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初中英语常见习语用法常见习语用法习语是每个语言中都存在的一种特殊表达方式，常常具有隐含的含义和独特的用法。
在英语中，习语的运用广泛而多样，熟练掌握常见的习语用法对于提升英语表达能力和理解能力非常重要。
本文将介绍一些常见的习语，并探讨如何正确运用它们。
1. "A piece of cake" （小菜一碟）这个习语意味着某事非常容易或者简单。
例如，当你完成一个简单的任务时，你可以说：“It was a piece of cake!”（这太容易了！）2. "Break a leg" （好运）这是一个祝福，通常在演艺界和表演中使用。
当你希望某人在演出中获得好运时，你可以说：“Break a leg!”（祝你好运！）3. "Bite the bullet" （硬着头皮做某事）这个习语表示做某事时勇敢面对困难或困境。
当你鼓励朋友去面对困难时，你可以说：“You need to bite the bullet and face the problem.”（你需要勇敢面对问题。
）4. "Hit the nail on the head" （一针见血）这个习语表示某人说的话或做的事情非常准确，一针见血。
当你同意某人的观点时，你可以说：“You hit the nail on the head with that comment.”（你的评论非常准确。
）5. "Costs an arm and a leg" （价钱高昂）这个习语表示某物价格非常昂贵。
当你谈论高价商品时，你可以说：“That new car costs an arm and a leg.”（那辆新车太贵了。
）6. "Break the ice" （打破僵局，打破沉默）这个习语表示开始一个对话或者社交环境时，打破尴尬或沉默。
当你希望在一个陌生场合开始交流时，你可以说：“Let's break the ice with some introductions.”（让我们打破沉默，互相介绍一下。
常考习语和常见俚语常考习语across1、表方位。
Let’s go to the restaurant across the street and get something to eat.让我们去街对面的餐馆买些吃的。
2、表动作，穿越。
You must go across the bridge and then turn right.你必须先过桥，然后再往右拐。
age1、年龄。
最一般的表达。
2、衰老。
the aging people = the old people现代社会出现越来越严重的aging problem(人口老龄化问题)等。
all1、shake all over 浑身颤抖2、all of a sudden 突然地All of a sudden, I remembered her name. 我突然想起了她的名字。
3、by all means 一定I’ll come by all means. 我一定会来的。
4、all night long 整晚My present neighbor plays piano all night long. 我现在的邻居整晚都弹钢琴。
awfully非常地，相当地。
在口语中用于表程度的比例十分高。
awfully nervous 相当紧张;awfully cold 相当冷;awfully sorry 十分抱歉Tom looks awfully nervous.汤姆看上去相当紧张。
I am awfully sorry. I didn’t mean to hu rt you.十分抱歉。
我不想伤害你的。
be bound to肯定，注定The movie starts in 5 minutes and there’s bound to be a long line.电影还有5分钟就开始了,现在那里肯定排着长队。
be tired of厌烦。
当一个人感到厌烦的时候，也是最容易lose one’s temper(生气)的时候。
25句外国人常用习语，别再说你听不懂了！有时候，我们在看没有中文的美剧时，或者在和老外聊天时会出现突然间的脑子一片空白?其实，就是因为这些英语习语你不知道!老外聊天时这些习语都是经常会挂在嘴边的，赶快来学学吧!1. step up your game 有更好的表现If you want to win this competition, you’ll have to step up your game.如果你想赢得这场比赛，你必须得有更好的表现。
2. you rock 你真棒Thanks for the tickets, Rob. You rock!罗布，谢谢你提供的票。
你真厉害!3. cut sb some slack 给(某人)方便;对(某人)网开一面- Andrew's late again.- 安德鲁又迟到了。
- Cut him some slack - his wife's just had a baby.- 对他就网开一面吧——他妻子刚生小孩。
4. come out swinging 开始相互攻击After a day off, Hillary and Trump this morning again launched another hard week of campaigning, and they both came out swinging.休息了一天后，希拉里和特朗普今早又开始了为期一周的艰苦竞选旅程，两人又开始互掐。
5. go up in flames 毁于一旦，受到重创His career went up in flames when he was jailed for theft.他因为偷盗坐牢后事业受到了重创。
6. pull yourself together 恢复镇定;控制自己I understand you’ve had a bad day, but pull yourself together and get on with your job, will you?我知道你这一天过得很糟，但你一定要振作起来，工作还得继续，不是吗?7. crunch time 关键时刻I’m not getting enough sleep these days. It’s crunch time at work.我最近睡眠不够。
A1. a back number 退休的人；过时的人或刊物。
一个后面的数字(相关语) a crock of gold (年老时使用的)大笔存款；a golden handshake (一次付清的)退休金(指给退休的懂事，经理或被裁减的人员)；go to grass 年老退休；hang up one’s boots 退休(不干了)；hang up one’s fiddle 退休或退职；hang up one’s axe 金盆洗手；洗手不干；放弃无益的计划；退休(clear one’s shirts(美))2. a bad egg (口)坏蛋；没出息的家伙。
一只坏鸡蛋(同义语) a bad hat (口)坏人；卑鄙的人；没用的人；懒人；失败的计划；a bad half penny(口) 坏蛋；没出息的家伙；失败的计划；a bad lot(口) 坏蛋；没出息的家伙；rotten apple(许多好人当中的)一个坏人；败类3. a bag of bones (因病或营养不良)皮包骨。
一袋骨头(同义语) a stack of bones (因病或营养不良)皮包骨4. a baker’s dozen 十三。
面包师的一打(典故) 15世纪，英格兰出售的面包师论“打”（十二个）。
那时面包师的名声很坏，面包常不够分量。
因此，官方立下法规：凡是出售不够分量面包的面包师要受重罚。
手工做的面包很难每个重量一样都和标准，面包师为了避免受罚，每打面包再增加一个，故有此说法。
(同义语) a devil’s/printer’s/ dozen/a great/long dozen5. a bear for 喜欢；有兴趣(做某事)；经得起(紧张工作)；有精力；有能力；有特殊才能。
为了。
的一只熊(典故) 熊体壮力大，有耐力(相关习语) a bear garden 喧嚣的场所；嘈杂的集会(典故):源语都铎王朝时代斗熊游戏场，这是以前的一种娱乐活动，让狗“攻击”熊而供观众取乐。
