻煩，男人的喉結就是因吃蘋果引起的。

《舊約.創世紀》第3章講到人類的起源，傳說上帝創造人類的始祖亞當和夏娃，在東方的伊甸(Eden)建立了一個園子給他們居住。伊甸園里生長著悅人眼目的各種樹木，樹上長著各種各樣的果實。上帝吩咐亞當說：你可以隨意吃園中的各種果子，只是不能吃那棵分別善惡樹上的果實，吃了必定要死。這種“禁果”就是apple。后來，亞當的配偶夏娃聽信蛇的誘惑，不顧神諭，吃了善惡樹上的禁果，還把這果子給它丈夫吃。亞當因心懷恐懼，吃時倉促，有一片果肉哽在吼中，不上不下，留下個結塊，就叫“亞當的蘋果”兩人吃了這果子就心明眼亮，能知善惡美丑。但是由于他們違背了上帝的告戒而被逐出伊甸園。從此，亞當就永遠在脖子前端留下“喉結”，作為偷吃禁果的“罪證”。上帝還懲罰亞當，“必汗流滿面才能糊口”

不過也說一說是正當亞當吃的時候，上帝來了，所以亞當急忙吞下去，不料哽在喉嚨間了。

eg:Your Adam's apple isn't apparent.Adam's apple can be more clearly seen on men than women's throats.16.Sell One's Birthright for a Mess of Pottages因小失大；見利棄義

Sell One's Birthright for a Mess of Pottages直譯是：“為了一碗紅豆湯而出賣了長子繼承權”。

《舊約.創世紀》第25章記述了這樣一個故事傳說：猶太族長以撒的妻子利百加懷孕期間，感覺到2個胎兒在她腹內互相踢打，就去問耶和華，耶和華對她說：“兩國在你腹內，兩族要從你身上出來，這族必強于那族，將來大的要服小的。”

后來，利百加果然生下一對孿生兄弟，哥哥叫以掃，弟弟叫雅各。兩兄弟長大后，以掃好動，常外出打獵；雅各則常在家里幫助料理家務。有一天，以掃打獵回來，又饑又渴，看見弟弟雅各在熬豆湯，就對他說：“我餓極了，給我喝點紅豆湯吧！”雅各說：“你要喝湯，就把你的長子權賣給我。”以掃說：“你都要餓死了，要這長子權有什么用呢？”于是，他便按雅各的要求，對天起誓，把長子權賣給雅各，換來餅和紅豆湯。以掃吃飽喝足后，起身走了。他哪里想到，為了這碗紅豆湯，他的后裔便注定要服事雅各的后裔。

由此，人們用to sell one's birthright for a mess of pottage短語，來比喻to exchange something of lasting value for something that is of value for a short time only;to suffer a big loss for a little gain.這個成語常縮略為for a mess of pottage的形式。有時也可用to sell one's birthrights.eg:It was argued that joining the Common Market...would be giving away her national rights and advantages for a mess of pottage.There are many,many people who are willing to prostitute their intelligence for a mess of pottage.17.The Apple of Ones' Eye The Apple of Ones' Eye的字面意思是“某人眼里的蘋果”，在這里，apple指 的是the pupil(瞳孔，眼珠)，大概因眼珠圓的象蘋果之故。瞳孔是眼睛最重要的部分，失去瞳孔，光線就無法通過虹膜中心的圓孔進入眼內而變成了瞎子。所以，這個成語常用來比喻象愛護眼珠一樣愛護某個最心愛的人或珍貴的東西，即表示a cherished person or object;sth extrmely precious to one;sb dearly loved等意

這個成語來字《舊約。申命記》(Deuteronomy)第３２章“耶和華遇見他在曠野荒涼、野獸吼叫之地，就環繞他，看顧他，保護他如同保護眼里的瞳人。”在圣經其他地方也有類似的話。英文版《舊約。詩篇》(Psalm)第１７章有這樣的句

子

：“Keep me as the apple of the eye,hide me under the shadow of the wings” 成語the apple of one's eye

是固定結構，不得寫成the apple of the eye of…的形式；在搭配上，它常與動詞be，keep,care for等連用。按其想象意義，它與漢語成語“掌上明珠”頗相似，但其比喻的對象較漢語“掌珠”更廣，因“掌珠”通常指心愛的女兒，而不能用與其他場合。

eg:Little Mary is the apple of her father's eye Mind the reputation of your school as you care for the apple of your eye.１８.The writing/Finger on the Wall不詳之兆；大禍臨頭

這個成語的字面意思是“墻上的文字（或手指）”，而實際含義是a sign or warning of impending disaster（迫在眉睫的兇兆）；a sign that sth bad will happen;a feeling that ones number is up；等等。其語言外殼與內涵是怎樣聯系起來的呢？還是出自《圣經》

據《舊約。但以理書》(Daniel)第５章記述：有一次古巴比倫(Babylonian)的國王伯沙撒(Belshazar)正在宮殿里設宴縱飲時，突然，不知從哪里出現了一個神秘的手指，當者國王的面，在王宮與燈臺相對的粉墻上寫西了四個奇怪的單詞：MENE（彌尼）、MENE（彌尼）、ＴＥＫＥＬ（提客勒）、ＵＰＨＡＲＳＩＮＧ（烏法珥新）。國王張皇失措，驚恐萬分，誰也不懂墻上所寫的字是什么意思。后來叫來了被虜的猶太預言家但以理，才明白了這幾個字的意思就是大難臨頭。他說：“彌尼就是上帝已經數算你國的年日到此為完畢；提客勒就是你被稱在天平里顯出你的虧欠；烏法珥新就是你的國分裂，歸與瑪代人和波斯人。”果然，當夜伯沙撒被殺，又６２歲的瑪代人大利烏取而代之。

依次，“墻上的文字（或手指）”就表示身死國亡的兇兆。英語中這個成語有幾種表達方式：the writing/handwriting on the wall或a finger on the wall,通常與be，like等系動詞連用；有時寫成see/read the writing on he wall的句型，表示提出警告,such as :Don't you see the writing on the wall, 有時候也可省略on the wall，只說Don't you see the writing？意思也是一樣的。

eg:This inexplicable incident seemed,like the Babylonian finger on the wall,to be spelling out the letter of my judgement...In this house of his there was writing on every wall.His business-like temperament protested against a mysterious warning that she was not made for him.John's emplyer had less and less work for him;John could read the writing on the wall.The writing on the wall is clear:if man behaves like an animal and allow hs population to increase while each nation steadily increases he coplexity and range of its environment,nature will take her course and the law of th

e Jungle will prevail.When Bill's team lost four games in a row,he saw the handwriting on the wall.19.The Salt of the Earth社會中堅；民族精華；優秀份子

The Salt of the Earth這個成語，字面意思“世上的鹽”

鹽是飲食中不可缺少的調味品，人體若缺鹽，健康就會受到影響，出現種種疾病。鹽還有殺菌、解毒、消炎、除污等多種功用，它既是“百藥之王”，又是工業之母，確是值得珍視的東西。在許多民族的習俗匯總，鹽被當作敬客的高貴禮品。

The Salt of the Earth一詞出自《圣經》，據《新約。馬太福音》（Matthew）第５長記

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徒說:“Ye are the salt of the earth:but if the salt have lost his savor,wherewith shall it be salted? ” 在這里，salt用于轉義，表示flavor；of the earth即of the world。這是耶穌登山垂訓論“福”，所講福音結尾的話，他把門徒比做“世上的鹽”，這是極高的稱贊。這句話在后世不斷引用變成了一個典故性成語，轉

義

為the most valuable members of sociey;the finest type of humanity;a person or a group of people having the best character 之意

eg: He does a lot of good jobs and is considered to be the salt of the world.You all are the salt of the earth.Our hope is placed on you.20.Not an iota of沒有一點點，絲毫也不

iota是希臘字母表中第９個字母“Ｉ”的名稱。not an iota of 出自《新約。馬太福音》第５章：“律法的一點一畫都不能廢去，都要成全。”因為iota是希臘字母表中最小的一個字母，它有時可以寫作一短橫置于其他字母之上；遺漏這一點點對發音并無什么影響，只按規則不能減少而已。《福音書》所說的律法，系指“摩西律”，意即無論何人都不允許隨便廢去這戒律哪怕是最小的一條，甚至其中的一個字母，一個小小短橫也不得更動或遺漏。

由此，在語言中遺留下來這個成語，轉義表示not a bit of;not one jot or little;not at all等意思。iota在這里，相當于漢語“小不點兒”的意思。

Eg:Science deals with things in a practical way.Science means honest,solid knowledge,allowing not an iota of falsehood,and it involves herculean efforts and gruelling toil.There is not an iota of truth in the story.21.Cast pearls before swine對牛彈琴；白費好意

To Cast pearls before swine的意思是“珍珠頭在豬玀前面”。swine是個舊詞，書面詞，即今為pigs,不過swine單復同行，本句為復數。這個成語源自《新約。馬太福音》第7章：“Give not that which is holy unto the dogs,neither cast ye your pearls before swine,lest they trample them under their feet,and turn again and rend you”.由于to cast pearls efore swine,比喻確切，在后世不斷引用中而成為一個國際

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示to offer sth valuable or beautiful to those who can't appreciate it;to give what is precious to those who are unable to understand its value等意思，含有輕蔑嘲笑色彩。按其字面意義，這個成語與漢語成語“明珠按投”相似，但是

寓意不同，基本上不對應；按一比喻意義，它相當于“對牛彈琴”，“向驢說經”“一番好意給狗吃”“狗咬呂洞賓，不識好人心”等。

She read them Shakespeare,but it was casting pearls before swine I won't waste good advice on John any more because he never listens to it.I won't cast pearls before swine....and when I let the upper floor to Cap'en Cuttle,oh i do a thankless thing,and cast pearls before swine

22.a wolf in sheep's clothing批著羊皮的狼；貌善心惡的人

耶穌在加利利一帶傳道布教，收了很多信徒。有一天，他對門徒說:“Beware of false prophets,which come to you in sheep's clothing,but inwardly they are ravening wolves” eg:Mrs.Martin trusted the lawyer until she realized that he was a wolf in sheep's clothing One who teaches morality and practises immorality is a wolf in lamb's skine

23.separate the sheep from the goats區別好壞，分清良莠

《新約。馬太福音》記述：“And before him shall be gathered all nations:and he shall separate them one from another,as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats”

由于《圣經》的影響，sheep和goat在英語中的形象截然不同，前者比喻好人，后者比喻壞人。英語中有關goat的成語，大多貶義。如：to play the goa

t=play the fool（瞎胡鬧）；to get sb's goat（觸動肝火）；等等。《圣經》說牧羊人要分辨綿羊和山羊，“把綿羊安置右邊，山羊左邊”。據說野山羊常混進羊群里，引誘綿羊，故牧養人必須把它們區分開來，以免混淆。

由此，人們用to separate the sheep from the goats這個成語，來比喻to separate the good from the wicked;to divide good or useful people from bad or useless eg:We'll go through the list of members,and separate the sheep from the goats Have faith in me,please.I can separate the sheep from the goats

源自歐洲寓言名著的

24.a dog in the manger占著茅坑不拉屎的人

出自《伊索寓言》(Aesop's Fables)，有一篇狗站馬槽的故事，說的是一頭狗躺在堆滿稻草的馬槽里，狗是不吃草的動物，而當馬或牛一走進稻草時，這頭狗卻朝著馬，牛狂哮，不準食草動物享用。因此，“狗站馬槽”就成了一個家喻戶曉的成語而進入英語中，常用來比喻a person who prevents others from enjoying sth that is useless to himself;a churlish fellow who will neither use a thing himself nor let others use it，諷刺那些占據說職位或某些物質卻不做事的人。

a dog in the manger是個名詞性短語，常與系動詞連用，充當表語（主語補足語）

eg:He borrowed a lot of books from the library,but he didn't read a book.He was really a dog in the manger.There are some officials who are only the dogs in the manger.Smith was a dog in the manger over that roll of wire;it was no use whatever to him,but he wouldn't let us have it.25.bell the cat自告奮勇去冒險；老虎頭上拍蒼蠅

bell the cat系成語to hang the bell about the cat's neck的簡略，愿意是“給貓的脖子上掛鈴”。它來自《伊索寓言》(Aesop's Fables)中的《老鼠會議》(The Mice in Council)這篇寓言講的是：一群老鼠在鼠洞里舉行會議，討論如何對付兇狠的貓。白胡須老鼠提出：“我有個方法，在貓的脖子上掛一個鈴。這樣，貓一走動鈴就響，我們就可以聞鈴聲而逃避了”，群鼠一致同意這個建議，歡呼：“That's a capital idea.We will bell the cat!No more fear of the cat!”但是，誰去給貓掛鈴鐺呢？沒有一只老鼠敢去，一個個都溜掉了。老鼠會議豪無結果，它們不安全的境況當然也無法改善。

