英語習(xí)慣用語100句

1、英語習(xí)慣用語100句英語日?？谡Z習(xí)慣用語100句101. I have a fire in my belly to do something for this village. 我有一股強烈的愿 望，能為這個村莊做點什么。特別注意，這個成 語與“一肚子火”沒有關(guān)系，是表示有一種正 面的強烈愿望。I love this desire which comes from a fire in my belly.一首歌的歌詞： Fire in my heart, fire in my belly too Got a heart and a mind and a fire inside And I m c

2、razy about you You, you on your high flying cloud You, you when you re laughing out loud.Have a yen for也是口語）同樣表示“I have a desire for ： I have a yen for a thick juicy steak. He has a yen for this girl.102. Digital cameras are cheap now, you can get one for peanuts. 最便宜的東西莫過于花 生，用買花生的錢就能買的東西，那當然是很便 宜了

3、。以前美國南部產(chǎn)棉花，但棉花對土 地有結(jié)板塊的作用。后來農(nóng)民發(fā)現(xiàn)棉花收割后種 花生對土地有幫助，于是開始種花生。那時花生 不過像雜草一樣，農(nóng)民任其爛在田里。直到發(fā)明 了花生醬后，花生才漸漸地成為人們喜歡的食 物。103. Blow out 與 blow awayWith this dress, you are going to blow away everybody at your party.I am blown out to find out that she would not come.104. You are so jumpy.你真是有點神經(jīng)質(zhì)。 一個人興奮得亂蹦亂跳，所以顯得有點神

4、經(jīng)質(zhì).105. Are you getting the picture You are going to get the whole picture.106. Tough,這個詞是口語中使用頻率比較 高的）a tough guy,It is pretty tough to get a reservation. 這里 的 tough 就是 difficult 得意思。You just have to tough it out.107. Rough,注意）rough 與 touch 意思不 同，容易混淆。I have some rough patches with my wife.我有好些地方得與

5、老婆去磨合磨合了。108. I am here now, I need to get in a swing of it.我已經(jīng)到了，該投入行動了。109. More brawn than brain四肢發(fā)達）頭腦簡單 Nowadays, pop-culture icons are more brawn than brain.現(xiàn)在流行文化中的偶像都是 些四肢發(fā)達，頭腦簡單的家伙。110. Once you get to the meat of the subject, you will start to enjoy it. Meat 肉）這里做“精髓” 解。Nub也有這個意思：the nub o

6、f the story111. Watch out for bait-and-switch tactics.街頭騙子常用的手法就是快速地掉包，先用一個誘餌，乘你不注意掉包。112. Ball這個詞人人都識，就是球的意思。 但在口語里，還有三個其他的含義。The little girl had a ball at school today. 這個小女孩今天在學(xué) 校參加了一個舞會。另外on the ball的含義是，有知識，有才 華，懂行，辦事利索。He is a teacher who is really on the ball. 他 是個了不起的老師。 a manager who has a

7、lot on the ball 很懂行的經(jīng)理；a student who has nothing on the ball 學(xué)得一塌糊涂 的學(xué)生另一個說法表示一個人“能干”，可以說hot-shot: The boss would like to hire a hot-shot employee 能干的職員 a hot-shot teacher,能干 的老師，Ball 的第三個用法是 having sex: They met, they clicked, they are having a ball.I am glad you have started the ball rolling.很高興你把

8、這事推動起來了。113. Blur 模糊）Taiwan talk is just a blur. 臺灣問題的討論不過是在攪混水。The next hour is a blur to me,接下來的一個小時我就稀里糊涂 了。114. I have worked my butt out. 我干活干得 筋疲力盡了。中國人“我干這活都掉了兩斤肉?！?英語里是累得屁股都掉了。115. Snake oil江湖郎中開的藥 a snake oi salesman, 一個騙子推銷商，傳銷賣的東西基本 上都是snake oil。中國的保健品基本上也都是 snake oil）中國最有名的snake oil恐怕是 腦

