与nose和ear有关的习语.doc

与nose有关的习语1. lead by the nose 牵着鼻子走Dont let anyone lead you by the nose, use your own judgment and do the right thing. 不要让人牵着鼻子走,自己有点主见,做该做的事情。2. hard-nosed adj. 顽强的；不屈不挠的；不讲情面的We have a real hard-nosed boss. 我们老板真的很固执。3. pay through the nose 为某事付出及大代价Youll have to pay through the nose for those curios. 你买那些古玩得花大钱。4. keep ones nose out of sth 避免插手（他人的事）；尽量不卷入Keep your nose out of my business. 不要干涉我的事。5. nose around / about 找寻/打听（别人的事）We found a man nosing around in our backyard. 我们发现有个人在我们后院里找什么东西。6. nosy adj. 好管闲事的，爱打听的That old lady is very nosy, so nobody likes to talk to her. 那个老妇人是个包打听,因此没有人喜欢跟她说话。7. keep ones nose to the grindstone 连续辛勤地工作If you keep your nose to the grindstone, youll succeed. 如果你不懈努力，就会成功的。8. keep ones nose clean 循规蹈矩；不做违法的事Since leaving prison, hes man-aged to keep his nose clean. 自从出狱以来，他尽量做到规规矩矩。9. no skin of my nose不关我的事Hey, its no skin of my nose if Susies going out now with that guy! I dont care what she does I broke up with her a month ago, when I met Helen. 嗨，苏茜现在是否跟那个家伙好，一起出去玩，这不关我的事！她干什么我都无所谓。我在遇到海伦以后就和她断了关系。10. cut off ones nose to spite ones face （恼怒之下）伤人害己，损人不利己If you resign to inconvenience your boss, you are cutting off your nose to spite your face. 如果你辞职就是为了给你的老板找麻烦的话，那就是吃砒霜药老虎，伤人害己了。11. look down ones nose at 对不屑一顾，蔑视Harry has never had to work, and he looks down his nose at people in business. 哈里从不需要上班，他也看不起上班的人。12. turn up ones nose at 看不上，觉得不屑于（要、吃、做等）When I gave her the present, she turned up her nose at it. 当我把礼物给她时，她很不屑。13. have ones nose in the air 非常傲慢，自高自大与ear有关的习语1. be all ears 全神贯注地听；洗耳恭听He was all ears at the meetings. 他在会上全神贯注地听。2. be up to ones ears in sth. 忙得不可开交Im up to my ears in work at the moment. 我现在工作忙极了。be up to ones ears in debt 债台高筑；负债累累Theyve borrowed so much money that they are up to their ears in debt. 他们借了这么多的钱以致债台高筑。3. box ones ears 打某人耳光He boxed the boys ears for being cheeky. 他打了这男孩儿耳光以教训他不懂羞耻。give sb. a thick ear 狠打某人一个耳光4. din in ones ears 在耳中轰鸣；在耳中回响They drove away from the city centre, the roar of the traffic still dinning in their ears. 他们驶出了市中心, 但车来人往的喧嚣声仍在耳中回响. 5. easy on the ear 好听的This music is easy on the ear late at night. 这音乐夜晚听起来很好听。6. have/keep ones ear to the ground 注意社会上发生的事；注意舆论动向7. fall on deaf ears 被别人忽视；不受注意Claims for a twenty percent salary increase are likely to fall on deaf ears. 增加20工资的要求极有可能等于白说。8. feel ones ears burning 觉得耳朵在发烧（认为或猜想有人在谈论自己）Did you feel your ears burning last night? We talked about you. 昨天晚上你觉得耳朵发烧了吗？我们谈论你了。9. go in one ear and out at the other左耳进右耳出；当作耳边风Youve forgotten to buy the eggs! It goes in one ear and out the other. 你忘记买鸡蛋了！把我跟你说的话当成耳旁风了。10. have/get/win ones ear获得某人的好感；受到某人的重视11. lend an ear to sb. / sth. 耐心而同情地听Lend an ear to those in need. 听听贫困人声音吧。12. make a pigs ear 弄糟或弄乱某物13. music to ones ears 佳音；好消息The news is so much music to our ears. 这个消息真中听。14. be out on ones ear突遭驱逐、开除、解雇等The army threw the president out on his ear. 军队把总统赶下了台。15. play it by ear 事前无准备而根据情况采取行动 John decided to play it by ear when he went for his interview. 约翰决定面试时见机行事。16. prick up ones ears（指人）突然开始注意听The children pricked up their ears when they heard the word ice-cream. 孩子们听到冰激凌这个词，立刻注意起来。17. shut ones ears to sth. / sb. 拒不听某事/某人的话I begged her for help but she shut her ears to all my appeals. 我恳求她帮忙，但她完全不理睬我的请求。18. smile from ear to ear 眉开眼笑19. turn a deaf ear to sb. 对充耳不闻She turned a deaf ear to our warnings and got lost. 她对我们的警告充耳不闻，结果迷失了方向。20. walls have ear 隔墙有耳Be careful what you say; even the walls have ears! 说话要小心，隔墙有耳啊！21 with a flea in ones ear（做某事以后）受到责难、批评或羞辱He burst into our meeting and got sent away with a flea in his ear. 我