寓言所寄托的意思很明白：遇到困難的問題時候，既需要有出謀獻策的人，更需要有挺身而出的實干家。bell the cat

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喻to do sth dangerous in order to save others;to step forwar bravely to face the danger;to take a risk for the good of others.eg:Everybody made suggestion,but no one actually offered to bell the cat.We didn't know who would put him this delicate question when my friend offered to bell the cat.26.cry wolf虛發警報；慌報險情；危言聳聽

cry wolf來自《伊索寓言》：《牧童和狼》（The Shepherdboy and the wolf）

有個牧童在離村子不遠的山坡上放羊，有一次，他為了開心作樂，突然大喊：“Help!Help!The wolf!”全村的人都聞聲跑來援助他時，才知道這只是開玩笑。如此惡作劇搞了兩三次。后來，狼真的來了，那個牧童再呼號求救時，誰也不理會他了。于是，狼把他的羊吃了。

這篇寓言的意義很清楚：愛說謊話的人，即或在他說真話時，也沒人相信他。由此，人們用to cry wolf 來概括這篇寓言的基本情節及其教誡意義，用以比喻to give false alarms;to warn of danger where there is none之意。按其比喻意義，這個成語相當與漢語中出自《東周列國志》的典故：烽火戲諸侯。周幽王為博得寵妃褒泥一笑，竟然把軍國大事當兒戲，烽火報警戲諸侯，使各路諸侯倉促發兵，馳援京師，結果收到嘲笑。后來犬戎進犯，幽王再舉烽火調兵，誰也不來了，結果周幽王遭到殺身亡國之禍。這2個典故的情節雖不同，寓意卻完全不一致，都是表示“一朝說假話，一世無人信”

eg:Nobody will believe he is in trouble because he has cried wolf so many times.Is she really sick of is she just crying wolf? The newspaper placards that had cried “wolf” so often,cried “wolf” now in vain.27.Fish in Troubled Waters渾水摸魚；趁火打劫；陷于混亂

Fish in Troubled Waters直譯是：“渾水里捕魚”，出自《伊索寓言·漁夫》

這篇寓言江的是：有個漁夫在河里張網捕魚，他把魚網橫欄在河道里，然后拿了一條縛著石塊的繩子，不停的拍擊河水，使泥沙泛起，河水渾濁，魚兒在慌亂中紛紛自投羅網，漁夫用這個方法捕得了好多魚。但住在附近的人指責漁夫說：“我們飲水全靠這條河，你把水搞得這么渾，叫我們到哪里去找清水飲用呢？”漁

夫回答說：“可是，我若不把水搞渾，那就非餓死不可了” 因此，人

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eg:The man who interferes in South American politics is fishing in troubled waters I refused to let them come here because i knew they only wanted to fish in troubled waters Those who made large profits out of illegally selling rationed goods during World War II were fishing in troubled waters.28.cat's paw 被他人利用的人；受人愚弄者

cat's paw 也坐cat's-paw或catspaw，字面意思“貓爪子”，出典17世紀法國著名的寓言作家拉·封丹的《猴子與貓》。講的是狡猾的猴子哄騙頭腦簡單的貓兒，替它從爐火中取出烤熟的栗子來。貓兒應命去做，結果貓爪子被火燒傷了，而取出的栗子卻被猴子吃光了。

追根嗍源，遠在公元前3世紀的《伊索寓言》中就有這個故事，不過沒有題目。cat's paw

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ence of a cleverer or stronger person之意。按其內涵，這個成語與漢語成語“為虎作倀”所比喻的意義相似，僅是動物的形象不同

cat's paw除了單獨做復合名詞使用外，還構成to make a cat's paw of sb（利用某人做為工具或爪牙）

eg:It is easy for him to be used as a cat's paw of evil-doing.I am afraid that he is making a cat's paw of you.29.Pull the chestnuts out of the fire火中取栗；替別人冒險

Pull the chestnuts out of the fire來自法國著名的寓言作家拉·封丹的《猴子與貓》。

cat's paw與Pull the chestnuts out of the fire是同源成語，但兩個成語無論在結構上或意義上都不相同，前者比喻充當別人的工具或爪牙，后者常用來表示to do sth dangerous for others的意思。

這個成語也作to pull sb's chestnuts,或者to put the chestnuts for sb.eg:I had pulled the chestnuts out of the fire for him on several occasions and was unwilling to do it again.They are pulling chestnuts out of the fire for the imperialists without knowing it You can't make me your catspaw to pull your chestnuts out of the fire...30.attic salt優雅的俏皮話；妙語

attic salt的字面意思是“阿提卡的鹽”。阿提卡洲(attica)是希臘東南部的一個州，其首府是雅典。阿提卡州是個半島，工商業發達，特別盛產海鹽，相傳，阿

提卡州的鹽比希臘其他地方出產的鹽精細有味，深受歡迎。阿提卡人機智風趣，善于說俏皮話，以幽雅的詼諧著稱于世。

這個成語出自古羅馬著名的作家和演說家西塞羅（Marcus Tullius Cicero,公元前106-前43）。他的論文和演講詞，都是文體和標準拉丁語的典范，在其作品中論述了古希臘人精心研究的雄辯術理論，特別提到以口齒鋒利著稱的阿提卡人。公元前55年，西塞羅以文藝對話形式寫的主要著作《辯論》(De oratore)，探討了演講藝術中的詼諧問題。他說，妙語應當含有“鹽味”，象“阿提卡的鹽”那樣有味。

在現在英語中，salt一詞含有“風趣”，“興味”等轉義。成語attic salt常用來表示poignant delicate wit;wit of a refined quality。因此也可寫attic wit.eg: Yesterday Mrs Williams gave a talk to the Women's Institute on her travels in Asia.It was full of Attic Salt.A talk full of attic salt is worth listening to.They are in the habit of speaking with attic wit.32.one's pound of flesh殘酷榨取；割肉還債

相信大家都看過莎士比亞的《威尼斯商人》。這里就不加以介紹。one's pound of flesh比喻to insist cruelly on repayment of what was borrowed，常用在have,demand,exact,want,ask for 等之后。

eg:If you borrow from the scoundredl,you may be sure he'll demand hhis pound of flesh.Their boss pays the highest wages,but he wants his pound of flesh in return and makes them work very hard.33.john bull(s)約翰牛；英國佬

“約翰牛”是英國人的綽號，意義是english nation,the typical englishmen.這個雅號是英國人自己取的，出自16世紀英國著名作家兼宮廷御醫約翰·阿布斯諾特(John Arbuthnot,1667--1735)的政治諷刺作品。

阿布斯諾特在1712年寫了一本諷刺小說，名叫《約翰牛的生平》(The History of John Bull)，該書的主人公約翰牛就是英國的人格化、形象化。

作者筆下的約翰牛，是個英國“自由民”，為人粗暴冷酷，桀驁不遜，頗有些牛勁。他盛氣凌人、欺辱弱者，如果誰流露出對他稍微表示不滿的反抗情緒，他立即擺出一副格斗的架勢。作者通過這個赳赳武夫的形象，暗喻當年英國的專橫跋扈，抨擊“民權黨”（英國自由黨的前身）的好戰策略。顯然，這個綽號最初含貶斥色彩。

這個形象的出現，絕非作者憑空捏造，而是與當時英國的社會經濟狀況緊密相連。在英國資產階級革命勝利后的17世紀，英國毛紡工業迅速發展，資本的原始積累不斷擴大，資產階級政權對內實行“圈地運動“，對外實行殖民地的掠奪政策，以便積累大量的工業資本。“約翰牛”的形象正是這個時期英國的體現這。John Bull這個頗古的典故成語，19世紀 的著名作家狄更斯(Charles Dickens,1812--1870)就曾引用過。隨著時間的推移，“約翰牛”的形象發生了耐人尋味的變化，由最初那個身強力壯、滿臉橫肉的中年船長想象，變成了一個年過半百、五短身材的矮胖子。于是漫畫上出現的”約翰牛“，是個頭戴寬邊禮帽，足蹬翻口皮鞋，身穿茄克衫的紳士摸樣。當年那種殺氣滕滕的氣概收斂不少，其原來的貶義似乎變成了褒義。”約翰牛“逐漸變成了一位飽經事故的實干家形象，他的行為成了英國的人的標準行為。這樣一來，john bull這個成語就成了英國人或者英國的代名詞了；而與之相關的john bullism 就指”英國精神“”英國習氣“或”英國的典型性格“，john bullist則常指”英國迷“

eg:By some he is called...“a thoroughbred englishman”,by some,“a genuin

e john bull”...John bulls belong to the white race.34.Grin like a cheshire cat咧嘴傻笑；露齒嬉笑

Grin like a cheshire cat字面意思是“象柴郡貓那樣咧開嘴笑”，這個成語也可寫成 to wear/have a grin like a Cheshire cat,或to smile like a Cheshire cat。關于這個成語有2種說法

Cheshire是英格蘭西部的一郡，當地出產一種頗有特色的干酪，叫“柴郡干酪”(Cheshire cheese),曾經一度作成象笑臉貓的形狀。另一種說法是：柴郡有位畫家，他給當地旅館繪畫的招牌上，都畫了一只咧著嘴笑的獅子。

艾里克·帕特里奇先生(Mr.Eric Partridge)認為，這個成語大約從1770年開始就作為貶義詞使用。英國《朗曼英國成語詞典》等辭書，認為這個成語源自維多利亞女王時代（1835--1901），英國數學家和童話作家劉易斯·卡洛爾(Lewis Carroll,1832--1898)在他所寫的童話《阿麗思漫游奇境記》(Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)中詳細的描述了公爵夫人家中的一只柴郡貓。《阿麗思漫游奇境記》第6章有段這樣的對話：

“Please,would you tell me,”said Alice a little limidly...“why your cat grins like that?”

“It's a Cheshire cat,”said the Duchess,“and that's why.”

卡洛爾的童話，通過虛幻離奇的情節，嘲諷了19世紀后半期英國的社會現象。《阿麗思漫游奇境記》在1865年7月問世后，轟動了全英國。作者由此一舉成名。“柴郡貓”的生動想象，是否他所創造，有待于進一步考證，但to grin like a Cheshire cat是隨著該書的風行而被廣泛使用，應無疑義。根據書中的描述，這個成語常用來表示to grin broadly,showing great amusement;to laugh at

nothing that is amusing;to smile widely,in such a way that on shows all one's teeth.eg:Poor little Hans only grinned like a Cheshire cat when he was scolded.Mamma is smiling with all her might.In fact Mr.Newcome says...“that woman grins like a Cheshire cat.”Who was the naturalist of the cats in Cheshire?

