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这个帖子很棒，我很久之前就想发出来给大家看，可是忘记在什么地方，找不到了。。。今天终于找着了，嘿嘿，慢慢看... 1、give me a hand 帮忙 2、foot the bill 付帐（bill：帐单） 3、例句：we arrived two hours late at the big blow-out for Charlie's birthday because our car had a blow-out. 第一个blow-out指规模很大的聚会 第二个blow-out指汽车的轮胎炸了。 4、lock,stock and barrel 全部 例句：Mr. Rockefeller bought the whole oil company lock,stock and barrel. 络克菲勒先生把整个石油公司买了下来。 5、hook,line ane sinker 全部，但含有受骗意味 例句：I warned Sally not to believe that man's stories about how rich he was, but she swallowed them hook,line and sanker. After she married him, she found out that he owed everyone in his office money. 我提醒萨丽不要相信那个男人说的他是如何有钱，但是她仍然全盘接受。直到婚后，她才发现那个男人欠公司里每个人的钱。 6、to eat one's heart out 非常沉痛和绝望的悲痛 例句：Ever since grandmother died, grandfather has been eating his heart out--he's lost all interest in life and won't een get out of bed to eat. 自从祖母去世后，祖父就陷入了极度的悲痛中——他失去了生活的兴趣，甚至不愿起床吃饭。 7、to eat one's hat 十分肯定自己说的是正确的，否则就吃掉自己的帽子，译成中文就是“若是……错了，我就不姓……” 例句：Michigan has a great football team this fall. If we don't win the national championship, I'll eat my hat. 今年秋天密西根拥有一支最好的足球队，如果我们赢不了国家冠军，我就不姓王。 8、come down with （俚语）感染；to be getting sick 例句：A: I don't know what's wrong! My head hurts and I feel so tired. B: You could be coming down with a cold. You should go lie down. 9、read between the lines 体会言外之意，听出弦外之音 （DEFINE） to understand the true meaning of sth. by inferring from what has not been said openly 例句：A: I don't catch the meaning of his speech. What did he mean? B: If you read between the lines, you'll get it. 10、greasy spoon 指那些有点象夫妻店那样的小饭店，品种不太多，碗筷也不怎么干净，装潢也不讲究，但是饭菜的味道不错，价钱也很公道。 greasy adj. 多脂的，油脂的，油污的 例句： " Honey, let me take you out to dinner. But you know I don't feel like dressing up to go some place fancy. How about just going down the street to the greasy spoon and getting hamburgers? " “亲爱的，让我带你出去吃晚饭吧。不过，我实在不愿穿得毕恭毕敬地去那些大饭馆。咱们就上街头那个小饭馆去吃汉堡包，如何？” 11、potluck 1） 一种聚会形式，即与会者每人带上一个菜或是饭后甜点或是饮料。如： " potluck lunch " or " potluck supper" 2）有什么就吃什么 例句：“Say, Charley, if you don't have plan for tonight, why not come to our house and have a potluck with us? Helen won't have time to cook anything special, but she can put an extra plate on the table for you." 12、It goes in one ear and out the other. 一个耳朵进，一个耳朵出，即把别人的话当作”耳旁风“ 例句： How many times have I told you to get to work on time. But my words just go in one ear and out the other. So I don't have any choice but to fire you. 13、 play by ear 该词汇与音乐有关，原意指会演奏而不识乐谱的人演奏乐曲时只能凭记忆来弹 现词义转为：做某件事没有事先计划，而是临时决定，走着瞧 例句： I'm not sure if my wife wants me to go shopping with her on Sunday. If she decides to go with her sister instead, then I can play tennis with you. Let's just play it by ear. 14、doggy bag 意指“打包” 该词源于以前美国人不好意思把在饭馆吃剩的饭菜带回家，怕丢面子，故而对服务员说：“ Waiter, could you please wrap up the rest of this steak for me? I'd like to take it home for my dog." 现在，美国人对打包已经能够习以为常，doggy bag 这一词组却沿用下来。 例句： We had so much fool left over from dinner at the China garden last night that we took enough home in doggy bags to feed the whold family tonight. 15、煎鸡蛋的不同吃法： sunny side up 只煎一面（蛋黄朝上） over easy 煎两面 例句： A: Miss, I'd like two fried eggs sunny side up and the sausage on the side. B: Not me. I don't like to see my eggs staring up at me with big yellow eyes. Miss, two fried eggs, over easy and not gried too hard. 16、in hot water 指遇到非常麻烦的问题 例句： Joe is really in hot water now--- his girlfriend just found out he's seeing another woman. 17、to throw cold water on sth. 泼冷水 例句：Everybody else in the office thought my idea was great, but the boss threw cold water on it. 18、to hold water （俚语）指某个人找的借口、提出的理由、说的话是确实的，站得住脚的 例句1：That excuse simply doesn't hold water. 例句2：The accused man claimed that he'd been in another city the night of the murder. But his story didn't hold water after three different witnesses testified in court that they had seen him running from the scene of the crime. 19、water off a duck's back 鸭子身上的毛像雨衣一样，水在上面呆不住，一下全滑掉了，因此 "water off the duck's back"意思就是毫无用处。 例句1：I keep telling my friend it's foolish to gamble all of his money, but it's like water off a duck's back. 例句2：The doctors tell us it's dangerous to smoke, but such good advice rolls off some people like water off a duck's back. 20、to make sb's mouth water 让某人流口水 例句：The roast duck(烤鸭)the restautant serves is my favorishi dish. Every time I think about it, it makes my mouth water. |
