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englishidioms

1.EnglishIdioms

Adaylateandadollarshort--Ifsomethingisadaylateandadollarshort,itistoolittle,toolate.太少也太晚；只差一点，但后果严重Acriticismofapersonwhoneversucceeds.Thefailuresmaynotbedrasticbutthepatternofsmallfailuresisannoyingtoothers,especiallyintwoareasthatAmericanvalueashighlyastimeandmoney.

Achilles'heel--Aperson'sweakspotistheirAchilles'heel.

唯一致命的弱点

Acidtest--Anacidtestissomethingthatproveswhethersomethingisgood,effective,etc,ornot.

严峻的考验；决定性考验

Acrosstheboard--Ifsomethingappliestoeverybody,itappliesacrosstheboard.

适合每个人；包括所有团体或成员

Againstthegrain--Ifdoingsomethinggoesagainstthegrain,you'reunwillingtodoitbecauseitcontradictswhatyoubelievein,butyouhavenorealchoice.违背心愿做，格格不入

Aheadofthepack--Ifyouareaheadofthepack,youhavemademoreprogressthanyourrivals.

鹤立鸡群

Allalong--Ifyouhaveknownorsuspectedsomethingallalong,thenyouhavefeltthisfromthebeginning.自始自终

Allears--Ifsomeonesaysheisallears,heisveryinterestedinhearingaboutsomething.

聚精会神地听，洗耳恭听

Allfingersandthumbs--Ifyou'reallfingersandthumbs,youaretooexcitedorclumsytodosomethingproperlythatrequiresmanualdexterity.'Allthumbs'isanalternativeformoftheidiom.

笨拙，笨手笨脚

Allheart--Someonewhoisallheartisverykindandgenerous.

和蔼可亲

Allovertheplace--Ifsomethingiscompletelydisorganizedorconfused,itisallovertheplace.

乱七八糟

Allskinandbone--Ifapersonisveryunderweight,heisallskinandbone,orbones.

骨瘦如柴

AlltheteainChina--Ifsomeonewon'tdosomethingforalltheteainChina,hewon'tdoitnomatterhowmuchmoneyheisoffered.

一切，金山银山

Anoldflame--Anoldflameisapersonthatsomebodyhashadanemotional,usuallypassionate,relationshipwith,whoisstilllookedonfondlyandwithaffection.旧情人

AnyTom,DickorHarry--IfsomethingcouldbedonebyanyTom,DickorHarry,itcouldbedonebyabsolutelyanyone.

不管张三李四

Appleofone’seye--Somethingor,moreoften,someonethatisveryspecialtoyouisthe'appleofyour'eye.极珍爱之人或物，掌上明珠

Armandaleg--Ifsomethingcostsanarmandaleg,itisveryexpensive.昂贵

Armchaircritic--Anarmchaircriticissomeonewhooffersadvicebutnevershowsthathecouldactuallydoanybetter.

不做调查研究的批评家，纸上谈兵的人

Armedtotheteeth--Ifpeoplearearmedtotheteeth,theyhavelotsofweapons.

全副武装

Arrowinthequiver--Anarrowinthequiverisastrategyoroptionthatcouldbeusedtoachieveyourobjective.

策略，可用之计

Asoneman--Ifpeopledosomethingasoneman,thentheydoitatexactlythesametimeorincompleteagreement.

一致

Asthecrowflies

Thisidiomisusedtodescribetheshortestpossibledistancebetweentwoplaces.

直线地;最短距离地

Atalooseend--Ifyouareatalooseend,youhavesparetimebutdon'tknowwhattodowithit.‘Atone’slooseends’isanalternativeformoftheidiom.

闲着，无所事事

Atdeath'sdoor--Ifsomeonelooksasifheisatdeath'sdoor,helooksseriouslyunwellandmightactuallybedying.

生命垂危，鬼门关

Ateachother'sthroats--Ifpeopleareateachother'sthroats,theyarefighting,arguingorcompetingruthlessly.

激烈搏斗或争论

Atodds--Ifyouareatoddswithsomeone,youcannotagreewithhimandargue.