It is no good smiling at me like a Cheshire cat,Mr.Lubin.35.A storm in a Teacup杯水**；小題大做；大驚小怪

A storm in a Teacup字面意思“茶杯里的風暴”；美國英語為“a tempest in a teapot/barrel”，也作tea-pot tempest.A storm in a Teacup出自法國著名作家巴爾扎克(Honore de Balzac,1799-1850)記述，這句話出自18世紀法國哲學家和思想家孟德斯鳩的名言。有一次，他聽說圣馬力諾發生了政治**，就用“茶杯里的風暴”來評論。因為圣馬力諾是歐洲最小的共和國，只有一萬人口，孟德斯鳩認為那里的**對整個歐洲局勢無足輕重。

探源搠流，遠在公元前古希臘了羅馬的名人著作中就有過類似的形象比喻。如古羅馬著名作家和演說家西塞羅(Cicero)在其著作《論法律》中就有這樣的話：excitare fluctus in simpulo,意即to stir up waves in a ladle。此外，還有a storm in a cream-bowl;a storm in a wash-hand basin等說法。盡管它們比喻的形象不同，但都是用來表示much excitement about something trivial;a lot of fuss about a trifle之意。按其比喻意義，相當與“小題大做”大驚小怪。

The people next door are continually quarreling ,but it is usually a storm in a teacup.What is it all about?Nothing serious,just a tempest in a teapot.36.a tower of ivory 或an ivory tower象牙之塔；世外桃源

a tower of ivory常用來比喻一種與世隔絕的夢幻境地，即the place of seclusion or retreat from realisties of life.She lives in a tower of ivory apart from her friends.They view college as an ivory tower.37.have an axe to grind別有用心；另有企圖；懷有私心

have an axe to grind是個源自美國的成語，字面意思是“讓斧頭磨一磨”，寓意是to have private interests to serve;to have sth to gain for oneself;to have a selfish reason等之意。

據英國《朗曼英國成語詞典》等記述。這個成語出自美國著名的政治家、科學家本杰明·富蘭克林(Benjamin Franklin,1706--1790)所寫的一則故事。富蘭克林幼年時，在院子里遇到一個帶有斧頭的陌生人，那人稱贊院子里那個磨石(grindstone)很好，想看看它好不好使，便花言巧語的讓他轉動磨石，而那人就在上面磨利自己的斧頭。

據“美國之音”英語廣播節目《詞匯掌故》說，這個成語出自1810年美國賓夕法尼亞(Pennsylvania)一家報紙上首次刊登的一則故事。故事說的是有個陌生人手持一把斧頭，想找磨石來磨利他的斧頭。他在街上遇到一個男孩，就問道：“好孩子，你爸爸有磨石嗎？”那男孩就帶他到家里來，幫他轉動磨石磨斧頭。這對

一個孩子來說是件艱苦的活，男孩把手都磨破了，累個半死才把斧頭磨得閃閃發光。那個人見目的達到，不僅沒向小孩道謝，反而教訓孩子快點去上學，以免遲到.2個出典實質上講的是同一件事。富蘭克林作為一位杰出的資產階級革命家，擔任的最后一項公職就是賓夕法尼亞州廢奴委員會會長，為廢除奴隸制而奔忙，直到生命的最后一息。賓夕法尼亞州一家報紙在富蘭克林逝世20周年發表那篇小故事，應該就是他生前所講的故事。這個故事的寓意很清楚：“持斧待磨者”用恭維的話來達到個人目的，人們不要上當受騙。

He may offer you a post in his firm,but he has an axe to grind, he wants to stand well with your father.His interest in our venture cannot be sincere,because i knew he has an axe to grind.In the first place,let me assure you,gentlemen,that i have not an axe to grind

第四篇：英語成語諺語

常 用 英 語 成 語

愛屋及烏

Love me, love my dog.百聞不如一見

Seeing is believing.笨鳥先飛

A slow sparrow should make an early start.功夫不負有心人 Everything comes to him who waits.好事不出門，惡事傳千里 Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.活到老，學到老

One is never too old to learn./ It's never too late to learn.金無足赤,人無完人 Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.金玉滿堂

Treasures fill the home 留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒 “Where there is life, there is hope.” 名利雙收

gain in both fame and wealth 茅塞頓開

be suddenly enlightened

沒有規矩不成方圓

Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards 拿手好戲

masterpiece 千里之行始于足下

a thousand-li journey begins with the first step 瑞雪兆豐年

A timely snow promises a good harvest.世上無難事，只要肯攀登 “Where there is a will, there is a way.” 世外桃源

a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;時不我待

Time and tide wait for no man.團結就是力量

Unity is strength.心想事成May all your wish come true 循序漸進

step by step 欲速則不達

Haste does not bring success.一言既出，駟馬難追 A real man never goes back on his words.常 用 英 語 諺 語

So said, so done.說到做到。言出必行。

Haste makes waste.忙亂易錯。欲速則不達。

Although the sun shine, leave not your cloak at home.未雨綢繆。

So the world wags.這就是人生。

One can not be in two places at once.一心不可二用。

Little chips light great fires.星星之火，可以燎原。

Dreams are lies.夢不足信。

Do not teach fish to swim.不要班門弄斧。

A light heart live long.心情開朗壽命長。不惱不愁，活到白頭。

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.日吃蘋果一只，身體健康不求醫。

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.井干方知水珍貴

Less is more.簡單就是美

Every dog has his day.凡人皆有得意日

Well begun is half done.好的開端是成功的一半 When in Rome, do as Roman do.入鄉隨俗

He laughs best who laughs last.誰笑到最后誰笑得最美

Deal with a man as he deals with you.以其人之道還治其人之身

Look before you leap.三思而后行

Two heads are better than one.三個臭皮匠頂一個諸葛亮。

A good beginning makes a good ending.善始善終

A friend in need is a friend indeed.患難中的朋友才是真正的朋友。

First come, first served.先來先招待。

Where there is s will，there is a way.有志者事竟成。

No pains，no gains.不勞則無獲

Strike while the iron is hot.趁熱打鐵

It's never too late to mend.亡羊補牢

There is no smoke without fire.無風不起浪

Kill two birds with one stone.一箭雙雕

East or west，home is best.走東串西，還是家里好

Equal pay for equal work.同工同酬

Pride goes before a fall.驕兵必敗

Reading makes a full man.讀書使人完善

Knowledge is power.知識就是力量

Failure is the mother of success.失敗是成攻之母

Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧

All roads lead to Roma.條條大道通羅馬

Don’t judge a person by the clothes he wears.不能以貌取人

Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched.切莫過于樂觀

Learn to walk before you run.循序漸進

It’s easy to be wise after the event.事后諸葛亮

All that glitters is not gold.閃光的東西并非都是金子

Nothing is too difficult if you put your heart into it.世上無難事只要肯登攀

Time is money.時間就是金錢。

Like father, like son.有其父必有其子。

Grasp all, lose all.樣樣都要，全都失掉。

Better master one than engage with ten.會十事不如精一事。

Silly child is soon taught.要想孩子好，教育要趁早。

More haste, less speed.欲速則不達。

Easier said than done.說起來容易，做起來難。

The first step is the hardest.萬事開頭難。

Who knows most says least.懂的最多的人，說的最少。

Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.今日事今日畢。

Diligence is the mother of success.失敗是成功之母。

Walls have ears.隔墻有耳

We can't judge a person by what he says but by what he does.判斷一個人，不聽言語看行動 We only live once, but if we work it right, once is enough.年華沒虛度，一生也足矣。

When children stand quiet, they have done some harm.孩子不吭聲，一定闖了禍

When the cat is away, the mice will play.貓兒不在，鼠兒成精

Where there's life there's hope.留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒

Will is power.意志就是力量

Wise men are silent;fools talk.智者沉默寡言，愚者滔滔不絕

標簽: 英語 口語 地道 表達 2008-11-14 16:00 要想使自已的英語口語多姿多彩，魅力無窮，并能很快吸引對方，僅僅流利快速是不夠的。許多英語專業畢業生在同外國人交流過程中，經常出現尷尬的場面，兩個人都無法準確理解對方。中國學生語速倒是很快，但由于用詞的不準確，表達方式的不貼切以及過分追求難詞造成的歧義都會使雙方感到交流的不暢快，所以，外國人評價中國學生的口語是“Too strange to be true!”(太奇怪，不真實)或“Too beautiful to be natural!”（用詞華麗但不自然）使言談增色，就需要你靈活運用外國人經常使用的習慣說話，包括習語，不過時的俚語及大量的富有特色的語句。不要害怕模仿，只要運用得當，你盡可以引經據典，洋洋灑灑。

當別人在你旁邊羅嗦個沒完，你煩透了，說“You are so boring “.(你真煩！)。“Shut up!”（閉嘴！）自然沒錯，可人家受得了嗎？不如來一句“Oh, come on.Give me a break!”(幫幫忙，讓我歇歇吧！)這多地道、多幽默。

要想說人“氣色好”。“You look fine!”當然不錯，可如果你說”You’re in the pink!”就妙得多了，實際上，在英語口語中，表示顏色的詞用起來非常形象生動。

“他精力充沛”美國人說：“He is bouncy.”而不說“He is energetic ”,牢記一些日常對話中的活句式是你一把必備的鑰匙。如：久仰，“I get mind of you “.比”I heard a lot about you.”輕松得多。

代問他人好當然能用”Please remember me to your sister.” 或”Please give my best wishes to your father ”不過，若是很好的朋友，何不說，“Please give my love to Jim。”

在中國可不能隨便說“我想你”，然而，當和西方人分手時說“I will miss you.”要比說“Good-bye”或“See you soon”有趣得多，不妨一試。

有人開會遲到了，你若對他說 “You are late.”，聽起來象是廢話，若說“Did you get lost ?”，則更能讓他歉然，可別說成“Get lost!”那可是讓人滾蛋的意思。

別人征求你的意見，問能否開窗戶等，你要說“You can do that.”就有點土了，用一句“Do you have the time? ”實際上，問他人的姓名，地址都可以這么用：“May I have you name?“要比”What’s your name ? ”禮貌得多，不過警察例外。

別人問你不愿公開的問題，切勿用“It’s my secret ,Don’t ask such a personal question.”回答，一來顯得你沒有個性，二來也讓對方尷尬。你可以說“I would rather not say.”（還是別說了吧！）。

有時候，你想說什么，可說是想不起來，你可以說“Well ?”“Let me see”“Just a moment ”或“It’s on the tip of my tongue.”等，想比之下，最后一個句型是最地道的。

交談時，你可能會轉換話題，不要只說“By the way ”,實際上，“To change the subject”“Before I forget”“While I remember”“Mind you ”都是既地道有受歡迎的表達。

遇到你不懂的問題時可別不懂裝懂，“I know”可能是中國人用得最多，而美國人最不能接受的一句話。當一美國教師向你解釋某個問題時，你如果連說兩遍“I know”可能是中國人用得最多，而美國人最不能接受的一句話。當一美國教師向你解釋某個問題時，你如果連說兩遍“I know”,我敢保證，他不會再跟你說什么了。用“I know ”或“I got it ”就順耳得多，要是不懂就說“I’m not clear about it.”不過如果你會說“It’s past my understanding”或“It’s beyond me.”你的教師定會驚訝不已的。

語口語的地道表達

已有 32 次閱讀 2009-05-05 01:42 標簽: 英語口語 地道 表達

有時候有話在心口難開？快來看看下面這些地道的口語表達吧！希望它們能及時地給您出出招。1.It's not like that.不是那樣的。這句話是用來辟謠的。當別人誤會了一件事的來龍去脈，你就可以跟他說It's not like that.當然隨著語氣及情境的不同，It's not like that這句話也有可能是你用來硬拗的藉口。

2.I've gotten carried away.我扯太遠了。Get carried away字面上的意思是“被帶走了”。當你或是他人說話的時候離了題，偏離主旨扯遠了，你就可以用上這個表達法。

3.Good thing...還好，幸好?? 在美語當中若要表達中文里“還好，幸好??”的語氣，你就可以用good thing做開頭。這個句型非常簡單又好用，你只要在Good thing后面加上完整的句子就可以。

4.I don't believe you're bringing this up.你現在提這件事真是豈有此理。Bring something up是指“提到（某件事）”。當然情況會有正反兩面。你若沒想到對方會提起這件事討罵，你可以說這句話。而反過來說，若你很高興對方主動提起了一件事，你也可以用這個表達。

5.There's no other way of saying it.沒有別的說法。有時候不管你再怎么委婉，也沒有辦法更婉轉或是避開一些絕對會出現的詞，這時候你就可以用上這句話，來表達自己避無可避的為難，因為“沒有別的說法”。

6.Is there someone else? 你是不是有了新歡？這句話字面上是指“有其它人嗎？”，不過這句話在使用上，問的那個“其它人”是感情上的“新歡，新對象”，所以若是情侶或是夫妻之間有人說了這句話這可就不太妙了。

