英語習(xí)語
一、成語（idioms）
Fish in the air 緣木求魚
An old hand is a good guide 老馬識(shí)途
Like a drowned cat 落湯雞
Let the cat out of the bag 露出馬腳
Like knows like 英雄所見略同
二、俗語（colloquialisms）
First-handed 第一手的
Past repair 無法修補(bǔ)
Off color 精神不好
Beyond debate 無可爭(zhēng)議
Beyond control 無法控制
For all I care! 我才不在乎
It’s anyone’s guess. 這事誰也不清楚。
三、諺語（proverbs）
A dog in the manger 狗展馬槽，占著茅坑不拉屎
Mind one’s P’s and Q’s 注意禮節(jié)
A merry heart makes a long life 笑一笑，十年少
A word to the wise is sufficient. 名人不可重說；響鼓不可重敲
Bitter pills may have blessed effects. 良藥苦口利于病；忠言逆耳利于行
Cowards die many times ,but a brave man only dies once. 懦者易死，勇者易活。
East or West ,home is the best.金窩銀窩，不如自己的草窩。
He who hesitates is lost. 機(jī)不可失，時(shí)不再來
It’s never too late to mend. 亡羊補(bǔ)牢為時(shí)不晚
No man is wise at all times.智者千慮必有一失
There will be hell to pay .后果不堪設(shè)想。/后果堪憂
There is no smoke without fire.無風(fēng)不起浪
No weal without woe. 有禍必有福。/禍兮福所倚福兮禍所伏。
Before one can say Jack Robinson. 說時(shí)遲那時(shí)快
The first in danger as the first in fame.吃苦在前，享樂也應(yīng)在前
Seeing falsely is worse than blindness and speaking falsely than silence.
所見不真，猶不如盲；所言不實(shí)，猶不如啞。
Modesty helps a person to make progress whereas conceit makes a person lag behind.
虛心使人進(jìn)步，驕傲使人落后。
No man can play the fool as well as the wise man .大智如愚
實(shí)用習(xí)語
1．As a man sows, so he shall reap.種瓜得瓜種豆得豆
2、As cool as cucumber. 坦然自若
3、Not to let the grass grow under one’s feet. 防微杜漸
4、To hit the (right) nail on the head.擊中要害
5、Between the hammer and the anvil. 腹背受敵
6、A square peg in a round hole .文不對(duì)題；不得其所
7、Out of the frying pan into the fire.才出狼窩，又進(jìn)虎口
8、In hot water.進(jìn)退維谷
9、A little pot is easy hot.壺小易熱，量小易怒
10、Every cook praises his own broth.王婆賣瓜，自賣自夸
11、As poor as the church mouse.一貧如洗
12、A stone kills two birds.一石二鳥
13、At sixes and sevens.亂七八糟
14、When the cat is away, the mice will play.山上無老虎，猴子稱霸王
15、The pot calls the kettle black.和尚罵禿驢。/烏龜莫笑鱉，都在泥里歇
16、Like father, like son.有其父必有其子。
17、to be at liberty自由
18、to cry one’s eyes out哭泣
19、To strike the iron while it is hot. 趁熱打鐵
20、Misfortune never come singly. 福不雙至，禍不單行
21、Fish in troubled water.渾水摸魚
22、to have a well-oiled-tongue 油腔滑舍
23、a bolt from the blue 晴天霹靂
24、Talk of the devil, and he is sure to appear.說曹操曹操到。
25、Beauty is in the eye of the beholder。情人眼里出西施
26、No morning sun lasts a whole day.人無千日好花無百日紅
27、Roman is not built in one day.冰凍三尺非一日之寒
28、A fox may grow but never good.江山易改本性難移
29、An idle youth, a needy age.少壯不努力老大徒傷悲
30、Old friends and old plough shares.姜是老的辣，酒是陳的香。
（或：陳酒味醇，老友情深。）
31、Beat swords into plough shares. 偃武修文。（或：罷兵歇刃）
32、While there is life, there is hope.留得青山在不愁沒柴燒
33、Again and again.一而再再而三
34、Tit for tat.一報(bào)還一報(bào)。或：你做初一我做十五
35、Give him an inch and he will take an ell.得寸進(jìn)尺
36、Rolling stone gathers no moss.滾石不生苔
37、Two heads are better than one.一人不及兩人智
38、A stitch in time saves nine.小洞不補(bǔ)，大洞吃苦
39、Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧
40、Too many cooks spoil the broth.人多不洗碗
41、A new broom sweeps clean.新官上任三把火
42、Many hands make light work.人多力量大
43、Learn to walk before you run.循序漸進(jìn)
44、Fine feathers do not make fine birds.表里不一
45、Give a dog a bad name and hang him.欲加之罪何患無辭
46、Half a loaf is better than none.百鳥在林不如一鳥在手
47、Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.初生牛犢不怕虎
48、Don’t put the cart before the house.別本末倒置
49、Don’t make a mountain out of a molehill.別小題大做
50、Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. 別孤注一擲
51、Don’t have too many irons in the fire.貪多嚼不爛
52、Cut your coat according to your cloth.量入為出
53、A creaking gate hangs long .流水不腐戶樞不蠧
54、Beggars can’t be choosers.饑不擇食
55、As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.自作自受
56、All roads lead to Rome.殊途同歸
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