争执,不一致

Atsea--Ifthingsareatsea,orallatsea,theyaredisorganizedandchaotic.

茫然，迷惑

Atthedropofahat--Ifyouwoulddosomethingatthedropofahat,you'ddoitimmediately.

随时,立刻;动不动就...,一有机会就

Attheendofone’srope--Ifyouareattheendofyourrope,youareatthelimitofyourpatienceorendurance.

忍无可忍

Atone’swit'send--Ifyou'reatyourwit'send,youreallydon'tknowwhatyoushoulddoaboutsomething,nomatterhowhardyouthinkaboutit.

智穷计尽

Axetogrind--Ifyouhaveanaxetogrindwithsomeoneoraboutsomething,youhaveagrievance,resentmentandyouwanttogetyourrevengeorsortitout.InAmericanEnglish,itis'ax'.

心中别有企图，别有用心

Babyboomer--Ababyboomerissomeonebornduring1945-1965,aperiodwhenthepopulationwasgrowingfast.

婴儿潮出生的人

Backnumber--Somethingthat'sabacknumberisdatedoroutoffashion.

<美>过期刊物,<口>过时（或老式）的人（或物）,老古董

Backthewronghorse--Ifyoubackthewronghorse,yougiveyoursupporttothewrongperson下错赌注

Backtosquareone--Ifyouarebacktosquareone,youhavetostartfromthebeginningagain.问题回到原态,并没有解决

Badblood--Ifpeoplefeelhatebecauseofthingsthathappenedinthepast,thereisbadbloodbetweenthem.恨,恶感

Badegg--Apersonwhocannotbetrustedisabadegg.Goodeggistheopposite.bad<美俚>坏蛋,坏家伙,不可信任的人

Badtasteinone’smouth

Ifsomethingleavesyouwithabadtasteinyourmouth,youfeelthereissomethingwrongorbadaboutit.感觉不对劲

Baker'sdozen--ABaker'sdozenis13ratherthan12.

Bareone’sheart--Ifyoubareyourhearttosomeone,youtellhimyoupersonalandprivatefeelings.敞开心扉

Barefacedliar--Abarefacedliarisonewhodisplaysnoshameaboutlyingevenifheisexposed.厚颜无耻的撒谎者

Barreloflaughs--Ifsomeonehasabarreloflaughs,heisalwaysjokingandyoufindhimfunny.一肚子的笑料

Bethatasitmay--Itisanexpressionwhichmeansthat,whileyouarepreparedtoacceptthatthereissometruthinwhattheotherpersonhasjustsaid,it'snotgoingtochangeyouropinionsinanysignificantmanner.尽管是这样，不管怎么样

Bearfruit--Ifsomethingbearsfruit,itproducespositiveresults.结果实;发生效果

Beataboutthebush--Ifsomeonedoesn'tsayclearlywhathemeansandtrytomakeithardtounderstand,heisbeatingabout（around）thebush.旁敲侧击

Behindcloseddoors--Ifsomethinghappensawayfromthepubliceye,ithappensbehindcloseddoors.与外界隔绝地;秘密地

Behindsomeone'sback--Ifyoudosomethingbehindsomeone'sback,youdoitwithouttellinghim.在某人的背后

Behindthetimes--Someonethatisbehindthetimesisold-fashionedandhasideasthatareregardedasout-dated.落伍；赶不上时代

Belowpar--Ifsomethingisn'tuptostandard,orsomeoneisn'tfeelingordoingverywell,heisbelowpar.低于平均水平，中等以下

Belowthebelt--Ifsomeonesayssomethingthatiscruelorunfair,itisbelowthebelt,liketheillegalpunchesinboxing.拳击手腰带以下部位（击此部位为犯规行为）不正当地

Bendoverbackwards--Ifsomeonebendsoverbackwards,hedoeseverythinghecantohelpsomeone.尽最大的力量（做某事）

Bettersafethansorry--Thisidiomisusedtorecommendbeingcautiousratherthantakingarisk.宁可不做也不要做错

Betterthanastickintheeye--Ifsomethingisbetterthanastickintheeye,itisn'tverygood,butitisbetterthannothing.比没有好