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115、to pull no punches Punch 这个字的一种解释就是拳击；To pull no punches，这是指毫不保留地告诉别人你的看法。 例句 1 ：When I saw my brother Joe, I didn't pull any punches -- I told him to stop drinking and go out and find a job. 当我见到我哥哥乔的时候，我毫不保留地对他说，不要再喝酒了，还是出去找个工作吧。 例句 2 ：I pulled no punches when I went to see the auto dealer who sold me such a lousy car. I told him he ought to be ashamed to charge so much for a car that had so many things wrong with it. No, he didn't give me my money back, but I sure felt better afterwards. 那个汽车商卖给我的这辆汽车毛病太多了。我去看他的时候毫不客气地对他说，卖这么次的车给我还收我那么多的钱，你自己应该感到害臊。虽然他并没有把钱还给我，可是，说了这些话我感到痛快多了。 116、straight from the horse's mouth Straight from the horse's mouth，从字面上来解释它的意思是：直接来自马的嘴巴。可是，这个俗语的真正意思是：你听到的消息是真实的，因为这消息来自可靠的来源。马和消息可靠又有什么关系呢？你要知道，远在人们还没有使用汽车的年代，人们是依靠马作为他们主要的交通工具，认为马是十分可靠的。现在，汽车已经早就代替了马，但是这个俗语仍然被广为使用。 例句 1 ：I tell you I know for certain that Lisa will be promoted to manager. The boss told me himself, so it's straight from the horse's mouth! 告诉你，我知道莉沙肯定会被提升为经理的。这是老板亲口告诉我的，这个消息是绝对可靠的！ 例句 2 ：Say, did you hear that Sally and Bob are going to get married. Honest, I'm not joking. I heard it from Bob himself, so it's straight from the horse's mouth! 喂，你听说了没有，萨利和鲍勃要结婚了。我可不是开玩笑，我说的是实话。我是听鲍勃自己讲的，因此这消息是完全可靠的！ 117、no holds barred No holds barred 这个说法是来自摔交运动。no holds barred 是指人们在争论或其他场合不顾对方的面子和情绪，毫不迟疑地把自己的想法说出来。 例句 1 ：My wife and I had a real no holds barred talk last night about all the things wrong with our marriage. 我和我的妻子昨晚可真是毫不留情地谈了一谈，把我们婚姻方面的所有问题不管三七二十一都说了出来。 例句 2 ：That TV debate between those two guys running for senator was sure a no holds barred affair. They spent more time saying nasty things about each other than they did talking about their plans. 那两个竞选参议员的人在电视上进行辩论时真是毫不留情地说话。他们花在互相攻击方面的时间比介绍他们方针的时间还多。 118、to let one's hair down To let one's hair down 描绘出一幅可爱的画面。过去，西方女子很多都留长头发，出去应酬时把头发盘在头上梳出各种式样来。晚上回家后，她们就把发卡一个个地从头发里拿出来，让头发很自然地披在肩上。 To let one's hair down 的实质意思也就是解除表面的装饰，使一切显得很自然、真实和放松，或把心理的话说出来。 To let one's hair down 不一定用于女子，也可以用在男性。 例句1 ：The president has to make so many official appearances that he seldom gets a chance to let his hair down and enjoy life like ordinary people. 总统要出席许多公开场合，因此他很少有机会像普通老百姓那样轻松地享受生活。 例句 2 ：Sally, we've been good friends for a long time. But lately I get the idea you are very much upset with me. I wish you'd let your hair down and tell me what's wrong to make you feel this way. 萨莉，我们多年来一直是好朋友，可是最近我感到你对我非常不高兴。我希望你能够坦率地告诉我，到底是些什么事让你这么不高兴。 119、loose cannon 美国人经常会说某个人是一个：loose cannon；loose 是松散的意思，而 cannon 是指大炮。Loose cannon 的来历是几百年前当人们在海上作战时，他们往往在船上放好些大炮，每一座大炮放在一个带四个轮子的平台上。在战争间隙的时候，船员们用很粗的绳子把这些大炮栓住，不让它们随便移动。可是，当风暴来临，这些绳子在风浪的冲击下断了以后，大炮就会在船甲板上到处滚动，会把那些不幸就在大炮旁边的船员轧死，这比真正的敌人还要危险。现在，loose cannon的意思和打仗并没有什么关系。人们把 loose cannon 用来指一个失去控制、无视权威、打破常轨的人，这种人往往会伤害和他自己站在一边的人。例如，有些美国政府官员在重大问题上擅自采取行动，也不向总统汇报。国会议员就把这些人称为 loose cannon。 例句 ：I know this guy is a smart political worker. But he's hard to control. In fact, he's a loose cannon who might do more damage to our side than the man I'm running against. 我知道这家伙在政治工作方面很聪明。但是，这个人很难控制。实际上，他就像一个没有约束的大炮，给我们造成的危害可能会比我竞选对手造成的危害更大。 120、blockbuster Blockbuster 原来是第二次世界大战期间联军在和纳粹德国进行空战中用的武器，这种武器的力量十分强大，它可以把城市中两条街之间的所有楼房夷为平地。而现在，blockbuster 是指某件事取得很大的成功，特别是指文艺界一些成功的电影、歌曲、剧本等。 例句 1 ：A story from Hollywood said that the new James Bond film is the blockbuster film of the season. 好莱坞的一篇文章说，詹姆斯·邦德新拍的那个电影是这一季度最成功的片子。 例句 2 ：The biggest Hollywood blockbuster of all time still remains "Gone With the Wind", the classic picture about the civil war. And the amazing thing is it was made back in 1939. 好莱坞历来最成功的片子仍然是关于美国南北战争的经典作品「飘」。令人惊奇的是这部片子还是早在1939年拍摄的。 |
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21、blow up 1)用炸弹炸毁 例句： The retreating German army tried to blow up all the bridges on the Rhine River to stop the the Allied troops from crossing into Germany. 2)指一个人发脾气、发火 例句：I really blow up when I learned that my girlfriend was going out with another man. 3)给气球吹气，给轮胎打气 例句：I have to stop at the gas station to blow up my front tires. 4)放大照片 例句： I'd like 8 by 10 blow ups of these negatives, please. 22、blow out 1)汽车轮胎炸了 例句： My car smashed into a tree when I had a blow-out. 2)把火扑灭 例句： You'd better blow out that candle before it sets fire to the tablecloth. 