经典英文俚语.doc

。经典英文俚语 1.Its a hit. 这件事很受人欢迎。2.You hit the nail on the head. 你真是一言中的。3.Its all Greek to me. 我全不懂。4.Hes always on the go. 他永远是前进的。5.Thats a good gimmick. 那是一个好办法。6.He is a fast talker. 他老是说得天花乱坠。7.Whats the gag? 这里面有什么奥妙？8.Drop dead. 走开点。9.Whats eating you? 你有什么烦恼？10.He double-crossed me. 他出卖了我。11.Its my cup of tea. 这很合我胃口。12.Oh,my aching back! 啊呀，天啊，真糟！13.Im beat. 我累死了。14.Ill back you up all the way. 我完全支持你。15.Its a lot of chicken feed. 这是小意思，不算什么。16.Cut it out.= Go on. =Knock it off. 不要这个样子啦17.Do to hell. 滚蛋！18.Stop pulling my leg. 不要开我玩笑了。19.Dont jump on me. 不要跟我发火。20.No dice. 不行。21.He always goofs off. 他总是糊里糊涂。22.So,you finally broke the ice. 你终于打破了僵局。23.Nuts! 胡说！24.He is a nut. 他有点神经病。25.Its on the house. 这是免费的。26.Dont panic. 不要慌啊！27.He is a phoney. 他是一个骗子。28.He was put on the spot. 他已经给人打死了。29.Hes down and out. 他已经完了。30.That will be the day. 要有这么一天就好了。 31.Dont push me. 别逼我。32.Dont give me your attitude. 别跟我摆架子。33.Dont dream away your time. 不要虚度光阴。34.Dont you dare come back again? 你敢再回来！ 35.A flash in the pan. 昙花一现。36.He always likes to play a lone hand. 他喜欢单枪匹马地去干。37.That boy never says uncle. 那个孩子的嘴特别硬。38.You rose to the bait. 你中圈套了。39.Play to the score. 见机行事。40.Im from Missouri. 你骗不了我。41.Hes a brain. 他可是个有头脑的人。42.This draught occurs once in a blue moon. 这场旱灾是百年不遇的。43.How dare you! 你敢！44.In doing we learn. 经一事，长一智。1.Get off my back. 少跟我罗嗦。2.Keep your temper under control. 不要发脾气。3.Thats enough of your back talk. 不许你回嘴。4.He is trying to cash in on me. 他想占我便宜。5.Dont chicken out.Be a man. 不要退缩了。6.Im hard up. 我经济很困难。7.Its full of hot air. 这是雷声大雨点小。8.He told me to get lost. 他叫我走开。9.Whats in it for me? = Whats my cut? = Whats my share? 我有什么好处？10.I got a big kick out of it. 这件事真令我开心。(五)1.He kicked the bucket. 他已经归天。2.Oh!You are killing me! 笑死人了。3.He is an operator.(here it means a thief,a swindler,) 他是一个老滑头。4.He passed out. 他已经昏倒了！5.Dont be that way! 别那样！6.You are casting pearls before swine. 你这是对牛弹琴。7.Example is better than precept. 身教胜于言传。8.There is no one but hopes to be rich. 没有人不想发财。9.He really has no guts. 他真的太没骨气了。10.He has a lot on the ball. 他很能干。(六)1.Wow,the car is awesome.Can I get a load of it? 哇，这车真是帅呆了。 我可以骑骑看吗？2.Im totally maxed out. 我真是完全累坏了。3.Give me a hand. 帮我一下忙。4.Foot the bill. 付帐。5.Youre still wet behind the ears. 你还嫩点儿。6.He had racked his brain. 他已经绞尽脑汁了。7.Our team gained the upper hand. 我们队占上风。8.There go the house lights. 剧院的灯光灭了。9.She eats like a bird. 她饭量特别小。10.He got off on the wrong foot when he started doing. 他一开始就出师不利。(七)1.In her hometown ,she was a big fish in a small pond. 在她家乡，她很了不起。2.He lives only a stones throw from here. 他住的地方离这儿只有一箭之遥。3.Our hopes were all gone. 我们的希望成泡影了。4.Go ahead with your plan.Im all for it. 进行你的计划吧，我完全赞成。5.He has his faults,but all in all,he is a good guy. 他有不对的地方，但总的来说，他还是个不错的家伙。6.Your explanation is as clear as mud. 你的解释一点都不清晰。7.Im really crazy about Michael Jacksons rock and roll. 我对麦克杰克逊的摇滚爱的发狂。8.Their opinions on art are simply for the birds. 他们对艺术的见解真是荒唐可笑。9.I told him to beat it. 我叫他走开。