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美国俚语集锦
美国俚语集锦
1.
apple-polisher
马屁精
.
例如:
She is a real
apple-polisher for the way she's
crawling around the boss and
making
eyes at him.
她是一个马屁精,整天围着老板眉来眼去
的。
2.
as busy as a bee
(象蜜蜂)忙忙碌碌的
3.
as
graceful as a swan
(象天鹅)姿态优雅的
4.
as gentle as a
lamb
(象羊羔)性情温顺的
5.
as
cunning as a fox
(象狐狸)一样狡猾的
6.
as poor as a
church mouse
一贫如洗
7.
I'm
beat.
我非常疲乏。
8.
beat gums
空洞无物、废话连篇的讲话
9.
bell the cat
为众人的利益承担风险
10. black sheep
害群之马
11. Buddy, where is
john
?
要上厕所
?
12. Bungee jumping
蹦极跳
13. Stop bugging me, man!
喂,别烦我了。
14. blue collar
蓝领
.
.
15. white
collar
白领
16. pink collar
粉领族(指和蓝领体力工人相当的女性工
人)
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17. gold-collar workers
金领族(一般都有一技之长,对公司
工作的方方面面都十分了解
,甚至对公司的利润大小和收益
都有直接的重要影响。他们的工作环境优雅,职业体面,
有
着丰厚的收入和稳固的经济地位)
18. dog-eared books
读得卷了边的书
19. dog sleep
不时惊醒的睡眠
20. dog-tired
像狗一样的累
21. dog watch
夜班
22. old dog
上了岁数的人、老手
23. a sly dog
偷鸡摸狗者
24. a yellow dog
杂种狗、卑鄙可耻的小人
25. a big dog
看门狗、保镖;要人
26. You're a lucky dog!
你真是个幸运儿!
27. hot dog
热狗
28. dog nose
啤酒与杜松子酒的混合酒
29. a dog in a blanket
葡萄卷饼或卷布丁
30. as faithful as a
dog
像狗一般的忠诚,在西方文
化中,
狗是
忠实、卖力、辛劳
的化身,
31. He that lies down with dogs must
rise up with flea.
近朱者
.
.
赤,近墨者黑
32. A good dog deserves a
good bone.
西方人论功行赏时常说
好狗应有好骨头
33. a dog in the manger
占着马槽(不拉屎)
34. Honey, I forget to duck.
亲爱的,我忘记闪开了。
35. eat crow
由于夸大其词或过分自信,
最后不得
不承认错
误。
36. eat his words
食言
37. out at elbows
捉襟见肘
38. elbow one's way
用胳膊肘挤来挤去为自己开道
39. get a black
eye
被别人打青了眼睛
40. mind your eye
叫别人当心
41. blink our
eyes
眨眼睛
42. flash our eyes at sth.
瞟一眼
43. make eyes
抛媚眼
44. cast sheep's eye
暗送秋波
45. You have an eye for something.
有眼光有见解
46. finely arched
eyebrows
纤细的弓形眉
47. pencil the eyebrows
描眉
48. eyebrow pencil
眉笔
49. rough bushy eyebrows
浓密的粗眉
50. eyelash
grower
睫毛膏
.
.
51. eyelash curler
卷睫毛器
52. without turning an eyelash
泰然自若,不动声色
53. not bat an eyelid
没合眼睡觉
54. not bat an
eyelid
对事情泰然自若
55. hang on by the eyelids
事情危在旦夕
56. face the music
不得不接受惩罚、承担后果,必须承受
出现的局面
57. a
matter of face
面子攸关的事情
58. lose face
丢面子
例如:
He knew he was wrong, but
he
would not admit it for fear of
losing face. (
他知道自己错了,
但
却不肯承认错误,因为怕失去面子。
)
59. save one's face
挽回面子
60. pull a long face
拉长了脸
61. make a face at you
对你做个鬼脸
62. have the face
厚颜无耻
.
例如:
I'm so
surprised that you
have the face to do
so! (
你怎么有脸做出这样的事!
)
63. cold fish
态度冷冰冰,没有热情的人。
64. drink like a
fish
牛饮
65. flats
平跟鞋
66. footfall
客流量
例如:
We strive to show
booksellers
what we are doing to
support them and
67. drive
footfall into their stores.
(
我们要努力向图书商展示
.
.
我们将如何支持他们,并使更多的客人进入他们的商店。
)
68. green
eyed
嫉妒
69. green finger
(
thumb
)
?