7.That will not always be the case.情況不會永遠是這樣。Case這個詞有“情況”的意思，That will be the case就是指“情況就會是這樣了”。但是你若覺得現在的情況只會是暫時，不會長久，你就可以反過來說“That will not always be the case.情況不會永遠是這樣。”

8.I was being polite.我這是在說客氣話。當然你若要說一個人有禮貌，你可以說He is polite或是He has good manners。不過I was being polite這句話是指“我這是在說客氣話”，使用的情境比較趨近于客套而不傷和氣的出發點。

9.So that explains it.原來如此有時候事情的來龍去脈渾沌不清，讓人摸不著頭腦，若是突然曙光一現，讓你豁然開朗，這會兒你就可以用上這句話So that explains it / everything.“這就都說得通了。”

10.I feel the same way.我有同感。當他人說出了你的感覺，你再同意不過的時候，你就可以用上這句話。這句話不但可以讓你避免把同樣的話再講一次，還可以讓對方覺得自己的意見被尊重呢。有時候有話在心口難開？快來看看下面這些地道的口語表達吧！希望它們能及時地給您出出招。1.What have you got to lose? 你有什么損失？當別人猶豫不決、始終做不了決定，你就可以用這句話來增強對方破釜沉舟的決心。

2.You shouldn't be so hard on yourself.你不該對自己這么苛刻。這句話是用來安慰他人的，當有人對自己太過苛責，給自己讓人喘不過氣來的壓力，你就可以跟對方說這句話，讓對方好過一些。3.Don't get me started on it.別讓我打開話匣子。這句話意思是你對于某一件事或是一個主題，有很多的意見，要是讓你開了話頭，可能就要聽你連說個七天七夜，沒完沒了。這句話是用來表達你對一件事情牢騷滿腹的心情。

4.I don't know what came over me.我不知道自己是哪根筋不對這句話的使用時機是，當你覺得自己方才的舉動反應，跟平常的自己判若兩人，等自己回過味來，才覺得有所不妥，你就可以用這句話和別人解釋了。

5.I don't seem to fit.我跟這里格格不入。通常也會說成I don’t seem to fit in。當你覺得某個地方或場合，和你犯沖，待在那里就是讓你渾身不對勁時，你就可以說這句話。

6.I don't have time for this.我沒時間瞎攪和。這句話的使用時機主要有兩個，一是當，你卻發現整個過程是在浪費時間，這時你就可以這么說，以表示自己的不耐煩；它的另一個使用時機，就是當有人一味地拐彎抹角說話，你就可以用這句話要對方趕快切入正題。

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1.What are you up to? 你正在做什么？

假設你在辦公室想跟同事溝通下工作情況，又怕耽誤對方的工作，就可以先問同事“In the middle of something?”(你在忙嗎？)如果對方回答“Kind of.”(算是吧。)這時你就可以繼續你的談話了，比如可以做一下談話前的“熱身”，問對方：“What are you up to?”(你最近在忙什么啊？)，然后再展開你想溝通的話題。

另外美國人見面時常用的問候語“What’s up?”就與“What are you up to?”在意思方面很接近，都是問“你最近在做什么啊？”但是需要注意一點：語氣的不同所表達的意思也不相同，比如你發現在未經你允許的情況下，別人正在你的辦公桌上亂翻，就可以過去責問他“What are you up to?”(你正在搞什鬼？)。除此以外“What are you up to?”還有其他意思，比如你的同事正在完成某個項目，你就可以說“What are you up to?”(目前進展如何？)當然“What are you up to?”與“What are you doing?”意思基本相同，可相互取代，但是多變的表達方式會令你在工作期間的交流中顯得更加出彩。

2.In the middle of something? 你正在忙嗎？

在上面已經提到了In the middle of something?(你正在忙嗎？)這句話，慣用的說法是“Are you busy?”，但是死啃一種說法顯然過于單一化，把眼界放廣一點，對于同一個概念要有不同的變化。如果你經常用“Are you busy?”，不妨換成“In the middle of something?”，因為這句話的意思更為準確，比較接近于“Are you busy right now?”(現在是不是正在忙？)而“Are you busy?”的含意不僅可以解釋為“現在是不是正在忙？”也可指“最近忙不忙？”。如果你除了“Are you busy?”之外，還懂得用“In the middle of something?”相信別人一定不會小看你的英文能力。

3.Maybe I’m going out on a limb, but I think we still have to invest it。

或許這么作有點冒險，但我想我們還是要投資它。

提到冒險，一般人會想到用 “It’s risky” 或 “It’s dangerous.” 但是囗語上美國人喜歡說 “I’m going out on alimb.” 來表示這件事需要冒險。“limb”原意是指樹枝，想象當你爬樹時爬到小樹枝上去了，你是不是不知小樹枝什么時候會斷掉？這種不確定的危機感，就是為什么美國人要用 “Go out on a limb.” 來表示冒險的原因了。

4.“Please give us your comments。”請多提寶貴意見。

通常在會議或商務洽談結束時，中方的人出于客套或者希望讓對方提出自己的建議，總是愛把“請多提寶貴意見”掛在嘴邊，但是如果只按詞面意思進行翻譯，麻煩很容易就會來了。比如直譯為：“Please give us your valuable comments。”，那么很可能對方會認為你在暗示他：你的意見應該是valuable的，否則就請“免開尊口”。正確的譯法應該是：“Please give us your comments。”或“We welcome your comments.”這樣對方才會把想提的建議痛快地說出來。

5.Probably.It’s still up in the air。大概吧。不是太確定。

在工作中也許你會遇到這樣的情況：自己已經很努力了，但是項目仍沒有太大進展，或是上司遲遲不給予支持。這時或許有人會出于關心問你“項目有起色沒？”但面對自己不能掌握的事情，顯然沒法回答這個問題，只能聽天由命。這時你就可以回答“It’s still up in theair。”

另一種情況就是與別人約會時被熟人撞上，私下里別人問起是否在談戀愛時，你也可以小小地賣下關子說： “It’s up in the air.”(八字還沒一撇呢！)其他的同義句還有： “I haven’t decided yet.”及“I haven’t made my mind yet.”等。

6.That’s OK。不用了。不要小看這個簡單句子的用途，因為很多人把“That’s OK.” 和 “OK.”誤認為意思相同，但實際上這兩個句子的意思完全不同。如果有人問你需不需要某物或做某事，你回答 “That’s OK.” 就是“不要”的意思，而答 “OK.” 是“要”的意思。當別人說 “That’s OK.”時，就有“I’m fine.”(我很好，你不用操心)的意思，言下之意就是“你不用麻煩了，我會照顧我自己”。所以要記住，“That’s OK.” 其實有

“沒關系，無所謂”的意思，所以如果你想很堅定地拒絕別人準備遞過來的飲料，可以說 “That’s OK.I don’t need anything to drink.”

7.He’s out for lunch.他出去吃午餐了。

在同事出去吃飯的時候，他辦公桌上的電話剛好響起，這時你該跟對方說什么？如果按照中文的詞面意思翻譯成“He went out for lunch.”是不符合美國人的溝通習慣的，通常他們都會說“be out for something”，套用一下就是“He is on lunch.” 如果別人要找的人不在工位上，但是你也不知道他去了哪里，還可以用try again/ call again或call back/ try back 的說法。還可以建議別人“Why don’t you call back in 10 minutes?“(你為什么10分鐘后再打來呢？)或者請對方留言“May I take your message?(你可以留言嗎？)

8.“You’re in the pink!”你的氣色真好！

如果同事或上司近來工作格外順利，往往人逢喜事精神爽，氣色也會跟著變好，這時如果夸贊一下對方，會給人留下不錯的印象。要想說人“氣色好”。“you look fine!”當然不錯，可如果你說”you’re in the pink!”就更妙了。在英語口語中，表示顏色的詞用起來非常形象生動形象。

9.Just right place, right time。只不過是“天時地利”而已。

如果意外得到了一個令人羨慕的美差，大多數的人都會直接反應出lucky這個詞.但其實關于幸運的表達方式還有很多，比如“Just right place, right time.” 里面就有中文中“天時地利人和”的意思。如果你沒費什么力氣就得到了某樣東西，也可以很瀟灑地說“Just right place, right time, no big deal.”(只不過時間地點剛好對了而已，沒什么大不了的)

10.Same here。我也是。

如果你認同某個人的觀點，又不想重復一遍，一般大多數人都會用“Me too.”或“So do I.”來表達。但是這些表達方式已經被大家用“濫”了，比較酷的做法是用“same here.”去代替前面提到的兩種說法，因為意思完全等同，所以完全不必擔心因歧義引起的誤解。常用地道英語口語表達50句 閱覽次數: 今天:0 總瀏覽:3103 文章來源: www.tmdps.cne in yet? 老板來了嗎？

34、Hello!This is Hogan,is William in?

你好！我是Hogan,請問William 在嗎？

35、May I take your message? He is not in.他現在不在。我可以為你留言嗎？

36、I'm really busy.Can I call you back later?

我現在真的很忙，我晚點給你打過去，行嗎？

37、Thank you for your time,goodbye!

占用您的時間了，謝謝您。再見！

38、Are you doing anything tonight/this weekend/tomorrow?

你今晚/周末/明天有空嗎？

39、If you are not busy tonight, would you like to go out with me?

如果你今晚有空的話，愿不愿意和我一起出去？

40、Mayby we can get together sometime.也許今后我們有機會在一起。

41、You look beautiful tonight.今晚你看上去真美啊！

42、I've really had a good time tonight.今晚我過的很開心。

43、I'd like to see you again sometime.希望能再見到你。

44、How was your day?

今天過的怎么樣？

45、HOw are things at work?

今天工作進行的怎么樣了？

46、How are things at the office?

今天在公司怎么樣？

47、How are thing at school? 今天在學校（過的）怎么樣？

48、You'll never believe what happened to me today at shool/work.你永遠也猜不到今天我在學校/工作中遇上了什么事！

49、YOu look great!Have you been working out?

你氣色真好，你經常鍛煉嗎？

50、I need to get back in shape.我要減回到原來的身材。下面為大家提供口語要素228例精選。最好的驗證是否掌握的方法是看著漢語脫口而出英文，或由別人說漢語，你立刻翻譯成英文！不要只是反復地、機械地、大腦幾乎麻木地讀！

一定要把這些句子變成你的拿手好戲，隨時隨地脫口而出，并經常用來自言自語以保持口腔肌肉高度靈活！

1． It's up to you.（由你決定。）2． I envy [羨慕]you.（我羨慕你。）3． How can I get in touch with you? 4． Where can I wash my hands?（請問洗手間在哪里？）5． What's the weather like today?（今天天氣如何？）

6． Where are you headed [朝?方向行進]?（你要到哪里去？）7． I wasn't born yesterday.（我又不是三歲小孩。）

8． What do you do for relaxation[消遣、娛樂]?（你做什么消遣？）9． It’s a small world.（世界真小！）

10． It’s my treat[請客、款待] this time.（這次我請客！）11． The sooner the better.（越快越好。）

12． When is the most convenient [方便的；便利的] time for you? 13． Take your time.（慢慢來/別著急。）

14． I'm mad about Bruce Lee.（我迷死李小龍了。）

I'm crazy[著迷的；狂熱愛好的] about rock music.（我對搖滾樂很著迷。）15． How do I address you?（我怎么稱呼你？）

16． What was your name again?（請再說一次名字好嗎？）17． Would you care for[喜歡] a cop of coffee?（要被咖啡嗎？）18． She turns me off.（她使我厭煩。）

19． So far so good.（目前為止，一切都好。）

20． It drives[逼迫；迫使] me crazy.（它把握逼瘋了。）21． She never showed up[出席；露面].（她一直沒有出現。）22． That's not like him.（那不象是他的風格。）23． I couldn't get through.（電話打不通。）24． I got sick and tired of hotels.（我討厭旅館。）25． Be my guest.（請便、別客氣）

26． Can you keep an eye on my bag?（幫我看一下包好嗎？）27． Let's keep in touch.（讓我們保持聯系。）

28． Let's call it a day[決定或同意暫時或永久停止（進行某事）].29． I couldn't help[避免；阻止] it.（我沒辦法。）

