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1、俚语Quotes and sayings.俚语2007年08月18日 15:21:34 作者： charles.666 a bird in the hand is worth two the bush 一鸟在手，胜似二鸟在林a blank slate 新的一页，新的开始a bone to pick争端，不满a cat nap 打个盹儿a chip off the old block 子肖其父a chip on ones shoulder 自卑感，因为自卑而爱找别人麻烦；喜欢向人挑衅a ouch potato 懒鬼a cake walk 易事a headache 麻烦事a knock out美得

2、让人倾倒a load off my mind 心头大石落地a nut 傻子，疯子a pain in the neck 苦事a piece of cake 小菜一碟，易事一件a pig 猪猡a shot in the dark 瞎猜a short fuse 脾气火爆a sinking ship 正在下沉的船a slam dunk 轻而易举的事a slap in the face公然受辱a smoke screen 烟幕a social butterfly 善于交际，会应酬的人a stick in the mud 烂泥中的树枝a thick skin 厚脸皮a thorn in someones

3、side 芒刺在背a turn coat 叛徒an uphill battle 在逆境中求胜a weight off my shoulders 放下肩头重担ace 得到完美的结果all ears 洗耳恭听all thumbs 笨手笨脚an ace up my sleeve 袖里的王牌an open and shut case明显的事件ants in ones pants 坐立不安back in the saddle重整旗鼓back on track改过自新backfire弄巧成拙，适得其反ball and chain 老婆beat a dead horse徒劳beaten by the ugl

4、y stick 生得难看bet on it 有把握，无疑bet your life 绝对错了better half 我的另一半between a rack and a hard place 进退维谷big headed 傲慢，自大bigger fish to fry 有更重要的事要办bite off more than one can chew 贪多嚼不烂bite the bullet 强忍痛苦birds of a feather flock together 物以类聚blow up in you face 事情完全弄砸了bologna 胡说，瞎说break a let 表演真实，演出成功br

5、eak the ice 打破僵局bright聪明，灵光brown nose 讨好，谄媚bug somebody 使人讨厌bull in a china shop 笨拙的人bump into 巧遇burn brides 过河拆桥burst your bubble 打破人的幻想，煞风景bury ones head in the sand自欺欺人butterfingers抓不稳东西的人butterflies in my stomach心里紧张，七上八下buy the farm归道山，死了call it a night一日事毕，可以睡觉了cant teach an old dog new tricks

6、老狗学不会新把戏cash in my chips睡觉，就寝chicken胆小鬼circle the wagons严阵以待clean up ones act自我检点，自我改进come down in bucket倾盆大雨come down in sheets倾盆大雨cool your lips冷静下来cost someone an arm and a leg代价昂贵count on something /doing something 这事靠得住count your chickens before they hatch 蛋还没孵化，先数小鸡crock 无用之物，废话cross the line做

7、得太过分了cross that bridge when we come to it 船到桥头自然直cry over spilled milk 为过去的失败而懊丧cushion the blow 说话绵软一点，以免打击太重cut to the chase不绕圈子，开门见山，单刀直入daily grind 例行苦事，每天得干的苦工days are numbered 来日无多dead center 正当中dead-end street 死路，死巷子domino effect 骨牌效应dont hold your breath 别期望太高dont look a gift horse in the mo

8、uth 收人礼物别嫌好道歹down to the wire 最后关头down under 常指面半球的澳洲downhill from here 自此每况愈下drop the ball 失职empty nest 儿女长大离家every cloud has a silver lining 祸兮福所倚fall into place 落实，就绪fender bender小车祸fight tooth and nail 爪牙并施，拚命抵抗fine line 微妙的差别fish out of water 如鱼离水flash in the pan 空欢喜一场，好景不长fork in the road 岔路fr

9、amed 被陷害，遭栽赃full throttle 加足马力get a foot in the door 获得立足点get hitched 结婚get off on the wrong foot 第一印象不佳get the ball rolling 动起手来get the green light 获准行动get up on the wrong side of the bed 起床下错边give the shirt off ones back 慷慨成性go one step too far 做得太过分了go out on a limb 担风险go overboard 过火go to hell i

10、n a hand basket 一坏不可收拾go to ones head 上头上脸，冲昏头脑go under 破产goose bumps 鸡皮疙瘩grasp for straws 绝望中的挣扎guts 胆子hot 惹火have ones cake and eat it too 既要鱼，又要熊掌hindsight is 20/20 事后的先见之明hit stride 脚步走顺了hit the books 用功hit the hay 睡觉、就寝hit the jackpot 中了头彩hit the road 上路hold a candle to 远不能相比hold your horses 慢来h

11、ang somebody out to dry 把坑苦了in ones back pocket 是某人的囊中之物in the dark茫然in the lime light 出风头its Greek to me 天书in the middle of nowhere前不见村，后不着店joined at the hip死党jump the gun抢先just what the doctor ordered 对症下药keep an ear to the ground注意新动向keep ones fingers crossed/cross ones fingers 暗祈上苍保佑kick the buc

12、ket 翘辫子kill two birds with one stone一 箭双雕，一举两得kiss up to 讨好kitty corner 斜对角knuckle sandwich 饱以老拳landslide 压倒性的胜利last straw 最后一根稻草left a bitter taste in ones mouth 留下不愉快的回忆left hanging 悬而不决let sleeping dogs lie别无事生非，过去的事不要再提let the cat out of the bag泄密，说漏嘴light a fire under your butt 促其行动light at the

