容易让人误解的英语短语
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容易让人误会的英语一、成语类pull one's leg 开玩笑in one's birthday suit 赤身裸体eat one's words 收回前言an apple of love 西红柿handwriting on the wall 不祥之兆bring down the house 博得全场喝彩have a fit 勃然大怒make one's hair stand on end令人毛骨悚然—恐惧be taken in 受骗，上当think a great deal of oneself 高看或看重自己pull up one's socks 鼓起勇气Speaking of the devil说曹操，曹操到You have matches? 你需不需要帮忙Turn the table扭转了局面Wearing two hats身兼两职With a grain of salt对某事有保留、持怀疑态度Skin off one’s nose与某人有关Sgelenton in the closet =family skeleton不可或不愿外扬的家丑，Sweet tooth爱吃甜食The Hong Kong dog某人吃坏了肚子、拉肚子Throw the book at Somebody最大极限的惩罚二、日常用语类lover 情人busboy 餐馆勤杂工busybody 爱管闲事的人dry goods （美）纺织品；（英）谷物）heartman 换心人mad doctor 精神病科医生eleventh hour 最后时刻blind date 相亲dead president 美钞（上印有总统头像）personal remark 人身攻击sweet water 淡水confidence man 骗子criminal lawyer 刑事律师service station 加油站rest room 厕所dressing room 化妆室sporting house 妓院horse sense 常识capital idea 好主意familiar talk 庸俗的交谈black tea 红茶black art 妖术black stranger 完全陌生的人white coal （作动力来源用的）水white man 忠实可靠的人yellow book 黄皮书（法国政府报告书，以黄纸为封）red tape 官僚习气green hand 新手blue stocking 女学者、女才子China policy 对华政策Chinese dragon 麒麟American beauty 红蔷薇English disease 软骨病Indian summer 愉快宁静的晚年Greek gift 害人的礼品Spanish athlete 吹牛的人French chalk 滑石粉puppy’s love早恋三、和国家有关的英语短语1. Dutch act 自杀2. China door 杂志中的散页广告3. Dutch uncle 絮絮叨叨的人4. Dutch wife 竹藤睡具5. go Dutch 各自付钱AA制6. take French leave 不告而别7. Russia dressing 蛋黄酱8. a Greek gift 害人的礼物9. Spanish athlete 胡说的人四、表达方式类You don't say! 还真别说！就是这样。
You can say that again! 说得好！I haven't slept better. 我睡得好极了。
You can't be too careful in your work. 你工作越仔细越好。
All his friends did not turn up. 他的朋友没全到。
People will be long forgetting her. 人们不会忘记他。
It will be long for people to forget her人们在很长时间内会记住她的。
It can't be less interesting. 它无聊极了。
John was taken up above the salt. 约翰被邀请坐上席She thought she’ s above doing any housework. 她认为做家务有损她的身份。
The deal is completely above board. 这笔交易完全是光明正大的。
He gets a number of perquisites over and above his salary. 除了工资以外他还有许多额外收入Her husband was all abroad when she shouted at him. 当她对丈夫大喊大叫时他感到莫名其妙。
The stranger abstracted the gold pen from my bag。
这个陌生人偷了我包里的金笔Accidents will happen. 天意如此，在所难免The baby had an accident when he was asleep last night. 昨晚小孩睡觉时尿床了The two parties failed to agree on every point but came to an accommodation。
双方并非在每一点上都意见一致，但还是达成了和解He gave a good account of himself at the front. 他在前线表现很好That 100 dollars is my ace in the hole. 那100美元是我应急备用的钱It’ s a new A-bomb. 这是一种新型的原子弹Mail the letter this afternoon and buy some chocolates while you are about it.下午去寄信，顺便买些巧克力He was quiet, unmarried. That’s about it. 他话不多，未婚。
情况大致如此。
The authority seems to have done a complete about-face on the policy of birth control.政府在计划生育政策上好像已经来了个彻底的转变I was hurrying to the booking office to see about our tickets. 我急忙跑到售票处去弄票It was his second promotion since coming aboard. 这是他受雇以来第二次得到提升I saw a black and white horse. 我看见了一匹黑白花斑马。
He knows the history of Britain from A to Z.他了解英国历史的全部内容That house is really A1. 那座房子确实是一流的。
五、句型类1.since后面接的是非延续性动词时，顺译，也就是跟表面意思一样。
如Great changes have taken place since you left. 你离开后发生了巨大的变化。
如果是延续性动词时，要逆译，也就是与表面意思相反。
如：He became stronger since he was young. 从他长大后，他变得更强壮了。
2.It is/has been +时间+since sb. did sth.如果是瞬间动词，表示动作并未结束；如果是延续性动词，则表示动作已经结束。
It is ten years since I smoked.表示“我戒烟十年了”It is ten years since I started smoking.则表示“我吸烟十年了”.It is/has been three years since he worked here. 他不在这里工作已经有3年了。
It is 5 years since I have lived here.自从我住在这儿已经5年了It is 5 years since I lived here.我已经5年不住这儿了。
六、由身体部位构成的英语短语1.ARM 臂The car cost him an arm and a leg. 买这辆车他可花了血本。
She’s my right arm. 她是我的得力助手。
He was strong-armed into doing it. 他被迫这么做的。
No one’s twisting your arm to do it! 没人强迫你这么做！They always walk arm in arm down the street. 他们常常手挽手地沿街走2. BACK 背Get off my back! 别再来烦我了！I don’t like her. She always gets my back up. 我不喜欢她。
她总是惹我生气。
(此用语原指动物，常用于描述猫发怒。
)She’ll give the shirt of her back for her friends. 她帮助朋友不遗余力。
She turned her back on me when I needed her. 我需要她帮助时，她拒绝了我。
This time, I’ll give you the work for free. You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours. 这一次我把这个作品赠送给你，你帮助我，我也帮助你。
3.BONE 骨We’d better go to the market because we’re down to the bare bone essentials. 我们只剩下一些生活必需品了，最好去市场上买点东西。
Let’s get down to the bare bone essentials. 我们来讨论一下正经事吧。
I have a bone to pick with you. 我对你有点意见。
I need to bone up on my English. 我得好好学英语。
This work is bone-breaking! 这项工作很辛苦！She’s a real bonehead. 她真是个大傻瓜。
Wake up, lazy bones! 醒醒吧，懒骨头！She made no bones about telling him to leave. 她直截了当地让他走了。
