English idioms

English idioms can be learned this way

1

】

buy a pig in a poke

: to accept or buy sth. without checking if it is good

未曾过目或不问好坏地乱买东西，< /p>

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2

】

as cute as a bug

’

s ear

: to be very darling

十分可爱，很招人喜欢

3

】

knee-high to a grasshopper

: not very tall , but old enough to stand and walk

很矮小的，十分幼小的，但已学

会站立和行走

4

】

work like dogs

: to work very hard and long hours

拼命工作

5

】

bug someone for something

: to bother someone to get something

烦扰，缠着人要东西

6

】

eat like horses

: to eat a lot of food

吃的很多，饭量很大

7

】

worm out of

: to make excuses for not doing sth.

找借口逃避做某事

8

】

run around like a chicken with its head cut off

: to be so busy that a person has to frantically do all kinds of

work in a short time

忙得团团转，忙得不可开交

9

】

be pigheaded

: to be stubborn and not follow good advice

固执己见，顽固

10

】

monkey around

: not to be serious to waste time

胡闹，调皮，捣蛋

11

】

horse around

: to play rough to be noisy and tease

胡闹，哄闹，捣蛋

12

】

ride like bats out of hell

: to move very fast and recklessly

骑车快得不顾一切，横冲直撞

13

】

eat like pigs

: to eat in such a sloppy way that people are offended

吃相似猪，惹人厌恶

14

】

be like water rolling off a duck

’

s back

: to have no effect in changing a person

’

s behavior

不起作用，

毫无影响

15

】

get one

’

s goose cooked

: to severely punish or destroy expectations of receiving sth. good

严惩，彻底挫败某

人的期望

16

】

let sleeping dogs lie

: not to make someone angry , or to make trouble if you don

’

t have to

不惹事生非，不

自找麻烦

17

】

take the bull by the horns

: to act bravely and with determination in a very difficult situation

大胆对付困难或

危险，不畏艰险

18

】

be chicken

: to be afraid

畏惧，胆小

19

】

a black sheep in the family

: a child who doesn

’

t follow the

“

good

”

family tradition

有辱门楣的孩子，败

家子

20

】

a wolf

: a man who is insincere with women , and makes sexual advances

色狼，色鬼

21

】

a wolf in a sheep

’

s clothing

: a deceitful person who pretend to be honest

披着羊皮的狼，伪装友善的人

22

】

a rat

: a person who deserts a friend when help is needed at a critical time

危机时变节的小人，卑鄙小人

23

】

a turkey

: a person who doesn

’

t think intelligently and makes lots of mistakes

笨蛋，傻瓜

24

】

a snake in the grass

: a person who pretend to be a friend and does harm when it is least expected

伪装成朋

友的阴险小人，暗藏的敌人

25

】

get it straight from the horse

’

s mouth

: to get information from the person who experienced what happened

直接从当事人那里打听

26

】

be looked up to

: to be admired

受尊敬，被仰慕

27

】

be fed up

: to be tired of and angry about

极度疲倦，不满

28

】

turn up one

’

s nose

: to refuse as not being good enough

蔑视，对·

·

·

·

·

·嗤之以鼻

29

】

give a put- down

: to criticize

批评，奚落

30

】

upbeat

: to be optimistic

乐观的

31

】

look up

: to look for information in a book

在书中查找，查阅

32

】

things are looking up

: the situation is improving

情况在好转

33

】

mess up

: to make a mistake

搞砸，出错

34

】

screw up

: to ruin to cause to fail

弄乱，搞糟

35

】

put-down

: criticism

批评

36

】

gobble up

: to eat rapidly like a hungry animal

狼吞虎咽

37

】

turn down

: to refuse to accept

拒不接受，驳回

38

】

downer

: disappearing situation

令人沮丧的情况

39

】

put up with

: to tolerate or accept

忍受，忍耐

40

】

fix things up

: to improve the situation

改善，弥合

41

】

step down

: to resign a position with duties

辞职，离任，让位

42

】

pick up

: to buy and take home

买回家

43

】

a take- out

: a restaurant that prepares food that a customer can take home to eat

外卖餐馆

44

】

leave sth. up to sb.

: to give responsibility to someone

委托，交由·

·

·负 责

45

】

the grass is greener on the other side of the fence

: other people have a better quality of life than you do in

your mind

这山望着那山高

46

】

nip in the bud

: to stop a bad situation when it is just beginning

把·

·

·消灭在萌芽状态，在·

·

·一开始就加

以阻止

47

】

turn over a new leaf

: to start a new and better life

翻开崭新的一页，重新开始

48

】

up a tree

: to be in a situation that seems impossible to get rid of

陷入无力摆脱的困境

49

】

bark up the wrong tree

: to look for the answer in the wrong place

找错对象，找错位置

50

】

a clinging vine

: a person who is very dependent on another

依赖性很强的人

51

】

hear through the grapevine

: to get information by listening to what other people say

道听途说

52

】

beat around the bush

: not to be direct nor honest when giving facts or answers

说话拐弯抹角，旁敲侧击

53

】

not able to see the forest for the trees

: to criticize the small errors and not able to see the future benefits

只见

树木不见森林

54

】

a bed of rose

: a comfortable, pleasant situation

安乐窝，称心如意的境遇

55

】

bushed

: to be tired or exhausted after working very hard

疲劳不堪，筋疲力尽

56

】

hit the hey

: to go to bed and sleep

上床睡觉，就寝

57

】

go out on a limb

: to take a risk

自愿赴汤蹈火，情愿冒险

58

】

the last straw

: a situation that makes you very angry after lots of other unpleasant events have happened

(

一系列打击、 不快的事件等中

)