9、白金了。116. I saw several old geezers walking in the street. old geezer 老人）老頭子（有幽默味道）并不含貶義），表示老頭子還有另兩種說法：01d chap, old stick） 這只能熟人之間用，117. She is angry with me, but I stick to my guns.她對我很憤怒）但我決不讓步。stick to one s guns表示堅持原則。堅守原則的另一說 法是： You need to hold yourground even if some people oppose you. 就算有 人

10、攻擊你，你也一定要堅守立場。118. A night owl 熬夜的人 He is a night owl. 相當于 He likes to burn night oil.119. Mr. Li never throws anything away, he is a pack rat.李先生從不扔掉任何東西，他簡直 是垃圾收藏家。120. He has been my sidekick for several years.他是我多年的好友。Sidekick可以是老朋 友，也指在關(guān)系中處于小弟的位置：I have been his sidekick for many years, nowit i

11、s time that I break into my own business. 我 作他的跟班已經(jīng)好些年了，現(xiàn)在我該自己創(chuàng)業(yè) 了。121. Close but no cigar.差不多就答對了, 但尚不能獲獎。（大概是答對了就會獎勵一支雪 茄吧）同樣的結(jié)構(gòu)有 Thanks but no thanks.如果 你謝絕別人要給你提供的幫助或東西時， 你可以這么說，“謝謝，但不需要?！?22. three strikes, you are out. 這是一句棒 球語，但也開始用在日常生活中，往往意思為：“如果你犯三次，就把你開除。”好些年前，美 國曾討論一個叫“ three strikes law

12、 ”）又叫“habitual offender laws:該法律主要是 針對那些刑事犯罪慣犯，如果一連犯了三次重 罪，刑期就得自動延長，甚至是終生監(jiān)禁，有點 中國“嚴-打”的味道，但也有人指出這法律 不合憲法，因為憲法中規(guī)定，一罪不二罰。123. The returns are good but the stakes are high,回報誘人，但風(fēng)險極高。124. Every year, four hundred Americans die from heat stroke. Heat stroke 就是中暑）今 年中暑的人特別多。125. I need some back-up from

13、you. 我需要 你的支持。Support是書面語）backup是口語。 Police: I need backup, I need backup. 請求支援） 請求支援。Back off,讓開.126. get out of here.直接的意思是）滾到一 邊去吧。也可以意為：得了吧。如果你不同別人 的話，也可這么說。127. I am pulling an all-nighter. 熬夜128. Let me get my head around this. 讓我 把這件事想清楚129. you need to get your head straight. 你 得頭腦清醒清醒130. t

14、he sticks,這里的 sticks 是“樹林）深 林” 的意思。He is a guy in the sticks, how could you expect him to know that? 他住深山老林）他 怎么可能知道這事？ stick-thin, 或者 as thin as a stick 骨 瘦如柴I remember her as a stick-thin teenager.我的記 憶里，她是個骨瘦如柴的青少年。比較：out of the woods脫離深林，意即“脫離危險”。131. Streamliner高速列車，我國最近開通 的D字頭車就可稱為streamliner）

15、另一個詞是 子彈頭車bullet train ,賽車也可 以說是 streamlined cars ;132. I try to fix Michael up with my sister s classmate Mary.我想要撮合 Michael與我妹妹的同學(xué)Mary成一對。133. One for the books值得記一筆的事件, 難以置信的事件。134. You should bypass the mind and go straight to the bloodstream of your listeners. 你 不要跟聽眾講大道理，而應(yīng)該直接去打動他們的 心。 Or say:

16、 go straight to theirgut feeling135. Many Chinese people like to play devil s advocate in politics. 許多 中國人最喜歡在討論政治時唱反調(diào)。是“抬杠”的意思。play devil s advocate 就136. I don t like his devil-may-care attitude.我不喜歡他那毫不在乎的態(tài)度137. “惡搞”如何說？ spoof, spoofing attack, “When a good product gets spoofed, that is too bad.”