30． Something's come up[發生/出現].（有點事/出事了）

31． Let's get to the point[要點/核心問題].（讓我們來談要點。）32． Keep that in mind.（記住那件事。）

33． That was a close call.（太危險了/千鈞一發）34． I'll be looking forward to it.（我將期待這一天。）35． Chances are slim[渺茫的；微小的].（機會很小。）36． Far from it.（一點也不。）

37． I’m behind in my work.（我工作進度落后了。）

38． It's a pain in the neck[麻煩的事（人）].（那真是件麻煩事）39． We're in the same boat.（我們處境相同。）40． My mouth is watering.（我在流口水了。）41． What do you recommend?（你推薦什么？）42． I ache all over.（我渾身酸痛。）43． I have a runny nose.（我流鼻涕。）

44． It's out of the question.（這是不可能的。）

45． Do you have any openings?（你們有空缺嗎？）

46． It doesn't make any difference.（沒什么差別/無所謂。）47． I'm fed up[極其厭煩] with him.（我受夠他了。）

48． You can count on[指望；依賴] us.（你可以信賴我們。）49． It doesn't work.（壞了；不動了。）

50.It's better than nothing.（總比什么都沒有好。）

51． Think nothing of it.（別放在心上。）52． I'm not myself today.（我今天心神不寧。）53． I have a sweet tooth.（我喜歡吃甜食。）

54． I can't express[表示；表達；表明] myself very well in English.（我不能很好地用英語表達自己。）

55． For the time being.（暫時；暫且；目前）56． This milk has gone bad.（這牛奶變質了。）57． Don't beat around the bush.（別拐彎抹角了。）58． It's up in the air[懸而未決].（尚未確定。）

59． Math is beyond[對某人而言難以想象/理解/估計] me.（我對數學無能為力。）60． It slipped my mind.（我忘了。）

61． You can't please[使人感到滿意和愉快] everyone.（你不可能討好每一個人。）62． I'm working on[著手；從事] it.（我正在努力。）63． You bet!（當然！）

64． Drop me a line[短信].（寫封信給我）

65． Are you pulling my leg[同某人開玩笑；取笑]?（你在開我玩笑嗎？）66． Sooner or later.（遲早會的。）

67． I'll keep my ears open.（我會留意的。）68． It isn't much.（那是微不足道的。）69． Neck and neck.（不分上下。）

70． I'm feeling under the weather.（我覺得不舒服/精神不好/情緒低落。）71． Don't get me wrong[誤解].（不要誤會我。）72． I'm under a lot of pressure.（我壓力很大。）73． You're the boss.（聽你的。）

74． It doesn't make any sense!（毫無意義！）

75． If I were in your shoes[處在某人的位置].（如果我是你的話。）76． What's this regarding?（這是關于哪方面的？）77． Over my dead body!（休想！）

78． Can you give me a hand[幫手；援助]?（你能幫個忙嗎？）

79． We have thirty minutes to kill[消磨；打發（時間）].（我們有三十分鐘空閑時間。）80． Whatever you say.（隨便你。）81． It'll come to me.（我會想起來的。）

82． You name[具體地（說出來）] it!（你說出來。）83． Time will tell.（時間會證明的。）

84． I will play it by ear[見機行事；臨時現做].（我會見機行事的；到時候再說。）85． You should take advantage of[利用] it.（你應該好好利用這個機會。）86． Let's talk over coffee.（我們邊喝邊談。）

87． Take it easy.（輕松一點；別緊張；放松放松；再見。）[這是美國人最喜歡說的話，也可作離別用語。] 88． I'm easy to please[使?高興；討?喜歡].（我很容易取悅/相處。）89． Let's give him a big hand.（讓我們熱烈鼓掌。）90． As far as I'm concerned.（就我而言。）91． I'm all mixed up.（我全搞混了。）

92． Let's get together one of these days.（找一天聚聚。）93． He's behind the times.（他落伍了/跟不上時代了。）94． I'm pressed for time.（我時間緊迫。）

95． I'm up to my ears[忙得不可開交；深陷于某事物中] in work.（我忙死了。）96． You can't do this to me.（你不能這么對我。）97． Just to be on the safe side.（為了安全起見。）98． I hope I didn't offend you.（希望沒有冒犯你。）99． It won't take much time.（不會花很長時間的。）100． It's been a long time.（好久不見了。）101． It’s nothing.（小事情；不足掛齒。）102． It’s a long story.（說來話長。）103． It's about time.（時間差不多了。）104． It's incredible.（難以置信！）105． It's hard to say.（難說。）

106． I can't imagine why.（我想不通為什么。）107． That can't be.（不可能。）

108． That's really something.（真了不起。）109． Are you sure?（你確信嗎？）110． Are you crazy?（你瘋了嗎？）

111． Excuse me for a moment.（失陪一會兒。）

112． I mean it.I'm serious.I'm no kidding!（我是認真的。）113． I'll consider this matter.（我會考慮這件事的。）114． I'll do something about it.（我會想辦法的。）115． What are you talking about?（你在說些什么？）116． I'm afraid I can't.（恐怕我不行。）

117． I'm dying[很想] to see you.（我真想見你。）118． I'm flattered.（過獎了。）

119． I'm not in the mood.（我沒心情。）120． I'm so scared.（我怕極了。）

121． I can't make[趕上] it.（我去不了/我趕不上。）122． You can never tell.（不知道/誰也沒把握。）

123． I won't buy[相信；接受] you story.（我不信你那一套。）124． It hurts like hell!（疼死啦！）125． It can't be helped.（無能為力。）

126． Sorry to bother you.（抱歉打擾你。[事前]）Sorry to have bothered you.（抱歉打擾你。[事后]）127． I'm always punctual.（我總是很準時。）128． You may leave it to me.（交給我來辦。）129． I wish I could.（不行。）[委婉表達法] 130． What's the rush?（什么事那么匆忙？）131． What's so funny/（有什么好笑的？）132． I couldn't agree more.（我完全同意。）

133． Stay out of this matter, please.（請別管這事。）134． Don't just shake you head.（別光搖頭，想想辦法！）135． Don't jump to conclusions.（別倉促/過早下結論。）136． That was a lousy movie.（那電影糟透了！）

137． Have you thought about staying home?（是否考慮在家呆著？）138． I'll come.I give you my word.（我會來的。我向你保證。）139． I swear I'll never tell anyone.（我發誓不告訴任何人。）140． I'll make it up to you.（我會賠償的。）

141． I'm very / really / terribly / awfully / extremely sorry.（十分抱歉！）142． Forgive me for breaking my promise.（原諒我食言。）143． Let's forgive and forget.（讓我們擯棄前嫌。）144． I've heard so much about you!（久仰大名！）145． Don't underestimate me.（別小看我。）146． She gives me a headache.（她讓我頭疼。）147． It's very annoying.（真煩人。）

148． He often fails to keep his word.（他常常不遵守諾言。）149． You made me feel ashamed of myself.（你讓我感到羞愧。）150． I hope it turns out all right.（我希望結果很好。）151． I can't handle this alone.（我無法單獨處理這事。）

152． How long will it take to have this radio fixed?（修理這收音機要多久？）153． Come to me if you're in any difficulty.（有困難來找我。）154． Who do you think you are?（你以為你是誰？）155． You're wasting you breath.（你在白費口舌。）156． It doesn't seem like that.（似乎不象是那樣。）157． Don't get on my nerves!（不要攪得我心煩。）158． Everything will be fine.（一切都會很好。）

159． I'll be ready in a few minutes.（再過幾分鐘就好了。）

160． I wonder what happened to him.（我不知道他出什么事了。）161． You are just trying to save face.（你只是想挽回面子。）162． His argument doesn't hold water.（他的論點站不住腳。）163． Your face tells it all.（你的表情透露了一切。）164． The days are getting longer.（白天越來越長了。）165． You've got to do something.（你一定要想辦法。）

166． I hope this will teach you a lesson.（希望這會給你一個教訓。）167． I feel younger than ever.（我覺得比以前年輕。）168． It's a hard job, but I hope he can make it.（這不是件容易的差事，但我希望他能做到。）169． Don't look wise.（別自作聰明。）

170． I'm afraid all my efforts were in vain.（我擔心我的努力全白費了。）171． What happened to you memory?（你的記性是怎么搞的？）172． You're going too far!（你太過分了！）

173． Don't bury your head in the sand.（不要逃避現實。）174． I have no other choice.（我別無選擇。）

175． I don't have the nerve to do it.（我沒膽/勇氣去做。）176． It's a matter of life and death.（事關生死。）177． Nothing works.（什么都不對勁兒。）

178． Money will come and go.（錢乃身外之物。）

179． He's been behind bars for almost 30 years.（他坐了將近30年牢。）180． If I had known that, I could have helped you.（假如我早知道，我就能幫你了。）[最實用的虛擬語氣] 181． I couldn't care less.（我不在乎。）182． You have my word.（我保證。）

183． He hit the ceiling at the news.（他聽到那消息暴跳如雷/大發雷霆。）184． I don't mind staying up late.（我不在乎熬夜。）185． You're too outspoken.（你太直率了。）186． I can't afford it.（我承擔/買不起。）187． I think it's a reasonable price.（我覺得這是個合理的價錢。）188． I'd like to try on these hats.（我想試試這些帽子。）189． He puts me to shame.（他使我蒙羞。）190． Every dog has his day.（凡人皆有得意時。）

191． Don't give me any excuses.（不要給我任何理由。）192． Are you out of you mind?（你瘋了嗎？）193． He's been everywhere.（他到處都去過了。）194． What's bothering you?（什么在困擾你？）195． Who is to blame?（該怪誰？）

196． There're a lot of rumors going around.（很多流言流傳著。）197． I don't feel up to that.（我覺得不能勝任那工作。）198． I'm mad at myself.（我生自己的氣。）199． It's raining cats and dogs.（下著傾盆大雨。）

200． The sky is getting very cloudy.（天空的云越來越多了。）201． You won't get away with this.（你逃不掉懲罰的。）

202． I'm tired of going to school day after day.（我厭倦每天上學。）203． Who am I supposed to see?（我應該去見誰？）204． His idea is childish.（他的想法很幼稚。）205． I need small change.（我需要零錢。）

206． Don't try to brainwash me.（別想給我洗腦。）

207． I don't seem to have any luck today.（我今天運氣不好。）208． That reminds me.（那提醒了我。）

209． What the hell are you doing?（你到底在做什么？）210． I can't seem to get to sleep.（我好象睡不著。）

211． You look very serious about something.（你似乎有很嚴重的事。）212． I hope I'm not in the way.（我希望沒有造成妨礙。）

213． What are you so excited about?（什么事讓你如此興奮？）214． Tell me about you trouble.（把你的煩惱告訴我。）215． I feel much better now.（我感覺好多了。）

216． I hope you will get well soon.（希望你很快會恢復。）217． She is sick in bed.（她臥病在床。）218． I have a slight fever.（我輕微發燒。）219． A fool never learns.（傻瓜永遠學不會。）

220． This is the schedule for tomorrow.（這是明天的日程安排。）221． How late are you open?（你們營業到多晚？）222． I'm here on business.（我來這里出差。）

223． What's Hong Kong famous for?（香港以什么聞名？）

224． What brings you to Beijing?（什么風把你吹到北京來的？）225． She looks blue.（她滿面憂傷。）

226． I just don't know what to say.（我就是不知道說什么。）227． Let's have fun tonight.（今晚讓我們樂一樂。）

228． Thank you for coming to see me off.（謝謝你來為我送行。）英語名人名言大全如下：

IDEAL 理想篇

Do not , for one repulse , give up the purpose that you resolved to effect.(William Shakespeare , British dramatist)

不要只因一次失敗，就放棄你原來決心想達到的目的。(英國劇作家 莎士比亞.W.)

Don't part with your illusions.When they are gone you may still exist , but you have ceased to live.(Mark Twain , American writer)

不要放棄你的幻想。當幻想沒有了以后，你還可以生存，但是你雖生猶死。((美國作家 馬克·吐溫)

I want to bring out the secrets of nature and apply them for the happiness of man.I don't know of any better service to offer for the short time we are in the world.(Thomas Edison , American inventor)

我想揭示大自然的秘密，用來造福人類。我認為，在我們的短暫一生中，最好的貢獻莫過于此了。(美國發明家 愛迪生.T.)