把大伙干不好的活都干
得漂漂亮亮
.
例如:
A
person with green finger has a magic touch that
makes
plants grow well and quickly. (
p>
长着绿手指的人是有魔法的,
只
要他一碰,
植物就长的又快又好。
)
70. green hand
生手
.
例如:
I'm still
green at my
job.(
我依
然是个新手。
)
71. green light
允许、许可
.
例如:
< br>
I'm only waiting for the
green light from you.
(
我在等您的允许。
)
72. green revolution
绿色革命
.
例如:
These
developing
countries produced enough
food to serve their people after
73. green revolution. (
绿色革命后
,这些发展中国家就生产出
足够的粮食来满足国民的需要。
)
74. the green years
青春年华
75. He is ripe in years but green in
heart.
形容某人是老当益
壮
76. lose your heart to
someone
和某人谈恋爱
77. lack heart
缺乏勇气
78. win your heart
赢得你的心
79. broken heart
破碎的心
80. heart of stone
石头心肠
.
.
81. pour out
your heart
倾吐你的心事
82. have a heart
可怜可怜你
83. his heart in the right place
他的心肠是很好的
84. not to wear your heart
on your sleeve
不要太情绪化
85. Don't take the failure to your
heart.
别为失败而难过
86. lose heart
失去信心
87. your heart of gold
金子般的心,美好心灵
88. write a letter to her and declared
your heart.
写信表达爱
慕之情
89. Don't let your heart
get cold.
不要让你的热情冷却下来
90. a man after her own heart
正和她心意的人
91. put your heart at rest
放下心来
92. straight from the horse's mouth
来自权威和可靠的消息。
93. I was welcomed with
open arms.
我被热烈欢迎。
94. Jargon
行话
95. keep a good house
招待周到
.
例如:
I haven't got a good
house, but I'll keep a good house.(
我没有好的房子,但我会招
待周到的。
)
96. kill someone with
kindness
热情的让人受不了
97. know sth. like the palm of one's
hand
了如指掌
98. lashes
睫毛
99. lead a cat-and-dog life
过着不和睦的、敌对的生活。
.
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100.
lead a double life
婚外恋、婚外情
101.
leather boots
皮靴
102.
love at first
sight
一见钟情
103.
lummox
傻大个儿
.
例如:
The lummox has
loused up their company's whole busines
s.(
那个傻大个儿把公
司买卖搞的一团糟
.
104.
lean meat
瘦肉
105.
fat meat
肥肉
106.
salted meat
咸肉
107.
fresh meat
鲜肉
108.
smoked meat
(bacon)
熏肉
109.
strong meat
难以消化的食品,难理解的事物
110.
grill the meat
在烤架上把肉烤得滋滋冒油
111.
fry the meat
把肉炒一下
112.
a
meaty book
一本有实际内容的好书
113.
you young monkey
小淘气鬼
114.
Stop monkeying with my camera!
别摆弄我的相
机!
115.
make a mokey (out) of
愚弄、耍弄
.
例如:
You
suddenly realized
that you had been made a monkey (out) of by
your opponents.
(
你就会突然发现自己被对手给耍了。
)
116.
monkey business
耍些骗人的把戏、
捣鬼
.
例如:
.
.
You suspected monkey business at the po
lls.(
你怀疑选举投票
中有鬼。
)
117.
Monkey
代表
500
美元
.
例如:
He won a
monkey
at the horse races. (
他在跑马中赢了
500
美元。
)
118.
Nature calls
要上厕所。
119.
pain in the neck
讨厌、恶心
.
例如:
You gave me
an awful
pain in the neck.(
你真让我觉得讨厌。
)
120.
up
to one's neck
忙的不可开交
121.
break one's neck
努力地、
拼命地做事
.
例如:
I'm
really up
to my neck in my work today, I couldn't get away
from
the office
122.
till 6:30. So I had to break my neck to
get to my
sister's engagement party at
7 o'clock.(
我今天忙得不可开交,
因为我不能
p>
6
:
30
下班,所
以我必须拼命地做事才能参加我
妹妹
7
:
00
的订婚宴会。
)
123.
save one's neck
免受苦难或惩罚
.
例如:
The
fighter
planes saved our necks.
(
空军的战斗机保全了我们的生
命。
)
124.
crane one's neck to see sth.
伸长脖子看什么东
西
125.
never say uncle
嘴硬,不肯服输、不肯承认。
例如:
I
refused to say uncle no matter how they threatened
me.