17、138. I wouldn t vote for him for dogcatcher or He couldn t run for dogcatcher in this country. Dogcatcher 捕狗員）如有流浪 狗在街上，捕狗員的工作就是抓這些狗 ,這是最低賤的活了?！斑B捕狗員我都不會選他去當。長？）（實際意思是：他又如何可以競選當縣139. 出血大甩賣deep discount, blowoutsale,清倉大甩賣 closing sale, clearance sale,減 價 on sale, slashed by half,140. Turnoff,本意是“關(guān)燈”，如

18、果一個人 一來就關(guān)燈，這個人就是turnoff （掃興）：One of the girls biggest turn-offs is guys who are indecisive.女孩最不喜歡的人就是那些老猶豫不決的男子。A woman who is aggressive is a turnoff to men. 什么事者 B 搶先爭 贏的女人不受男人的歡迎。Zhang Yimou 】 movies are always turnoffs. 張藝謀的電 影都叫人看不下去。141. Gotcha.是got you的口語形式）意思 就是“明白”。142. She can really turn

19、a phrase.她的語 言文字能力極強。又可以說：a turn of phrase, She has a nice turn of phrase which should serve her well in journalism. 她善于文字表達，因此適合從事新聞業(yè)。又作“表達 法”解釋：Significant other , meaning partner now that s an interesting turn of phrase.143. there is a lot of ground work to do. 還 有好多預(yù)備工作要做。這大概是源于航空業(yè)，在 飛機起飛前，要做很多的

20、地面工作。144. That is the real deal. 這才是真正的目 的，真正的實惠所在。145. I don t mean to cry over your shoulder, but here is my reality, I have lots of bills to pay. 我并不是想賺取你的同情，但我的實際情況是， 我真的有好多賬單還沒有 付。146. Net Gestapos track down and punish offenders for even some minor perceived rule-breaking offense. Track down 追

21、蹤） 哪怕 是那些微不足道的犯規(guī)，網(wǎng)蓋都會要窮追不 舍把犯規(guī)者法辦。147. 他是代課老師?？梢哉f a temporary teacher,不過口語的說法是 He is a fill-in teacher. Fill-in 臨時替代。148. He is quite spunky today. Spunky, 興 高采烈）情緒好。From the spunky look on hisface you could tell he must have done well in thetest.從他有精神的表情上可以 得出他一定考得不錯。149. They beat us fair and squa

22、re.我們輸 得心服 口服。 Everyone wants to get rich ovenight, they don t care if they will earn something fair and square.150. I want you to get your room in shipshape. 請 把 房 間 收拾好。Everything is shipshape.切都好）切準備就緒。 Shipshape 指的是軍艦上一切都是有條不紊。151. that really gets under one s skin 意思 是It really upsets me.鉆到了某個人

23、的皮膚下） 就是很令人厭煩的意思。She really gets under my skin now.她真的有點令我生 厭了。還有一個類似的說法：To be honest it is starting to get on my nerves. 講老實話）我對這 事很不感冒了。152. 一個人要大小便了如何說？最通常的 說法是： Excuse me, I need to use bathroom. 如 果一定要表明是小便還是大便，可以說 I want to pee, or I want to poo. pee and poo 都是兒童用語，poo大人一般會避免不用，因為聽起來太粗俗。小便大便的正

24、式說法是：urineand bowel movements。肚子不舒月艮拉稀為：Ihave some loose stoo恰 這是比較口語的說法 ）正規(guī)說法是 diarrhea. 便秘是 constipation。 I have urge to go to bathroom. 尿脹了。 irregular bowel movements:大便不正常153. He is a rather layback person. 他是一 個平和的人。也就是不會容易激動的人，反面詞 是 jumpy。I m enjoying the lay back culture of Lijiang.我很喜歡麗江的安逸的

25、環(huán) 境。154. He looked at his laptop and said: I am afraid I don t have much juice now. ” 這里 的juice的意思是電池電量很低了。155. She is a chatter box.她的話匣子從來 關(guān)不住。156. She is nosy.她喜歡多管閑事。157. We have to start from scratch again. 我們又得從頭開始了?，F(xiàn)在流行說ground zero。 例如美國世貿(mào)大廈被炸后就成了 Ground Zero.158. The doctor told me that I ha