3)电灯的保险丝断了 例句： All the lights went off in the building and the elevators stopped when the master fuse blew out. 4)指那种规模很大、排场很讲究的聚会 例句： When the Lees celebrated their 25th anniversary, they invited all their friends to a big blow-out at the best hotel in town. 23、to follow one's nose 一直走 24、to pay through the nose 付出很高的价钱 25、to be led by the nose 指一个人全部在别人的控制之下，就象一头牲口被人用绳子牵着鼻子走一样 例句1： Ed's wife is s strong-minded woman and leads him aroun by the nose. 例句2： Remember, son, don't let other people lesd you around by the nose. You'll get along a lot better in life if you use your own judgement and do what you yourself think is the right thing. 26、under one's nose 就在某人的鼻子底下，近在眼前 例句：Did you read in the paper how bold that robber was at the art musemu? He cut three painings from their frames and walled out with them right under the guards' noses. 27、to pull one's socks up 振作精神，振作起来 例句： I have bad news: our sales were off 18% for the last quarter. So I'm telling you guys-you have to pull your socks up and get out there and sell more stuff, or you'll be looking for new jobs this summer. 28、knock your socks off 使人感到非常震惊 例句：Have you ever seen Jack's sister? She'll knock your socks off: she's the most gorgeous-looking woman I've seen for a long time. 29、poker face 脸上毫无表情，不动声色 例句： I never know whether my boss likes my work or not--he is a real poker face. 30、close to the vest 指一个人非常小心不让别人知道他在干什么 例句： Two other governors have already announced that they will run for president in the next election but the governor of our state is still keep his plan close to his vest--nobody is sure what he will do. 31、the shoe is on the other foot 指形势已经完全不同了 例句： Back in school we made fun of Jones because we thought he spent too much time studying instead of having fun. Now the shoe is on the other foot: he has made lots of money and the rest of us are just barely making enough to feed our families. 32、to work hand in glove 密切合作 例句： The local police are working hard in glove with the FBI to find the bank robbers. 33、to keep an ear to the ground 指保持高度警觉，及早发现那些即将会发生的事情的征兆 例句： I try to keep an ear to the ground and what I hear these days is that most people think we spend too much money on building roads and not enough on our schools. 34、up to one’s ears 1) 指很忙，忙得不可开交 例句： Half the people in my office are home sick, so I’m up to my ears! 2) 指完全介入了某件事之中 例句： The mayor says he didn't know people on his staff were taking bribes. But my guess is he's up to his ears in it. 35、sweeten to pot 词组原为玩扑克牌时的用语，即把赌注的总数加得高些，这样可以对玩的人更有吸引力。现在该习语意为：为了使一个提议更有吸引力而在原有的条件上再增加一些对对方有利的条件。 例句1： Miss Smith didn’t want that job until the company sweetened the pot by offering her a higher salary and the use of a company car. 例句2： They’re built so many new office building here that they have trouble renting out all the space. So some landlords sweeten the pot : they offer a company six months free rent if it signs s three-year lease. 36、The cards are stacked against you . 这一习语亦源于玩儿扑克牌时的用语，指处于很不利的情况，成功的机会很少。 例句： I really want to try out for the basketball team when I was in college. But the cards were stacked against me : I’m only five feet six inches tall and everyone else was six-two or even taller. 37、 to fly off the handle 意为发火、发脾气；handle指斧子把 例句： My wife spent all afternoon yesterday cooking a special dinner for our wedding anniversary. So she really flew off the handle when I come home three hours late. 38、to bark up the wrong tree 原指打猎时猎物为躲避猎狗的追逐而爬上树，猎狗不知到底猎物在哪棵树上，结果对着一棵并没有藏着猎物的树叫唤。现意如下： 1） 找错门了 例句： If my brother-in-law hopes to borrow any money from me, he will be barking up the wrong tree. 2） 错怪了人 例句： Hey man, if you think I was the guy who robbed that bank today, you’re barking up the wrong tree! I was nowhere near the place. 39、right on the beam 指一个人做某件事做得很对 例句： I thought Mr. Leghorn’s speech was right on the beam! Just like he says, we need to spend more money on educating our children. He makes a lot of sense to me. 40、to fly by the seat of the pants 该习语本意是指在没有电子导航系统这样现代化的安全设施前，飞机在云层里或气候不好的情况下飞行的话，飞行员只能靠自己的猜测来决定飞行方向。 现在，该词用于形容某种局面，即你在做某件事的时候没有明确的指导，也缺乏足够的知识。 例句： Driving to a friend's house last night I took the wrong turn off the main highway and got lost. I didn't have a road map but I flew by the seat of my pants and after twenty minutes I found the street I was looking for. 41、To keep one's shirt on 用中文来说，那就是：穿着你的衬衣。 