.
.
(
< br>无论他们怎样吓唬我,我都不肯服输。
)
126.
Tom never says uncle. He
wouldn't admit he's wrong
for the life
of him.(
汤姆的嘴特硬,打死都不肯承认错误。
)
127.
nitpicker
爱吹毛求疵的人(
nitpicker means a
kind of person who always criticizes
128.
others by noticing small and
unimportant
differences
)
129.
one
track-minded
单轨思
维,
大脑不灵活,
缺乏
灵活的思维能力
.
例如:
If you are a
track-minded person, you
will not
understand what I intend. (
如果你是一根筋的人,
p>
你就
无法领会我的意图了。
)
130.
one's cup of tea
某人喜欢的事情
.
例如:
That's
not my
cup of tea. (
那不是我喜欢的事。
)
131.
I
hope you'll soon be in the pink again.
我希望你
早点恢复健康。
132.
play the woman
撒娇
133.
pupil
瞳孔
134.
his
right man
他的得力助手
135.
The Last Rose of Summer
夏天的最后一朵玫瑰
136.
The
Way-Side Rose
路边的玫瑰
137.
the rose of the party
晚会上最美丽、
最引人注目
的女孩
.
.
138.
Everything is comimg up
roses.
自己经历的每件
事都非常顺利、圆满
.
139.
Life is not all roses.
人生并不是十全十美。
140.
No
rose without a thorn.
没有不带刺的玫瑰;
141.
rosy view
乐观看法
142.
rosy prospect
美好前景
143.
have roses in your
cheeks
面色红润
144.
sandals
凉鞋
145.
set the world on
fire
一些震撼世界的杰出成就
146.
platform shoes
厚底鞋
147.
lace up your shoes
系鞋带
148.
common as an old
shoe
不摆架子,平易近人
149.
be in another's shoes
处于别人的位置
150.
die
in shoes
暴死街头
151.
My shoes bite
(me).
鞋子穿了脚疼
152.
hiking shoes
旅游鞋
153.
sports shoes (sneakers)
运动鞋
154.
for
a song
很便宜
.
例如:
I bought this house for
a
song.(
我以很便宜的价格卖了这座房子。
)
155.
soul mate
性情相同的人、
精神上的伙伴、性情
相同
.
例如:
I wouldn't marry anyone
until I run into a soul mate
of mine.
(
碰不到性情相同的人决不结婚。
)
.
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156.
It's a steal!
真便宜
157.
stew
用小火慢慢地炖
158.
sticky business
让人左右为难的事情
159.
two-faced
两面派
.
例如:
How could he be so
two-faced?
他怎么能这么阴一套阳一套的?
160.
in
hot water
处在困境之中
161.
in smooth water
进入顺境
162.
spend money like water
花钱大手大脚
163.
pour cold water on your
idea
向你的这个想法浇
点冷水
164.
wedge heel
坡跟鞋
165.
wolf down his food
狼吞虎咽地吃东西
166.
cry
wolf
谎言欺人
.
例如:
That politician cries
wolf in every speech he makes.(
< br>那个政治家在他的每篇演说中
都发出的警报。
167.
from the word go
立刻,马上
.
例如:
When
Mary and
I met, I was dazzled. But I learned right away we
had
nothing in common. I knew from the
word go it wouldn't work
no matter how
beautiful she was
。
(
当我和玛丽初次见面时,
我
被她迷住了。但很快我知道我们
没有任何共同之处。我马上
意识到不管她有多么漂
亮,我们之间都不会有结果
.
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英语一百个绝佳句型
1.I'm an office worker.
我是上班族。
2.I work for the government.
我在政府机关做事。
3.I'm happy to meet you.
很高兴见到你。
4.I like your sense of humor.
我喜欢你的幽默感。
5.I'm glad to see you again.
很高兴再次见到你。
6.I'll call you.
我会打电话给你。
7.I feel like sleeping / taking a walk.
我想睡
/
散步。
8.I want something to eat.
我想吃点东西。
9.I need your help.
我需要你的帮助。
10.I would like to talk to you for a
minute.
我想和你
谈一下。
11.I have a lot of
problems.
我有很多问题。
12.I hope our dreams come
true.
我希望我们的梦想
成真。
13.I'm looking forward to
seeing you.
我期望见到
你。
hearing from you
14.I'm supposed to go on a diet / get a
raise.
我应该
节食
/
涨工资。
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