26、d to slowdown- or else. “or else”表示比較嚴重的事會 發(fā)生。醫(yī)生叫我放慢節(jié)奏，否則的話。這個 結(jié)構(gòu)可以比較英語口語第二題中的第七句的結(jié)構(gòu)： Thank you for .(the tea, and so on), and everything else.159. Study hard, pass the exams or bust. Bust是“失敗，出局”的意思。“要好好學(xué)習(xí)、 考試及格，要不然就玩完了。 or else,和or bust 都屬于同樣的結(jié)果，表示更嚴重的后果O160. 與“座位”有關(guān)的幾個口語詞組：I am very fortunate to

27、get the ringside seat to the event.靠近比賽臺的座位，比喻為近距離觀察。 The consumer is in the drivingseat due to the huge range of goods on the market. driving seat 表示“掌控大局” )You must rent this video. It keeps you on the edge of your seat right up to the end.你得去租這部電影看看，從頭到尾都會讓你聚精 會神。還有一個常用的詞組：back seat driver坐在后面喜歡告

28、訴開車的人如何開車，意思就是 幕后操縱，垂簾聽政。鄧小平就是一個backseat driver.161. 口語中一些描繪人物的詞匯：上次提到 了 layback,意為“與世無爭的）He is a rather layback person. Spunky:很活潑、很有生氣的樣 子）She is quite spunky。這詞也有生 氣的意思： Nobody knows why my father has been spunky lately. Jumpy 有神經(jīng)質(zhì)的樣子） 驚炸的） He is jumpy. （ high-strung ）。She has bubbly personality.

29、 Bubble 有氣泡的 ,形容人熱情。Sassy,沒有教養(yǎng)，說話粗魯，例 如小孩子頂嘴。也有活潑的含義。與sassy有關(guān)的東西一般都是青少年類的。162. every nook and cranny 每個角落）The story surely has reached every nook and crannyin the city.這件事傳遍的大街小巷。 nook and cranny has brought back memories. This house is where I know every nook and cranny of it.EverygrewLawwere stuff

30、ed into every nook and cranny office.up. I books of his163. tidy 很可觀）巨大）She sold it for a tidy profit.說“錢多”還可以說 handsome, handsome profit也是利潤可觀的意思。Tidy另一個意思是整潔：the room is clean andtidy.還有一個口語詞表達巨大的：colossal, Tisreally a colossal success. a colossal waste of time, 164.be off one s rocker, rocker 是搖椅

31、）一 個人坐在搖椅上得意忘形就搖到地上去了，意思就是 crazy。Spending that much on a car! He must be off his rocker! Have yougone totally off your rocker? Rocker 又叫 lazy chair。 Off the wall也是不可思議的意思。165. 臺灣人說“嗆阿扁”如何說？可以用 hoot, They hooted at the speaker.他們對做報告 的人發(fā)出嗆聲。 The audience hooted the actor. 觀眾都向這個演員喝倒采。Before too long,

32、 they hooted the singer off the stage.彳艮，快他 們就把這個歌手轟下了臺。166. 垃圾文章）trashy articles, or junk articles,垃圾小說也可以這么說：trashy novels, junk novels,167. It is toasty outside.外面很熱。168. a curve ball, curve 意為“曲線”）棒球 投球手（pitcher）投出難接的曲線球，意為“意 夕卜的難題 ） The weather threw a curve at theiroutdoor picnic and they hadt

33、o eat indoors.天氣忽然變得很糟糕，他們不得 不中斷室外的野餐，而到室內(nèi)吃。函數(shù)表格中常 常出現(xiàn)曲線，表示兩個點之間的關(guān)系，現(xiàn)在也喻 事務(wù)中間的關(guān)系：the learning curve ,progress curve, cost improvement curve , gradual learning curve （學(xué)習(xí)要循序漸進）等等，都有這個意思。169. She got him in her back pocket. Back pocket,褲后面的口袋，意思是“囊中物，跑不 了”，這句話的意思因此是“她已經(jīng)把他馴得對 她死心塌地?！?70. whack狠狠揍了。一頓，或干

34、掉了 誰。He got whacked.他被狠揍了一頓。但注意 They have all had a whack. 這里的 whack 意思 為cut, 一份：他們大家都得到了 一份。171. I am not a sugar daddy.我可不是要什 么給什么的人。甜爸爸，非常慷慨的意思。172. It is obvious that he doesn t have all of his marbles. Marble的意思是大理石，但口語中 為“理智”。這句話的意思是：很顯然，他頭腦 （或思維）有點問題。Hecompletely lost his marbles after the st

