1、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
2、 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
3、 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
4、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
5、 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
6、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
7、 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
8、 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
9、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 Kil
10、l 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
11、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 Pla
12、y 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 Sha
13、ngri-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
14、 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