13、 end of the tunnel 一线希望like hot cakes 很受欢迎的东西，抢手货like looking for a needle in a haystack 大海捞针like pulling hens teeth 艰苦不堪like shooting fish in a barrel 瓮中捉鳖like stealing candy from a baby 易事ling winded 长舌，碎嘴loose cannon 一触即发的脾气lose ones marbles 疯了，神智不清low blow 不正当的攻击，下流手段make a mountain out of a mol

14、ehill小题大作make him and break the mold 再没有跟他一样的人了Monday morning quarterback 马后炮monkey business 胡闹monkey on ones back 难以摆脱的负担more than you can shake a finger at 屈指难数more than one way to skin a cat 另有办法music to my ears 爱听的话my old man我父亲nail in the coffin 致使的一击，决定成败的最重要因素neck and neck 马齐头并进，不分轩轾no sweat没

15、什么大不了not dealing with a full deck 头脑不正常nothing will leave these walls 言不入六耳off the charts 好得没治了off the deep end 暴跳如雷off the fop of ones head 临时一想，随口一说on a good note 尽欢而散on a roll 做得很顺，势如破竹on cloud nine 九霄云上on fire 红火，手气旺on my nerves 惹我心烦on pins and needles 如坐针毡，坐立不安on tap 现成的，预备好的on the back burner

16、靠边站on the ball 做事有准备，有把握on the edge of my seat 专心地看和听on the rocks 触礁，搁浅；加冰块on the same page 进度相同on the tip of my tongue 话到舌尖，呼之欲出once in a blue moon 稀罕，少见one foot in the grave 入土三尺one of a kind 独一无二one step ahead of you 领先你一步out of the pan and into the fire 每况愈下out of the picture 不在画面里out of this wo

17、rld 人世所无，只应天上有pale in comparison 相形失色peas in a pod好哥儿们pieces come together 诸事顺利，达成完美结果play it by ear随机应变plenty of other fish in the sea 天涯何处无芳草poker face 喜怒不形于色pop the question 求婚pot calling the kettle black 五十步笑百步pull oneself up by ones bootstraps凭自己的力量重新振作起来pull the rug out from underneath someone

18、 事出意外punch your lights out 揍得你两眼发黑put all of ones eggs in one basket 孤注一掷put ones foot in ones mouth 说错话了put ones nose to the grindstone 专心工作put the cart before the horse 本末倒置put up the white flag 投降，放弃rain on your parade扫兴，浇冷水rain cats and dogs 倾盆大雨raise the bar 更上一层楼read someone like a book 对这个人一目

19、了然red handed 趁着手上的血还没洗净时候抓住，在犯罪现场被逮red tape繁文缛节right down my alley 能者多劳rob the cradle 老牛吃嫩草rock the boat事生非，制造不安定rumple my feathers 逆批龙鳞seamless 天衣无缝secret weapon 秘密武器see right through someone 一眼看穿，洞烛其奸shoot for the stars sick and tired立志要高sit shotgun 厌烦six one way, half a dozen the other半斤八两skate o

20、n thin ice 如履薄冰，身历险境skeleton in ones closet 不可告人的事skin and bones 皮包骨sleep on it 考虑一晚上small talk 寒喧，闲聊smooth sailing 一帆风顺snowball 滚雪球，越滚越大snowballs chance in hell 希望不大spark 来电spineless 没有骨气split hairs吹毛求疵stab in the back 遭人暗算stallion 貌美体健的男人stand someone up 对方失约，让人空等stick a fork in him, hes done 用叉子戳

21、他一下看看，他烤熟了吧stop and smell the roses享受生活straw that broke the camels back最后致命的一击straight from the horses mouth 根据最可靠的消息来源strike out 三振出局stud 貌美体健的男人swing for the fence 打全垒打take a hike 滚蛋take a rain check 另一次机会take off 动身take one for the team 为了集体利益，牺牲个人利益take the word right out of someones mouth 替我说了（

22、你所说的正是我想要说的）the ball is in someones court 该你行动了the walls have ears隔墙有耳the whole nine yards 一举成功（美式足球的攻方一次需推进十码）throw in the towel 认输，放弃tie the knot 结婚toe the line 循规蹈矩，沿着线走tongue in cheek 挖苦地too many cooks in the kitchen 筑室道谋twinkle in your mothers eye 未出娘胎twisted 脾气拧，别扭two left feet 笨手笨脚under my sk

23、in 让我极不舒服under the weather 受了风寒until the cows come home 空等，白等until you are blue in the face 干到脸发青（也是白干）unwind 轻松下来up for grabs 大家有份up in the air 悬而未决walk in someones shoes 设身处地walk on air（高兴得）脚不点地，飘飘然washed up 筋疲力尽，力气都放完了water off a ducks back 马耳东风water under the bridge 逝水，覆水when hell freezes over绝不可能的事weed out 淘汰well rounded全能，全才when pigs fly 不可能not lift a finger 袖手旁观wound up 紧张，兴奋wrapped around his/her little finger 玩弄于股掌之间wring his neck 扭断他的脖子返回顶部评论(6) 引用(1) 查看原文(146) 固定链接 正在加载中.