随心所欲学英语(168条英语谚语).doc

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.一鸟在手，胜乎二鸟在林。A buddy from my old stompong grounds.竹马战友。A chip off the old block.大林头上砍下来的小大片（子肖其父）。Add insult to injury.落井下石。A drop in the bucket.九牛一毛，沧海一粟。After the strom comes the calm.雨过天晴；否极泰来。Good medicine tastes bitter.良药苦口，忠言逆耳。A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.千里之行始于足下。A loaf of bread is better than the song of many birds.一条面包胜过众鸟的歌唱。A man of many talents.多才多艺的人。A rags to riches story.白手起家。A rat in a trap.走投无路。A soft answer turneth away wrath.温和的回答能息怒。As one sows,so shall he reap.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。As poor as a church mouse.穷得一文不名。As the twig is bent,so grows the tree.三岁孩儿定八十。A stitch in time saves nine.及时补一针，将来省九针。Ball and chain.铁球铁链，甜密的枷（老婆）。Beaten by the ugly stick.生得难看。Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.情人眼里出西施。Beggars cant be choosers.讨饭的谈不是挑三捡四。Bet your life.把命赌上（绝对错不了）。Between a rock and a hard place.进退维谷。Bite off more than one can chew.贪多嚼不烂。Birds of a feather flock together.物以类聚。Blood is thicker than water.血浓于水；疏不间亲。Born in a barn.没教养。Break the ice.打破僵局。Burn bridges.过河拆桥。Bury ones head in the sand.把头埋在沙里（自欺欺人）。Cant teach an old dog new tricks.老狗学不会新把戏。Castles in the air.空中楼阁。Cast pearls before swine.对牛弹琴。Clothes make the man.人要衣装，佛要金装。Cross that bridge when we come to it.船到桥头自然直。Dont back him into a corner.不要逼人太甚。Dont look a gift horse in the mouth.赠马不看牙。Dont count your chickens befor they hatch.别打如意算盘。Even a worm will turn.忍耐有一定限度。Even Homer nods.（荷马也点头）智者千虑，必有一失。Every cloud has a silver lining.乌云也有银边。Every dog has its day.凡人皆有得意日。Every Jack has his Jill.人各有偶。Every minute seems like a thousand.度日如年。Everyone has a skeleton in his closet.人人都有不可告人之事。Face the music.面对现实；面对困难。Fight fire with fire.以毒攻毒。Finders keepers.losers weepers.谁捡归谁，失主倒霉。Fish out of water.如鱼离水。Flash in the pan.淘金盆里的反光（空欢喜一场，好景不长）。Get a foot in the door.一脚已经进了门里（获得立足点）。Greed has no limits.人心不足蛇吞象。Get off on the wrong foot.起步便错（第一印象不佳）。Get the ball rolling.让球滚动起来（动起手来）。Get up on the wrong side of the bed.起床下错边。He got what he bargained for.自作自受。He that will steal a pin will steal an ox.会偷针的人，就会偷牛。History repeats itself.历史会重演。Have ones cake and eat it too.既要鱼，又要熊掌。Hunger is the best sauce.饥不择食。Hold a candle to.给他拿蜡烛都不配（远不能相比）。Hold your horses.勒住你的马（慢慢来）。Hindsight is 20/20.事后的先见之明（马后炮）。Icing on the cake.锦上添花；好事还在后头。If at first you dont succeed,try,try again.再接再厉，终会成功。If it were a snake,it would bite you.睁眼瞎子。Ignorance is bliss.无知就是福。In the middle of nowhere.前不着村，后不着店。In one ear and out the other.左耳进，右耳出；充耳不闻。Its no using crying over spilled milk.覆水难收。In the spotlight.站在聚光灯里（出风头）。Its Greek to me.希腊文（天书）。It takes two to tango.一个巴掌拍不响。Keep ones fingers crossed.把手指交叉成十字架（暗祈上苍保佑）。Kill two birds with one stone.一箭双雕，一举两得。Lets get to the point.我们开门见山直说吧。Left a bitter taste in ones mouth.留下满嘴苦味（留下不愉快的回忆）。Let sleeping dog lie.别无事生非。Let the cat out of the bag.泄密，说漏嘴。Life is full of ups and downs.世事有成必有败，为人有兴必有衰。Like father,like son.有其父必有其子。Little drops of water make the mighty ocean.积少成多。Look before you leap.三思而行。love me,love my dog.爱屋及乌。Making a mountain out of a molehill.夸大其词，小题大作。Make him and break the mold.上帝造了他以后就把模型砸了（再没有跟他一样的人了）。Many hands make light work.人多好做事。Match made in heaven.姻缘天定。Mend the barn after the horse is stolen.亡羊补牢。Naked came we into the world and naked shall we deart from it.生不带来，死不带走。Necessity is the mother of invention.需要为发明之母。No news is good news.没消息就是好消息。No one spits on money.金钱万能（没人在钱上吐口水）。Not dealing with a full deck.脑子里少了几张牌（头脑不正常）。Nothing ventured,nothing gained.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。Off the charts.好得没治了。On cloud nine.九霄云上。On pins and needles.如坐针毡，坐立不安Once bitter,twice shy.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草绳once in a blue moon.出蓝月亮的时候（稀罕，少见）one foot in the grave入土三尺one man sows and another man reaps一人播种，另一人收获one piture is worth a thousand words百闻不如一见one rotten apple spoils the barrel一粒老鼠屎，坏了一锅粥pie in the sky空头支票，虚幻的承诺out of the frying pan into the fire每况愈下pieces come together万事顺利，达成完美的结果plenty of other fish in the sea海里的鱼多得很（天涯何处无芳草）pull oneself up by ones bootstraps凭自己的力量重新振作起来put all of ones eggs in one basket孤注一掷put ones foot in ones mouth将脚放进嘴里（说错话了）put ones nose to the grindstone（鼻子冲着磨刀石）专心工作put the cart betore the horse本末倒置read someone like a book对这人一目了然rob the cradle劫摇篮（老牛吃嫩草）Rome wasnt built in a day罗马不是一天造成的running around like a chichen with its head cut off忙得焦头烂额tie the knot打结（结婚）searching for a needle in a haystack大海捞针sour grapes酸葡萄spare the rod and spoil the child不打不成器speak of the devil说曹操，曹操到stand out in the crowd鹤立鸡群start off with a bang and end with a whimper虎头蛇尾strike while the iron is hot 趁热打铁，把握良机six one way,half a dozen the other半斤八两skate on thin ice如履薄冰，身历险境stop and smell the roses停下来闻玫瑰花（享受生活）straight from the horses mouth听马说的（根据最可靠的消息来源）talking to the wall耳旁风take one for the team为全队挨了一下（为了集体利益牺牲个人利益）take the words right out of ones mouth 替我说了（你说的正是我想说的）tha cat that ate the canary做贼心虚the end justifies the means为达目的，不择手段the fish that got away漏网之鱼，看起来比较大the grass is greener on the other side of the fence邻家芳草绿；隔岸风景好the pot calls the kettle black锅笑壶黑（五十步笑百步）the sparrow near a school sings the primer学校旁的麻雀会唱歌；潜移默化the squeaky wheel gets the grease叫苦的人有甜头the walls have ears隔墙有耳the worst wheel of the cart always creaks most最差的车轮响声最大thick-shinned厚脸皮thorn in the side肉中刺throw in the towel扔毛巾（认输，放弃）time heals all wounds时间治疗一切to each his own物无定味，适者口好to have the right chemistry来电to have the upper hand占上风too many cooks spoil the broth人多手脚乱to stab someone in the back暗箭伤人to teach a fish