英语中常见的“假朋友”.doc

英语中常见的“假朋友”1.a bakers dozen: 13 2.a little bird told me: 有人私下里告诉我3.a piece of work: 大吵大闹4.a quicker one: 喝一小杯5.above the salt: 在上席，首席6.Adams apple: 喉结7.afterbirth: 胎盘8.afternoon farmer: 拖拉的人9.an apple of love: 西红柿10.an arm and a leg: 太贵了11.apple-pie order: 整整齐齐12.as good as gold: 很乖很规矩13.as high as a bite: 酩酊大醉，吸毒上瘾14.Aunt Sally: 众矢之的，易受批评责备的对象15.bad sailor: 晕船的人16.barbers cat: 面黄肌瘦17.be an angel: 行行好吧18.be with you from the egg to apple: 永远在一起19.beat it: 滚开20.between the devil and the deep blue sea: 进退两难21.bite ones thumb at: 嗤之以鼻22.bleeding heart: 心肠太软23.Bobs your uncle: 万事大吉24.bring down the house: 博得全场喝彩25.butter sb. up: 拍的马屁26.capital idea: 好主意27.cat-and-dog life: 吵架的生活28.China Policy: 对华政策29.Chinese rose: 月季花30.cock-and-bull story: 拙劣的谎言31.cold turkey: 突然终止某种成瘾的习惯32.colour bar: 种族歧视33.confidence man: 骗人 34.cut sb. dead: 不理睬35.dead duck: 毫无讨论价值的计划或事情36.dead meat: 倒大霉37.dead president: 美钞38.dead sea fruit: 虚有其表的东西39.dog days: 酷暑40.dog-eared: （书）卷角的41.do-gooder: 帮了倒忙42.dogsbody: 打杂的人43.doormat: 逆来顺受的人44.Dutch courage: 酒后之勇45.dyed in the wool: 彻头彻尾的46.easy street: 日子好过了47.eat dirt: 忍气吞声48.eat ones hat: 不信，才怪 49.embowered: 绿树成荫的50.enough to make a cat speak: 离奇的让人惊讶51.every man Jack: 每个人52.every Tom, Dick and Harry: 普通百姓53.fall from grace: 失宠，误入歧途，故态复萌54.feather in ones cup: 值得骄傲的事55.feather ones nest: 中饱私囊56.feet of clay: 致命弱点57.fifth wheel: 多余的人58.fishwife: 泼妇59.five-finger: 贼60.fly a kite: 试探反应，试探舆论61.four hundred: 社会名流62.four-letter word: 下流话63.for love or money: 无论如何64.for my money: 正合我意，在我看来65.forty winks：打盹，小睡66.get something between ones ribs and backbone: 吃点东西67.give sb. a lot house: 给某人很多的鼓励和关心68.give sb. a wide berth: 退避三舍69.give sb. too much of a good thing: 干过了头70.give up the ghost: 报废，毁坏71.go against the grain: 不合常理72.go a long way: 很有帮助73.go to Reno: 离婚74.go to the wall: 逼上绝境75.grease sbs palm: 塞点钱给某人76.Greek gift: 危险的礼物77.greenfields: 未开发地区78.hair of the dog: 以毒攻毒79.half-cut: 半醉80.half the time: 经常，总是81.hand in glove: 相互勾结，密切合作82.hand sb. a lemon: 欺骗83.hand sth. On a sliver platter: 把送给某人84.handle with gloves: 温和对待85.handwriting on the wall: 前景不妙86.hard cheese: 不走运，倒霉87.hat in hand: 恭恭敬敬地88.have a ball: 玩的非常开心89.have a bone in ones throat: 难于启齿90.have a good innings: 一帆风顺91.have a screw loose: 精神不大正常92.have no opinion of: 没有好感93.have some problems that one imaginary: 自寻烦恼94.have two left feet: 笨手笨脚95.heartman: 心脏移植者96.heavy duty: 耐用97.help a lame dog over a stile: 助人渡过难关98.high tea: 午后茶99.hit sb. between the eyes: 惊奇万分100.hobby horse: 老话题101.hold the baby: 把责任推卸给别人 102.hot air: 吹牛，空话103.hot potato: 棘手的事104.How do you like that!: 你说气人不气人！105.How goes the enemy: 现在几点了？106.husbands tea: 淡茶107.I ask you!: 真太可笑了108.ice-skating in hell: 太阳从西边出来109.Ill be a moneys uncle: 真想不到110.Im a Dutchman: 我就不是人111.in double harness: 身兼两职，已婚的112.in Dutch: 处境困难，碰到麻烦113.in ones birthday clothes: 裸体114.in repair: 状况良好115.in the bag: 稳操胜券116.in the doghouse: 遭到冷落，失宠117.in the green: 血气方刚的，年富力强的118.in the wind: 即将119.into the bargain: 除以外120.iron horse: 火车121.Is your father a glazier?: 你怎么能遮挡人家的光线呢？