泛读教程---英语习语、谚语

1、1) Burn the midnight oil熬夜读书，开夜车2) Hit the books用功读书，与熬夜无关3) Do back-breaking work劳累至极腰酸背痛的工作very tired.4) Work like a dog拼命工作5) Fall down on the job敷衍了事，没做好工作6) Work one s firnsgteo the bone 非常努力的工作1) Be a breeze像一缕清风一样很容易做2) Have a green thumb擅长园艺3) Be easy as pie小菜一碟，小事一桩4) Have a golden touch点石成

2、金，无所不能5) Have two left feet笨手笨脚you are dancing or playing a sport.6) Have a nose for something善于发现某物，有洞察力3) Show off炫耀4) Put someone in someone安分守己5) Put on airs摆架子， 摆谱6) Blow one s own horn自吹自擂，自我吹嘘Unit 1To study or work until late at night.To study, especially with particular intensityTo do some p

3、hysically difficult work and makes youTo work very hard.Be incapable for a work.To work very hard.Unit 2A thing that is easy to do.To be good at gardening.To be very easy.It means that you can do anything that you want to do.To be very awkward in your movements, especially whenTo be perspective and

4、good at discovering.Unit 31) Down to earth脚踏实地，实事求是To do something with no illusions or pretensions, sensibleand practical.2) Think one is god s gift to mankind自以为了不起，自负To think oneself is really something in some areas;conceited.To show one s ability with pride to anyone.s placeTo make someone do h

5、is own duty and abide by the law.It means someone is conceited in order to show his identity.To brag about oneself.Unit 41) Bury the hatchet言归于好，和解，摒弃前嫌2) Button one s lips一言不发，守口如瓶3) Flow with the tide跟风，紧随潮流4) Hold one s tongue 保持沉默，不开口5) Let sleeping dogs lie别无事生非，招惹麻烦To stop being unfriendly and

6、 become friends again.To refuse to talk and be silenced.To keep following someone or the trend.To say nothing about something and stay silent.To avoid mentioning a subject or something that happened in the past,in order to avoid any problems or arguments.6) Mind one s own business少管闲事，管好自己To concern

7、 oneself only with what is of interest to oneself and notinterfere in the affairs of others.7) Rock the boat捣乱8) See eye to eye看法完全一致，完全同意1) Face up to something 勇敢的面对To do something that upsets a situation and causes problems.To share the same views as somebody about something.Unit 5To accept and d

8、eal with something that is difficult or unpleasant.2) Point one s finger at someone指责某人To accuse somebody .3) Leave someone high and dry 使某人很无助someone helpless.4) Shoulder the responsibility能够承担责任5) Pass the buck推卸责任6) Worm out of something推卸摆脱某事1) All or nothing 孤注一掷的，没有商量余地To leave someone unsuppo

9、rted and unable to maneuver; to leaveTo take responsibility.To shirk the responsibility.To get rid of somethingUnit 6A situation which will end either in complete success orcomplete failureHaving no middle position or compromise available2) Meet someone halfway向某人妥协To compromise to somebody3) Give-a

10、nd-take妥协，互让，互相迁就mutual concessions4) Middle-of-the-road折中的办法，折中之计5) Stick to one s guns 固执己见To have an exchange of views on some topic in order to makeA compromising solution that can be accepted by most peopleTo maintain one sposition or viewpoint when faced withopposition6) Find middle ground寻求找到

11、一个中间立场oppose each other can agree onA set of opinions and decisions that two or more groups whoUnit 71) Go through with 经历困难而完成，把事情坚持到底difficult for you2) Hang in there坚持，不气馁，不畏困难To do something even though it may be very unpleasant orTo maintain a course of action despite negative outlook; topersis

12、t; to subsist while keeping high spirits3) Give up放弃4) Stick with坚持做某事5) Sweat out努力的忍耐以达到某个目的To stop trying to do somethingTo continue or persist; to stick toTo work very hard to achieve somethingUnit 81) Be a copycat模仿别人2) Cut the apron strings摆脱依赖，独立生活3) Be a yes-man唯唯诺诺的人order to gain their appr

13、oval.4) Have a mind of one s own自有主见，能够独立思考5) Be on one s own独立自主，不依靠他人6) Lead someone by the nose牵着别人的鼻子走，完全控制别人7) Stand on one s own two feet 独立自主，自力更生To imitate or copy othersTo be or become impossible to manage or to controlTo be a person who always agrees with people in authority inTo have one

14、s own idea and think independentlyTo be independentTo have a full control of somebodyTo be independentUnit 91) Be as cool as a cucumber表示非常冷静，毫不紧张。2) Go to pieces崩溃， 心碎work normally3) Be as tough as nails1、冷酷无情2、坚定不移situationsTo be very calm and controlled, especially in a difficult situationA perso

15、n who is so upset or afraid that you cannot manage to live orVery strong and able to deal successfully with difficult conditions orNot feeling or showing any emotion4) Hold one s head up 高傲，昂头，扬眉吐气.doneTo be proud of or not feel ashamed about something that you have5) Keep one s chin up不灰心，不气馁，不屈服di

16、fficult or unpleasant situation6) Fall apart崩溃瓦解破碎7) Pull oneself together振作起来To tell somebody to try to stay cheerful even though they are in aTo be in very bad condition so that parts are breaking off.To become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused1) Be hot-headed急躁，容易发怒的what might ha

17、ppen.2) Blow up爆炸，大怒，大发脾气3) Count to ten控制情绪使自己冷静4) Grit one s teeth咬牙切齿anger or frustration5) Reach the boiling point受够了， 达到忍耐的极限后大怒expression.6) Hold one s temper 捺住性子Unit 10To be a person who often acts too quickly, without thinking ofTo get angry with somebodyTo keep one s emotions under control

18、To clench one's teeth together tightly because of pain orThe point at which anger or excitement breaks out into violent1) Be cool toward someone对某人漠视无情2) Icy stare冰冷的眼神3) Give someone the cold shoulder对人冷漠，冷待某人4) Turn one s back on someone不愿意帮助某人，不提供帮助给某人5) Turn one s nose up at someone 拒绝某人6) Welcome someone with open arms非常欢迎某人Unit 11To leave somebody in the coldTo treat somebody in an unfriendly wayBe unwilling to help somebodyTo refuse somebody or someone s suggestionsTo welcome someone warmly and