IdiomsandSayings经典英文版谚语大全.ppt

1、Idioms and Sayings,Kill 2 birds with 1 stone,Get two things done with the same effort.,Never judge a book by its cover.,Dont just look at the outside appearance of a person or event and decide before you get to know the inside.,Cant put my finger on it.Its on the tip of my tongue.,I know the informa

2、tion but just cant remember it at this moment.,Looking for a needle in a haystack.,A huge, likely impossible, task.,My heart bleeds for you.,(Sincere tone of voice) I feel sorry for you (Sarcastic tone of voice) You are trying to get sympathy but I wont give it,Something to break the ice.,Something

3、done at the beginning of an event to warm up the feeling, making it easier for people to talk and interact later.,Easy as pie /easy as falling off a log / its a piece of cake.,Not easy for some people but easy for me, Or - Hardly any effort at all for me.,That will tide me over until . . .,That will

4、 get me by until the next regularly scheduled event , usually a meal.,Bridge the gap,To communicate between differing groups or individuals.,When in Rome . . .,Act like the people of the land you are in so you fit in better.,(do as the Romans do),Cross that bridge when I get to it,Will think about w

5、hat to do next when it is closer,Im just about to lose it,Any minute now my self-control will give way and Ill let out my anger or frustration or other emotion.,No sense beating a dead horse,When an idea doesnt work, its time to just stop talking about it,Let me pick your brain a minute.,I want to a

6、sk questions to take advantage of your knowledge.,The light bulb just went on!,I just had a great idea! (Like from comic book drawings) or - I understand!,Oh, for crying out loud,Expression of disgust, exasperation, frustration,Ill keep an eye on him. / Ill keep my eyes open.,I will keep watch on hi

7、m to keep him out of trouble. I will watch out for trouble.,Knock on wood,Superstition a way to keep bad luck away, originally by chasing evil spirits out of nearby trees.,X marks the spot,You will find what you are looking for under an obvious sign for it.,Dont roll your eyes at me,show with your e

8、yes that you dont believe someone or arent interested in what theyre saying.,I draw the line at that. . .Youve crossed the line. . .,Any more will cause trouble, or youve just caused trouble to come.,Accidentally on purpose,Done on purpose but made to look accidental,I call shotgun. . . He is riding

9、 shotgun.,To ride up front with the driver rather than in the back of the vehicle.,You are a sitting duck.,An easy target for someone looking for trouble,She has him wrapped around her little finger/pinkie.,Usually when a man (father, husband, boyfriend) will do anything for a cute or beautiful girl

10、 (daughter, wife, girlfriend),Play it by ear,Take it as it comes without a real plan,Keep your shoulder to the wheel/nose to the grindstone,Keep working hard through the tough time.,Throw a monkey wrench into the works,Mess things up or stop progress,Shoot yourself in the foot,Your own actions keep

11、you from completing your task.,Throw in the towel,To give up,Threw you into the deep end.Sink or swim,Learn as you go by just starting in doing it. Up to you to succeed or fail by your own efforts.,Jump in with both feet,Make a big splash or impression; really get into your work with a full effort.,

12、Its all pretty much up in the air.,No decision has been made and there is uncertainty about it.,Out of the frying pan,(into the fire),Between a rock and a hard place,From one hard situation to another, or caught between two hard choices.,Throw/Toss your hat into the ring,Announce that you want to ta

13、ke part in a competition or contest.,School of hard knocks,Learn lessons from life the hard way, not just through school learning.,Let off some steam,to release ones pent-up emotions, such as anger, usually verbally,Last one out, turn out the lights.,the place or situation is so bad everyone will le

14、ave, and Im getting out now, ahead of you,Light at the end of the tunnel,were almost out of this dark situation, so hold on,Where theres a will, theres a way.,If you want something badly enough, youll find a way to make it happen.,Flash in the pan,Something which disappoints by failing to deliver an

15、ything of value, despite a showy beginning.,Set in cement/concrete Written in stone,no longer changeable,Take it with a grain of salt,to accept it but to maintain a degree of skepticism about its truth.,Pie in the sky bye and bye.,A promise of heaven, while continuing to suffer in this life,Bend ove

16、r backwards to help,to try very hard to do something, especially to help or please someone else,Saved by the bell,an interruption comes at just the time you need to get out of a bad situation,Cant see the forest for the trees.,too focused on smaller detail to see the bigger situation, or too close t

17、o the situation to be objective,Pot calling the kettle black,accusing someone else of something you are guilty of yourself,Having a pity party,spending time feeling sorry for yourself,Dont throw the baby out with the bath water.,Getting rid of good things that should be kept while clearing out bad t

18、hings,off the hook,outoftrouble;releasedfromsomedifficulty, freeofobligation,just a drop in the bucket,a very small contribution toward solving a large problem,water under the bridge,whatever happened is over and done with, forgotten, cant be changed,raining cats and dogs,rainingin great amounts,take the bull by the