10.I beat my brains (out) to get a job. 为了找寻工作，我伤透了脑筋。(八)1.When it comes to fishing,I beat him by miles. 讲到钓鱼，我比他棒的多。2.Tell me whats your beef? 你抱怨什么？3.Ill come back before you know it. 我很快就回来。4.Please behave yourself before the guests. 在宾客面前你检点一点。5.He is the man behind the curtain(scenes). 他是幕后人物。6.You need to make a case for your suggestions before you can get them approved. 在你的建议得到批准之前，你必须提出充分的理由。7.Dont tell others.Let sleeping dogs lie. 不要告诉别人。莫惹是非。8.Its in Gods hands and we have prepared for the worst. 听天由命吧，我们已经做最坏的准备了。9.When I knew I just being hired ,I jumped out of my skin. 当我被录用时，我简直欣喜若狂。10.The whole team was in the doghouse because they lost the game. 由于输掉比赛，整队都陷入困境。(九)1.I looked high and low for my pen. 我到处找我的钢笔。2.He got to know the ins and outs of the accidents. 他终于弄清了事件的前因后果。3.He left his wife high and dry. 他抛弃了他的妻子。4.If you remain stuck-up,they will often try to pull your leg. 假如你还是目中无人的话，他们会常常想愚弄你的。5.How can we know whether a person is on the up and up by his appearance! 从一个人的外表我们怎么能知道他是坦率的呢！6.Hell be out and about very soon. 他很快就能到户外活动了。7.He will not turn the cold shoulder on me when I am in trouble. 他不会在我困难时疏远我。8.Its no use talking to him ,youll only waste your breath. 和谈谈话没有一点用处，你只是在白费唇舌。9.You gave me an awful pain in the neck. 你真让我觉得讨厌。10.The lummox has loused up their companys whole business. 那个傻大个儿把公司的买卖搞的一团糟。(十)1.When he asked me to marry him , I felt in a bind. 当他向我求婚时，我感到很窘迫。2.She knows her beans in working. 她在工作方面很精通。3.In his speech Mr.Brown laid stress on the sagacity of cats. 布朗先生在他的讲座里强调了猫的灵性。4.The criminal tried to grasp at a straw by feigning mental disorder. 罪犯装疯，企图抓住一根救命稻草。5.Since he is as silly as a goose , he will not get a promotion. 既然他如此的不开窍，他肯定得不到提升的。6.The mayor really made a slip of the tongue! 市长可真是说溜了嘴了！7.Johns friends said he was mistaken , but he stood his ground. 约翰的朋友都说他错了，可是他仍然坚持己见。8.You can trust him , for hes honest through and through. 你可以信任他，他是真正诚实的。9.Trying to study a lesson for one class during another class is like robbing Peter to pay Paul. 在一节课中读另一节课的功课等于是拆东墙补西墙。10.Facing his enemy , he had to play it by ear. 面队敌人，他只有随机应变了。(十一)1.He is in a jam. 他可糟了。2.I will make it up to you. 我一定会补偿你的。3.To me it is just peaputs. 对我来讲，这太不值得了。4.You dont have a care in the world. 你不知人间烦恼为何物。5.I smelled a smell of cooking. 我闻到了烧菜做饭的味道。6.He ran his horse up the hill. 他策马跑上小山。7.Cant you do anything right? 成事不足，败事有余。8.Dont nag me! 别在我面前唠叨！9.I dont know what has set my nerves on edge these days. 这几天不知是什么把我搞的心烦意乱的。10.With things as such ,well have to let things slide. 事到如今，我们也只好顺其自然了。(十二)1.Let bygones be bygones.We are still friends. 让过去的过去吧，我们还是好朋友。2.No big talk with me.I have your number. 别跟我瞎吹了，我又不是不了解你底细。3.I am the apple of my grandmas eye. 我是姥姥的掌上明珠。4.I wouldnt freeload. 我可不愿意白吃白喝别人。5.I didnt know.I was only a shot in the dark. 我不知道。那只是我瞎猜的。6.Why should you always like to rib others? 你为什么总拿别人开心？7.They drove the car and went out for a spin. 他们开车到外面兜风去了。8.There must be someone who had put him up to that. 肯定有人怂恿他去干那件事。9.Give me a break。 饶了我吧。