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英语习语集锦
1 、 a bad apple 坏蛋
A ：Oh, my God! What happened? Why are you black and blue?
B ：I got beaten by Peter ' s brother
A ：Tha t ' s a bad apple! Let ' s think up a way and teach him a lesson
甲：噢，天哪！怎么啦？你身上怎么青一块紫一块的？
乙：彼得的弟弟把我给打了。甲：这坏蛋，咱们来想个法来教训教训他。
2、a dog in the manger 占着茅坑不拉屎的人；占有有利条件却不会利用的人
A ：Give the skates to me!
B ：You shut up!
A ：If you don ' t know how to skate, why don ' t you give the skates to me? Don ' t be a dog in the manger.
甲：把冰鞋给我！
乙：你闭嘴！
甲：你若不知道怎么滑冰，干吗不把冰鞋给我？别占着茅坑不拉屎了！
3、a gay dog 快活的人
A ：It ' s strange they should get along so well!
B ：That ' s nothing unusual.
A ：You don ' t know much about the couple. One likes to be alone, but t he other is a bit of a gay
dog.
甲：他们居然能处得这么好，太奇怪了。乙：没什么不寻常的。
甲：你不了解这俩口子，一个喜欢独处，另一个却喜欢热闹。
4、a hard nut 冥顽不化的人；无知无觉的人
A ：Bob refused all his classmate ' s invitations.
B ：I really couldn ' t understand him.
A ：He' s surely a hard nut, nobody likes approaching him.
B ：We' d better also leave him alone. 甲：鲍勃拒绝了班上所有人的邀请。乙：他这个人我真不明白。
甲：他真是个脑子不开窍的人，没人愿意靠近他。乙：我们最好也别惹他。
5 、 a hen-pecked husband 妻管严；怕老婆的男人
A ：Aunt is scolding uncle again.
B ：Don' t worry. Your uncle won ' t utter a word back.
A ：I didn ' t know my uncle is a hen -pecked husband
B ：He isn ' t. He thinks it ' s not necessary to quarrel with women.
甲：婶婶又在骂叔叔了。
乙：别着急，你叔叔不会还口的。甲：我还不知道我叔叔是个妻管严。
乙：他不是。他觉得和女人吵架没必要。
6 、big shot 要人 A ：Do you know Mr. Smith?
B ：No, but I know of him. He ' s a big shot in the local politics.
A ：I ' m told he s on'ly a yes-man.
B ：Yes, I hate that. At present, what we want is a strong, independent leader, not a bunch of yes-man.
甲：你认识史密斯先生吗？乙：不认识，但我知道这人，他在本地政界是个举足轻重的人物。甲：我听说他是个和事佬。乙：没错儿，我就恨这个。现在，我们要的是强有力的、有主见的领导人，可不是和事佬儿。7 、fat cat 大款
A ：Where ' re those popular actresses in our school time?
B ：Get into marriage.
A ：Can everyone find a fat cat?
B ：Everyone wants to, but not everyone succeeds. 甲：咱们上学时的那些女影星都哪去了？乙：结婚了呗！甲：人人都能找到大款吗？
乙：人人都想，可并不是人人都能找到。
8 、bosom friends 知心朋友
A ：Is Jack a friend of yours?
B ：Yes. He is one of my bosom friends.
A ：He' s a nice guy as far as I know
B ：You can be certain of that. 甲：杰克是你的朋友吗？乙：是，他是我的一个知心朋友。甲：我也知道他是一个好人。乙：这点毫无疑问。
9 、con artist 大骗子手
A ：Is this your first visit to this city?
B ：Yes, why?
A ：Perhaps I should warn you that this city is full of con artists.
B ：Thanks for telling. I ' ll take care.
甲：这是你第一次游览这个城市吗？乙：是呀，怎么了？甲：也许我该提醒你这座城市有许多骗子手。
乙：谢谢，我会小心的。
10 、the long and short of it 概括地说
A ：Do you know why John left our company?