Ideal is the beacon.Without ideal , there is no secure direction;without direction , there is no life.(Leo Tolstoy , Russian writer)

理想是指路明燈。沒有理想，就沒有堅定的方向;沒有方向，就沒有生活。

(俄國作家 托爾斯泰.L.)

If winter comes , can spring be far behind ?(P.B.Shelley , British poet)

冬天來了，春天還會遠嗎?(英國詩人, 雪萊.P.B.)

If you doubt yourself , then indeed you stand on shaky11 ground.（Ibsen , Norwegian dramatist)

如果你懷疑自己，那么你的立足點確實不穩固了。(挪威劇作家 易卜生)

If you would go up high , then use your own legs!Do not let yourselves carried aloft;do not seat yourselves on other people's backs and heads.(F.W.Nietzsche , German Philosopher)

如果你想走到高處，就要使用自己的兩條腿!不要讓別人把你抬到高處;不要坐在別人的背上和頭上。(德國哲學家 尼采.F.W.)

It is at our mother's knee that we acquire our noblest and truest and highest , but there is seldom any money in them.(Mark Twain , American writer)就是在我們母親的膝上，我們獲得了我們的最高尚、最真誠和最遠大的理想，但是里面很少有任何金錢。(美國作家 馬克·吐溫)

Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.Alexander Dumas(Davy de La Pailleterie, French Writer)

生活沒有目標就像航海沒有指南針。(法國作家 大仲馬.A.)

The ideals which have lighted my way , and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully 19 have been kindness , beauty and truth.(Albert Einstein , American scientist)

有些理想曾為我們引過道路，并不斷給我新的勇氣以欣然面對人生，那些理想就是——真、善、美。(美國科學家 愛因斯坦.A.)

The important thing in life is to have a great aim , and the determination to attain it.(Johan Wolfgang von Goethe , German Poet and dramatist)

人生重要的事情就是確定一個偉大的目標，并決心實現它。(德國詩人、戲劇家 歌德.J.M.)

The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.(Mark Twain , American writer)

具有新想法的人在其想法實現之前是個怪人。(美國作家 馬克·吐溫)

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.(Franklin Roosevelt , American president)

實現明天理想的唯一障礙是今天的疑慮。(美國總統 羅斯福.F.)

When an end is lawful and obligatory, the indispensable means to is are also lawful and obligatory.(Abraham Lincoln , American statesman)

如果一個目的是正當而必須做的，則達到這個目的的必要手段也是正當而必須采取的。(美國政治家 林肯.A.)

STRUGGLE 奮斗篇

Genius only means hard-working all one's life.(Mendeleyer , Russian Chemist)

天才只意味著終身不懈的努力。(俄國化學家 門捷列耶夫)

I have nothing to offer but blood , toil tears and sweat.(Winston Churchill, British Politician)

我所能奉獻的沒有其它，只有熱血、辛勞、眼淚與汗水。(英國政治家 丘吉爾.W.)Man errs so long as he strives.(Johan Wolfgang Goethe , German poet and dramatist)

人只要奮斗就會犯錯誤。(德國詩人、劇作家 歌德.J.W.)

My fellow Americans , ask not what your country can do for you;ask what you can do for your country.My fellow citizens of the world;ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.(John Kennedy , American President)

美國同胞們，不要問國家能為你們做些什么，而要問你們能為國家做些什么。全世界的公民們，不要問美國將為你們做些什么，而要問我們共同能為人類的自由做些什么。(美國總統 肯尼迪.J.)

Our destiny offers not the cup of despair , but the chalice of opportunity.(Richard Nixon, American President)

命運給予我們的不是失望之酒，而是機會之杯。(美國總統 尼克松.R.)

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.(Jean Jacques Rousseau , French thinker)

忍耐是痛苦的，但它的果實是甜蜜的。(法國思想家 盧梭.J.J.)

Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow.(Emerson, American thinker)

進步是今天的活動、明天的保證。(美國思想家 家默生)

The world can be changed by man's endeavor, and that this endeavor can lead to something new and better.No man can sever the bonds that unite him to his society simply by averting his eyes.He must ever be receptive and sensitive to the new;and have sufficient courage and skill to novel facts and to deal with them.(Franklin Roosevelt , American President)

人經過努力可以改變世界，這種努力可以使人類達到新的、更美好的境界。沒有人僅憑閉目、不看社會現實就能割斷自己與社會的聯系。他必須敏感，隨時準備接受新鮮事物;他必須有勇氣與能力去面對新的事實，解決新問題。(美國總統 羅斯福建.F.)

There is no royal road to science ,and only those who do not dread the fatiguing climb of gaining its numinous summits.(Karl Marx, German revolutionary)

在科學上沒有平坦的大道，只有不畏勞苦沿著其崎嶇之路攀登的人，才有希望達到它光輝的頂點。(德國革命家 馬克思.K.)The man who has made up his mind to win will never say “impossible ”.(Bonaparte Napoleon ,French emperor)

凡是決心取得勝利的人是從來不說“不可能的”。(法國皇帝 拿破侖.B.)

To do whatever needs to be done to preserve this last and greatest bastion of freedom.(Ronald Reagan , American President)

為了保住這最后的、最偉大的自由堡壘，我們必須盡我們所能。(美國總統 里根.R.)

We cannot always build the future for our youth , but we can build our youth for the future.(Franklin Roosevelt , American president)

我們不能總是為我們的青年造就美好未來，但我們能夠為未來造就我們的青年一代。(美國總統 羅斯福.F.)

Where there is a will , there is a way.(Thomas Edison , American inventor)

有志者，事竟成。(美國發明家 愛迪生.T.)

SUCCESS 成功篇

Achievement provides the only real pleasure in life.(Thomas Edison , American inventor)

有所成就是人生唯一的真正樂趣。(美國發明家 愛迪生.T.)

But has the last word been said ? Is all hope to be lost ? Is the defeat final No!(Charles De Gaulle , French president)

但是難道敗局已定，勝利已經無望?不，不能這樣說!(法國總統 戴高樂.C.)

I succeeded because I willed it;I never hesitated.(Bonaparte Napoleon , French emperor)

我成功是因為我有決心，從不躊躇。(法國皇帝 拿破侖.B.)

If you wish to succeed , you should use persistence as your good friend , experience as your reference , prudence as your brother and hope as your sentry.(Thomas Edison , American inventor)

如果你希望成功，當以恒心為良友、以經驗為參謀、以謹慎為兄弟、以希望為哨兵。(美國發明家 愛迪生.T.)

Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.(Friedrich Schiller , German Dramatist and poet).只有有耐心圓滿完成簡單工作的人，才能夠輕而易舉地完成困難的事。(德國劇作家、詩人 席勒.F.)

Power invariably means both responsibility and danger.(Theodore Roosevelt , American president)

實力永遠意味著責任和危險。(美國總統 羅斯福.T.)

Success covers a multitude of blunders.(George Bernard Shaw , British Dramatist)

成功由大量的失望鑄就。(英國劇作家 肖伯納.G.)

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want , and if they cannot find them.they make them.(George Bernard Shaw , British dramatist)

在這個世界上，取得成功的人是那些努力尋找他們想要機會的人，如果找不到機會，他們就去創造機會。(英國劇作家 肖伯納.G.)

You have to believe in yourself.That's the secret of success.(Charles Chaplin , American actor)

人必須相信自己，這是成功的秘訣。(美國演員 卓別林.C.)

HEALTH 健康篇

A light heart lives long.(William Shakespeare , British dramatist)

豁達者長壽。(英國劇作家 莎士比亞.W.)

Early to bed and early to rise , makes a man healthy , wealthy and wise.(Benjamin Franklin , American president)

早睡早起會使人健康、富有和聰明。(美國總統 富蘭克林.B.)

Sloth , like rust , consumes faster than labor wears.(Benjamin Franklin , American president)

懶惰像生銹一樣，比操勞更能消耗身體。(美國總統 富蘭克林.B.)

The first wealth is health.(Ralph Waldo Emerson , American thinker)

健康是人生第一財富。(美國思想家 愛默生.R.W.)

WEALTH 財富篇

All the splendor 1 in the world is not worth a good friend.(Voltaire , French thinker)

人世間所有的榮華富貴不如一個好朋友。(法國思想家 伏爾泰)Creditors 4 have better memories than debtors.(Benjamin Franklin , American president)

放債的比借債的記憶好。(美國總統 富蘭克林.B.)

If you would know the value of money , go and try to borrow some.(Benjamin Franklin , American president)

要想知道錢的價值，就想辦法去借錢試試。(美國總統 富蘭克林.B.)

If your Riches are yours , why don't you take them with you to the other world ?(Benjamin Franklin , American president)

如果財富是你的，那么你為什么不把它們和你一起帶到另一個世界去呢?（美國總統 富蘭克林.B.)

Money is a good servant and a bad master.(Francis Bacon , British philosopher)

金錢是善仆，也是惡主。(英國哲學家 培根.F.)

Money is like muck , not good except it be spread.(Francis Bacon , British philosopher)

金錢好比糞肥，只有撒到在大地才是有用之物。(英國哲學家 培根.F.)

No country , however rich , can afford the waste of its human resources.(Franklin Roosevelt , American president)

任何一個國家，不管它多么富裕，都浪費不起人力資源。(美國總統 羅斯富.F.)

Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.(Albert Einstein , American scientist)

有時候一個人為不花錢得到的東西付出的代價最高。(美國科學家 愛因斯坦.A.)

HAPPINESS 幸福篇

A lifetime of happiness!No man alive could bear it;it would be hell on earth.(G.Bernard Shaw ,British dramatist)

終身幸福!這是任何活著的人都無法忍受的，那將是人間地獄。(英國劇作家 肖伯納.G.)

Happiness is form courage.(H.Jackson , British writer)

幸福是勇氣的一種形式。(英國作家 杰克遜.H.)

Happy is the man who is living by his hobby.(G.Bernard Shaw , British dramatist)

醉心于某種癖好的人是幸福的。(英國劇作家 肖伯納.G.)Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money;it lies in the joy of achievement , in the thrill of creative effort.(Franklin Roosevelt , American president)

幸福不在于擁有金錢，而在于獲得成就時的喜悅以及產生創造力的激情。(美國總統 羅斯福.F.)

Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen , as by little advantages that occur every day.（Benjamin Franklin ,American president).與其說人類的幸福來自偶爾發生的鴻運，不如說來自每天都有的小實惠。(美國總統 富蘭克林.B.)

Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.(Abraham Lincoln ,American president)

對于大多數人來說，他們認定自己有多幸福，就有多幸福。(美國總統 林肯.A.)

The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not.(George Bernard Shaw , British dramatist)

痛苦的秘密在于有閑功夫擔心自己是否幸福。(英國劇作家 肖伯納.G.)

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.（Victor Hugo , French novelist)

生活中最大的幸福是堅信有人愛我們。(法國小說家 雨果.V.)

There is no paradise on earth equal to the union

of love and innocence.(Jean Jacques Rousseau, French thinker)

人間最大的幸福莫如既有愛情又清白無暇。(法國思想家 盧梭.J.J.)

To really understand a man we must judge him in misfortune.(Bonaparte Napoleon , French emperor)

要真正了解一個人，需在不幸中考察他。(法國皇帝 拿破侖.B.)

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.(George Bernard Shaw , British dramatist)

正像我們無權只享受財富而不創造財富一樣，我們也無權只享受幸福而不創造幸福。(英國劇作家 肖伯納.G.)

TIME 時間篇 At twenty years of age , the will reigns;at thirty , the wit;and at forty , the judgment.(Benjamin Franklin ,American president)

二十歲時起支配作用的是意志,三十歲時是機智,四十歲時是判斷。(美國總統 富蘭克林.B.)

Do you love life ? Then do not squander time;for that's the stuff5 life is made of.(Benjamin Franklin , American president)

你熱愛生命嗎?那么，別浪費時間，因為生命是由時間組成的。(美國總統 富蘭克林.B.)