英语中的以植物喻人倦做“草地寡妇”。
意思是他打高尔夫球，我被撂在一边的草地上孤独地无所适从，像个寡妇，只有草地陪伴我。
12 She was stuck with a lemon on the dance floor．她在舞场上被一个讨厌的舞伴缠上了。
lemon是指次品，如次品的车子。
在消费市场上lemon的概念已经扩展到了次品电脑。
舞场上的次品，一定是哪个傻乎乎的不讨她喜欢的家伙喽。
13 She is a Chaplin nut：She's seen all his films．她是卓别林的癖好者，凡他演的电影都看过。
14 He shows a lot "strength for such a peanut"．他杀鸡用牛刀。
15 I asked him to speak at the meeting，but he did not even attend；what a broken reed!我让他在会上发言，他居然没来参加。
真是个无可信赖的人。
broken reed 源自圣经以塞雅书，Isaiah 36:6-9。
神把埃及比作a broken reed，人一旦依赖它，就会刺痛皮肉。
神又把信徒比作a bruised reed，他们软弱但崇高，神不会让他们break。
Some unusual words describe how a person spends his or her time. For example, someone who likes to spend a lot of time sitting or lying down while watching television is sometimes called a couch potato. A couch is a piece of furniture that people sit on while watching television.Robert Armstrong, an artist from California, developed the term couch potato in 1976. Several years later, he listed the term as a trademark with the United States government. Mr. Armstrong also helped write a funny book about life as a full-time television watcher. It is called the "Official Couch Potato Handbook."Couch potatoes enjoy watching television just as mouse potatoes enjoy working on computers. A computer mouse is the device that moves the pointer, or cursor, on a computer screen. The description of mouse potato became popular in 1993. American writer Alice Kahn is said to have invented the term to describe young people who spend a lot of time using computers.Too much time inside the house using a computer or watching television can cause someone to get cabin fever. A cabin is a simple house usually built far away from the city. People go to a cabin to relax and enjoy quiet time.Cabin fever is not really a disease. However, people can experience boredom and restlessness if they spend too much time inside their homes. This is especially true during the winter when it is too cold or snowy to do things outside. Often children get cabin fever if they cannot go outside to play. So do their parents. This happens when there is so much snow that schools and even offices and stores are closed.Some people enjoy spending a lot of time in their homes to make them nice places to live. This is called nesting or cocooning. Birds build nests out of sticks to hold their eggs and baby birds. Some insects build cocoons around themselves for protection while they grow and change. Nests and cocoons provide security for wildlife. So people like the idea of nests and cocoons, too.The terms cocooning and nesting became popular more than twenty years ago. They describe people buying their first homes and filling them with many things. These people then had children.Now these children are grown and have left the nest. They are in college. Or they are married and starting families of their own far away. Now these parents are living alone without children in their empty nest. They have become empty nesters.和water有关的短语水和我们的日常生活密切相关，因此英语中也就有了很多与水有关的短语。
1. kick ass 了不起A: Wow, you fixed my computer in less than 10 minutes. You're good.A: 哇! 你不到十分钟就把我的计算机修好了呀! 你很棒!B: Yep. I just kick ass.B: 是的! 我就是厉害!"kick ass" 除了字面上的「踢屁股」外, 还有「厉害、打败」的意思。
当「踢屁股」时, 比如某人放你鸽子, 你很气, 就可以说: "I'm going to kick his ass." (我得踢他的屁股)。
当「厉害」用时, 就像上面例句一样用。
"kick ass" 还可作「打败某人的意思」。
比如某人一向在某方面比你强, 终于有一天你比他厉害了, 你就可以说:"Hahaha...I kicked your ass."。
觉得"ass" 太难听的人, 就用"butt" 吧!【不管ass,还是butt,都是屁股的意思。
只不过butt比较正式一些。
黛西怎么老是写这些东东，真是庸俗不堪，社会主义精神文明的垃圾，我们新中国的有志青年可要擦亮眼睛，辩明是非啊！呵呵呵呵... 海泓注】2. kiss ass 拍马屁A: Mary, I'm sorry for cheating on you before. Do you see any chance that we can get back together?A: Mary, 我真的很抱歉对你不忠实。