B ：It ' s a complicated story but the long and short of it is that he transferred a large sum of
money wrongly.
A ：Who should be responsible exactly?
B ：A crook took advantage of him. Our boss would never forgive such a stupid act. 甲：你知道为什么约翰离开我们公司了吗？乙：这事很复杂，但概括地说，他错转了一大笔资金。
甲：确切说谁应负责呢？乙：一个骗子骗了他。我们的老板永远也不会原谅这样愚蠢的行为。
11 、no point 没理由
A ：There ' s no point in losing temper on me. It ' s unfair!
B ：What did you do to him?
A ：If I did something bad, I wouldn ' t blame him for getting angry with me. The point is that
I did nothing wrong.
B ：Maybe he thought you reported him to the manager. 甲：没理由向我发火。这太不公平了！乙：你对他怎么了！甲：如果
我做了坏事，我不会怪他生我的气。可事实是，我没做什么错事呀。乙：说不定他以为是你向经理打了小报告。
12 、fat change （反语）微小的机会；极少的可能
A ：I think it was Jason who stole my document.
B ：Fat chance!
A ：He' s the only one who left here late.
B ：I know him. He ' ll never do that sort of thing.
甲：我觉得是詹森偷了我的文件。
乙：不会的。甲：他是唯一一个走得晚的人。
乙：我了解他，他决不会干这种事儿。
13 、mark time 原地踏步；停顿
A ：Why did we stop?
B ：No, we didn ' t really stop. We just marked time.
A ：Marked time?
B ：Yeah, we have to pause until we get approval. 甲：我们为什么停下来？乙：不，我们并没有真的停下来。我们只是原地踏步。甲：原地踏步？乙：是的。我们不得不暂时停下待命。
14 、have seen better days 有过好日子
A ：Look, Mrs. Thomas is such a beauty in her early eyes.
B ：But Mr. Thomas is short, skinny and ugly.
A ：Why do you think Mrs. Thomas married him?
B ：He' s certainly very poor now, but I think he 甲：看，托马斯夫人
tes rs deaeyns b. et
年轻时这么漂亮。乙：可托马斯先生又矮、又瘦、又丑。甲：你
猜他为什么要嫁给他？乙：他现在固然很穷，可我想他有过好日子。
15 、 a storm in a teacup 风波；小事引起的轩然大波；小题大做
A ：The husband can ' t understand why his wife got angry so easily.
B ：He' s too careless maybe.
A ：No, it ' s not that. Actually it 'in sa at esatocurmp. I also thought it ' s the women who is to
blame.
B ：Anyway the man has to consider his wife ' s feelings.
甲：丈夫不明白他妻子为什么那么容易生气。
乙：可能他太粗心了。甲：不是，不是因为这个。实际上她是小题大做，我也觉得是他妻子不对。乙：不管怎么说男人应该考虑作妻子的情绪。
16 、the last straw 忍无可忍
A ：That was the last straw!
B ：Why did you say that? Did your girlfriend do anything wrong?
A ：She refused to see me. She must have fallen in love with another guy.
B ：I don ' t believe it. Talk with her, will you? There must be some misunderstanding between you.
甲：真是让人忍无可忍！乙：你为什么这么说？你女朋友做什么错事了吗？甲：她拒绝见我，她一定是爱上别人了。
乙：我不相信。和她谈谈，好吗？你们之间一定是发生什么误会了。
17 、make a clean breast of 忏?悔.
A：You ' re restless. Are you in trouble?
B ：I ' ve done something I shouldn't
A ：Then make a clean breast of it, you will feel released.
B ：I ' ve not decided yet. 甲：你老是不安？有麻烦吗？乙：我做了件不该做的事。甲：那就彻底忏悔一下吧。你会感觉轻松一些的。乙：我还没决定呢。
18 、to my way of thinking 依我看来?..
