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此文档收集于网络，仅供学习与交流，如有侵权请联系网站删除1. 2. .3. 45. 6. 7. !8. 9. , 10. ,. as blind as a bat an eye for eye and tooth for tooth cannot see beyond the length of ones nose make eyes at sb apple in ones eyesa thron in the eyepull the wool over ones eyes the eagle eye fishyeyedevileyedgreen eyeblack eyepink eye get off on the wrong foot . get off on the right foot put ones best foot forwardput ones foot in ones mouth have ones foot on the neck of another person vote with feetput ones foot downcatch someone on the wrong footthe shoe is on the other footjump in and get your feet wetto land on ones feetcold foot bring things to a head lose head put heads together keep ones head above water head for.hold ones head high bury ones head in the sandtake not a musket to kill a butterfly .you have butterflies in your stomach.you were there to show me my first butterfly, and my first rainbow.,behold, the lord god will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up., after work we all beetle off for a drinkbeetle off! 4. the water crisis becamea beetling problem of the sustainable development of the global .take not a musket to kill a butterflyhave butterflies in ones stomachhas a bee in his bonnetbeetle off! straw man act as if human life is not worth a straw the last straw (the straw that break the camel back )a weedy litter man cut the weeds and dig up the roots (=romove out the source of the trouble )not let the grass grow under your feet weed sb out grasp at straw no garden without its weeds. the film must be a real dogdog eat dog be dogged by something unpleasant dogged too dog top dog to pig oneself/pig out 5. pig-headedblack sheep wolf down throw to the wolvescry wolf wolf in sheep s clothing set the wolf keep the sheep a dark horse many of my students are dark horses : they have potentials that need only be exploited . gray mare(to talk horseget on the high horsebet on the wrong horse a stupid cow you stupid cow ! how could you tell such a naive lie !bullhe has a strong bull back.bull bull them a lesson they will never forget.bullhe believes his lawyers bull.bullsome students of the economics department had a bull session last sunday.bull well have to take the bull by the horns andtackle the medicare question.bullto dealing with peoples feelings.cow dont explain it to himits only playing the lute to acrocodile tears , make a monkey out of somebody,monkey business in the wind get wind of something take the wind out of ones sails windfall breeze through something a hurricane of abuse a whirlwind of eventsa rain of arrows save something for a rainy dayit never rains but it poursa shower of congratulations shower somebody with something a storm of proteststeal ones thunderthis is a speech lacking fire.the boy is full of fire and courage.her eyes full of fire.churchabout churchas poor as a church mousechurch is not over until the fat lady sings. cow.you will cross the bridge when you get to itlet every man praise the bridge he goes over.dont cross the bridge till you get to it.a bridge of gold .burn ones bridgesbridge over the snail slides up the tower at last though the swallow mounteth it sooner.a tower of strength sent to the towerone never goes to the temple for no reason.run a monk, not run as templegathering stones for a temple so they could worship their own god flowere.g. it calls for actual deeds and not flowery languagea straightforward talk is better than a flowery speech. flowers of speech()smell the flowerthe flower of sth. the flowering of sth.flower powerflower of ones agehe was blooming with health and happiness. their friendship is blooming. past ones bloomtake the bloom ofher musical talent blossomed early. she might blossom out into the world one day.blossom into,mary is blossoming into a beautiful girl.blossom outhe used to be quiet, but he has really blossomed out, since he came to live here.,blossom of literature lily-white gild the lilylily-liverednot all rosesa bed of roseunder the roseno roses without a thornlife isnt all roses.it isnt all roses for him.you have roses in your cheeks.fresh as a daisypush up the daisiesgain/ win ones laurelslook to ones laurelsmy new car is simply a daisy.editor deserves some of the orchids. as proud as a peacock play the peacock a cuckoo in the nest the airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.as serious as an owl as wise as an owlpetrel as jealous as a turkey ostrich ostrich policy swallow swallow tailed coat as happy as a lark raven/crow as black as a ravenparrot parrot what others say. their are birds of a feather. kill two birds with one stone.each bird loves to hear himself sing.you cannot catch old birds with chaff.feather ones nest when mary came down dressed for the dance, her father remarked: fine feather make fine birds.,:,she craned her neck to look for her lost wallethe became red faced.red belt better red than deadb