122.Its your baby: 这是你的事情123.Its your funeral: 自作自受124.Italian hand: 幕后操纵125.Jack in office: 自命不凡的小官126.have jam on it: 舒适，幸运127.jobs for the boys: 任人唯亲128.join the angels: 不在人世129.get ones feet wet: 到实践中去学130.just what the doctor ordered: 再好不过的事情131.keep body and soul together: 维持生活132.keep the pot boiling: 养家糊口133.kill sb. with kindness: 热情让人受不了134.King Charles head: 挂在嘴边的话题135.kiss of death: 帮了倒忙136.knife and fork: 贪食的人，胃口很好的人137.knock ones sock off: 大吃一惊138.know a thing or two: 了如指掌139.know sb. was alive: 注意某人（否定疑问） 140.labour of love: 心甘情愿的工作141.lame duck: 即将下任142.last honors: 葬礼143.laundry list: 详细的清单144.last straw: 导致失败的最后一击145.lead a dogs life: 过着牛马不如的生活146.lead sb. up the gardens path: 诱骗某人147.left-handed marriage: 门户不想当的婚姻148.let daylight into sb.: 射穿某人149.let sbs hair down: 放松一下150.a cat in the strange garret: 腼腆的人151.like hot cakes: 销路极好152.like old boots: 竭尽全力153.little better than:几乎和一样糟154.live on wind pudding: 喝西北风过日子155.look like a million dollars: 显得气度非凡156.loose fish: 放荡的人157.lose ones head: 慌了手脚158.make a hole in the water: 投水自尽159.man and boy: 自幼，一辈子160.meat and drink: 极大的乐趣161.monkey business: 不正当的勾当162.morning glory: 牵牛花163.names and debts: 树大招风164.Nancy boy: 娘娘腔的人165.nose dive: 猛跌166.not tonight, Josephire: 今晚不行（sex）167.now or never: 机不可失168. odd jobs: 杂活169. oil skin: 防水170.Old Bill: 警察171.old hat: 过时的东西172.on the cards: 意料之中的173.on the street: 炒鱿鱼 174.out of this world: 太棒了175.paint the lily: 画蛇添足176.paint the town red: 狂欢庆祝177.pair off: 成双配对178.parkland: 园林地179.pay the debt of nature: 去世，死亡180.personal remark: 人身攻击181.pigtail: 辫子182.pink elephant: 幻觉183.pink slip: 解雇通知书184.popular opinion: 大众意见185.powder room: 女厕所186.priceless: 价值连城的187.put a sock on it: 住口188.put the finger in ones eyes: 掩面而泣189.queen-suited: 大号190.rabbit food: 凉拌菜191.rain check: 推迟192.rain on ones parade: 扫某人的兴193.rat race: 你争我194.reach the bottom of the barrel: 无计可施195.red lady: 放荡的女人196.red meat: 牛羊肉197.red type: 繁文缛节198.ride the high horse: 盛气凌人199.rose-colored: 乐观的200.rule of thumb: 凭经验201.sad dog: 放荡的人，易闯祸的人202.salt of the earth: 社会的中坚力量203.save sbs bacon: 幸免于难204.say uncle: 讨饶205.scratch the surface: 略知皮毛206.sea cucumber: 海参207.search me: 我可不知道208.security blanket: 靠山209.see the elephant: 老练的很，见世面210.set the world on fire: 轰动全世界211.shoestring: 小本，微薄212.shoot the cat: 呕吐213.shot in the arm: 强心剂，雪中送炭214.sit on the fence: 不表态215.skeleton in the cupboard: 家丑216.smell fishy: 感觉不对头217.Spainish athlete: 爱吹牛218.split hours: 吹毛求疵219.sporting house: 妓院220.spring chicken: 青春少女 221.storm in tea cup: 小题大做222.swan song: 最后的演说 223.sweet water: 甘泉224.talk along parallel lines: 英雄所见略同225.take French leave: 不辞而别226.take off the gloves to sb. : 对不依不饶227.take ones medicine: 忍受不愉快的事情228.take sb. for a ride: 上当受骗229.take the cake: 得头奖，成为佼佼者230.take to ones heels: 拔腿就跑231.take turkey: 言归正传232.ten to one: 很可能233.The Big House: 联邦监狱234.throw mind at sb.: 诽谤235.throw the book at sb. : 给某人定重罪236.toe of Italy: 意大利西南端237.toilet water: 花露水238.trim the sails: 随遇而安，随机而变239.under arms: 严正以待 24