中考英语常用俚语归纳 4页

常用英语俚语归纳 ‎ 近几年，云南省及曲靖市中考英语试题中(词义释义题中)经常出现英语俚语。这种题型要靠平时的积累与及根据语境的理解，才能正确的选对。为了帮助同学们应付考试 特归纳出一些常见的英语俚语，供各位考生复习迎考。‎ in the dark 在黑暗中（茫然，什么也不知道） ‎ let sleeping dogs lie 别惊动睡着的狗（别无事生非，过去的事不要再提） ‎ let the cat out of the bag 放出袋中猫（泄密，说漏嘴） ‎ like hot cakes 象刚出炉的蛋糕（很受欢迎的东西，抢手货） two left feet 有两只左脚（笨手笨脚） ‎ under the weather 受了风寒 ‎ walk on air（高兴得）脚不点地，飘飘然 ‎ when pigs fly 猪飞的时候（绝不可能） ‎ Don‘t dream away your time. 不要虚度光阴。 ‎ Don’t jump on me. 不要跟我发火。 ‎ Don’t panic. 不要慌啊！ ‎ Early rising makes for good health. 早起有助于身体健康。 ‎ Every bad has some good. 坏事情也有好的一面。 ‎ Farewell! 再见啦。 ‎ First come, first served. 捷足先登。 ‎ Foot the bill. 付账。 ‎ Give me a hand. 帮我一下忙。 ‎ Go ahead with your plan. I’m all for it. 进行你的计划吧，我完全赞成。 ‎ How often do you work out? 你多久做一次运动？ ‎ I can‘t help it. 我没办法。 ‎ I didn‘t know. I was only a shot in the dark. 我不知道。那只是我瞎猜的。 ‎ I have a sweet tooth. 我喜欢吃甜食。 ‎ I have to brush up on my English. 我得温习英文。 ‎ I only have eyes for you. 我只在乎你。 ‎ I‘m fed up. 我厌倦了。 ‎ I‘m feeling under the weather. 我觉得不舒服。 ‎ I’m mad about Bruce Lee. 我迷死李小龙了。 ‎ I’m the apple of my grandma‘s eye. 我是姥姥的掌上明珠。 ‎ In her hometown ,she was a big fish in a small pond. 在她家乡，她很了不起。 ‎ It‘s a deal！ 真便宜。 ‎ It‘s a pain in the neck. 那真是难过的事。 ‎ It‘s full of hot air. 这是雷声大雨点小。 ‎ It’s my cup of tea. 这很合我胃口。 ‎ It’s on the house. 这是免费的。 ‎ 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog. ‎ 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing. ‎ 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start. ‎ 不眠之夜 white night ‎ 活到老，学到老 One is never too old to learn. ‎ 金无足赤,人无完人 Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect. ‎ 金玉满堂 Treasures fill the home ‎ 脚踏实地 be down-to-earth ‎ 脚踩两只船 sit on the fence ‎ 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧 "Where there is life, there is hope." ‎ 没有规矩不成方圆 Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards. ‎ 每逢佳节倍思亲 ‎ On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away. ‎ It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most. ‎ 谋事在人，成事在天 "The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. " ‎ 弄巧成拙 be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself. ‎ 赔了夫人又折兵 throw good money after bad ‎ 抛砖引玉 a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale ‎ 破釜沉舟 cut off all means of retreat； burn one‘s own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end ‎ 千里之行始于足下a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step ‎ 前人栽树,后人乘凉 One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests. ‎ One sows and another reaps. ‎ 前怕狼,后怕虎 fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something ‎ 强龙难压地头蛇 Even a dragon (from the outside) finds it hard to control a snake in its old haunt - Powerful outsiders can hardly afford to neglect local bullies. ‎ 强强联手 win-win co-operation ‎ 瑞雪兆丰年 A timely snow promises a good harvest. ‎ 人之初,性本善 Man's nature at birth is good. ‎ 人逢喜事精神爽 Joy puts heart into a man. ‎ 人海战术 huge-crowd strategy ‎ 世上无难事，只要肯攀登 "Where there is a will, there is a way. " ‎ 世外桃源 a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world; ‎ 死而后已 until my heart stops beating ‎ 岁岁平安 Peace all year round ‎ 上有天堂，下有苏杭 "Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth." ‎ 塞翁失马，焉知非福 Misfortune may be an actual blessing. ‎ 三十而立 "A man should be independent at the age of thirty. ‎ At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself." ‎ 升级换代 updating and upgrading (of products) ‎ 四十不惑 Life begins at forty. ‎ 谁言寸草心，报得三春晖 "Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. " ‎ 水涨船高 When the river rises, the boat floats high. ‎ 时不我待 Time and tide wait for no man. ‎ 杀鸡用牛刀 break a butterfly on the wheel ‎ 实事求是 seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts ‎ 说曹操,曹操到 Talk of the devil and he comes. ‎ 实话实说 speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is ‎ 实践是检验真理的唯一标准 Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth. ‎ 山不在高，有仙则名 "No matter how high the mountain is, its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy; " ‎ 韬光养晦 hide one's capacities and bide one's time ‎ 糖衣炮弹 sugar-coated bullets ‎ 天有不测风云 Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue ‎ 团结就是力量 Unity is strength. ‎ ‎“跳进黄河洗不清” "eve if one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not wash oneself clean--there's nothing one can do to clear one's name " ‎ 歪风邪气 unhealthy practices and evil phenomena ‎ 物以类聚，人以群分 Birds of a feather flock together. ‎ 往事如风 "The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past." ‎ 望子成龙 hold high hopes for one's child ‎ 屋漏又逢连阴雨 Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours. ‎ 文韬武略 military expertise; military strategy ‎ 唯利是图 draw water to one's mill ‎ 无源之水,无本之木 water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots ‎ 无中生有 make/create something out of nothing ‎ 无风不起浪 There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire. ‎ 徇私枉法 bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends ‎ 新官上任三把火 a new broom sweeps clean ‎ 虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后 Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind. ‎ 蓄势而发 accumulate strength for a take-off ‎ 心想事成 May all your wish come true ‎ 心照不宣 have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding ‎ 先入为主 First impressions are firmly entrenched. ‎ 先下手为强 catch the ball before the bound ‎ 像热锅上的蚂蚁 like an ant on a hot pan ‎ 循序渐进 step by step ‎ 鱼米之乡 a land of milk and honey ‎ 有情人终成眷属 "Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well." ‎ 有钱能使鬼推磨 Money makes the mare go. Money talks. ‎ 与时俱进 advance with times ‎ 以人为本 people oriented; people foremost ‎ 因材施教 teach students according to their aptitude ‎ 欲穷千里目，更上一层楼 "to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther; Would eye embrace a thousand miles? Go up, one flight." ‎ 欲速则不达 Haste does not bring success. ‎ 优胜劣汰 survival of the fittest ‎ 英雄所见略同 Great minds think alike. ‎ 冤家宜解不宜结 Better make friends than make enemies. ‎ 一言既出，驷马难追 A real man never goes back on his words. ‎ 招财进宝 Money and treasures will be plentiful ‎ 众知己知彼,百战不殆 Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat. ‎ 纸上谈兵 be an armchair strategist ‎ 纸包不住火 Truth will come to light sooner or later. ‎ 左右为难 between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place ‎ a cat nap 打个盹儿 ‎ a headache 头痛（麻烦事） ‎ a pain in the neck 脖子疼（苦事） ‎ a piece of cake 一块蛋糕（小菜一碟，易事一件） ‎ ants in one''s pants 裤裆里有蚂蚁（坐立不安） ‎ break the ice 破冰（打破僵局） ‎ hold your horses 勒住你的马（慢来） ‎ in the dark 在黑暗中（茫然，什么也不知道） ‎ kill two birds with one stone一 箭双雕，一举两得 ‎ left a bitter taste in one''s mouth 留下满嘴苦味（留下不愉快的回忆） ‎ my old man 我的老头（我父亲） ‎ put one''s foot in one''s mouth 把脚丫放进嘴里（说错话了） ‎ skate on thin ice 在薄冰上滑冰（如履薄冰，身历险境） ‎