英语常用-谚语、短语

英语常用

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谚语、短 语

Abandon the sinking ship

Abandon oneself to sth.

I have no money about me

It’s about finished

About turn! about face!

向后转

be all abroad

感到莫名其妙

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at home and abroad

国内外

in the absence of (

人

)

不在时

外出期间

be absorb in

全神贯注于

see over

见下页

see above

见上文

in the abstract

抽象地

大体而言

理论上

abstracted = absent-minded

abuse one

’

s power

滥用权力

meet with an accident

accident insurance

事故保险

academic

学术的

academy

专科学校

学会

研

究院

accent

重音

强调

He’s an old hand at it.

How

’

s your old man?

你父亲怎么样

Be

it

ever

so

humble

,there’s

no

place

like

home.

Agree like cats and dogs .

完全不和

All time is no time is no time when it is

past.

As a dog with two tails.

非常开心

As

well

be

hanged

for

a

sheep

as

for

a

lamb.

一不做二不休

As you made your bed ,you must lie in it.

自作自受

At the eleventh hour.

在最后时刻

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Business is business .

公事公办

Let bygones be bygones.

既往不咎

Gold

can’t

be

pure

and

man

can’t

be

perfect.

Misfortune maybe an actual blessing.

塞翁

失马，焉知非福

Use brawn rather brain

有勇无谋

A real man never goes back on his words.

君子一言

驷马难追

Nothing beats failure but a try.

All

the

people

who

work

hard

don't

succeed,

but the only one who succeed are those who

work hard.

Let the cat out of the bag.

泄密

Fight dog, fight bear.

打个青红皂白

一决

雌雄

Every dog has its day .

Faith will move mountains.

精诚所至金石为开

Great minds thinks alike.

英雄所见略同

Has the cat got your tongue

？

为什么不吭声

It

’

s

good

to

learn

at

another

man

’

s

cost

.

前车之鉴

It

’

s ill to waken sleeping dog.

别惹麻烦，

别多管闲事

It takes two to make a quarrel.

一只碗不响

Lead a dog

’

s life

过着穷困潦倒的生活

Lookers-on see most of the game.

旁观者清

More haste ,less speed.

欲速则不达

Move heaven and earth

想尽一切办法

Not have a dog

’

s chance.

毫无机会

Return to one

’

s sheep/muttons.

回到本题

See naples and die.

不到黄河不死心

Send somebody to the chair

把·

·

·

·

·

·送上

死刑台

Teach the dog to bark

多此一举

The morning sun never lasts.

好景不长

The water that bears boats is the same that

swallows it up .

水能载舟亦能覆舟

There is no smoke without fire .

Where there

’

s life ,there

’

s hope.

留得青

山在不愁没柴烧

After meat ,mustard; after death ,doctor.

As is over but shouting .

大势已去

All lay load on the willing horse .

人善被

人欺，马善被人骑

Birds of a feather flock together .

物以类

聚

World is but a little place, after all.

Light come ,light go .

易得易失

Six feet of earth makes all man equal .

墓

穴之中

人人平等

Born with a silver spoon in his mouth .

生

在富贵人家

Have

but

few

friends

,though

many

acquaintances .

结交可以多

朋友应宜少

not be keen about

对·

·

·不热衷

eg.

I like

traverling

but not

very

keen

about flying .

under the weather

身体不适

eg.

She

said

that

she

wasn't

sick

,

but

just feeling under the weather.

think the world of

喜欢

eg. It's obvious that they think the

world of their son.

make one's mark

出名

eg. She's very young but she's already

been making her mark on the world.

pop the question

求婚

eg.

He

finally

popped

the

question

after

three years of waiting.

take a liking to

爱好

never

had

taken

much

of

a

liking

to

cats.

hit it off

志趣相投

eg.

Unfortunately,

i

don't

really

hit

it

off with my boss.

have a good mind to

考虑做

或许会

said she had had a good mind to

stay

at

home

and

nurse

her

cold

,but

she

came

to work anyway.

in good hands

得力助手

eg.

n

is

a

excellent

nurse

so

you are really in good hands .

give one the jitters

使某人精神紧张

或者害

怕

eg. His monster costume (

恐怖的装扮）

gave

her

the

jitters

everytime

she

looked

at

him .

nothing to write home about

不值得一提

scenery

is

nothing

to

write

home

about .

a long way from

绝非是

差远着

eg.

I

am

still

a

long

way

from

finishing my homework .

stand one up

让某人等待

失约

eg. Last night was the third time that

she stood me up for dinner .

get a move on

赶快

eg.I wish you could get a move on ,I've

been waiting for an hour .

in the same breath

同时

said he hated hot weather and in

the same breath mentioned he was going to

Thailand .

make a last minute dash

最后冲刺

eg.

He

sat

in

front

of

TV

all

morning

and

then right before we had to leave,he made a

last minute dash to get ready .

not to put it past one

相信某人会

eg. She said she wouldn't to put it

past him to cheat on the exam .

她相信她会

在考试中作弊

on top of

了如指掌

eg

。

She's so busy herself , but she's

always on top of what all her friends are

doing .

hold on to

紧抓住

eg. You'll fall out of the tree , if you

don't hold on to that branch .

to be a breeze

轻而易举的

eg, The test was a breeze ! I got one

hundred percent .