高中英语高考作文俗语表达汇总（分类+综合）

高考英语俗语表达(一)分类Homeahometruth：老生常谈；令人不快的真实情况；逆耳的老实话ahomebird：喜欢呆在家里的人behomeanddry【英式】/behomeandhosed【澳式工大功告成；胜券在握beinthehomestretch：进入最后冲刺阶段beeatenoutofhouseandhome：被吃穷；倾家荡产bringhomethebacon：养家糊口；获得成功comehometoroost：自食其果例：rdbecarefulbeforemakinganyrashdecisionsbecausetheyalwayscomehometoroost.EastorWest,home'sbest：金窝银窝，不如自家的狗窝;在家千日好，出门时时难hammerhomesth/hammersthhome：再三强调到彻底了解；给以深刻印象Roof(like)acatonahottinroof：热锅上的蚂蚁，急得团团转；紧张不安的人asparrowinthehandisbetterthanthepigeonontheroof：——鸟在手月生过百鸟在林aroofoveryourhead：栖身之所gothroughtheroof：(尤指价格)飞涨liveunder(one's)roof：住在某人的家里liveunderthesameroof：生活在同一个屋檐下lift/raisetheroof：高声喧闹；闹翻天3.Bridgebridgethegap：缩短差距burn(one's)bridges：破釜沉舟；背水一战crossabridgewhenonecomestoit：既来之则安之；船到桥头自然直waterunderthebridge/wateroverthedam：无法改变的事belikepaintingtheForthBridge：形容一件永远都做不完的工作Bedabedofroses：称心如意的境遇；轻松愉快的工作例：Lifeisnotabedofrosesabedofnails/beabedofthorns：极难受之处境Asyoumakeyourbedsoyoumustlieonit.自食其果。bedandbreakfast：欧洲的一种简易旅馆，与家庭旅馆相似，缩写B&Bgetuponthewrongsideofthebed：一早起来就心情不好gotobedwiththesun：日落而息，指睡觉很早puttobedwithashovel：把・・.埋葬putsomethingtobed：完成了某件事Bonetothebone:到极点；彻骨地chill(one)tothebone：冷得刺骨bebredinthebone：与生俱来的;根除不了的(adj:bred-in-the-bone)boneinthethroat：如鲤在喉beallbones/abagofbones骨瘦如柴的人：骨瘦如柴beasdryasabone：干燥极了beboneidle：懒到家了、懒到极点了beclosetothebone：(说话或写文章)尖刻，太过直白，入木三分Tongueaslipofthetongue：口误Astilltonguemakesawisehead：寡言者智asilver/smoothtongue：指能言善辩；伶牙利嘴bite(one's)tongue：忍住冲动，保持沉默；忍住不说keepaciviltongue：说话彬彬有礼;措词谨慎getatongue-lashing：挨骂haveanoxonthetongue：守口如瓶(通常指收了好处，为他人保守秘密)sharptongue：说话亥U薄Toothascleanasahound'stooth：非常干净(as)rareashens'teeth：特别稀有haveasweettooth：喜欢吃甜食aneyeforaneye,atoothforatooth：以眼还眼，以牙还牙fighttoothandclaw：绝不屈服，拼死拼活belonginthetooth：年纪大withafine-toothcomb：(检查)仔细takethebearbythetooth：比喻不必要的冒险、铤而走险、虎口拔牙Armashotinthearm：强心针；比喻振奋人心的因素；刺激因素keepsbatarm'slength：跟某人保持距离workatarm'slength：在不利的条件下工作；吃力地工作chanceone'sarm：冒险一试armtotheteeth：全副武装(例：Beforewestormthecity,webetterarmtotheteethagainsttheinsurgents.)costanarmandaleg：价格昂贵；付出过高的代价giveone'srightarmfor：不惜代价Waterasdullasditchwater：枯燥乏味(as)weakaswater：弱不禁风；意志薄弱blowsb.outofthewater：把打得落花流水;(绝对性地)击溃对手breadandwater：粗茶淡饭(liveonbreadandwater：过着粗茶淡饭的生活)getintohotwater/beinhotwater：陷入困境；遭遇麻烦bloodruns/isthickerthanwater：血浓于水belikeoilandwater：水火不容；形容关系不好；格格不入；截然不同的东西(be)waterundethebridge：不可改变的既成事实；已成往事10.Fireaddfueltothefire：火上浇油baptismoffire：严峻的考验aburntchilddreadsthefire：一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳aballoffire：精力充沛的人;很能干的人carryfireinonehandandwaterintheother：嘴上一套，心里一套；两面派buildafireunder(someone)：催促某人fireandbrimstone：炼狱之苦jumpfromthefryingpanintothefire：出了泥坑，又进火坑Windastrawinthewind：苗头，迹象(be)allpissandwind：空话；夸夸其谈beatthewind：白费力气；徒劳caststonesagainstthewind：做无用功bendwiththewind：没有主见，顺着一时的形势办事betweenwindandwater：在船的吃水线；在要害处(get)asecondwind：恢复的精力；重新振作bescatteredtothefourwinds：四散开来；散布在各处StormAnyportisagoodrefugeinastorm：饥不择食；寒不择衣astorminateacup：小题大做afterastormcomesacalm：雨过天晴calmbeforethestorm：暴风雨前的平静rideout/weatherthestorm：渡过难关takebystorm：强夺；完全征服【taketheworldbystorm：名震四海】takesomethingbystorm：比喻某个人或事物掀起一阵风暴，即大获成功perfectstorm：祸不单行；屋漏偏逢连夜雨Mouthamotormouth：话匣子ashutmouthcatchesnoflies/aclosedmouthgathersnofeet：闭口无祸事beallmouthandnotrousers：光说不做bedowninthemouth：无精打采，垂头丧气aloudmouth：说话大声大气的人；喋喋不休的人bornwithasilverspooninone，smouth：出生在富贵人家bywordofmouth：口头地don，tlookagifthorseinthemouth：获人赠马，休看马口，表示对别人送的礼物或恩惠不要吹毛求疵、挑二拣四badmouthsb：说某人坏话；恶意中伤abigmouth：夸夸其谈的人Noseanoseofwax：耳根软的人；没主见的人；容易受人左右的人abrownnose：马屁精followone，snose：直走；凭直觉做事blowone'snose：摞鼻涕byanose：几乎；以些微之差paythroughthenose(forsth)：花高价钱买；被敲竹杠；被勒索noseout：比略胜一筹haveanosefor：对敏感，善于察觉nosetonose：面对面Hairhaveabadhairday：倒霉的一天；糟糕的一天ahairofthedog：解宿醉的酒(少量的)beoutof(one's)hair：不再烦某人例：rvegottenthekidsoutofmyhairforafewhourssoIcangoandgetarelaxingmassagebymyself.getintoone，shair：惹恼某人byahair'sbreadth：间不容发；险些儿；以细微之差getgrayhairfromsb/sth：为操」心nothaveahairoutofplace：比喻某人的外表形象非常干净、利索，衣冠整洁hangonbyahair：比喻情况万分危急或异常要紧；千钧一发；命悬一线Head(keep)acoolhead：头脑清醒；保持冷静(buildup/workup/pickup)aheadofsteam：初见成效，开始获得成功aheadstart：先行一步的优势biteone'sheadoff：大发脾气；把某人骂的狗血淋头bringsthtoahead：使某事达到高潮；形容事情到了紧要关头，非常紧急，需要迅速做出决定，当机立断buryone'sheadinthesand：逃避现实Earafleainone'sear：讥讽、刺耳的话givesbaboxontheear：给某人一记耳光beallears：全神贯注地倾听somebodycan，tmakeasilkpurseoutofasow，sear：朽木不可雕；劣才难成器chew(one's)ear(s)off：训斥、责备cuteasabug'sear/cuteasabutton：形容小孩或人非常可爱beheadoverearsin(something)：全神贯注于(某事)lendanear(to)：倾听begrinningfromeartoear：笑得合不拢嘴Foothave/keepafootinbothcamps：同时跟对立的两派都有联系；脚踏两条船becaughtonthewrongfoot：出师不利；措手不及footthebill：负担费用,付帐haveaheavyfoot/havealeadfoot：飙车，开车太快haveonefootinthegrave：风烛残年；行将就木have/getafootinthedoor：设法加入，涉足(某组织、行业等)findone'sfeet：已适应新环境haveahandlikeafoot：笨手笨脚Handagameinhand：胜券在握abirdinthehandisworthtwointhebush：一鸟在手胜过二鸟在林someoneisadabhandatsth：巧手；行家；能手livefromhandtomouth：勉强糊口withahighhand：用高压手段beinsafehands：安然无恙gocapinhand：毕恭毕敬bearahand：帮忙Eyealleyesareon：所有目光都聚集在…上；所有人都在关注aneyeforaneye：以眼还眼theappleofone，seye：指极珍贵或极宝贵的人或物，掌上明珠getabird's-eyeviewof：鸟瞰givesbablackeye：打某人一顿giveablackeyeto：使丧失信誉；使丢脸aprivateeye：私家侦探afeastfortheeyes：大饱眼福；视觉盛宴keepaneagleeyeon：密切关注（二）综合无足轻重的人或事：smallpotatoes;smallbeer电视迷；喜欢看电视的人：couchpotato棘手的事；烫手山芋：hotpotato最重要/基本的部分：meatandpotatoesadj:meat-and-potatoes最基本的让某人没面子/有面子：makesb.Lookbad/good挽回面子：saveface你是不是傻/你是不是脑子进水了？Areyousmoking?烟瘾大；抽烟很凶：smokelikeachimney烟瘾大的人：chainsmoker;heavysmoker确凿的证据；实锤：smokinggun化为泡影；化为乌有：goupinsmoke虚幻或欺骗行为：smokeandmirrors一败涂地；遭受滑铁卢：meetone'sWaterloo扯平：calliteven木已成舟；已成定局：Thedieiscast.安全裤：safetypants/knickers让自己不开心的工作:dirtywork可以被忽略的/忘记的：deadandburied行尸走肉：deadmeat爱吹牛的人；胡说八道的人：Spanishathlete、bigtalker、blowhard不值钱；到处可见：betenapenny廉价商品；杂货店：five-and-ten祸不单行，雪上加霜：adoublewhammy大笔退休金：goldenhandshake随时待命：beatone'sbeckandcall是某人离职/退休：putsbouttopasture改过自新；重新做人：turnoveranewleaf模仿（成功的人）：takealeaffrom/outofsb'sbook（因自己失败或错误）吃亏：burn/getone'sfingersburnt对某人展开攻势：make/putamoveonsb谋生：earnone,skeep贵得要命：costanarmandaleg血汗钱：hard-earnedmoney复印文本：hardcopy（美国俚语）行为卑鄙、不择手段：playhard一言不发；保持安静：biteone,slip；