最终使人无法忍受的事

59

】

take root

: to be accepted and adopted

生根，

（思想）深入人心

60

】

push up daisies

: to be dead and buried

死后被埋葬

61

】

cut mother

’

s apron strings

: to become independent, not to rely on mother

’

s guidance

自立，

摆脱对母亲的依

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62

】

wear the pants in the family

: to have the controlling authority and be the boss in the family

是一家之主，掌

权，当家

63

】

a feather in one

’

s cap

: sth. to be proud of or gives honor

值得自豪的成就，荣誉的标志

64

】

roll up one

’

s sleeves

: to be ready to work hard

准备大干一场

65

】

put oneself in another person

’

s shoes

: to imagine and understand another

’

s feelings

设身处地地为别人着想，

想象和理解另一个人的感受

66

】

give the shirt off one

’

s back

: to be very generous and give everything one has

倾其所有，慷慨解囊

67

】

have eyes bigger than one

’

s pants

: to want a lot of things that one can

’

t use or pay for

想要的东西多得用不

了或买不起

68

】

lose ones shirt

: to lose all one

’

s money or possessions

丧失全部财产，丢失大量钱款

69

】

hot under the collar

: to be very angry

生气的愤怒的

70

】

handle someone with kid gloves

: to treat someone very respectfully and not to upset him

尊敬的对待某人

71

】

keep one

’

s shirt on

: to calm down; be patient, not to get angry

保持镇静；耐着性子，不发脾气

72

】

get the lead out of one

’

s pants

: to get busy; stop being lazy

加紧工作，不再懒散

73

】

fit by the seat of one

’

s pants

: to use intuition and basic knowledge to guess what is the right thing to do

凭直

觉和经验作判断

74

】

keep sth. under one

’

s hat

: to keep a secret

保守秘密

75

】

get a kick in the pants

: to be insulted or punished for sth. done wrong

因做错事而受到非难或惩罚

76

】

get

caught

with

one

’

s

pants

down

:

to

be

embarrassed

because

someone

discovered

your

bad

deed

or

inability to keep a promise

因被发现做错事或无能而窘迫

77

】

have ants in one

’

s pants

: to be over anxious to do sth.

焦躁不安，跃跃欲试

78

】

work for peanuts

: to earn very low wages

赚钱极少，工资极低

79

】

out to lunch

: not to think clearly

头脑不清楚

80

】

sour grapes

: an unpleasant, critical person

尖酸刻薄的人

81

】

a lemon

: a machine that doesn

’

t work

运转不正常的机器，劣质机器

82

】

walk on eggshells

: to act very carefully

小心翼翼，如履薄冰，提心吊胆

83

】

in a pickle

: to be in a frustrating situation

处于困境

84

】

bring home the bacon

: to earn money to support family

赚钱养家，谋生

85

】

a smart cookie

: a very intelligent, shrewd person

聪明的人，智者

86

】

not worth a hill of beans

: to have no value

毫无价值，分文不值

87

】

go bananas

: to become very upset

心烦意乱，极为生气

88

】

a rotten egg

: a dishonest person

不诚实的人

89

】

a big cheese

: the most important person

要人

90

】

a piece of cake

: sth. very easy

非常容易的事

91

】

spill the beans

: to tell secret information

泄露秘密，走漏风声

92

】

in hot water

: in big trouble

陷入极大的困难

93

】

as cool as a cucumber

: to be very calm

非常冷静的

94

】

butter up sb.

: to flatter someone hoping that he will do a favor

奉承某人，讨好某人

95

】

the apple of one

’

s eye

: one that is highly cherished

掌上明珠，宝贝，珍爱物

96

】

cry over spilled milk

: to be very distressed about a mistake a person made

作无益的后悔，为无可挽回的事

而忧伤

97

】

sell like hot cakes

: to sell quickly or in large quantities

畅销，卖得快

98

】

higher- ups

: the supervisors or directors

要员，

（机构、部门的）高层人物

99

】

a piece of the pie

: part of the benefits

部分利润

100

】

a little bit of sugar

: a little kindness

少许仁慈，点滴善良

101

】

a peach

: a kind, helpful person

善良的人，特别惹人喜爱的人

102

】

fork out

: to pay (

不情愿地

)

付钱，付出

103

】

keep feelings bottled up

: to refrain from showing feelings

抑制感情的流露

104

】

born with a silver spoon in one

’

s mouth

: to be born into a rich family and get everything one wants

生在富

贵人家

105

】

dish out

: to give out in large quantities

大量给予，分发

106

】

plate is full

: there is more than enough to do

有太多事情要做

107

】

jump out of the frying pan into the fire

: to go from a bad situation to a worse one

每况愈下；刚出龙潭，

又入虎穴

108

】

go to pot

: to become worse to fail

衰落，毁灭，垮掉

109

】

spoon- feed

: to give all the information

填鸭式灌输

110

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one

’

s cup of tea

: something that a person really enjoys doing

某人喜爱的东西，投合某人脾性的东西

111

】

get the spoon on

: to find out important information

找出重要信息

112

】

do sth. under the table

: to do sth. secretly because it is illegal or dishonest

因违法或不正当而秘密进行 ，私

下进行交易

113

】

open up a can of worms

: to create more problems that are related to the present situation

使问题更加复杂，

引发更多问题

114

】

slave over a hot stove

: to spend a lot of time cooking for other people

花大量时间为他人做饭

115

】

feel blue

: to feel sad, unhappy

觉得沮丧，情绪低落

116

】

in the red

: to be in debt

负债，亏欠，有赤字

117

】

have a green thumb

: to be good at growing plants and flowers

擅长园艺

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in the black

: to have money in the bank (