常用英语习语 - idiom

An idiom is a fixed group of words with a special meaning which is different from the meanings of the words that form it.

1) put up with: live with, tolerate 容忍，忍受
2) turn out: prove 证明
3) look forward to : to expect  期望
4) come across: be confronted with  面临，对照
5) a straw in the wind  蛛丝马迹
6) the apple of one’s eye 掌上明珠
7) like a fish out of water 自由自在
8) in a world of one’s own 独来独往
9) in kind  易货交易
10) on the air  广播
11) at length  最后
12) won’t hold water 
13) slip one’s mind  忘记
14) kill two birds with one stone 一石二鸟
15) go to the dogs  毁灭

16) as…as…
as big as life  与实物一样大小
as easy as pie / ABC
as different as night and day / black and white 黑白分明，截然不同，天壤之别
as poor as a church mouse 一贫如洗
as innocent as an angel 天真无邪
as wise as Solomon 像所罗门一样聪明 （所罗门 ?-932BC,以色列国王,在位期间,发展贸易,以武力维持其统治,使犹太达到鼎盛,以智慧著称), 聪明人
as cunning as a fox / an ape 像狐狸一样狡猾 / 猿
as greedy as a Jew / bear 像犹太人一样贪婪 / 熊
as cruel as a tiger 残暴如虎
as stubborn as a bear / mule 其犟如驴
as hard as rock / stone 坚如石
as steady as iron 稳如铁
as round as a ball 圆如球
as light as air /  a feather 轻如鸿毛
as red as rose 红如玫瑰
as silent as the Sphinx 沉默如雕塑
as rich as a millionaire 非常富有
as soft as silk  软如缎
as white as snow 白如雪
as dark as coal / pitch / Ink 黑如煤 / 沥青 / 墨
as proud as a peacock / rooster 非常骄傲
as cool as cucumber
as cold as ice 冷若冰霜
as heavy as lead 重如铅
as swift as an antelope / wind  疾风劲草
as merry as a lark / cricket / king / prince  非常快乐 （云雀/蟋蟀/）
as silly as an ass / a goose 蠢极了，呆头鹅
as strong as a horse /  an ox 壮如牛
as mute as a fish 默不作声
as nimble as a goat 身手灵活，举动敏捷
as clear as crystal  清澈如水晶
as brave as a lion 勇敢如狮
as blind as a bat 有眼无珠
as busy as a bee 极忙碌
as scarce as chicken teeth 少的可怜
as slippery as an eel 难于应付的，滑头的
as firm as rock 坚如石
as timid as a hare / rabbit 胆小如鼠
as fit as a fiddle 精神饱满，身体极好
as good as gold 好的极点，十分可靠
17) Pairs of words
wear and tear 折磨
high and dry 孤家寡人
touch-and-go 结果未明
in black and white 白纸黑字，书面的
safe and sound 安然无恙的
fair and square 公正 (正大光明的)
vim and vigor 精力充沛
fair or foul 不择手段
pots and pans 炊事用具
odds and ends 零零碎碎
weal and woe 祸福相依
thicks and thins 风风雨雨
at sixes and sevens 乱七八糟
tweedledum and tweedledee 难以区分的两个人/ 两件事， 半斤八两
neither fish nor flesh 不伦不类
to mind one’s P’s and Q’s 谨言慎行
hither and thither 上上下下

18) Saying

One man’s meat is another man’s poison. 各有所爱。
A stitch in time saves nine. 防微杜渐，小洞不补大洞吃苦
Take it or leave it.  要就要，不要拉倒。 取舍自便
Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched: First catch your hare, then cook it.不要过早乐观
To run after two hares, you can catch neither. 脚踩两只船，一定落空
When the cat’s away, the mice will play. 老虎不在家，猴子称霸王
Jack of all trades and master of none.  样样通，样样松
Grasp all, lose all. 贪多必失
Man proposes, God disposes. 谋事在人，成事在天
Once bit/bitten, twice shy. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳
A fall into the pit , a gain in your wit.  吃一堑长一智。
The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.  心有余而力不足
Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者事竟成
When there is life, there is hope. 留得青山在不怕没柴烧
The child is father of the man. 三岁看到老
There is no smoke without fire.  无火不生烟，无风不起浪
Don’t you see the writing on the wall? 难道你不知道大难临头了么？
No cross, no crown.  吃得苦中苦，方为人上人。/ 不劳不获
An idle youth, a needy age. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲
Follow love, and it will flee, flee love, and it will pursue. 有心栽花花不开，无心插柳柳成荫
As you sow, so will you reap. 种豆得豆，种瓜得瓜
Many a pickle makes a nickel. 积少成多
Money makes the mare to go. 有钱能使鬼推磨

   
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