A ：To my way of thinking, I think you behaved rudely before your dad.
B ：I couldn ' t keep my temper then, poor dad, he must be very sad.
A ：How about apologizing now?
B ：I hope he can forgive me. 甲：依我看来，你在你父亲面前表现得太无礼了。乙：当时我控制不住。可怜的爸爸，他一定很难过。
甲：现在去向他道歉怎么样？乙：我希望他能原谅我。
19 、the same ?as 同?.一样
A ：Jim, is this the bike you lost?
B ：Let me see. No, mine has a special symbol on it.
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B ：If you were the owner, you could.
甲：吉姆，这是你丢的那辆自行车吗？乙：让我看看。不是，我的车上面有个特别的标记。甲：我想这辆车和你的很像。我看不出有什么区别。
乙：如果你是车主，你就能看出区别了。
20 、the benefit of doubt （在证据不足情况下）假定某人无辜
A ：Who did it?
B ：Don' t be so angry, Henry?
A ：It must be Robert.
B ：Maybe Robert did it , maybe he didn ' t. If I were you, I would give him the benefit of the
doubt. It ' s not so important anyway.
甲：这是谁干的？
乙：亨利，别发那么大的火好不好？
甲：准是罗伯特干的。
乙：也许是罗伯特干的，也许不是。如果我是你，我就先假定不是他干的。不管怎么说这件事也没什么大不了的。
21 、right up one ' s alle正y 合某人的心意或技能
A ：David is good at tennis.
B ：Speaking of tennis, Daniel is the best.
A ：That ' s for sure. All sports are right up his alley. Actually, nobody can get a better hand over him yet.
B ：He' ll make a successful sportsman, I think.
甲：大卫很擅长网球。
乙：谈到网球，丹尼尔是最棒的了。
甲：那是肯定的。所有运动他都擅长。事实上，还没人能胜过他。乙：我想他会成为一个成功的运动员的。
22 、school of hard knocks 艰苦的磨练
A ：My boss is such a shrewd businessman everyone admires him.
B ：Which university did he graduate from?
A ：He never went to high school. He was educated in the school of hard knocks.
B ：That ' s incredible. 甲：我的老板是个非常精明的生意人，每个人都很欣赏他。乙：他是从哪所大学毕业的？甲：连高中都没上过。他是受了艰苦的磨练而成长起来的。乙：真是难以置信。
23 、something the matter with 出问题
A ：Hey, Richard! What ' re you doing right here?
B ：My recorder has something the matter with its speaker; I want to have it fixed.
A ：It broke down again? You really need a new one. 甲：嘿，里查德！你在这儿干什么呢？乙：我录音机的喇叭坏了。我想找人把它修好。甲：又坏了？你真该买个新的了。
24 、under age 未成年
A ：Why not take me to the party, Mom?
B：You ' re too young, dear.
A ：Oh, I ' m really as tall as you.
B ：Oh, you ' re still under age. 甲：为什么不带我去参加晚会，妈妈？乙：你还未成年，亲爱的。
甲：不，我都快和您一般高了。乙：但你还是没长大啊。
25 、the matter 麻烦
A ：Is the anything matter?
B ：I ' ve been watching the game on TV. One of our athletes is seriously injured.
A ：My goodness! Has she been sent to hospital?
B ：Yes, poor girl. She ' s only your age.
甲：出什么事了吗？乙：我一直在看电视上的比赛，我们的一个队员严重受伤了。甲：天哪！她被送往医院了吗？乙：送了。可怜孩子，她只有你这么大。
26 、rat race 激烈的竞争
A ：America is a rich country. Many people are dreaming of going there but you came back.
B ：To tell you the truth, I ' m very happy with my modest job here and the peaceful life.
A ：New York is exciting, isn ' t it?
