English Idioms

If you love your cow, tie it up; if you love your child, b
• sb bring home the bacon(腌肉).
That means someone makes enough money to support family.
Idiom about animals
• You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink. That means you can give someone advice but you cannot force him to do something he does not want to do. • in the dog house in trouble with another person
• butter someone up
be extra nice to someone (usually for selfish reasons)
Idiom about food
• there is no use crying over spilled milk. That means you should not get angry when something bad happens and cannot be changed. • one man’s meat is another man’s poison. In other words, one person might like something very much while another person might hate the same thing.
• 沙发土豆,意思就是一天到晚坐 在沙发上,无所事事,看电视打发 时间的人. • Don't be a counch potato!
When the cat's away, the mice will play .
“山中无老虎 猴子称霸王”
enough to make a cat speak
“令人惊讶 事 情太出奇”
• 3.top banana大老板 如：Who‘s your top banana?谁是你们的老板。
• 4. a lemon没有价值的商品 如：That car is a lemon.那辆小汽车不值钱。
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Hit the road. 上路了 I'm running late. I really need to hit the road. jazz (something) up 让(一件事物)变得有趣些 A: What do you think of this? B: It‘s kind of dead. Maybe you want to add more graphics to jazz it up. have a cow (俚语)非常生气 A: When I told my mom I would be home around 2 am, she had a cow! B: Duh!废话 on the nose (时间的)整点; 完全 A: What time is it, honey? B: It's six pm on the nose.六点整 (= exactly) Your guess was right on the nose." (你的猜测完全正确。) 一天到晚; 全天候 "24-7" 指的是"24 hours a day, 7 days a week" 的意思。就变成「整天、随时」的意 思了。念 "twenty-four seven" 。
Idiom about animals
• monkeyshines meaning tricks or foolish acts. • holy mackerel(青花鱼)! If you want to express a feeling of surprise, you might cry • (a) little bird told me I heard something (usually secretive or unknown) from someone (not named)
• grey area, gray area something without a clear rule or answer
The grass is greener on the other side.
Idiom about colour
• black and blue bruised and beaten We found the poor guy black and blue near the train tracks. • golden opportunity the perfect chance The models' conference was a golden opportunity for me to sell my beauty products. • tickled pink very pleased and appreciative My mom was tickled pink when my father brought roses home for her.
Idiom about food
• carrot top
• person with red or orange hair • --Simon is the first carrot top I've ever gone out with.
Idiom about food
• bad egg a person who is often in trouble I don't want my little brother hanging around with the bad eggs on the street. • cup of tea something you enjoyOpera isn't exactly my cup of tea. • full of beans have a lot of (silly) energy The kids were full of beans after the circus.
Pull Someone's Leg
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扯某人的腿. 意思就是开玩笑.耍弄某人
Hey, Al. I was invited to be a judge for the Miss America Beauty Pageant!
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Oh, really? Come on, you're pulling my leg!
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Straight From the Horse's Mouth
• 直接从马嘴巴里出来当然是可 靠的.这句话的意思是从可靠的 人那里获得的(消息,情报) • • How did you find out that Jill was engaged?
• I got the information from a very reliable source. • You mean Jill told you so herself? • That's right. I got it straight from the horse's mouth!
Top dog
• 在顶上的狗.在最高点的狗.意思 就是有着至高无上权利的某个 人或团体. • David is the top dog of this company.
Be shaking like a leaf
• 象树叶那样抖抖抖,意思就是因 为冷,或明或暗紧张或是害怕而 发抖. • Jack shakes like a leaf when he talks to me.
Idiom about Parts of the body
• break a leg good-luck Today's the big game, eh? Break a leg! • cold feet nervous just before a big event My sister didn't get cold feet until she put her wedding gown on. • cost an arm and a leg be very expensive These cakes are delicious, but they cost an arm and a leg. • cry your heart out cry very hard I cried my heart out when my best friend moved away.
Idiom about animals
• as wise as owls 聪明 • as timid as rabbit 胆小如鼠 • swan’s song 告别演出 • no spring chicken已不再年轻 的女人
Idiom about Parts of the body
• have one‘s head in the clouds 心丌在焉 be unaware or unrealistic about something . • keep an eye on 照看 take care of, watch in order to protect . • stick your neck out 危险处境 help someone a lot, with possible bad consequences for oneself
Fruit
• 1.the apple of one‘s eye掌上明珠 如：May is the apple of her father’s eye.梅是她父亲的掌上明珠。 • 2.the Big Apple纽约城 如：The little girl is from the Big Apple.这个女孩来自于纽约城。