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1. apple-polisher 馬屁精.

例如She is a real apple-polisher for the way she's crawling around the boss and making eyes at him. (她是一個(gè)馬屁精整天圍著老板眉來眼去的)

2. as busy as a bee 象蜜蜂忙忙碌碌的

3. as graceful as a swan 象天鵝姿態(tài)優(yōu)雅的

4. as gentle as a lamb 象羊羔性情溫順的

5. as cunning as a fox 象狐貍一樣狡猾的

6. as poor as a church mouse 一貧如洗

7. I'm beat. 我非常疲乏

8. beat gums 空洞無物用處不大!連篇的講話

9. bell the cat 為眾人的利益承擔(dān)風(fēng)險(xiǎn)

10. black sheep 害群之馬

11. Buddy, where is john 要上廁所?

12. Bungee jumping 蹦極跳

13. Stop bugging me, man! 喂別煩我了

14. blue collar 藍(lán)領(lǐng)

15. white collar 白領(lǐng)

16. pink collar 粉領(lǐng)族指和藍(lán)領(lǐng)體力工人相當(dāng)?shù)呐怨と?br />
17. gold-collar workers 金領(lǐng)族

18. dog-eared books 讀得卷了邊的書

19. dog sleep 不時(shí)驚醒的睡眠

20. dog-tired 像狗一樣的累

21. dog watch 夜班

22. old dog 上了歲數(shù)的人老手

23. a sly dog 偷雞摸狗者

24. a yellow dog 雜種狗卑鄙可恥的小人

25. a big dog 看門狗保鏢要人

26. You're a lucky dog! 你真是個(gè)幸運(yùn)兒

27. hot dog 熱狗

28. dog nose 啤酒與杜松子酒的混合酒

29. a dog in a blanket 葡萄卷餅或卷布丁

30. as faithful as a dog 像狗一般的忠誠在西方文化中狗是"忠實(shí)賣力辛勞"的化身

31. He that lies down with dogs must rise up with flea. 近朱者赤近墨者黑

32. A good dog deserves a good bone. 西方人論功行賞時(shí)常說"好狗應(yīng)有好骨頭"

33. a dog in the manger 占著馬槽不拉屎

34. Honey, I forget to duck. 親愛的我忘記閃開了

35. eat crow 由于夸大其詞或過分自信最后不得不承認(rèn)錯(cuò)誤

36. eat his words 食言

37. out at elbows 捉襟見肘

38. elbow one's way 用胳膊肘擠來擠去為自己開道

39. get a black eye 被別人打青了眼睛

40. mind your eye 叫別人當(dāng)心

41. blink our eyes 眨眼睛

42. flash our eyes at sth. 瞟一眼

43. make eyes 拋媚眼

44. cast sheep's eye 暗送秋波

45. You have an eye for something. 有眼光有見解

46. finely arched eyebrows 纖細(xì)的弓形眉

47. pencil the eyebrows 描眉

48. eyebrow pencil 眉筆

49. rough bushy eyebrows 濃密的粗眉

50. eyelash grower 睫毛膏

51. eyelash curler 卷睫毛器

52. without turning an eyelash 泰然自若不動(dòng)聲色

53. not bat an eyelid 沒合眼睡覺

54. not bat an eyelid 對(duì)事情泰然自若

55. hang on by the eyelids 事情危在旦夕

56. face the music 不得不接受懲罰承擔(dān)后果必須承受出現(xiàn)的局面

57. a matter of face 面子攸關(guān)的事情

58. lose face 丟面子

例如He knew he was wrong, but he would not admit it for fear of losing face.

(他知道自己錯(cuò)了但卻不肯承認(rèn)錯(cuò)誤因?yàn)榕率ッ孀?

59. save one's face 挽回面子

60. pull a long face 拉長了臉

61. make a face at you 對(duì)你做個(gè)鬼臉

62. have the face 厚顏無恥.

例如I'm so surprised that you have the face to do so!