1） 有的时候，这是劝告别人要有耐心，不要太紧张了 例句1 ： Keep your shirt on, Harry; we have plenty of time to catch the train. 2）在更多的场合to Keep one's shirt on是指要保持冷静，在对情况有足够了解以前不要发火。比如说，我们曾在以前提到的那位丈夫在结婚纪念日晚了三个小时回家吃晚饭。一到家，他就看到太太火冒三丈，大发雷霆。于是，他马上就对太太说： 例句 2 ： Honey, keep your shirt on, please! I'm sorry, but the boss made me work late at the office. 42、To lose one's shirt 实际上并不是真的指丢了衬衫。它的确切意思是某个人失去了他所有的一切 例句 1 ： "Did you hear what happened to Joe? He's lost his shirt-- the poor guy invested all his money in a fancy restaurant and it just went out of business." 例句 2 ： "Be careful of salesmen who call on the phone and offer to sell you land on the beach down in Florida. You can lose your shirt because the chances are the land is under water at high tide." 43、A stuffed shirt Stuffed这个字有好几种解释，有时是指装的满满的。在某种情况下是吃得过饱的意思 a stuffed shirt 是指那些爱摆架子，表现得神气十足的人。对于这种人最好是敬而远之。这种人既傲慢,又顽固，自以为了不起，他们参加任何社交活动都不受人欢迎。 例句 1 ："My boss is a stuffed shirt: all he talks about is how important his ancestors are, how he was number one in his class at his university, and the wonderful things he thinks he's done for our company." 例句 2 ："I think I'll vote for Jimmy Brown instead of the other guy James Leland Elegant the third. Jimmy isn't a stuffed shirt like Elegant -- he's a friendly, informal guy like us ordinary people." 44、To give you the shirt off his back. 从字面上来解释，to give you the shirt off his back 就是把他的衬衣从背上拿下来给你。一个人要是肯把衬衣脱下来给你的话，那就是一个在你患难的时候能拿出他所有的一切，包括他的衬衣，来帮忙的人。这种朋友是很可贵的。 例句 ： "Pete never says very much. But when he hears about somebody who's sick in the hospital or lost his job, he's always the first to put his hand in his pocket and bring out money to help. Yes, sir, he's the kind of man who'd give you the shirt off his back." 面可以帮上大忙 |
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45、To bail out 过去，当飞行员在空中发现汽油不足或是机器出了故障，他们就不得不用降落伞，以保生命的安全。这在英文里就叫：To bail out。To bail out 用在飞行方面就是从飞机上跳伞。可是，现在除了军用飞机外，很少飞行员还带着降落伞飞行。To bail out 现在已经成了一个日常用的词汇，它的意思就是摆脱一些麻烦或危险。 例句 1 ：Smith was lucky enough to bail out and quit the company just before it went bankrupt. 例句 2 ：After his restaurant failed, Bill couldn't pay back the money he had borrowed from the bank. He was afraid the bank would take the house he'd put up as security. But his dad bailed him out and paid the loan off for him. 46、Nose dive Nose就是鼻子，dive是俯冲，或者是跳水。不管是俯冲，还是跳水，他们都是指急剧地往下降。当一架飞机开始nose dive的时候，它突然尾巴向上，鼻子向下快速地往地面下降。现在，nose dive的意思是 1）（价格等）急剧下降 例句 1 ：Today the stock market took a nosedive and dropped 25 points. 2）（事业等）一落千丈 例句 2 ：Everybody thought this young actor would have a brilliant future after he starred in two pictures that made a lot of money. But then he appeared in three films that nobody want to see, and his career took a nose dive -- no producer wants him any more. 47、with open arms 伸开手臂，意思是热烈欢迎某人 例句 ：My family received me with open arms when I came back from my trip to California. 48、Up in arms 这儿的arms不是指手臂，而是指武器，如枪、炮、箭等。 Up in arms的意思是起来进行武装斗争，或者非常愤怒，准备打架。 例句 1 ：All us students are up in arms at the news the school is raising our tuition ten percent. 例句 2 ：No way am I going to vote for a bill to raise income tax again. The voters back home are already up in arms about how much the government takes out of their pay already and I have to run for re-election this fall." 我绝不会投票支持再次增加所得税的提案。我们州的选民对政府现在从他们工资里扣除的税的数量已经非常恼火了。而我今年还要竞选连任。 49、At arm's length Length在中文里的意思就是长短。 At arm's length就是指和某人保持一定距离，通常用法为to keep someone at arm's length。 例句 1 ：I keep trying to get friendly with that lovely blonde who sits next to me in biology class. But she keeps me at arm's length." 我一直设法和那个生物课坐在我旁边的金发姑娘接近。可是,她老是和我保持一定距离。 例句 2 ： Let me warn you about this Smith fellow. He seems like a nice, friendly guy. But it's wise to keep him at arm's length. You get too friendly with him, and the first thing he'll do is ask to borrow money from you." 我要警告你关于那个叫Smith的家伙。他看起来似乎很友好。但是，你最好还是和他保持一定距离。一旦你和他过于接近，他马上就会问你借钱。 50、To shake a leg 是赶快行动的意思 例句 1 ：Come on, shake a leg, son, or you're going to be late for school. 例句 2 ：Let's shake a leg there, you guys! I got to get this truck unloaded and on the way back to the warehouse before dark. 喂！你们这帮人快点儿吧！我得把这车货卸完，在天黑前赶回仓库去呢。 51、To pull one's leg To pull one's leg 初看起来好像和中文里的“拉后腿”的意思差不多。但是，千万不要被表面现象所迷惑。To pull one's leg的真正意思是逗别人，开别人玩笑的意思。 例句 1 ：My roommate said this girl had told him she wouldn't mind going out with me. But when I invited her to a movie, I learned he was just pulling my leg. 