Betweenthedevilandthedeepbluesea--Ifyouarecaughtbetweenthedevilandthedeepbluesea,youareinadilemma;adifficultchoice.进退维谷

Betweenthelines--Ifyoureadbetweenthelines,youfindtherealmassageinwhatyou'rereadingorhearing,ameaningthatisnotavailablefromaliteralinterpretationofthewords.暗示,言外之意

Beyondashadowofadoubt--Ifsomething'sbeyondashadowofadoubt,thenabsolutelynodoubtsremainaboutit.毫无疑问

Beyondbelief--Ifpeoplebehaveinsuchawaythatyoufinditalmostimpossibletoacceptthattheyactuallydidit,thenyoucansaythattheirbehaviorwasbeyondbelief.令人难以置信

Beyondone’sken--Ifsomething'sbeyondyourken,itisbeyondyourunderstanding.超过某人的知识范围

Beyondthepale--Ifsomething'sbeyondthepale,itistooextremetobeacceptablemorallyorsocially.越轨行为；不妥当的行为

Bigbucks--Ifsomeoneismakingbigbucks,heismakingalotofmoney.大款

Bigfishinasmallpond--Abigfishinasmallpondisanimportantpersoninasmallplaceororganization.矮子当中的高个

Biggerfishtofry--Ifyouaren'tinterestedinsomethingbecauseitisn'timportanttoyouandtherearemoreimportantthingsforyoutodo,youhavebiggerfishtofry.可以另谋高就，有更好的机会

Bird'seyeview--Ifyouhaveabird'seyeviewofsomething,youcanseeitperfectlyclearly.鸟瞰

Bitethebullet--Ifyouhavetobitethebullet,youhavetoacceptorfacesomethingunpleasantbecauseitcannotbeavoided.无法推托

Bitethedust--Thisisawayofsayingthatsomebodyhasdied,especiallyifheiskilledviolentlylikeasoldierinbattle.一败涂地

Bitterend--Ifyoudosomethingtothebitterend,youdoittotheveryend,nomatterhowunsuccessfulyouare.最后,结局,到底,至死

Blackandwhite--Whenitisveryclearwhoorwhatisrightandwrong,thenthesituationisblackandwhite.白纸黑字

Blacksheep--Someonewhoistheblacksheepdoesn'tfitintoagrouporfamilybecausehisbehaviororcharacterisnotgoodenough.害群之马,败家子

Bleedingheart--Ableedingheartisapersonwhoisexcessivelysympathetictowardsotherpeople.软心肠的,对社会问题太感伤的人,假装同情者

Blessingindisguise--Ifsomebadluckormisfortuneultimatelyresultsinsomethingpositive,it'sablessingindisguise.塞翁失马

Blinkofaneye--Ifsomethinghappensintheblinkofaneye,ithappenssofastitisalmostimpossibletonoticeit.一眨眼

Blood,sweatandtears--Ifsomethingwilltakeblood,sweatandtears,itwillbeverydifficultandwillrequirealotofeffortandsacrifice.挥泪洒汗，全力以赴

Blowhotandcold--Ifyoublowhotandcoldonanidea,yourattitudeandopinionkeepschanging;oneminuteyouareforit,thenextyouareagainst.摇摆不定

Blowoutofthewater--Ifsomething,likeanidea,isblownoutofthewater,itisdestroyedordefeatedcomprehensively.烟消云散

Blowone’sowntrumpet--Ifsomeoneblowshisowntrumpet,heboastsabouthistalentsandachievements.自吹自擂

Blueblood--Someonewithbluebloodisroyalty.贵族血统

Boltfromtheblue--Ifsomethinghappensunexpectedlyandsuddenly,itisaboltfromtheblue.晴天霹雳

Boneofcontention--Ifthereisanissuethatalwayscausestensionandarguments,itisaboneofcontention.争论的焦点[主题],争端

Bonetopick--Ifyouhaveabonetopickwithsomeone,youareannoyedaboutsomethinghehasdoneandwanttotellhimhowyoufe