你怎么有臉做出這樣的事

63. cold fish 態(tài)度冷冰冰沒有熱情的人

64. drink like a fish 牛飲

65. flats 平跟鞋

66. footfall 客流量

例如We strive to show booksellers what we are doing to support them and drive footfall into their

stores.

(我們要努力向圖書商展示我們將如何支持他們并使更多的客人進(jìn)入他們的商店)

68. green eyed 嫉妒

69. green finger thumb ?把大伙干不好的活都干得漂漂亮亮.

例如A person with green finger has a magic touch that makes plants grow well and quickly.

(長著綠手指的人是有魔法的只要他一碰植物就長的又快又好)

70. green hand 生手.

例如I'm still green at my job.

(我依然是個(gè)新手)

71. green light 允許許可.

例如I'm only waiting for the green light from you.

我在等您的允許

72. green revolution 綠色革命.

例如These developing countries produced enough food to serve their people after

(綠色革命后這些發(fā)展中國家就生產(chǎn)出足夠的糧食來滿足國民的需要)

74. the green years 青春年華

75. He is ripe in years but green in heart. 形容某人是老當(dāng)益壯

76. lose your heart to someone 和某人談戀愛

77. lack heart 缺乏勇氣

78. win your heart 贏得你的心

79. broken heart 破碎的心

80. heart of stone 石頭心腸

81. pour out your heart 傾吐你的心事

82. have a heart 可憐可憐你

83. his heart in the right place 他的心腸是很好的

84. not to wear your heart on your sleeve 不要太情緒化

85. Don't take the failure to your heart. 別為失敗而難過

86. lose heart 失去信心

87. your heart of gold 金子般的心美好心靈

88. write a letter to her and declared your heart. 寫信表達(dá)愛慕之情

89. Don't let your heart get cold. 不要讓你的熱情冷卻下來

90. a man after her own heart 正和她心意的人

91. put your heart at rest 放下心來

92. straight from the horse's mouth 來自權(quán)威和可靠的消息

93. I was welcomed with open arms. 我被熱烈歡迎

94. Jargon 行話

95. keep a good house 招待周到.

例如I haven't got a good house, but I'll keep a good house.

(我沒有好的房子但我會(huì)招待周到的)

96. kill someone with kindness 熱情的讓人受不了

97. know sth. like the palm of one's hand 了如指掌

98. lashes 睫毛

99. lead a cat-and-dog life 過著不和睦的敵對(duì)的生活

100. lead a double life 婚外戀婚外情

101. leather boots 皮靴

102. love at first sight 一見鐘情

103. lummox 傻大個(gè)兒.

例如The lummox has loused up their company's whole business.

(那個(gè)傻大個(gè)兒把公司買賣搞的一團(tuán)糟.)

104. lean meat 瘦肉

105. fat meat 肥肉

106. salted meat 咸肉

107. fresh meat 鮮肉

108. smoked meat (bacon) 熏肉

109. strong meat 難以消化的食品難理解的事物

110. grill the meat 在烤架上把肉烤得滋滋冒油

111. fry the meat 把肉炒一下

112. a meaty book 一本有實(shí)際內(nèi)容的好書

113. you young monkey 小淘氣鬼

114. Stop monkeying with my camera! 別擺弄我的相機(jī)

115. make a mokey (out) of 愚弄耍弄.

例如You suddenly realized that you had been made a monkey (out) of by your opponents.

(你就會(huì)突然發(fā)現(xiàn)自己被對(duì)手給耍了)

116. monkey business 耍些騙人的把戲搗鬼.

例如You suspected monkey business at the polls.

(你懷疑選舉投票中有鬼)

117. Monkey 代表500 美元.

例如He won a monkey at the horse races.

(他在跑馬中贏了500 美元)

118. Nature calls 要上廁所

119. pain in the neck 討厭惡心.

例如You gave me an awful pain in the neck.

(你真讓我覺得討厭)

120. up to one's neck 忙的不可開交

121. break one's neck 努力地拼命地做事.

例如I'm really up to my neck in my work today, I couldn't get away from the office till 6:30.