我的同房间同学说，那个女孩愿意和我一起出去玩。可是，当我请她去看电影的时候，我才发现我那同学是逗我，开我的玩笑。 例句 2 ：Hey, stop pulling my leg, will you! I don't believe that girl really said she likes me and would like me to take her out. 喂，你别逗我行不行！我才不信那个女孩真的说了她喜欢我，还要我邀她出去玩。 52、Break a leg 从字面上来看，break a leg难道是断了一条腿？或是倒霉？不是，break a leg的确切意思是祝愿别人成功。例如，你的朋友明天要去参加高考，你就可以对他说：Break a leg! 51、To pull one's leg To pull one's leg 初看起来好像和中文里的“拉后腿”的意思差不多。但是，千万不要被表面现象所迷惑。To pull one's leg的真正意思是逗别人，开别人玩笑的意思。 例句 1 ：My roommate said this girl had told him she wouldn't mind going out with me. But when I invited her to a movie, I learned he was just pulling my leg. 我的同房间同学说，那个女孩愿意和我一起出去玩。可是，当我请她去看电影的时候，我才发现我那同学是逗我，开我的玩笑。 例句 2 ：Hey, stop pulling my leg, will you! I don't believe that girl really said she likes me and would like me to take her out. 喂，你别逗我行不行！我才不信那个女孩真的说了她喜欢我，还要我邀她出去玩。 52、Break a leg 从字面上来看，break a leg难道是断了一条腿？或是倒霉？不是，break a leg的确切意思是祝愿别人成功。例如，你的朋友明天要去参加高考，你就可以对他说：Break a leg! 53、To twist someone's arm Twist是拧，用力扭转的意思。一个人要是给别人把手臂拧到身后去那是很难受的。To twist someone's arm这个习惯用语的意思也正是如此，它是指给某人施加压力，迫使他做你要他做的事。 例句 1 ：I didn't want see that movie about Mozart, but my roommate twisted my arm. I'm glad he did -- it was a great show. 例句 2 ：My son has been twisting my arm to let him take my car out on a date ever since he got his driver's license. This weekend, I finally let him take it. And now it's in the body shop for a thousand dollars of repairs: he had an accident on the way to pick up his girlfriend. 自从我儿子拿到驾驶执照以来，他一直闹着要开我的车去赴约会。这个周末，我终于答应了。可是，他在去接女朋友的路上出了车祸，现在我的车正在车库里修，要花一千美元呢。 54、To charge someone an arm and a leg Charge就是要多少价钱的意思。任何东西要你付出一只手臂，还加上一条腿恐怕要价也太高了一点，很不值得。很明显，to charge someone an arm and a leg的意思就是要价太高。 例句 1 ：Don't go to that fancy new restaurant. The food isn't very good and they charge you an arm and a leg for it! 例句 2 ：Say, if you need a dentist, you might want to try my brother. He's fresh out of dental school and trying to set up a practice. But he does good work, and he won't charge you an arm and a leg for it like most other dentists. 喂，要是你想找牙大夫，你可以上我弟弟那里去试一下。他刚毕业，正在设法开业。可是，他技术很好，也不会像其他许多牙大夫那样收费很高。 55、To take candy from a baby Candy就是吃的糖，baby在中文里就是小孩。To take candy from a baby的意思就是：某件事情很容易办成，就像把孩子手里的糖拿来一样。 例句 1 ：Getting grandmother to loan me the money was as easy as taking candy from a baby. 例句 2 ：Louse told us that robbing this bank would be as easy as taking candy from a baby. But somebody told the police and they were waiting for us. We had no choice but to throw down our guns and surrender. （一个犯人在监狱里对另一个犯人说：）洛伊对我们说，要抢那个银行简直太容易了。可是，不知谁去报告了警察。到我们去抢银行时，警察在那里等着我们。我们没办法，只好放下枪投降。 56、A piece of cake Piece 是指一片，或一块；cake就是蛋糕。A piece of cake作为俗语的意思是：这件事太容易了。 例句 ： Honey, I finally asked Old Man Jones for my raise. And it was a piece of cake! 亲爱的，我终于对老琼斯提了要求增加工资的事。我没有费吹灰之力他一口答应了。 57、top gun 这个常用词汇在喷气式飞机诞生前很久就已经出现。那还是在美国开拓西部的时候，那些西部神枪手有时为了获得最佳枪手（top gun）的称号而互相残杀。现在，top gun这个习惯用语已经没有什么火药味了。 例句 1 ：Read this book by Professor Winter -- he's a top gun in Shakespeare research. 例句 2 ：Sorry, I don't handle divorces myself, but if you really want to divorce your husband, I can give you the name of two of the top guns in New York when it comes to getting a good divorce settlement. 对不起,我本人不处理离婚案这种业务。但是，如果你一定要和你丈夫离婚，那我可以把纽约的两个在处理离婚财产方面最好的律师介绍给你。 58、Bottom line 这个词汇是做生意的人开始用的。每个公司的会计在财政报告上都要把收入和开支加起来，然后得出一个最关键的数字，也就是这个公司究竟盈利多少，或亏损多少。这就是所谓的bottom line。现在，bottom line 这个词汇已经成为人们经常用的了，不仅商人，而且连政府官员和其他一般人都用。意思就是：某件事的结果是怎么样的。 例句 1 ：I hate to tell you this, but if we don't get more customers the next three months, the bottom line is that we'll go out of business. 例句 2 ：Our new cook from Sichuan is bringing in a lot more people. And the bottom line is that last month we made a profit of fifteen thousand dollars. 我们那个从四川来的新厨师吸引了不少顾客。其结果是上个月我们赚了一万五千美元。 例句 3 ：美国人经常问下面这个问题：What's the bottom line? 这就是说，在对一个问题讨论结束后，其结果到底是什么，这也是有关的人所必须了解的内容。 59、Just for laughs Just for laughs这个俗语在不同情况下意思不同 1）可以解释为：做某件事纯属为了高兴 例句 1 ：Come on and get your jacket -- let's go out and have a couple of beers just for laughs. 来吧，穿上你的外套，我们到外面去喝两杯啤酒高兴高兴。 1） Just for laughs有时也指做愚蠢的事，或有害的事 例句 2 ：Just for laughs they tossed Mary in the swimming pool with all her clothes on. Then they found out she didn't know how to swim. 就是为了开玩笑，他们把玛丽连衣服带鞋的整个扔进了游泳池，结果他们发现，玛丽根本不会游泳。 60、To laugh up one's sleeve Sleeve就是衣服袖子。