Each moment in history is a fleeting time , precious and unique.（Richard Nixon , American president)

歷史巨輪飛轉，分分秒秒的時間都十分寶貴，也獨具意義。(美國總統 尼克松.R.)

Fish and visitors smell three days.(Franklin Benjamin , American president)

魚放三天發臭，客住三天討嫌。(美國總統 富蘭克林.B.)

I am a slow walker , but I never walk backwards.(Abraham Lincoln , American president)

我走得很慢，但是我從來不會后退。(美國總統 林肯.A.)

If you want to understand today , you have to search yesterday.（Pearl Buck , American female writer)

想要懂得今天，就必須研究昨天。(美國女作家 賽珍珠)

In delay there lies no plenty , Then come kiss me , sweet and twenty , Youth's a stuff that will not endure.(William Shakespeare , British dramatist)

遷延蹉跎，來日無多，二十麗姝，請來吻我，衰草枯楊，青春易過。(英國劇作家 莎士比亞.W.)

Never leave that until tomorrow , which you can do today.(Benjamin Franklin , American president)

今天的事不要拖到明天。(美國總統 富蘭克林.B.)

Ordinary people merely think how they shall spend their time;a man of talent tries to use it.(Arthur Schopenhauer , German philosopher)

普通人只想到如何度過時間，有才能的人設法利用時間。(德國哲學家 叔本華.A.)

The golden age is before us , not behind us.(Mark Twain , American writer)

黃金時代在我們面前而不在我們背后。(美國作家 馬克·吐溫)The time of life is short;to spend that shortness basely, it would be too long.(William Shakespeare , British dramatist)

人生苦短，若虛度年華，則短暫的人生就太長了。(英國劇作家 莎士比亞.W.)

Time is money.(Benjamin Franklin , American president)

時間就是金錢。(美國總統 富蘭克林.B.)

To choose time is to save time.(Francis Bacon , British philosopher)

合理安排時間就是節約時間。(英國哲學家 培根.F.)

We always have time enough , if we will but use it aright.(Johan Wolfgang von Goethe , German poet)

只要我們能善用時間,就永遠不愁時間不夠用。(德國詩人歌德.J.W.)

Weep no more , no sigh , nor groan.Sorrow calls no time that's gone.(John Fletcher , British dramatist)

別哭泣，別嘆息，別呻吟;悲傷喚不回流逝的時光。(英國劇作家 弗萊沏.J.)

STUDY 學習篇

Eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation.(Franklin Roosevelt , American president)

E永恒的真理如果不在新的社會形勢下賦予新的意義,要么就不是真理,要么就不是永恒的。(美國總統 羅斯福.F.)

Histories make men wise;poems witty;the mathematics subtle;natural philosophy deep;moral grave;logic and rhetoric able to contend.(Francis Bacon , British philosopher)

歷史使人明智;詩詞使人靈秀;數學使人周密;自然哲學使人深刻;倫理使人莊重;邏輯修辭學使人善辨。(英國哲學家 培根.F.)

If you don't learn to think when you are young , you may never learn.(Thomas Edison , American inventor)

如果你年輕時就沒有學會思考，那么就永遠學不會思考。(美國發明家 愛迪生.T.)

Natural abilities are like natural plants that need pruning by study.(Francis Bacon , British philosopher)

天生的才干如同天生的植物一樣，需要靠學習來修剪。(英國哲學家 培根.F.)

WORK 工作篇 Don't gild the lily.不要給百合花鍍金/畫蛇添足。(英國劇作家 莎士比亞.W.)

I can live for two months on a good compliment.(Mark Twain , American writer)

只憑一句贊美的話我就可以充實地活上兩個月。(美國作家 馬克·吐溫)

It is no use doing what you like;you have got to like what you do.(Winston Churchill , British prime minister)

不能愛哪行才干哪行，要干哪行愛哪行。(美國首相 丘吉爾.W.)

My philosophy of life is work.(Thomas Alva Edison , American inventor)

我的人生哲學就是工作。(美國發明家 愛迪生.T.A.)

When work is a pleasure , life is joy!When work is duty , life is slavery.(Maxim Gorky , Russian writer)

工作是一種樂趣時，生活是一種享受!工作是一種義務時，生活則是一種苦役。

(俄國作家 高爾基.M.)

Work banishes those three great evils : boredom , vice, and poverty.(Voltaire , French philosopher)

工作攆跑三個魔鬼：無聊、墮落和貧窮。(法國哲學家 伏爾基泰)

KNOWLEDGE 知識篇

Activity is the only road to knowledge.(George Bernard Shaw , British dramatist)

行動是通往知識的唯一道路。(英國劇作家 肖伯納.G.)

A free man obtains knowledge from many sources 1 besides books.(Thomas Jefferson , American president)

一個自由的人除了從書本上獲取知識外，還可以從許多別的來源獲得知識。（美國總統 杰斐遜.T.)

A great part to the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way.(Adams Franklin , American humorist)

我的大部分知識都是這樣獲得的：在尋找某個資料時意外的發現了另上的資料。

(美國幽默作家 富蘭克林.A.)

If a man empties his purse into his head , no man can take it away from him , an investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.(Benjamin Franklin , American president)

傾已所有追求知識，沒有人能奪走它;向知識投資，收益最佳。(美國總統 富蘭克林.B.)

Imagination is more important than knowledge.(Albert Einstein , American scientist)

想象力比知識更為重要。(美國科學家 愛因斯坦.A.)

Knowledge is power.(Francis Bacon , British philosopher)

知識就是力量。(英國哲學家 培根.F.)

The empty vessels make the greatest sound.(William Shakespeare , British dramatist)

滿瓶不響，半瓶咣當。(英國劇作家 莎士比亞.W.)

EDUCATION 教育篇

And gladly would learn , and gladly teach.(Chaucer , British poet)

勤于學習的人才能樂意施教。(英國詩人, 喬叟)

Better be unborn than untaught , for ignorance is the root of misfortune.(Plato , Ancient Greek philosopher)

與其不受教育,不如不生,因為無知是不幸的根源.(古希臘哲學家 柏拉圖)

Genius17 without education is like silver in the mine.(Benjamin Franklin , American president)

未受教育的天才，猶如礦中之銀。(美國總統 富蘭克.B.)

The roots of education are bitter , but the fruit is sweet.(Aristotle , Ancient Greek philosopher)

教育的根是苦的，但其果實是甜的。(古希臘哲學家 亞里士多德)

CULTURE 文化篇

A great poem is a fountain forever overflowing with the waters of wisdom and delight.(P.B.Shelley , British poet)

偉大的詩篇即是永遠噴出智慧和歡欣之水的噴泉。(英國詩人 雪萊.P.B)

A novel is a mirror walking along a main road.(Stendhcl , French writer)

一部小說猶如一面在大街上走的鏡子。(法國作家 司湯達)

Art is a lie that tells the truth.(Picasso , Spanish painter)

美術是揭示真理的謊言。(西班牙畫家 畢加索)Humor has been well defined as thinking in fun while feeling in earnest.(Mark Twain , American novelist)

幽默被人正確地解釋為“以誠摯表達感受，寓深思于嬉笑”。(美國小說家 馬克·吐溫)

The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation;the two keep in their downward tendency.(Johan Wolfgang von Goethe , German poet)

文學的衰落表明一個民族的衰落。這兩者走下坡路的時間是齊頭并進的。(德國詩人 歌德.J.W.)

When one loves one's art no service seems too hard.(O.Henry, American novelist)

一旦熱愛藝術，什么奉獻也不難。(美國小說家 歐·亨利)

第五篇：英語成語 mouth

MOUTH

1.be all mouth(BrE also)be all mouth and(no)trousers(informal)if you say someone is all mouth, you mean that they talk a lot about doing something, but are, in fact, not brave enough to do it 說說而已；雷聲大，雨點小；口說一大套，沒有勇氣去做到 1.1 De be scared of her.She won’t hurt you — she’s all mouth.不要怕她。她不會傷害你 — 他只是說說而已。

1.2 He said that anyone caught trespassing on his land would be taken to police, but he was all mouth to scare away the trespassers.他說任何人闖入他的土地被抓住要被送往警察，但他只是說說而已目的是要嚇走那些私闖者們。

2.be born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth

be born into a very rich family 生在富貴人家；生來富貴

2.1 He is a perfectly well bred man whose conduct is deserving of highest praise and he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.他是個有完好教養的人，他的品行應受到高度稱頌，而他是生在富貴人家。

2.2 They had both been born with silver spoons in their mouths, and never had to worry about money.他們倆都是生來富貴，從不為錢發愁。

3.butter wouldn’t melt in one’s mouth(spoken)a person looks very innocent, but probably is not;a person is very nice to people, but is not sincere;acts very polite and friendly, but does not really care 虛情假意；花言巧語；看來老實；其實安然

3.1 She looks as if butter wouldn’t melt in her mouth, but don’t be fooled by first impression.她看來好像很老實而其實不然，不要被她給你第一印象所愚弄。

3.2 He was always marked his anger with a cheerful smile and pretended to be polite and respectful to people without sincerity — the looked as if butter wouldn’t melt in his mouth.他總是以動人的微笑掩蓋他的憤怒，他裝著以禮待人和尊縱別人而毫無誠意 — 都是虛情假意。

4.be word of mouth in spoken, not written words Note: A humorous way to refer to communication through modern methods, such as e-mail or chat rooms, is “by word of mouse”(= a computer mouse)口頭（并非書面）通知 一種幽默的方式指通過現代化方法通訊，例如電子郵件或聊天室等，是“鼠標文字” “by word of mouse” 4.1 The news spread by word of mouth.這一消息由口頭傳播開了。

4.2 The news got around by word of mouse.這一消息由網上傳播開了。

4.3 It’s often a secret way to pass down the instruction of a higher leading body to grass — root units by word of mouth.常見的秘密方式把上級的指示口頭傳達到各個基層。

4.4 ?after attempting several letters, and failing in them all, he resolved to do it by word of mouth.(Charles Dickens, “Flard Times”, BookⅠ, ChapterⅩⅤⅠ)

?他一連寫了幾封信，都不成功，于是決定親自口頭通知他。

5.down in the mouth(informal)unhappy and depressed 垂頭喪氣；沮喪；氣餒

5.1 Why is she looking so down in the mouth?

為什么她看來那么垂頭喪氣？

5.2 All the players were down in mouths when their team had lost the final.當她們的隊輸了決賽時，所有隊員都很沮喪。

6.foam at the mouth(informal)be extremely angry Note: If an animal foams at the mouth, it has a mass of small bubbles in an around its mouth, especially because it is very ill or angry.極其憤怒；惱怒至極；口吐泡沫

6.1 He stood there foaming at the mouth.I’ve never seen anybody so angry.6.2 He was highly incensed at such a smear, foaming at mouth.他被如此侮辱完全激怒了，簡直憤怒到了極點。

6.3 He was really foaming at the mouth when he has a flat tire again.當輪胎又爆了時，他真是惱怒極了。

7.(straight)from the horse’s mouth / out of the horse’s mouth(of information, etc)directly from the person who really knows because they are closely connected with its source;from the source of original statement 最直接的信息源；來自原始的信息源；據最可靠的消息 7.1 “How do you know he’s leaving? “I got it straight from the horse’s mouth.He told me himself.” “你怎么知道他要走了？”

“我從最原始的信息源獲悉的，是他本人告訴我的。”

7.2 It’s the first-hand tips straight from the horse’s mouth that the Chairman will soon resign.據第一首最可靠的信息董事長很快就會辭職了。

8.have(got)a plum in one’s mouth(BrE disapproving)speak in a way that is thought to be typical of the English upper classes.言談高雅；被認為上流階段的典型言談方式；言語趾高氣揚 8.1 Speaks as if she’s got a plum in her mouth.她講起話來好像趾高氣揚。

9.heart in / into one’s mouth one feels very anxious or afraid 深為驚恐；深感憂慮；焦慮萬分；誠惶誠恐

9.1 My heart was in my mouth as I waited to hear whether the jury would find me guilty or not guilty.我等待陪審團宣布我是否有罪時，真是誠惶誠恐。9.2 A sound brought my heart into mouth.(Robert Stevenson, “Treasure Island”, Chapter Ⅳ)這一聲響使我嚇得要命。

9.3 When I was going into the vacant haunted house where a profound silence that prevailed over all brought my heart into my mouth.當我走進那空無一人的兇宅時，那里萬籟俱寂時我害怕極了。

9.4 As being conscience he went to see the Right Reverend with his heart in his mouth.由于受到良心譴責，他們誠惶誠恐的心情去見主教。

9.5 She was telling a story of a ghost to the children whose hearts were in their mouth and their hair stood on end as the ghost made its appearance at night.她對那些恐懼萬分的孩子們講鬼故事，她將到鬼在晚上出現時孩子們毛發悚然。

10.keep one’s mouth shut / shut your mouth / trap / face / gob(informal)a rude way of telling someone to be quite, stop talking or stay silent Note: trap and gab are slang words for “human mouth”.閉嘴

10.1 “Shut your mouth,” Roger said, “or I’ll kick you out.”