10.Take a hike! 哪儿凉快哪儿歇着去吧。(十三)1.Get over yourself. 别自以为是。2.Get the hell out of here. 滚开。3.I detest you. 我恨你。4.Youre away too far. 你太过分了。5.Youve ruined everything. 全都让你搞砸了。6.Youre a pain in the ass. 你这讨厌鬼。7.Youre a joke. 你真是一个小丑。8.Youre impossible. 你真不可救药。9.Youre an asshole. 你这缺德鬼。10.Youre a jerk. 你是个废物/混球。(十四)1.Really?Youre so bad! 真的吗？你真棒！2.Someday,when your ship comes in ,youll build your dream house. 总有一天，当你有钱时，你会建造你梦想的家。3.Someday youre going to have to face the music for your actions. 总有一天，你将不得不承担自己的行为所带来的后果。4.We could make beautiful music together. 我们也许会是和谐幸福的一对儿。5.Ill speak aganist anything I know to be wrong. 我会对所有我认为不对的事情直言不讳。6.Its supposed to start 6:30 sharp,but I doubt it will. 应该是六点半整的，但是我觉得够呛。7.The brothers differ from each other in their interests. 这几个兄弟各有所好。8.Stone has always had a crush on baby. 石头一直在爱着宝贝。 9.I am sick of always waiting for you! 你老让我等你，真是烦透了。10.Id like to repair our differences. 我愿意消除一下我们之间的分歧。(十五)1.This experience will make me show my true color. 这种经历将使我暴露我的本性。2.As far as policy is concerned ,I have to say something. 谈到政策，我得说几句。3.They are only too delighted to accept the invitation. 他们非常乐意接受邀请。4.He has a nice sum of money put away. 他存了一大笔钱。5.He dare not tell us his evil conduct. 他不敢告诉我们他的罪行。6.This joke has gone a little too far. 这个玩笑开得有点过火了。7.You should have a mind of your own. 你必须有自己的主见。8.He is heavily insured against death. 他给自己投了巨额的人身保险。9.Close the door after you ,please. 请随手关门。10.Dont pull the chairs about,boys! 不要把椅子拖来拖去，孩子们！(十六)1.He is capable of any crime. 他什么样的坏事都能干得出来。2.I have no direction ,I just go wherever the winds blows. 我没有方向，只是随风到处飘。3.He struck his attacker on the ear. 他打了那个攻击者一耳光。4.I have a bottomed-down mind. 我是个没什么独到见解的人。5.Mind your own business! 管好你自己的事！6.Im a man of my word. 我是个讲信用的人。7.Look at this mess! 看看这烂摊子！8.Every time I see you ,you leave me out in the cold. 每次我见到你，你都不理睬我。9.I hope your idea takes wings. 我希望你的想法成真。10.If the shoe fits ,wear it. 如果是真的就承认吧。(十七)1.Id do anything to see you crack a smile. 为了博得你的一笑，我情愿做任何事。2.If you dont want to lose me,youd better lay it on the line. 如果你不想失去我，就最好一五一十地告诉我。3.Ive had enough of your garbage. 我听腻了你的废话。4.Im not going to put up with this! 我再也受不了啦！5.He is about to explode. 他的肺都快要气炸了。6.I only have eyes for you. 我只在乎你。7.I havent got a good house,but Ill keep a good house. 我没有好的房子，但是我会招待周到的。8.He won a monkey at the horse races. 他在跑马中赢了500美元。9.I wish that you would put your cards on the table. 我希望你干脆把话挑明。10.Love is photogenic.It needs darkness to develop. 爱情就象照片，需要大量的暗房时间来培养。(十八)1.You are a dreamboat. 你是位（异性所追求的）理想人选。2.Tell me your story,Im all ears. 告诉我你的故事，我洗耳恭听。3.Have you ever seen your old fame? 你还见过你的旧情人吗？4.I cant burn the candle at both ends forever. 我不能永远这么消耗精力。5.You are always trying to get my goat. 你总是想惹我发火。6.You swept me off my feet. 你使我神魂颠倒。7.Ive been dying to meet you. 我非常非常想见到你。8.We will take a chance on the weather and have the party outdoors. 我们将冒天气的险在室外聚会。9.Never say die.Try again and youll probably succeed. 别灰心，再试一次，你会成功的。10.Just cool your heels! 好了，安静会儿吧！