To laugh up one's sleeve从字面上来看是在袖子里笑，实际上也就是偷偷地笑。To laugh up one's sleeve的真正意思就是偷偷地笑话某人，因为这个人有些可笑的地方，而他本人还没有发现。 例句 1 ：We were all laughing up our sleeves at the teacher when he was up at the blackboard explaining the math problem. He had a rip in the back of his pants and didn't know it. 当老师在黑板前讲解数学题的时候，我们都偷偷地笑，因为他裤子后面有个裂缝，他自己还不知道。 例句 2 ：We were all laughing up our sleeves at our brother when he sat down at the dinner table. He'd seen his girl off at the airport and had lipstick on his face and didn't know it. 当我们的哥哥坐下吃晚饭的时候，我们都在偷偷地笑他，因为他刚去机场送他的女朋友，脸上留下了口红，他还不知道。 61、a horse laugh Horse就是一匹马。A horse laugh作为一个俗语是指一种表示不信任的嘲笑 例句 1 ：When this guy running for Congress told us how much money he'd save us taxpayers, we all gave him the horse laugh. We knew when he was in the state legislature he always voted for higher taxes." 当这个竞选国会议员席位的人对我们说，他会为我们这些缴税的人省多少钱的时候，我们大家都哄堂大笑。我们知道，在他担任州议员的期间，他老是投票赞成提高税收的。 例句 2 ：Harry thinks he's God's gift to women: that none of them can resist his charm. So we all gave him the horse laugh when he asked the new girl in class to go to a movie and she told him to get lost. 哈里总是以为自己具有莫大的魅力，女人们都被他倾倒，他就像上帝恩赐给女人的礼物一样。所以，当他请班里新来的那个女孩去看电影，而被那女孩毫不客气地拒绝了以后，我们都禁不住地嘲笑他。 62、The last laugh 在某人开始做一件事情的时候，许多人都说他不会成功。但是最后他还是成功了。这时候，他的心里很高兴，也许还很得意，这就是the last laugh 例句 ： I used to laugh at my roommate in college -- he'd stay in and study on weekends while I went out for a good time. But I guess he has the last laugh on me. He's a famous brain surgeon and me, I'm selling used cars and barely make enough to live on. 我过去在大学的时候总是笑话我同宿舍的同学，因为他周末老是呆在学校念书，而我总是出去玩。现在，我猜想他一定很得意地在笑我。他已经成为一个脑外科专家，而我则以卖旧汽车为生，只能勉强糊口。 words and idoms（英语惯用词） 63、to roll out the red carpet to honor / welcome sb. (Esp. a visiting head of state) 或者 to give someone the Red carpet treatment 意思是：铺上红地毯来欢迎……（贵宾等） 例句 1 ：When Ann came back from her long vacation, we gave her the red carpet treatment. 当安度了一个很长的假期后，我们像贵宾一样欢迎她回来。 64、in the red 亏本 in the black 赚钱 65、A red letter day 意思是：大喜的日子；对于某个人来说，那是指发生好事的一天。 例句 1 ：It was a real red letter day for me when my son came home from three years in the navy. We rolled out the red carpet to welcome him home." 我儿子在海军里服役了三年。他回家的那天对我来说真是一个大喜日子。我们真是把他当贵宾一样来欢迎他。 例句 2 ：I'm lucky--my birthday is a real red letter day. It's on December 31, New Year's Eve and all over the world people are out celebrating it. 我运气真好，我的生日是十二月三十一号，刚好是新年前夕，全世界的人都庆祝那一天。 66、red tape Tape 是带子的意思；Red tape 是指官僚主义，或文牍主义；换句话说，red tape 就是人们在和政府或官方机构打交道时往往会遇到的拖延、混乱等令人烦恼的障碍。那末，这和红带子又有什么关系呢？这是因为在古时候官方的文件一般都用红带子捆起来的，这样红带子就和官僚主义连在一起了。 例句 ： You can't believe how much red tape there is in getting a visa. You have to get a birth certificate and other personal papers and fill out a bunch of complicated forms and have an interview. After that you wait and wait. 你简直不会相信，要拿到一个签证会遇到多少官僚主义的麻烦。你先要拿到你的出生证和其他有关你个人的证件，然后填一大堆复杂的表格，接着还要去面谈。办完这些事以后，你还得一等再等。 67、White hats and black hats 黑颜色和白颜色往往是对立的：黑代表黑夜和邪恶，而白象征着日光、善良或美德。在美国好莱坞早期那些无声电影里，导演往往给英雄人物戴上白帽子，而给坏蛋戴黑帽子。这样，连十岁的孩子一看就马上知道谁是好人，谁是坏人。白帽和黑帽就这样逐渐成了一个习惯的说法，也就是 white hats and black hats，意思是：好人和坏人 68、a black sheep Black 当然是指黑颜色，而 sheep 是一头羊的意思； a black sheep字面意思是一头黑颜色的羊，而实际指的是一个给他周围的人带来耻辱的人。 例句 1 ：Uncle Joe is the black sheep in the family. Instead of getting a job, all he does is drink too much, gamble away any money he gets and chase after women. 乔叔叔是他们家的败家子。他不是去找个工作，而是成天喝酒，有了一点钱就去赌，还老是玩女人。 例句 2 ：We all thought my youngest brother was the black sheep in our family. In fact he was in so much trouble that he had to run away to Australia. But he started a new life there, married a wonderful girl, and now he's a millionaire. 我们都认为我最小的弟弟是我们家的败家子。实际上，他闯了好多祸，最后只好逃到澳大利亚去。可是，他在那里重起炉灶，和一个非常好的女孩结了婚，现在都成了百万富翁了。 69、A white lie Lie 就是谎话的意思；那末，难道骗人还分黑白吗？是的，A white lie 的意思就是那种为了避免使对方感到难受而说的谎话，就是所谓的“善意的谎言”。 例句 1 ：I told a white lie when I told Jennie her boyfriend was good-looking. The truth is he's just about the ugliest man I've ever seen. 我骗珍妮说，她的男朋友很英俊。其实，他大概是我看到的所有男人当中最难看的了。 例句 2 ：My mother and dad taught me never to tell a lie. So I feel guilty every time I tell even a little white lie, although I do it just to make somebody feel better. 我爸爸妈妈总是教我绝对不能说谎话。因此，每当我说一点谎，即便是为了让某人感到好受一点而说谎的时候，我都好像做错了事一样。 |
