英语俗语2.doc

英语俗语
1. Please give me a hand.
请帮我一个忙。
2. Foot the bill.
付账。
3. a bed of roses
安乐窝。
4. a big mouth
夸夸其谈的人。
5. all ears
集中注意听
6. all eyes
全神贯注地看
7. all at sea
不知所措
8. All his geese are swans.
他家的鹅都是天鹅。
9. All is well that ends well.
结局好，一切都好。
10. It goes in one ear and out the other.
左耳朵进，右耳朵出。
11. Play by ear.
做事走一步瞧一步
11.A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
一鸟在手胜于二鸟在林。
12.A bird may be known by its note, and a man by his talk.
以音知鸟，闻言知人。
13.A burnt child dreads the fire.
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
14 .A black hen lays a white egg.
黑鸡生白蛋，丑妇生俊儿。
15.A fox may grow gray, but never good.
狐狸善变，本性难移。
16.A lazy youth, a lousy age.
少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
17.A little impatience spoils great plans.
小不忍则乱大谋。
18.A short wut is often a wrong cut.
欲速则不达。
19.Actions speak louder than words.
事实胜于雄辩。
20.Add fuel to flame.
火上浇油。
21.Advice is seldom welcome.
忠言逆耳。
22.All is not gold that glitters.
闪光的不一定都是金子。
23.All roads lead to Rome.
条条大路通罗马。
24.All shall be well; Jack shall have Gill.
有情人终成眷属。
25.All things are dirricult before they are easy.
万事开头难。
26.All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
只工作不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。
27.Among the blind,the one-eye man is king.
山中无老虎，猴子称大王。
28.An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
天天一个苹果，身体健康不求医。
29.armed to the teeth
武装到牙齿
30.Art is long, life is short.
生命短暂，艺术长存
31.as busy as a bee
非常忙碌
32.as light as a feather
轻如鸿毛
33.as proud as a peacock
不可一世
34.As a tree, so the fruit.
是什么树，结什么果
35.Bad news has wings.
好事不出门，坏事传千里。
36.Barking dogs seldom bite.
会叫的狗不咬人。
37.Beauty lies in the love's eyes.
情人眼里出西施。
38.Beggars cannot be choosers.
饥不择食。
39.Better late than never.
迟做总比不做好。
40.black and blue
青一块，紫一块
41.Where there's life there's hope.
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。
42.You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink.
强扭的瓜不甜。
43.birthday suit
一丝不挂
44.drink like a fish
狂饮
45.the apple of one's eyes
掌上明珠
46.in hot water
在困境中
47.Setting a thief to catch a thief.
肉包子打狗。
48.You never know what you can till you try.
是骡子是马，拉出来遛遛。
49.a piece of cake
轻松的事
50.a wet blanket
扫兴
51.pull my leg
开玩笑
52.green finger
园艺高手
53.the top dog
重要人物
54.give sb the cold shoulder
怠慢某人
55.rain cats and dogs
倾盆大雨
56. my cup of tea
我的所爱