英语习语

 

一、成语（idioms）

Fish in the air 缘木求鱼

An old hand is a good guide 老马识途

Like a drowned cat 落汤鸡

Let the cat out of the bag 露出马脚

Like knows like 英雄所见略同

 

二、俗语（colloquialisms）

First-handed 第一手的

Past repair 无法修补

Off color 精神不好

Beyond debate 无可争议

Beyond control 无法控制

For all I care! 我才不在乎

It’s anyone’s guess. 这事谁也不清楚。

三、谚语（proverbs）

A dog in the manger 狗展马槽，占着茅坑不拉屎

Mind one’s P’s and Q’s 注意礼节

A merry heart makes a long life 笑一笑，十年少

A word to the wise is sufficient. 名人不可重说；响鼓不可重敲

Bitter pills may have blessed effects. 良药苦口利于病；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.金窝银窝，不如自己的草窝。

He who hesitates is lost. 机不可失，时不再来

It’s never too late to mend. 亡羊补牢为时不晚

No man is wise at all times.智者千虑必有一失

There will be hell to pay .后果不堪设想。/后果堪忧

There is no smoke without fire.无风不起浪

No weal without woe. 有祸必有福。/祸兮福所倚福兮祸所伏。

Before one can say Jack Robinson. 说时迟那时快

The first in danger as the first in fame.吃苦在前，享乐也应在前

Seeing falsely is worse than blindness and speaking falsely than silence.

所见不真，犹不如盲；所言不实，犹不如哑。

Modesty helps a person to make progress whereas conceit makes a person lag behind.

虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后。

No man can play the fool as well as the wise man .大智如愚

 

实用习语

1．As a man sows, so he shall reap.种瓜得瓜种豆得豆

2、As cool as cucumber. 坦然自若

3、Not to let the grass grow under one’s feet. 防微杜渐

4、To hit the (right) nail on the head.击中要害

5、Between the hammer and the anvil. 腹背受敌

6、A square peg in a round hole .文不对题；不得其所

7、Out of the frying pan into the fire.才出狼窝，又进虎口

8、In hot water.进退维谷

9、A little pot is easy hot.壶小易热，量小易怒

10、Every cook praises his own broth.王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸

11、As poor as the church mouse.一贫如洗

12、A stone kills two birds.一石二鸟

13、At sixes and sevens.乱七八糟

14、When the cat is away, the mice will play.山上无老虎，猴子称霸王

15、The pot calls the kettle black.和尚骂秃驴。/乌龟莫笑鳖，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. 趁热打铁

20、Misfortune never come singly. 福不双至，祸不单行

21、Fish in troubled water.浑水摸鱼

22、to have a well-oiled-tongue 油腔滑舍

23、a bolt from the blue 晴天霹雳

24、Talk of the devil, and he is sure to appear.说曹操曹操到。

25、Beauty is in the eye of the beholder。情人眼里出西施

26、No morning sun lasts a whole day.人无千日好花无百日红

27、Roman is not built in one day.冰冻三尺非一日之寒

28、A fox may grow but never good.江山易改本性难移

29、An idle youth, a needy age.少壮不努力老大徒伤悲

30、Old friends and old plough shares.姜是老的辣，酒是陈的香。

（或：陈酒味醇，老友情深。）

31、Beat swords into plough shares. 偃武修文。（或：罢兵歇刃）

32、While there is life, there is hope.留得青山在不愁没柴烧

33、Again and again.一而再再而三

34、Tit for tat.一报还一报。或：你做初一我做十五

35、Give him an inch and he will take an ell.得寸进尺

36、Rolling stone gathers no moss.滚石不生苔

37、Two heads are better than one.一人不及两人智

38、A stitch in time saves nine.小洞不补，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.循序渐进

44、Fine feathers do not make fine birds.表里不一

45、Give a dog a bad name and hang him.欲加之罪何患无辞

46、Half a loaf is better than none.百鸟在林不如一鸟在手

47、Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.初生牛犊不怕虎

48、Don’t put the cart before the house.别本末倒置

49、Don’t make a mountain out of a molehill.别小题大做

50、Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. 别孤注一掷

51、Don’t have too many irons in the fire.贪多嚼不烂

52、Cut your coat according to your cloth.量入为出

53、A creaking gate hangs long .流水不腐户枢不蠧

54、Beggars can’t be choosers.饥不择食

55、As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.自作自受

56、All roads lead to Rome.殊途同归