(十九)1.She seems like a cold fish. 她看上去冷冰冰的。2.Im so surprised that you have the face to do so! 你怎么有脸做出这样的事!3.Im only waiting for the green light from you. 我在等您的允许.4.Mary wanted to buy that painting by Picasso,but another millionaire beat her to the draw. 玛丽想买毕加索的那幅画,不过另一个百万富翁捷足先登了。5.Work on the construction site was at full blast. 建筑工地的工作已经全面展开。6.The judge will put him behind bars for at least two years. 法官最少也会判他坐两年牢。7.He suddenly realized that he had been made a monkey of by his opponents. 他突然发现自己被对手给耍了。8.The fighter planes saved our necks. 空军的战斗机保全了我们的生命。9.Mind you eye! 当心！10.He sat there without turning an eyelash. 他泰然自若地坐在那边。(二十)1.Drop me a line! 写封信给我。2.Youd better look before you leap. 你最好三思而后行。3.Draw your chair up to the table. 把你的椅子拉到桌子旁边来。4.I lost the door key about here. 我在这附近掉了门钥匙。5.Im fed up. 我厌倦了。6.He has a remarkable memory. 他有惊人的记忆力。7.He walks with a quick pace. 他快步走路。8.She used to learn everything by rote. 她过去总是死记硬背。9.I cant help it. 我没办法。10.Pull over! 把车子开到旁边。(二十一)1.At heart,hes very nice. 实际上，他是个善良的人。2.Once or twice a month we live it up. 我们一个月有一两次过享乐的生活。3.Wed better hit the road or well be late. 我们最好早点上路吧，不然要迟到了。4.I cant go out.I have to hit the book. 我不能出去，我还要预习功课。5.I hear this book sells like hot cakes. 我听说现在这书很畅销。6.It was touch and go for a while. 有段时间形势相当危急。7.Im not a spring chicken any more. 我不再是没经验的人。8.Dont take it to heart. 别往心里去。9.He who seizes the right moment is the right man. 谁把握机遇就能心想事成。10.So that explains it. 原来如此。(二十二)1.Im all fingers and thumbs this mornings. 今天早上我的手怎么这么笨呢？2.He gave me a black look. 他恶狠狠地看了我一眼。3.They treated us white. 他们公平地对待我们。4.Im a chair zucchini. 我是个电脑迷。5.John took out a loan to pay his tuition. 约翰贷款交付学费。6.All set? 一切妥当？7.Fresh! 好有型.8.Encore! 再来一次。9.Gorgeous! 美极了。10.Farewell! 再见啦。(二十三)1.Never cackle till your egg is laid. 事未完成莫夸耀。2.The good seaman is known in bad weather. 惊涛骇浪，方显英雄本色。3.She is coming on to you. 她对你有意思。4.He will give me cradle-to-grave protection. 他将保护我一生一世。5.She is as mild as a dove. 她很温和。6.Some things rub them the wrong way. 他们被惹怒了。7.He has never rested on his laurels. 他从不满足目前的成就。8.The news came as a bombshell. 这个消息犹如晴天霹雳。9.These are more than old wives´ tales. 这些可不是无稽之谈。10.Thatll save your skin. 那可帮你度过难关。(二十四）1.Theyre a barrel of laughs. 他们很搞笑。 2.This movie was just a hype. 这部电影完全是在炒作。3.He is really on the ball. 他真的思路很敏捷。4.They help make it less of a dog´s life. 他们帮忙改善生活。5.We look forward to the dawn of better days. 我们期待好日子的来临。6.You young devils spawn！ 你这小鬼！7.So far so good. 目前为止，一切都好。8.Lets forgive and forget. 尽弃前嫌。9.Over my dead body! 休想！10.I just keep my head above water. (生活)还凑合！(二十五)1.Early rising makes for good health. 早起有助于身体健康。2.It rained at intervals this month. 这个月不时地下雨。3.You owe me one. 你欠我一个人情。4.Thats always the case 习以为常了。5.Youd better wise up. 放聪明点。6.It slipped my mind. 我忘了。7.Dont sell yourself short. 别看轻自己。8.Dont give me a hard time! 别跟我过不去好不好！9.Ill put everything in black and white! 我会把所有事情白纸黑字写清楚。10.I´m mad about Bruce Lee. 我迷死李小龙了。(二十六)1.Let´s find a happy medium. 我们还是找一个折衷的办法。