35、ock market crashed.股市崩盤后，他差點跳樓。173. huffy形容詞，生氣的，驕傲的，臉皮 薄的。If they get all huffy, you know they are not humble people,如果他們老是動輒生氣）你就知 道他們根本沒有什么涵養(yǎng)。She stayed huffy a good while. 她氣了好一陣。174. Got the picture? 明白了嗎？ I just can t get the picture. Picture 指事物的真相。175. It was a great venture. It was going gr

36、eat guns.這是非常值得的投資，很成功。I m not worried about our company s future 一 we re going great guns, and I expect it to continue,我根本就不為我們公司的 將來去擔憂，我們發(fā)展得很好，我覺得還會一直 很好地發(fā)展。Stick to his guns 不放棄）堅持 David s family were against him becoming an actor but he stuck to his guns.大衛(wèi)的家人都反對他去當 演員，但他卻不放棄。Stand by your guns

37、 and don t let them talk you into working full time if you don t want to. 堅持你 自己的方式，如果你不想全時間工作，就不要聽 他們這樣的建議。Shotgun marriage奉子成親（來源：女子未 婚懷孕，女子父親拿槍逼男子與女子成婚），脅 迫婚姻 （forced marriage ）,Their cohabitation led to a shotgun wedding and a bitter divorce before too long. 他 們同居后，女方懷孕，不得不結(jié)婚，然后很快就 離了婚。A shotgun

38、 political marriage（民進黨與國民黨）兩個政敵迫不得已的聯(lián)手176. throwback生物學(xué)上返祖現(xiàn)象。這是進 化論的觀點。比如有人肝門部位突出了一點， 進 化論者就說那是返祖現(xiàn)象，說明人是猴子變的。 當然這情況不常有，常有的倒是不少人有六個 指頭，但從來沒有聽到進化論者說那是返祖現(xiàn) 象。不過這個詞在日常生活中的意思是“舊派、 守舊”，例如我一位朋友，在大學(xué)教書，那里人 人都為當教授爭得頭破血流，而她卻厭惡為了教 授的席位去爭風(fēng)吃醋。這樣的人在現(xiàn)今的年代已 幾乎絕跡了，可以說她是個返祖現(xiàn)象。She is a throwback to an era when people w

39、ould not sell out.她還是屬于不出賣靈魂時代 的人。His sentiments were a throwback to the old communist days.他的觀點屬于從前過時的共產(chǎn) 黨時代。Being a sort of throwback to the Victorian age, she won t go against her old dad s wishes. 她具有維多利亞時代的氣質(zhì)，不會跟老爸的意愿 過不去。177. put on the back burner, 意為“將一項 事延后”（可能是不重視）I don t think we will hav

40、e time to complete it this year. Let s put it on the back burner.我覺得今年是沒有時間完成這項工作了，我們就把它 延后一點吧。Plans for a new sports complex have been put on the back burner.修建一座體育館的計劃不得不延后。178. lay a finger at碰.一下）但這個詞組 一般只用在否定句中。Don t lay a finger at him. 不要打他。 Dare you lay a finger at him, I will kill him.只要你敢碰

41、他）我就宰了你。 You d better not lay a finger on those documents!這些文件你最好碰都不要碰。 If you lay a finger on me, I ll sue. 如果你敢碰 我，我就把你告上法庭。179. 如果一個人收到一份請?zhí)缁槎Y請 帖，后面會有幾個字母：R.S.V,P.這幾個字母是 法文“r ondez, s il vous plaît,的縮寫， 意為“請回答”。按照禮節(jié)(Etiquette rules ),收信人應(yīng)該在當天就回信。 有時有人會把縮寫轉(zhuǎn)為動詞用：Have you R.S.V.P.ed to that i