“閉嘴，”羅杰說，“否則我把你踢出門外。” 10.2 Why can’t you learn to keep your big mouth shut?

你怎么學不會閉上你的臭嘴？ 10.3 If you’ll just shut your trap / gob / mouth long enough I’ll explain what’s wrong.如果只要你把你的嘴閉上相當時間，我就解釋出了什么差錯。

11.laugh on the wrong side of one’s mouth / laugh on the other side of one’s mouth / laugh out of the other side of one’s mouth(informal)get the worst of something that had seemed to be an advantage;have a joke turned against one;change from joy to sorrow;be severely disappointed in one’s hope(often continuous tenses)變優勢為劣勢；變勝局為敗局；把笑話轉而取消某人；轉喜為悲；變希望為失望

11.1 Once he hears the results and finds that he hasn’t won as he expected, he’ll be laughing out of the wrong wide of his mouth.一旦他聽到了這樣的結果并發現他并沒像他預料的會贏，他將會轉喜為悲。

11.2 He boasted that he was a good skater, but after he fell, he would be laughing out of the other side of his mouth.他吹噓他是一個溜冰能手，但他摔倒后，他將會轉喜為悲。

11.3 Tom used to be the top one in the examination of many subjects.He fails to pass some this time, he will be laughing out of the other side of his mouth.湯姆過去許多門學科考試都拔尖。這一回他卻有些學科不及格，卻轉憂為劣。

12.leave a bad / nasty taste in the / one’s mouth(of an experience)make you feel angry, bitter or disgusted 使人憤怒，痛苦或厭惡

12.1 The idea that the money had been stolen from her sick mother left a nasty taste in the mouth.她的腦中深印著從他的有病的母親那里那筆錢被偷走了，真是她感到氣憤。12.2 When you see someone being treated so unkindly, it leaves a bad taste in your mouth.當你看到有人被如此虐待，你感到厭惡。

12.3 In order to be promoted, he made the best of his way to grease his chief’s palm.What he had done left a nasty taste in my mouth.為了獲得提升他想方設法去賄賂頭頭。他的所做所為真令人惡心。

13.live from hand to mouth spend all money you earn on basic needs such as food, without being able to save any money;live poorly;adj.hand-to-mouth 僅足糊口；生活得窮困潦倒

13.1 The unemployed worker tired hard to get a job, as he was worried about his family living from hand to mouth, borrowing money and never being sure where their next meal was coming from.那個失業的工人想盡一切辦法去找工作，因為他擔心他的家人生活在窮困潦倒之中借錢度日，從來沒有保證他們的下一頓飯不知來自何處。13.2 There’s no way we can even think about going on holiday this year;as we are literally living from hand to mouth.今年想要去度假，連門都沒有，因為我們簡直是僅足以糊口 13.3 Most of our people struggle for hand-to-mouth existence.我們大多數人未僅足以糊口的生存而掙扎。

14.(not)look a gift horse in the mouth(informal)(not)find something wrong with something given to you free;to complain if a gift is not perfect(usually negative)Origin: The usual way to judge the age of a horse is to look at its teeth 送來的禮物就不要挑剔；決不抱怨禮物有瑕疵；送來的馬不驗牙

14.1 I shan’t complain about the poor view since the ticket was free;after all, don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.既然門票是免費的，我就不抱怨風景很差，終究送給你不會去驗他的牙齒。

14.2 He didn’t want to accept the offer of a free holiday but I told him not to look a gift horse in the mouth.他并不想接受給他提供的免費度假，然而我告訴他送來的禮物就不要挑剔了。

14.3 The Hong Kong Jockey Club presented policemen patrol squad of Dalian City with a gift of some horse.The policemen were unlikely to look those gift horse in the mouth.香港賽馬會送給大連女警巡邏隊一些馬匹。女警就未必會對送來的馬匹去驗馬。

15.make one’s mouth water make someone feel hungry;make one wants very much to eat or drink something one sees or smells;make someone want to do or to have something very much 使人垂涎欲滴；使人渴望獲得；使人垂涎三尺；吸引人 15.1 The smell of your cooking is making my mouth water.你的烹調香味是我垂涎欲滴。

15.2 The sight of all that money make his mouth water.一看到所有那些錢就是他垂涎三尺。

15.3 The jewels displayed in the window made lady passerby’s mouth water.櫥窗展出的珠寶把過路女士們吸引住了。

16.me and my big mouth used when you realize that you said something you should not have said Origin: Big mouth, one who talks too much or too loudly 我本來就不該說，我有多嘴了。

16.1 I Shouldn’t have said that me and my big mouth!（意識到說了些本不該說的話）我有多嘴了！我有管不住我的嘴了！

17.melt in one’s mouth(of food)be soft and very good to eat（指食物）入口即溶化；美味可口；香嫩可口 17.1 They serve steaks that melt in your mouth.他們供應美味可口的牛排。

17.2 I like to have custard tarts or cocoanut tarts with my tea, they melt in the mouth.我喜歡喝茶時吃蛋撻或者椰撻，它們入口即溶化。17.3 The sirloin steak was s o tender that it melted in your mouth.腰方肌牛排肉很嫩一直入口即溶化。

18.open your(big)mouth(informal)say something when you should not 說不該說的話

18.1 Why do you always have to open your big mouth? Can’t you just keep quiet sometimes?

為什么你總是說你不該說的話？有時你就不能免開尊口嗎？ 18.2 Don’t open your big mouth too wide.No one will get along with you.不要說太多你不該說的話，不會有人同意你的。

19.put one’s foot in one’s mouth / in it(informal)say or do something that upsets, offends or embarrasses someone without intending to 出口不遜；不知分寸；使人陷入窘境；弄糟；無意中傷了人；闖禍

19.1 Jane didn’t know you were still in town at the time of her party;now you’ve put your foot in your mouth.珍并不知道你舉辦晚會時你仍然在鎮上，現在你已經無意中傷了人。19.2 Every time she opens her mouth she puts her foot in it.每次說話都不知分寸。

19.3 He really put his foot in his mouth when he mentioned the party to her.She hadn’t beer invited.你真是使人陷入窘境竟然向他提起那晚會，而他并沒有被邀請。

19.4 Bill Clark put in his mouth with his remark about armchair strategist who gave his advice blindly when his chief was just standing behind and he might think Bill was alluding to him.當比爾·克拉克的頭頭正好站在后面是比爾出言不遜批評瞎指揮的門造成的領導，他很可能認為比爾在影射他。

19.5 The secretary put her foot in her mouth when she spilled coffee on her boss.20.put one’s head in the lion’s mouth deliberate put oneself in a dangerous or risky situation（有意要）置身險境；置身虎口、獅子中；冒險 20.1 So I put my head in the lion’s mouth and asked my boss for a pay rise.我把自己置身于險境冒昧陳辭要求老板加薪。

20.2 He put his head in the lion’s mouth;he didn’t want to leave when typhoon was menacing his house with instant destruction.他把自己置身于險境，當局風箏在威脅他的房子頃刻即毀時，他還不愿離開他家。

20.3 Some riders put their heads in the lion’s mouth to grab a handful of robs(to take a train by illegally jumping on and off).有些鐵道偷竊犯冒死非法跳上跳下火車。

21.put one’s money where one’s mouth is(informal)show that one really means what one says by actually doing something, giving money, etc.rather than just talking about 說到做到；說話算數；絕非說說而已

21.1 The government talks about helping disabled people, but doesn’t put into where its mouth is.政府無論如何幫助殘疾人，但是話說到了錢未到位，說說而已。

21.2 You think she’ll win? Come one, then, out your money where your mouth is(= have a bet with me).你認為她贏？那么來吧。你的話到錢到（敢與我打賭）。

21.3 I claim your promise — put your money where your mouth is — abide by your promise.我要求你實踐你的諾言 — 說到做到而絕非說說而已 — 你要守約。

22.put words in(to)someone’s mouth(informal)to make statement that one claim are the opinions of someone else with whom one is speaking;say or suggest that someone has said something when they have not 把別人沒有說過的話勉強加在別人頭上；言而無據；無中生有；歪曲原意 22.1 I never mentioned going away for a holiday, don’t put words into my mouth.我從來沒有說過要外出度假，別把這些話強加在我的心上。

22.2 You’re putting words in my mouth.I didn’t say the whole house was dirty;I just said the living room needed a clean.你在歪曲我的原意，我并沒有說整棟房子很臟，我只是說起居室需要打掃一下。22.3 She went so far as to imagine Martin proposing, herself putting the words into his mouth?

(Jack London, “Martin Edem ”, Chapter ⅩⅩ)

她竟然憑想象馬丁向她求婚，她自己把她的話強加在他的頭上。

22.4 I didn’t said that I would be in favour of your idea.You have put words into my mouth.我并沒有說我會贊成你的意見，是你把你的想說的話強加在我的頭上。

23.shoot one’s mouth off(about something)shoot at the mouth 1.talk publicly or carelessly about things which should be secret(often continuous tenses)欠慎重泄露秘密；公開談個人隱私

23.1.1 This is a secret.Please don’t shoot your mouth off to everyone about it.這是一個秘密。請你不要隨隨便便想人人泄漏它。

23.1.2 Don’t you go shooting your mouth off about the secret I’ve told you;remember, I trust you.我對你講的秘密你不會很隨便就泄漏吧；要記住，我信得過你。2.talk loudly and with too much pride about something(often continuous tenses)瞎吹噓；胡扯；過分渲染；像連珠炮胡亂夸口；信口開河

23.2.1 Mark is always shooting his mouth off about all the money he earns.麥克總是瞎吹噓他全部收入有多少錢。

23.2.2 They got offended when he was shooting off his mouth about their personal business.當他口無遮攔公開討論他們個人的私事，他們感到很生氣。

24.shut someone’s mouth stop someone from saying something, especially from revealing a secret 堵住某人的嘴；使某人緘口

24.1 His employers tired to shut his mouth by offering him money, but he told the story to the newspapers anyway.他的雇主想用錢堵住他的嘴，但他還是把事情的經過告訴了各報紙。

24.2 The official in change of the public bidding for the important project could not shut the mouths of the tenders invited, the disclosure of his palm being greased by the tenders was reported in all media.負責主管重大工程招標的官員不能堵住競標者的嘴，競表者行賄他被揭露出來并在所有媒體都有報導。

25.take the words(right)out of somebody’s mouth say exactly what another person was going to say;say what someone was just thinking 說別人正想要說的；說別人正在思考的 25.1 “The speed limit on motorways should be raised.“I agree completely!You’ve taken the words right out of my mouth.“公路上的限速應當要被提高。” “我完全同意！這正是我想要說的。”

25.2 You’ve taken the words out of my mouth — I just had the very same thought!你已經說了我想要說的 — 我正好有完全同樣的想法。

26.watch your mouth / tongue be careful what you say in order not to offend somebody or make them angry 要慎于言；管好自己的嘴（不要冒犯鄙人或令人生氣）26.1 Now you just watch your mouth around your grandparents, Billy!

比利，在你的爺爺奶奶面前說話要小心！

26.2 You’ll have a good scolding if you don’t watch your mouth.如果你不管好自己的嘴你要挨一頓臭罵！