B ：Yes, but I have no desire to take part in the rat race there. 甲：美国是个富裕的国读。很多人都梦想去那儿，但你却回来了。乙：坦白地说，我很满意自己在这里的普通工作和平静生活。甲：纽约很令人兴奋，不是吗？
乙：是的。但我却无心卷入那种你死我活的竞争。
27 、take someone ' s mind off something 使某人忘记某事
A ：I need a week ' s vacation so that I can take my mind of my troubles.
B ：Yeah, maybe things will changes for the better.
A ：I am hoping so. 甲：我需要一周的假期，这样我可以忘记我的烦恼。乙：是啊，也许事情会有转机。
甲：我正希望如此。
28 、 think twice about 仔细考虑
A ：You ' re a native of the city and you have lived here for many years. How
B ：Well, I ' d have to think twice about that.
A ：It ' s familiar to you, isn
' t it? B ：Well, I think it ' s beautiful. I especially like the weather here.
甲：你是本市人，在这儿呆了很多年，你觉得这座城市怎么样？ 乙：恩，我得好好想一
想。
甲：你不陌生吧？ 乙：恩，我想，这儿很美，我特别喜欢这儿的天气。
29 、 Take the turning 拐弯
A ：Could you tell me how to get to the bank?
B ：Let me think. Well, take the second turning on the right and it
A ：I see. Is it far?
B ：No, not really, only a few minutes.
A ：Oh, good, thank your very much.
A ：请告诉去银行怎么走，好吗？
B ：让我想想，恩，在第二个路口向右拐，就在超市的
对面。
A ：我明白了，很远吗？
B ：不太远，只有几分钟的路程。
A ：非常感谢。
30 、search me （ 非正式 ） 不知道
A ：Where ' s Annie?
B ：In the house.
A ：In the house? Where is she?
B ：Search me, I don
' t know where she is now. A ：安妮呢？
B ：在屋里。
A ：在屋里？在哪儿呢？
B ：不知道，我也搞不清。
31 、 have it in one 有能力（做某事）
A ：Harry was elected monitor at the class meeting yesterday.
B ：Do you think he has it in him to be a good monitor?
A ：He ' s a good student as far as his achievement is concerned. But I really can he ' ll
make a good monitor.
A ：昨天哈里在班会上被选为班长。
B ：你认为他有能力成为一名好班长吗？ A ：就他的成绩来说他是一名好学生。但他是不是能当个好班长，我也说不好。
32 、have it over 比 ? ..好些；胜过
A ：It ' s pity that I haven ' t been to many countries.
B ：But I think you have it over me. I
' ve never been out of China. A ：Never?
B ：Never. I am not joking.
do you like it?
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A：真遗憾很多国家我都没去过。
B：但我想你总比我要好。我从来都没出过中国。
A：从来都没出去过？B：从来都没有。我没有开玩笑。
33 、Have had enough 对?..发腻；厌烦
A ：What do you think of the Prof. Smith lecture?
B ：I ' ve have had enough of that kind of stuff.
A ：So have I. I decided not to go next time.
A：你认为史密斯教授的课上得怎么样？
B：我对他讲的课已经厌烦了。
A ：我也是。我决定下节课不去了。
34 、serve somebody right 自作自受
A ：Would you please find me another job, Dad?
B ：What ' s wrong with your job?
A ：I ' ve lost it.
B ：I once told you to work hard, but you always turned a deaf ears to me. It serves you right.
A：爸爸，能请您为我另找份工作吗？
B：你的工作怎么了？
A：我丢了这份工作。
B：以前我告诉过你要努力工作，但你总是当耳边风，你这是自作自受。
35 、for that matter 而且
A ：His parents won ' t trust him and for that matter, neither do I.
B ：But his records are very good.
A ：But I like to judge a person from his close friends or kin.
B ：It ' s also a good ways.
A：他父母不信任他，我也不信任他。
B：可他的成绩非常好。
A：我却喜欢根据一个人的亲朋好友的态度来评价他。
B：这方法也不错。
36 、free and easy 自由自在；满不在乎
A ：Henry is free and easy with his money.