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70、rain check 在美国，只要在球赛开始以后下雨，每个人在离开体育场的时候都可以得到一张特别的票子，你可以用这张票子下回免费看一场球。这种特别的票子就叫 rain check。Rain 就是雨，check 就是支票。Rain check 的意思就是，你买了票，但是因为下雨而没有看成球。为了补偿你的损失，就给你一张下次可以用的免费票。现在，rain check 这个词已经不局限在体育球赛方面了。它已经应用于生活的各个方面。它的意思是：给予第二次机会。 例句 1 ：Say, I'm sorry but we just sold the last TV set we had on sale. But I'll give you a rain check so you can still get the special price when we get in a fresh stock a couple weeks from now. 对不起，我们刚刚把最后一架减价的电视机卖掉了。但是，我会给你一张 rain check，这样过两个星期我们进了货以后，你仍然可以按减价的价钱买电视机。 例句 2 ：I'd love to go out with you, Ben. I'm sorry I'm busy tonight, but I'd like a rain check. 本，我很愿意和你出去玩。但是，非常抱歉的是我今晚很忙。我们下回去玩好吗？ 71、It never rains but it pours 这句成语翻到中文就是“祸不单行”的意思 例句 1 ：I really feel sorry for Mike. First his wife left him. Next he lost his job. Then somebody stole his car. Like they say, it never rains but it pours. 我真是为迈克感到难受。先是他的太太把他甩了，然后，他又丢了工作，接着，他的车又被人偷了。这真是像人们所说的，祸不单行呀。 例句 2 ：Oh boy! You can’t believe the trouble I had today. My alarm clock didn’t go off, so I missed biology class. Then, I lost my homework assignment for math. I invited my girlfriend to lunch and after we ate, I found I’d left my wattle at home. It never rains but it pours. 咳，你真不会相信今天我有多倒霉。首先，我的闹钟没有响，所以我没有上生物课。然后，我又把我 的数学作业给丢了。我请女朋友吃午饭，吃晚饭我才发现我把钱包忘在家里了。呵，这可真是祸不单行呐。 72、to stick to one's guns 对于士兵来说，在被很多敌人包围的情况下还要能持续装炮弹发射的话，他们肯定需要很多勇气。这种精神在英文里就是 to stick to one's guns。这个俗语现在的意思就是：在日常生活中坚持原则，稳步前进，不屈服外界的压力。 例句 1 ：Pumpkin, I hear that some of the students at your school are fooling around with drugs. But I hope, young woman, that you stick to your guns and keep saying no! 小鬼，我听说你们学校的学生里有吸毒的现象。我希望你坚持正道，坚决抵制这种恶习！ 例句 2 ：I have to admire the ladies who fifty years ago worked so hard to get women the right to vote. People laughed at them at first but they stuck to their guns and got the congress to pass the 19th Amendment back in 1920. 我很钦佩以前那些女士们，她们五十年前努力为妇女争取选举权。开始，许多人都笑话她们。但是，她们坚定不移，最后在1920年终于促使国会通过了美国宪法的第十九项修正案。 73、shooting the breeze Shoot 就是开枪的意思；Shooting the breeze 就是在很轻松、很愉快的气氛下和朋友聊天。 例句 1 ：Say, Bill, how about coming back to my room after class? I'll get a couple of cold sodas and we'll shoot the breeze for a while. 喂，比尔，上完课你到我宿舍去吧。我去买两瓶汽水，咱们聊会儿天，你看怎么样？ 例句 2 ：At the staff meeting this morning the boss told us she wanted to see us at our desks busy working instead of spending so much time standing around shooting the breeze with each other. 今天早上我们办公室开会的时候，我们的头儿说，她要看到我们都坐在自己桌子那里忙着干自己的活，而不是花好多时间站在那儿闲聊天。 74、green thumb 大家都知道green 的意思是绿颜色；绿颜色是草和树等自然界生物的颜色，也是美国钞票的颜色。除此之外，绿颜色还意味着年轻、新鲜、有力、成长，而另外一些时候，绿颜色是指不成熟,就像没有熟的苹果那样。Thumb 就是大拇指。可是green thumb 并不是说某人的大拇指变绿了或染上了绿颜色。Green thumb指的是某人在种花或种菜方面很有才能，或在这方面很有知识和技术。 例句 1 ：I wish I had a green thumb like Mrs. Lee -- look at the beautiful roses in her yard. 我真希望我能像李太太那样会种花,瞧她院子里的玫瑰花多好看呐！ 例句 2 ：I guess I don't have much of a green thumb: every year I plant cabbage, beans and sweet corn in my backyard but all I ever get is a lot of weeds. 我猜想我在种菜方面是没有什么才能。每年，我在后院种菜、种豆和种玉米，可是长出来的大都是草。 75、green light 我们已经知道，green就是绿颜色，light就是指灯；Green light就是绿灯，就是说某个计划，或某件事没有遇到障碍，可以按计划进行。 例句 1 ：My boss liked my idea to open a branch office in Los Angeles and gave me the green light to go ahead. 我的老板非常支持我在洛杉矶开一个分公司的建议。他让我按计划去办。 例句 2 ：The astronauts were in the space shuttle ready to go, but somebody saw one of their computers had a problem. It's fixed now, but Houston Control is checking it again before they give the green light to launch. 宇航员都已经进入航天飞机，准备出发。但是，有一个人发现他们的一个电脑有问题。现在虽然已经修好，可是休斯顿控制中心正在再一次进行检查，然后再让他们正式发射。 76、在日常生活中，blue是一个非常口语的词汇，美国人经常使用。它的意思就是情绪很低。正因为如此，blues 这个字就成了爵士音乐里面的一种。称谓 blues 的这种爵士音乐，它的特点是节奏慢，曲调很低沉。 在日常会话中，要是你对一个朋友说: "I really have the blues today." 这就是说，你今天因为某种原因情绪很不好。 77、singing the blues Singing 的原动词是sing，就是唱歌、唱戏的唱。Singing the blues 的意思就是诉苦、抱怨。 例句 1 ：Every time I ask Joe to pay back the money he borrowed from me, he sings the blues about all the things at home he needs money for. 每当我要乔还他借我的钱的时候，他总是诉苦，说他家里有多少开支。换句话说，就是乔用诉说家里的种种困难来做借口，设法不还他欠的钱。 例句 2 ：Don't pay any attention to that guy! He's always singing the blues about how poor he is, but the truth is he has more bucks in the bank than the two of us put together. 别听那家伙的话。他老是诉苦，说他多么穷。可是，事实上，他银行里的钱比我们两人的加在一起还多。 78、like a bolt out of the blue Bolt 是闪电，blue 在这儿是指蓝色的天空。 Like a bolt out of the blue 的意思就是晴天霹雳，也就是出乎意外、没料想到。有时，你花几个小时也解不开一道数学题。可是，当你不再去想它的时候，你脑子里突然出现了答案。人们还经常用 like a bolt out of the blue 来形容车祸。 例句 1 ：A driver may testify that he was going the normal speed limit when a truck appeared in front of him out of the blue and he did not have time to stop. 