你想我们可不可能重修旧好呢?B: I don't know, but you can kiss my ass.B: 不知道, 不过你可以亲我的屁屁(巴结我)。
「亲屁屁」好象不大卫生吧! 不过人家就是这样用, 就照着「亲」吧!"cheat" 除了作弊外, 还有「不忠实」的意思。
30个常用的英语习语你知道“as cool as a cucumber”是什么意思吗？“像黄瓜一样凉快”？“像黄瓜一样酷”？当然不是啦，“as cool as a cucumber”是用来形容一个人非常沉着冷静。
有很多英文习语我们是不能光靠字面猜意思，其字面意思和真实含义可能还相差甚远！一起来看看还有哪些有趣的英文习语是容易中招的吧！1Cat nap打瞌睡I had a cat nap after lunch。
午饭后我小憩了一会儿。
2Bark up the wrong tree攻击错了目标I think the police are barking up the wrong tree。
我认为警察弄错了目标。
3Bed of roses称心如意的生活Without financial security， married life is no bed of roses。
没有经济基础作保障，婚后生活不会幸福。
4Best of both worlds两全其美Some approaches allow you to get the best of both worlds。
有些方法可以帮你取得两全其美的结果。
5A bitter pill不能不做的苦事That‘s going to be a bitter pill for her to swallow。
这对她来说一定很难接受。
6Bite off more than one can chew心有余而力不足Don‘t bite off more than you can chew and keep your goal a manageable one。
不要制定要求过高的计划，使你的目标可付诸实践。
7Curiosity killed the cat好奇害死猫Try not to mind other people‘s business and remember curiosity killed the cat。
美国人日常生活中常用的习语1. After you.你先请。
这是一句很常用的客套话，在进／出门,上车得场合你都可以表现一下。
2. I just couldn''t help it.我就是忍不住。
想想看，这样一个漂亮的句子可用于多少个场合？下面是随意举的一个例子：I was deeply moved by the film and I cried and cried. I just couldn''t help it.3. Don''t take it to heart. 别往心里去，别为此而忧虑伤神。
生活实例：This test isn''t that important. Don''t take it to heart.4. We''d better be off.我们该走了。
It''s getting late. We''d better be off .5. Let''s face it. 面对现实吧。
常表明说话人不愿意逃避困难的现状。
参考例句：I know it''s a difficult situation. Let''s face it, OK?6. Let''s get started.咱们开始干吧。
劝导别人时说：Don''t just talk. Let''s get started.7. I''m really dead.我真要累死了。
坦诚自己的感受时说：After all that work, I’m really dead.8. I''ve done my best.我已尽力了。
9. Is that so?真是那样吗？常用在一个人听了一件事后表示惊讶、怀疑。
英文习语★第一篇：英文习语A a feather in sb's cap可夸耀的事,值得骄傲的事 a thorn in the flesh眼中钉、肉中刺 a drop in the bucket杯水车薪a horse of another color / a horse of a different color另当别论 a bolt from the blue 晴天霹雳 a snake in the grass潜伏的危险/敌人 a fly on the wheel自高自大的人a fly in the ointment美中不足之处；使人扫兴的小事 a straw in the wind事态发展的苗头 a friend at court有势力的朋友 a bed of roses称心如意的境遇a bed of thorns不愉快的境遇a gift of the gab口才a soldier of fortune军事冒险家a lame duck任期将届满的政治人物的窘境 a cut above高于..一等a mare's nest骗人的东西；混乱 a moot point尚未定论的问题an apple on the discord争端；祸根 above one's station超出自己的身份address oneself to把某人的精力[注意力]转向某事 at outs（与某人）不和，（与某人）意见不一致 at the eleventh hour在最后关键时刻,刚好来得及 all square(with sb)势均力敌 all too briefly 一切都太短暂 all the go 流行as broad as it's long两者同等难以抉择 as blind as a bat有眼无珠as cross as a bear wth a soe head脾气很坏as cool as a cucumber泰然自若as easy as rolling off a log极其容易 as large as life与原物一般大小 as meek as a lamb非常温顺 as stiff as a poker生硬，刻板as slippery as an eel油滑的；不可靠的 Achilles' heel致命要害" A rolling stone gathers no moss.—滚石不生苔，转业不聚财"A stitch in time saves nine.--小洞不补，大洞吃苦。
必知英语高频习语表达1. All in a day’s workDefinition: nothing special, part of the routine.不足为奇，常有的事情。
1)Don’t worry about it. It all in a day’s work.2)Cooking is all in a day’s work2.All in my hayDefinition: when a person is all up in your business or conversation, has no clue of who what when where or why your talking about but keep asking questions while telling a story or talking about someone.1)I was talking to Debbie about another person’s business when Joe butted in being newsy asking questions and who I was talking about. I told him to butt out! Your all in my hay!3.All-nighterDefinition: do something that lasts all night. (for instance a study session）熬夜，开夜车。
1)We pulled and all-nighter to get ready for the final exam.4.All over somethingDefinition: very fond of something.非常喜欢某些东西或事情。