So I had to break my neck to get to my sister's engagement party at 7 o'clock.

(我今天忙得不可開交因?yàn)槲也荒? 30 下班所以我必須拼命地做事才能參加我妹妹7 00 的訂

婚宴會(huì))

123. save one's neck 免受苦難或懲罰.

例如The fighter planes saved our necks.

(空軍的戰(zhàn)斗機(jī)保全了我們的生命)

124. crane one's neck to see sth. 伸長脖子看什么東西

125. never say uncle 嘴硬不肯服輸不肯承認(rèn)

例如I refused to say uncle no matter how they threatened me.

(無論他們怎樣嚇唬我我都不肯服輸)

126. Tom never says uncle.

例如He wouldn't admit he's wrong for the life of him.

(湯姆的嘴特硬打死都不肯承認(rèn)錯(cuò)誤)

127. nitpicker 愛吹毛求疵的人

nitpicker means a kind of person who always criticizes.

128. others by noticing small and unimportant differences

129. one track-minded 單軌思維大腦不靈活缺乏靈活的思維能力.

例如If you are a track-minded person, you will not understand what I intend.

(如果你是一根筋的人你就無法領(lǐng)會(huì)我的意圖了)

130. one's cup of tea 某人喜歡的事情.

例如That's not my cup of tea.

(那不是我喜歡的事)

131. I hope you'll soon be in the pink again. 我希望你早點(diǎn)恢復(fù)健康

132. play the woman 撒嬌

133. pupil 瞳孔

134. his right man 他的得力助手

135. The Last Rose of Summer 夏天的最后一朵玫瑰

136. The Way-Side Rose 路邊的玫瑰

137. the rose of the party 晚會(huì)上最美麗最引人注目的女孩

138. Everything is comimg up roses. 自己經(jīng)歷的每件事都非常順利圓滿.

139. Life is not all roses. 人生并不是十全十美

140. No rose without a thorn. 沒有不帶刺的玫瑰

141. rosy view 樂觀看法

142. rosy prospect 美好前景

143. have roses in your cheeks 面色紅潤

144. sandals 涼鞋

145. set the world on fire 一些震撼世界的杰出成就

146. platform shoes 厚底鞋

147. lace up your shoes 系鞋帶

148. common as an old shoe 不擺架子平易近人

149. be in another's shoes 處于別人的位置

150. die in shoes 暴死街頭

151. My shoes bite (me). 鞋子穿了腳疼

152. hiking shoes 旅游鞋

153. sports shoes (sneakers) 運(yùn)動(dòng)鞋

154. for a song 很便宜.

例如I bought this house for a song.

(我以很便宜的價(jià)格賣了這座房子)

155. soul mate 性情相同的人精神上的伙伴性情相同.

例如I wouldn't marry anyone until I run into a soul mate of mine.

(碰不到性情相同的人決不結(jié)婚)

156. It's a steal! 真便宜

157. stew 用小火慢慢地?zé)?br />
158. sticky business 讓人左右為難的事情

159. two-faced 兩面派.

例如How could he be so two-faced?

(他怎么能這么陰一套陽一套的)

160. in hot water 處在困境之中

161. in smooth water 進(jìn)入順境

162. spend money like water 花錢大手大腳

163. pour cold water on your idea 向你的這個(gè)想法澆點(diǎn)冷水

164. wedge heel 坡跟鞋

165. wolf down his food 狼吞虎咽地吃東西

166. cry wolf 謊言欺人.

例如That politician cries wolf in every speech he makes.

(那個(gè)政治家在他的每篇演說中都發(fā)出的警報(bào))

167. from the word go 立刻馬上.

例如When Mary and I met, I was dazzled. But I learned right away we had nothing in common.

I knew from the word go it wouldn't work no matter how beautiful she was

(當(dāng)我和瑪麗初次見面時(shí)我被她迷住了但很快我知道我們沒有任何共同之處

我馬上意識(shí)到不管她有多么漂亮我們之間都不會(huì)有結(jié)果)
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