M1-M11M1-11习语谚语典故委婉语汇总.doc

M1-11习语谚语典故委婉语汇总（首字母排序版）
孙三五

序号
英文
中文释义

A

1
a  wet blanket
扫兴的人或事
2
a  piece of cake
小菜一碟
3
all  ears
洗耳恭听
4
as  strong as a horse
力大如牛,很强壮
5
as  poor as a church mouse
一贫如洗
6
as  busy as a bee
忙得团团转
7
as  cool as a cucumber
非常冷静
8
As  white as a sheet
脸色苍白
9
As  sly as a fox
狡若城狐
10
As  tall as a tree
很高
11
As  sharp as a spear
聪明，思路敏捷
12
As  hungry as a lion
极其渴望得到
13
As  quickly as a deer
很快
14
A  walking dictionary
活字典，活的百科全书
15
As  brave as a lion
勇猛
16
As  black as coal
墨黑，极黑
17
As  clear as day
一清二楚的
18
As  mad as a wet hen
非常生气
19
As  good as gold
表现很好的；完美无缺
20
As  sick as a dog
病得厉害
21
As  light as a feather
很轻盈
22
As  dry as a bone
干极了
23
As  easy as pie/ ABC
非常容易
24
As  plain as day
非常清楚
25
An  arm and a leg
大价钱，巨额花费
26
A  square meal
一顿美餐
27
A  pack of lies
一派胡言；鬼话连篇
28
As  happy as Larry
非常高兴
29
A  confidential source
线人
30
An  incident between sb
争执，打斗
31
A  correctional facility
监狱
32
A  sacred cow
神圣之物
33
Achilles’  heel
致命弱点
34
A  Herculean task
极为艰巨的工作
35
A  good Samaritan
乐善好施之人

B

1
be  at a loss for words
难以言表
2
Be  tickled pink
乐不可支
3
Be  green with envy
妒忌
4
By  and by
不久
5
Be  a weed
懦弱
6
Black  is white and white is black
黑白颠倒
7
Be  one’s rock
后盾，支持者
8
Burn  the midnight oil
开夜车，挑灯夜战
9
Be  up and about
起来走动
10
Be  at odds with sb
有矛盾，合不来
11
Be  economical with the truth
隐瞒真相
12
Body  count
死亡人数统计
13
Between  jobs
失业
14
Be  over the moon
非常快乐，狂喜
15
Bible
有权威的书

C

1
Cast-ironed  nerves
坚定的意志
2
Child’s  play
容易干的事
3
Capital  punishment
死刑
4
Color  the truth
粉饰事实，歪曲事实
5
Catch-22
进退维谷的局面；无法摆脱的困境

D

1
Don’t  count your chickens until they are hatched.
别过早打如意算盘
2
Do  one’s homework about
为…做准备
3
Dark  horse
黑马（出人意外得胜）
4
Daniel  in the lion’s den
大难不死；艰巨的任务
5
David  and Goliath
强弱悬殊；以弱战强

E

1
Eat  like a bird
吃得极少

F

1
Feel  blue
感到心情低落
2
Feet  of clay
致命弱点
3
Friendly  fire
误杀,误伤(战争中由己方/友军造成的死伤）
4
Full-figure  man
比较胖的人

G

1
Great  minds think alive, but fools seldom differ.
英雄所见略同
2
Golden  years
晚年
3
give  sb the cold shoulder
冷落某人

H

1
have  green fingers
有园艺技能
2
 History repeats itself.
历史总在重演
3
honesty  is the best policy
诚实为上策
4
Have  butterflies in one’s stomach
心慌，紧张
5
Hold  firm
坚持
6
Have  special needs
有学习障碍
7
Hearing-impaired
聋的
8
Helen  of Troy
红颜祸水；害人精

I

1
In  the red
负债
2
In  the black
盈利
3
In  the same boat
处于同样境地

J

1
 Job seeker
求职者
2
Job  flexibility
弹性工作，不稳定的工作
3
Jonah
带来不幸
4
Judas
叛徒
5
Jekyll  and Hyde
双重人格

K

1
Kill  the fatted calf
设宴款待

L

1
Leading  light
重要人物，中流砥柱
2
 Lose heart
丧失勇气；心灰意冷
3
 Late uncle
去世的叔叔

M

1
Make  hay while the sun shines.
抓住时机
2
Mother  Teresa
对人非常好而仁慈的人
3
Mickey  Mouse course
轻而易举.

N

1
no  way
不可能
2
out  of the question
不可能
3
not  in a million years
不可能
4
Not  all there
某人的行为表现很奇怪，或者是很傻
5
Negative  profit
亏损

O

1
one’s  cup of tea
喜爱的人或事物
2
One  man’s meat is another man’s poison
对某人有利的对另外的人未必有利
3
Off  the top of one’s head
不假思索
4
On  paper
理论上
5
On  one’s last legs
垂死；日暮途穷

P

1
pull  one’s leg
开玩笑
2
Play  it safe
谨慎行事
3
Pass  away
去世
4
Person  of interest
疑犯
5
People  of color
有色人种
6
Pandora’s  box
灾难之源
7
Physically  challenged
残疾的；有生理缺陷的

R

1
Rain  cats and dogs
滂沱大雨
2
Rome  wasn’t built in a day.
冰冻三尺,非一日之寒
3
Run  like a wind
跑得很快
4
Robin  Hood
绿林好汉

S

1
Shangri-la
世外桃源
2
sleep  like a log
熟睡
3
See  the handwriting on the wall
看见不祥之兆
4
Sink  or swim
不论成败、孤注一掷
5
Shop  around
货比三家再买;逐店比较后选购
6
 Sanitary worker
清洁工
7
Senior  citizen
老年人
8
Scrooge
吝啬鬼，守财奴
9
Stone  Age
石器时代；过时

T

1
the  top dog
首领;老大;魁首
2
The  apple of one’s eye
掌上明珠
3
The  early bird catches the worm
捷足者先登
4
teach  a man to fish
授人以渔
5
The  best fish
最好的人
6
There  is no question
毫无疑问
7
The  man in the street
普通人

V

1
Visually  challenged
盲的，眼瞎的

W

1
Wash  one’s hands
上洗手间
2
Waterloo  
惨败

Y

1
 You reap what you sow
种瓜得瓜种豆得豆