Idioms 英语习语,谚语英汉解释

Idioms From the Extensive Reading 4 (FINAL Version)

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Unit 1

1) Burn the midnight oil

熬夜读书，开夜车

To study or work until late at night.

2) Hit the books

用功读书，与熬夜无关

To study, especially with particular intensity

3) Do back-breaking work

劳累至极腰酸背痛的工作

To do some physically difficult work and makes you very tired.

4) Work like a dog

拼命工作

To work very hard.

5) Fall down on the job

敷衍了事，没做好工作

6)

Work one’s fingers to the bone

非常努力的工作

1) Be a breeze

像一缕清风一样很容易做

2) Have a green thumb

擅长园艺

3) Be easy as pie

小菜一碟，小事一桩

4) Have a golden touch

点石成金，无所不能

5) Have two left feet

笨手笨脚

6) Have a nose for something

善于发现某物，有洞察力

1) Down to earth

脚踏实地，实事求是

2)

Think one is god’s gift to mankind

自以为了不起，自负

3) Show off

炫耀

4)

Put someone in someone’s place

安分守己

5) Put on airs

摆架子，摆谱

6)

Blow one’s own horn

自吹自擂，自我吹嘘

1) Bury the hatchet

Be incapable for a work.

To work very hard.

Unit 2

A thing that is easy to do.

To be good at gardening.

To be very easy.

It means that you can do anything that you want to do.

To be very awkward in your movements, especially when you are dancing or playing a sport.

To be perspective and good at discovering.

Unit 3

To do something with no illusions or pretensions, sensible and practical.

To think oneself is really something in some areas; conceited.

To show one’s ability with pride

to anyone.

To make someone do his own duty and abide by the law.

It means someone is conceited in order to show his identity.

To brag about oneself.

Unit 4

Idioms From the Extensive Reading 4 (FINAL Version)

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言归于好，和解，摒弃前嫌

To stop being unfriendly and become friends again.

2)

Button one’s lips

一言不发，守口如瓶

To refuse to talk and be silenced.

3) Flow with the tide

跟风，紧随潮流

To keep following someone or the trend.

4) Hold

one’s

tongue

保持沉默，不开口

To say nothing about something and stay silent.

5) Let sleeping dogs lie

别无事生非，

招惹麻烦

To avoid mentioning a subject or something that happened in the past, in order to avoid any problems or arguments.

6)

Mind one’s own business

少管闲事，

管好自己

To concern oneself only with what is of interest to oneself and not interfere in the affairs of others.

7) Rock the boat

捣乱

To do something that upsets a situation and causes problems.

8) See eye to eye

看法完全一致，完全同意

To share the same views as somebody about something.

Unit 5

1) Face up to something

勇敢的面对

To accept and deal with something that is difficult or unpleasant.

2)

Point one’s finger at someone

指责某人

To accuse somebody .

3) Leave someone high and dry

使某人很无助

To leave someone unsupported and unable to maneuver; to leave someone helpless.

4) Shoulder the responsibility

能够承担责任

To take responsibility.

5) Pass the buck

推卸责任

To shirk the responsibility.

6) Worm out of something

推卸摆脱某事

To get rid of something

Unit 6

1) All or nothing

孤注一掷的，没有商量余地

A situation which will end either in complete success or complete failure

Having no middle position or compromise available

2) Meet someone halfway

向某人妥协

To compromise to somebody

3) Give-and-take

妥协，

互让，

互相迁就

To have an exchange of views on some topic in order to make mutual concessions

4) Middle-of-the- road

折中的办法，折中之计

A compromising solution that can be accepted by most people

5)

Stick to one’s guns

固执己见

To maintain one’s position or

viewpoint when faced with opposition

6) Find middle ground

寻求找到一个中间立场

A set of opinions and decisions that two or more groups who oppose each other can agree on

Unit 7