一个开车的人可能会在作证时说，正当他以正常的速度行驶的时候，一辆卡车突然出现在他面前，他来不及刹车。 例句 2 ：The announcement that the president of our university was quitting to go to another school hit us like a bolt out of the blue. He's always said he liked it here so much he would stay until he retired. 我们大学校长宣布他决定辞职到另外一个学校去工作。我们都感到很突然，因为他老是说他很喜欢这个学校，要一直在这儿工作到退休。 79、As American as apple pie 美国人很喜欢吃 apple pie，这是一种用烤箱制作的甜点心，它的外面是一层面粉，里面是用苹果做的馅儿。中文译成“苹果派”。美国人喜爱吃 apple pie 是他们刚从欧洲移居到美洲来以后就开始了。每个家庭主妇都经常做苹果派。为了说明 apple pie 是美国生活的一个特点，人们常说: "As American as apple pie." 这句话的意思是：就像苹果排一样具有美国特色。下面就是一个例子： 例句 1 ：So many Asian restaurants have opened up in Washington that a writer on a daily paper here jokes that dim sum, Japanese sushi and Vietnamese spring rolls have become as American as apple pie. 华盛顿开了那末多亚洲饭馆，一家报纸的记者开玩笑地说，广东点心、日本生鱼片加饭团和越南春卷都已经变成像苹果排一样的美国食品了。 例句 2 ：Football and baseball are as American as apple pie as they were invented by Americans and played and watched everywhere in this country. Many people would glue to their TV sets whenever there are major competitions. 橄榄球和棒球是美国式的运动，因为它们是美国人发明的，全国各地都有人打这种球或看这类球赛。每当有重大比赛时，许多人就坐在电视机前不肯动了。 80、hot potato hot 的意思是热或烫； Potato就是土豆。热的土豆固然好吃，但是它会烫你的手，你会想法马上甩掉的。 Hot potato作为俗语，它的意思就是一个争论很激烈的问题，没有一个人愿意为它承担责任。 例句 1 ：The question of whether to raise taxes to cut the budget deficit is a real hot potato for a lot of politicians. 是否用增加税收的方法来减少预算赤字的问题对于许多政客来说是一个棘手的问题。 例句 2 ：If I were you, I'd drop that client like a hot potato; he's always suing somebody for something, but he usually loses and he doesn't pay his lawyer's bills. 要是我是你的话，我就把你那个顾客马上甩掉。他老是为了什么事去告别人，可是他总是输给别人，他还往往不付律师费。 81、to put all his eggs in one basket 要是一个人把他所有的钱都当作赌注，想冒险发财，这在中文里是“孤注一掷”，在英文里就是： to put all his eggs in one basket。 Eggs就是鸡蛋，one basket 就是一只篮子。 To put all his eggs in one basket 的意思就是把所有的鸡蛋放在一只篮子里，这样是很冒险的。 例句 1 ：If you want to play the stock market, it's smarter to divide your money and buy three or four different stocks instead of putting the whole amount into just one stock and putting all your eggs in one basket. 要是你想玩股票，你最好是把你的钱分开来买三、四种不同的股票，这是比较聪敏的作法。你千万不要把所有的钱都买一种股票。 例句 2 ：Going steady in high school with only one member of opposite sex is a mistake. Go out with several people -- don't put all your eggs in one basket. 在中学里只交一个男朋友，或一个女朋友，那是错误的。应该多交朋友，而不要把自己局限在一个人身上。 82、to eat crow 乌鸦是人们都讨厌的鸟，它又大又黑，叫的声音既粗又难听。乌鸦的肉也老得没法吃。可是，有一个美国俗语偏偏就是“吃乌鸦”： to eat crow。 Eat 就是吃，crow 就是乌鸦。乌鸦肉根本是没法吃的，因此要一个人吃乌鸦，那肯定是非常难受的。这也正是 to eat crow 这个俗语的意思。 To eat crow 的确切意思是一个人把自己弄得很丢脸，因为他犯了一个很难堪的错误，而又不得不承认。 例句 1 ：That man running for mayor went around bragging he'd win the election by a big 50,000 majority. But he had to eat crow when the woman running against him won by more than 60,000 votes. 那个竞选市长的人到处吹嘘说他肯定能得到大多数选民的拥护，以五万张选票当选市长。可是，现在他很丢脸，因为那位和他一起竞选的女候选人最后获得六万多张选票而当选市长。 例句 2 ：Our neighbor had to eat crow yesterday. He's been telling us what a good tennis player he is. Well, he took my 12-year-old son out to play and the kid beat him three straight sets. 我们的邻居真是丢了脸。他老是在我们面前吹嘘，说他网球打得多么多么好。他昨天带着我那十二岁的儿子去打网球，结果我儿子以三比零把他打败了。 83、monkey business monkey 就是猴子的意思， business 是指做生意或办什么事。但是 monkey 和 business 两个词合在一起用的时候，它们的意思就变了。 Monkey business 是指不道德或不合法的行为，往往是偷偷摸摸和具有欺骗性的行为，例如盗用公款等。 例句 1 ：The newspapers say there's a lot of monkey business going on at city hall, with officials getting money under the table from people who want the contract to build the new airport. 有些报纸说，市政府里有许多见不得人的事，有的营造商为了从市政府获得建造新机场的合同而偷偷地用钱贿赂市政府的官员。 例句 2 ：I think there's some kind of monkey business going on in that house across the street. People going in and out all day long; maybe they're selling drugs or something. 我看对马路那个房子里的人一定在进行一些不正当的勾当。一天到晚老有人进进出出，他们可能在贩毒，或搞其他什么鬼名堂！ 84、to make a monkey out of somebody Somebody 是指某个人，To make a monkey out of somebody； 这个俗语的意思是：把某人弄得好像一个傻瓜一样。 例句 1 ：My friend Pete made a monkey out of me the other day. He told me the party Saturday night was formal, so I wore a suit and tie. But everybody else there was wearing a T-shirt and blue jeans. It sure made me feel like a fool. 我的朋友皮特那天真把我弄得像个傻瓜一样。他告诉我星期六晚上的聚会是很正式的，所以我就穿上西装，戴上领带。可是其他人都穿园领衫和牛仔库。我真感到自己好像是个傻瓜一样。 例句 2 ：Tom made a monkey out of himself by jumping up and down and yelling when his father wouldn't let him go to the movie. 汤姆因为他爸爸不让他去看电影就一个劲地上下乱跳，嘴巴里还大声乱叫，简直把自己弄得像个傻瓜一样。 |
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