2.Tom always gets cold feet. 汤姆总是裹足不前。3.You´re laying it on thick. 你过奖了。4.You´ve jumped on the bandwagon. 随大流。5.I think youve put your finger on it. 你说到点子上了。6.Great minds think alike. 英雄所见略同。7.You should give him a piece of your mind. 你该向他表达你的不满。8.I am up to my ears in work. 我忙的不可开交。9.I am an exam jitter. 我一考试就紧张。10.I fast a day every week. 我每周绝食一天。(二十七)1.Could you fill in for him? 你能代替他吗？2.It´s on me this time. 这次我请客。3.Clothes make the man. 人要衣装。4.I´m not good at speaking off the cuff. 我不擅长即兴演讲。5.I´ll buy it. 我赞成。6.I share your enthusiasm. 谢谢关心（不耐烦的)。7.You can eat and drink your fill. 你可以尽情的吃，尽情的喝。8.He may show up soon. 他马上就回来。9.You set me up! 你出卖我！10.My mouth is watering. 我流口水了。(二十八)1.Don´t play the goat. 不要胡闹。2.Theyre a barrel of laughs. 他们很搞笑。3.Every bad has some good. 坏事情也有好的一面。4.He got savoir faire. 言行得体。5.I blinded with science. 无言以对。6.Whats gotten into you？ 你怎么了？7.She Jumped down my throat. 她生气地批评我。8.I think I get the drift. 我知道了。9.Please bend the rules at times. 请网开一面。10.Variety is charming. 丰富多彩就是美。1.Lets put a roof over ones head. 咱们找个地方安顿吧。2.I get the drift. 我明白。3.I really need to blow off some steam! 我得舒缓一下压力。4.I am always punctual. 我总是很准时。5.It is up in the air. 悬而未决。6.Lets forgive and forget. 让我们尽弃前嫌。7.If I were in your shoes，I wouldnt do it that way. 如果我是你的话，我不会那样做的。8.What a good deal! 真便宜！9.This is in way over my head. 对我而言这实在太难了。10.His argument doesn´t hold water. 他的论点站不住脚。(三十)1.You were cheating me from the word go. 从头到尾你都在骗我。2.Spill ones guts！ 说出实情。3.Two of a trade never agree. 同行是冤家。4.What snacks do you like best？ 你最喜欢什么零食？5.I like raisins and kebabs. 葡萄干和肉串。 :)6.The mad cat took a piss here and there. 这只疯猫到处小便。7.For the old time sake，please give me a hand this time. 看在旧日关系的面子上，请帮我这一回。8.A close call！ 太危险了。9.It is righteous！ 真是酷毙了。 10.Its only wishful thinking. 这只是一厢情愿的想法。(三十一)1.No fear! 不会的！or肯定没有这种可能性！2.She has two left feet. 她总是笨手笨脚的。3.She is a knock out. 她美得让人倾倒。4.It slipped my mind. 我忘了。5.I have a sweet tooth. 我喜欢吃甜食。6.Try to have a mind of your own. 做有主见的人。7.Youve got a point there 你说得挺有道理的。8.When do you hope to start a family? 你希望什么时候生第一个孩子呢？ （是不是误以为问什么时候成家呢：）9.I cant see you quickly enough. 我巴不得尽快见你。10.You dont say so! 竟有这样的事！or我没听错吧！(三十一)1.No,I won;t lend you the money,youve had it! 不， 我不会把钱借给你的， 你别指望了！2.Looking out upon the sea of faces,Mr.A delivered a touching speech. 望着一片人山人海的听众，A先生发表一篇动人的演说。3.They slip out one by one and I was left holding the baby. 他们一个个都跑掉了，剩下我来抱孩子。4.Mr.Nixon said,we tow countries have common interests over and above our differences. 尼克松先生说：“我们两国出了有分歧，也有共同利益。” （注：over and above 没有在之上的意思，它相当于besides.）5.Youd better take yourfingers out. 你最好现在就动手。(not 别插手)6.To my joy,my son knows a thing or two about Italian. 使我高兴的是，我儿子对意大利语还很精通哩。7.His speech was given a warm reception by the crowd. 他的讲话受到了群众的热烈反对。8.That cat jumps. 形势清楚了。9.A series of volcanic eruptions developed along the fault. 一系列的火山爆发正在断层带酝酿。10.Im afraid I cant let you. 恐怕我不能答应你。(三十二)1.How could he be so two-faced? 他怎么能这么阴一套阳一套的？2.That politician cries wolf in every speech he