B ：Yes, he is. His father is a millionaire.
s even A ：As far I know, wealth hasn ' t done him any good. He ' s drinking and smoking. He
playing truant.
B ：I ' m really worried about his future.
A：亨利花钱满不在乎的。
B：可不，他爸是个百万富翁。
A：据我所知，有钱没给他带来什么好处，他有抽烟又喝酒，甚至还逃学。
B：我真替他的将来担心。
37 、back up 支持
A ：I agreed to your proposal at the meeting this morning. It was a good one.
B ：You should have backed me up then when I needed it.
A ：The matter was too complicated to explain. A：我同意你今天早晨在会上的建议，建议很好。
B：那么你就应该在我需要的时候支持我的。A：事情很复杂，不太好解释。
38 、wet blanket 使人扫兴的人
A ：What do you think of Lucy?
B：She ' s a wet blanket!
A ：Why do you think so?
B ：She sulked during the entire movie yesterday. None of us could enjoy the show.
A：你认为露西这个人怎么样？
B：她很令人扫兴。A：你为什么这么想。
B：昨天看电影时她一直很生气，弄得我们谁也没看好电影。
39 、keep somebody at arm ' s length 敬而远之；疏远
A ：I have a feeling that Lily is not so close to Joe as she used to be.
B ：Yeah, when she heard about his background, she decided that she ' d better keep him at
arm ' s length.
A ：But Joe feels miserable.
A：我觉得莉莉对乔不像以前那么亲近了。B：是啊，她听说他的背景后，就决定疏远他了。
A：可乔却觉得很痛苦。
40 、be on one ' s back卧病；卧床不起
A ：Where ' s Eric? I haven ' t seen him for quite a few days.
B ：He' s on his back now.
A ：I ' m sorry to hear that. But he was all right last week.
B ：Yeah, he was caught in the rain the other days. He has got a very bad cold.
A：艾力克在哪儿呢？我好几天没见着他了。
B ：他卧床不起了。
A：真不愿听到这个。上周他还好好的呢。B：是啊，那天让雨淋了，他感冒得严重。
41 、make somebody ' s blood boil 使??极度愤怒
A ：I want to sue the teachers for their physical punishments at school.
B ：It ' s all right as long as it doesn ' t harm the children, or they won ' t behave themselves.
A ：Why do you also have the stupid idea? That ' s brutal! It makes my blood boil to see our
daughter standing in class for a long time.
A：我想起诉老师在学校对学生的体罚。B：如果不伤到孩子的话，我想体罚一下也未尝不可，否则孩子们是不会守规矩的。A：你怎么也有这样愚蠢的想法呢？那种行为简直太野蛮了！看到我们的女儿长时间地在课堂上罚站，把我的肺都气炸了。
42 、to the backbone 彻底
A ：Helen is going out with Tom.
B ：I hope not. Tom is a liar to the backbone.
A ：How come?
B ：He never tells anything true.
A：海伦正和汤姆交往。
B：我可不希望这样。汤姆是个十足的骗子。
A：何以见得？B：他从来就没讲过真话。
43 、sad dog 粗野的家伙
A ：Ouch, you hurt me!
B：You ' re no better. You knocked off my glasses.
A ：You deserve it!
B ：You, such a sad dog!
A：哎呦！你弄疼我了！
B：你也不怎么样。把我的眼镜都打掉了。
A：你活该！
B：你这粗野的家伙！
44 、would gi ve one ' s right arm 要是??该多好
A ：Listen! Someone is singing in the classroom.
B ：Oh, it ' s Billy. The song is beautiful!
A ：I would give right arm to be able to sing like Billy.
A：听！有人在教室里唱歌。
B：噢，是比利。唱得多美！
A：我要是能唱得像比利那样就好了。
45 、back out
A ：Excuse me, sir.