42、nvitation ?180. They are fighting for crumbs. Crumb是面包渣。他們在為生存苦苦掙扎。181. It is a family business.這是家傳生意。 Family business 就是爺爺干了，傳給爸爸，爸 爸再傳給下一代，因此又可稱是祖?zhèn)魃?。Family restaurant家庭餐廳，這個餐廳里 干活的都是一家人，因此不大，但溫馨、有特色。 主要是與連鎖店相比較的一個概念。182. pep talk,比賽前，教練給隊員們的鼓 舞士氣的講話?，F(xiàn)在可以泛指了，例如老師每天 給學(xué)生鼓舞斗志的講話也是 pep talk。安慰人也可以說是p

43、ep talk。pep rally,啦啦隊的人 帶領(lǐng)全場的人為自己的隊伍呼喊鼓氣。例如：老師鼓勵學(xué)生：“Life is not measured by thenumber of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. - George CarlinPep 一詞從pepper發(fā)展而來）人困了時） 咬口辣椒可以提神。183. tough,堅硬的，（肉）很老的，也表示 一件事不容易。That will be a tough sale.要讓人 接受你這個方案不會那么容易。I toughed it out 我硬挺過來了

44、。184. I have been totally sold out to your idea.我100%地贊同贊同你的意見。我完全為 你的主意所折服。類似的話還有If you are not careful enough, you will buy into his bad idea.如果你不小心的話）你就會采納他的 這饅主意。185. killer,殺手）a serial killer 連環(huán)殺手。 口語中killer有好幾個意思，1.迷人的，a lady killer,叫女性癡迷的人，如007類的人。2. Killer career,成功的事業(yè)：Aswomen started to bui

45、ld killer careers of their own, males started to feel the pressure. 當女性 開始建立起她們自己成功的事業(yè)時，男性也就開 始感到了壓力。He has really lots of good Ideas and tactics for a killer career. 3.不錯）好看 That laser light show was killer! 現(xiàn)在好些網(wǎng)蟲給自己起網(wǎng)名為 killa, killah, killor, 等。186. Bigwig 有錢人）老板 This is a retreat only for bigwig

46、.那是給有錢人玩的度假村。187. edge是個常用詞，“邊緣，刀刃，口 語中有另外幾個意思：take the edge off,減輕） Have an apple. Itll take the edge off your hunger for a while.先吃個蘋果）墊 墊底。 His apology took the edge off her anger. 他道了欠后，她的怒氣也就消了不少。Thismusic collection will take the edge off summer heat.這個歌集會給你的酷暑帶來涼 后、。The memorial service didnt

47、 bring my husband back to life, but it took the edge off my sorrow.追悼會沒有讓我丈夫死而復(fù)活）但給了我很大的安慰。on the cutting edge:處于最前端)Theyoung people are on the cutting edge of this tecknology.on edge,直譯是站在懸崖處，意思是“很緊張” the 張。The players were all a little on edge before big game.在大賽前）選手個個都顯得很緊have the edge on (over s

48、omeone/something )Democrats now have the edge in the Senate. 民 主黨在參議院里現(xiàn)在略有優(yōu)勢。On a knife edge:處境艱難)危險 Shes bee living on a knife-edge since her ex-husband was released from prison last month.從他前夫上個月從監(jiān)獄釋放后，她的生活就一 直受到極大的威脅。The theatre is on a financial knife-edge and must sell 75% of its seats every ni

49、ght to survive.這個劇院處于財務(wù)危機，每晚必 須賣掉75%的座位方能堅持下 去。復(fù)習(xí)：這句話在前面一節(jié)里提到過:Youmust rent this video. It keeps you on the edge ofyour seat right up to the end.188. ruffle someone s feathers 弓 I起不快） 引起爭論He wasnt asked to speak at the conference, and I know that ruffled his feathers a bit.Her book ruffled a lot of

50、feathers and put the idea of beauty as bondage on the fast track of social issues.這個成語不能直接翻譯成中文里的“一地雞 毛”。189. a blessing in disguise偽裝的祝福）或因禍得福，有塞翁失馬之意。My computer broke down again, but maybe it was a blessing in disguise; Ive been wasting too much time online chatting anyway. 我的電 腦又壞了，不過可能會因禍得福， 因為我太沉溺于網(wǎng)上聊天，虛度光陰。Persecution by the government on Christians is a blessing in disgu