1)He’s all over the lasted fashions.2)Peter’s all over antique furniture.5.All over the gaff/shopDefinition: British slang usually directed towards someone or yourself as being a complete mess, disorganized, and has no sense of direction.表示没人完全没有条理性，一团糟。
1)These days I’ve been all over the gaff.6.All over the mapDefinition: describing a situation that is diverse or disorganized; describing a person with a wide range of skills or interests.五花八门，大相径庭，乱七八糟；形容某人兴趣广泛，见识多。
1)Estimates for U.S. gasoline demand this summer are all over the map.2)She’s had every blood test known to man and the results were all over the map.3)If you travel all over the world, you could end up being all over the map.7. All shook upDefinition: extremely excited, worried, or disturbed about something.使人烦躁不安，神魂颠倒等。
1) He’s all shook up about his mother’s illness.2)Wow! I am all shook up about Alice.8.All that and then someDefinition: even more than that has been mentioned.而且还不止如此。
1)He did all that and then some to get new job.9.All the way (with go)Definition: do something completely.一直。
1)He’s going all the way for the scholarship.2)The little flipped all the way to school.10. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. Definition: which meanings you need to have fun in order to be a happy, healthy person.只工作不玩，聪明的孩子也会变傻。
1)I am worried about him. He hasn’t yet understood that all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.11. Around the bendDefinition: crazy1) Tom is going round the bend with all the new responsibilities.2)She’s a little around the bend if you ask me!12. Around the block (to have been)Definition: be very experienced有经验的，经历过的1) You ca n trust Jerry. He’s been around the block once or twice.2)She’s been around the block. And she knows what she is doing.13. Blue/Pale/Green around the gillsDefinition: feeling nauseous脸色苍白的，发青的。
1)I can't come in to work today. I'm feeling blue around the gills.2)You should stay at home. You look blue around the gills.14.Bob’s your uncleDefinition: British slang there you got/it will be done and sorted; all will be well or simple as that.表明某事已经完成或者某事没有任何的问题。
1)"You just plug it in, turn on the power, and Bob's your uncle!"2)It wasn’t running right, so I cleaned the carb, adjusted the points and Bob’s your uncle!15.Burn the midnight oilDefinition: work hard until late in the night.点灯熬油1) I had to burn the midnight oil to get that done.16.Bum aroundDefinition: waste time.1) Let's go downtown and bum around.2)I wish he'd stop bumming around and get to work!17.Burn the moneyDefinition: the act of revealing the ending to a movie and/orevent(especially something that relies upon the ending to create suspense), thereby making it unwatchable.1) (Derived from the movie A Simple Plan - and, if you haven't seen it, well, I just burned the money)Jackass: "Man, if I was A Simple Plan, I wouldn't burn the money, those idiots."Foil: "Wait...they burn the money at the end? Thanks Jackass, way to burn the money."18. Clown aroundDefinition: joke, play games and have fun开玩笑，胡闹。
1)Stop clowning around and get to work!2)Let's take a break and clown around a bit.e down in the worldDefinition: lose financial or social prestige and position.落魄，失势。
1)I’m afraid Tom has come down in the world. L ife’s been pretty hard for him lately.2)I think you’re taking too much risk. You might come down in the world.20. Come up in the worldDefinition: improve your position.飞黄腾达，青云直上，发迹。
1)He has come up in the world since he peddled his own baked goods from a push.21. Come apart at the samesDefinition: completely lose emotional control.崩溃，神经错乱。