B：Yes?
A ：If the truck parks there, it will block the driveway. I have to back out soon.
B ：I ' ll ask the driver to park in the street.
A ：Thank you.
A：对不起，先生。
B：怎么了？
A ：如果把卡车听在这儿，会妨碍交通的。我的车一会儿就要退出来。
B：我会告诉司机，让他把车停在街上。
A：谢谢。
46 、be up in arms 满腔怒火
A ：What do you think of the plan for the new airport near here?
B ：Perhaps they should give it a second thought. The residents here are getting up in arms about it.
A ：I think they will.
A：你觉得在这儿附近建机场的计划怎么样？
B：也许他们该慎重考虑一下，这儿的居民对此非常气愤。
A：我想他们会的。
47 、 no fool 决不是傻瓜；聪明人
A ：He thought he
could take George in, but you know, George B ：So?
A ：So. George just took him in instead and it cost him an arm and a leg.
B ：You mean finally Mark bought the broken car himself?
A ：Exactly. Mark ' s almost broken now.
A ：他想骗乔治上当，可是你要只乔治可不是傻瓜。
B ：结果呢？
A ：结果乔治反而把他给骗了，他可赔死了。
B ：你是说马克最后把那破车买了？ A ：正是，马克现在都快破产了。 48 、 in cold blood 冷血
A ：The murderer was sentenced to life imprisonment.
B ：It ' s a severe punishment, I think.
A ：Yeah, because he just killed a man in cold blood.
B ：No wonder.
A ：那个杀人犯被判处了无期徒刑。
B ：我想这刑罚相当重。
A ：是啊，因为他残忍地杀了一个人。
B ：那就不足为奇了。
49 、 back down on 放弃
A ：You finally backed down on your plan.
B ：Yeah, I wouldn ' t stick to it since most of you have opposite opinion.
A ：You should give it a second thought. A ：你最后还是放弃了你的计划。
B ：是的，既然你们大都反对这个计划，我也不想坚持了。 A ：你再想一想吧。
50 、 work addict 工作狂
A ：Who left the office with the light on?
B ：Oh, Henry is still there working. A ：I see, the work addict.
B ：Yes, he is. He ' s never conscious of his health until he ' s ill.
A ：谁离开办公室没关灯。
B ：噢，亨利还在那工作呢。 A ：我知道了，是那个工作狂。
B ：是的。不病倒了，他是不会意识到自己的身体重要。
51 、 give it to somebody straight
直截了当告诉某人 A ：I ' m very sorry. You see, I
' m not in the position to tell you all this but I worried.
B ：Don ' t make a big speech about how sorry you are. Just give it to me straight. A ：We have to lay off some workers a nd you ' re one of them.
A ：我非常抱歉。你看，本不该由我来告诉你这一切，但我的确很担心。
B ：你就别没完没了地抱歉了，你就直说吧。
A ：我们不得不让一些工人下岗，而你就是其中一个。
52 、 square up to 对??摩拳擦掌
A ：Being Chinese, the little boy bravely squared up to the tall Japanese solider.
B ：And then?
A ：And then with a whistle of bullet, the solider was killed.
B ：By whom? s no fool. m certainly very
A ：By the little boy ' s father, appearing right behind the Jap! A：身为中国人，那个小男孩英勇地与那个高个日本兵搏斗。
B：然后呢？
A：然后一声枪响，那个日本兵死了。
B：谁开的枪？
A：小男孩的父亲。他正好出现在日本兵背后。
53 、have a thing about 对??.反应强烈（喜欢或不喜欢）
A ：My grandfather has a thing about men with long hair.
B：Why?
A ：He says it ' s something like a rascal.
B ：Well, tell him not to judge people by their looks.
A：我爷爷非常反对男人留长发。
B：为什么？
A：他说那有点儿像流氓。
B：嗯，告诉他不要以貌取人。