轻松学英语惯用语 下-画里画外

1 a home from home 像家一样
2 a stone’s throw 咫尺之间
3 achilles’ heel 致命弱点
4 all fingers and thumbs 笨手笨脚
5 as different as chalk and cheese 截然不同
6 as the crow flies 笔直地
7 back to the drawing board 从头开始
8 be on your best behaviour 尽量表现得体
9 cannot make head nor tail of something 完全不能理解
10 cross that bridge when you come to it 问题出现时再设法解决
11 cry wolf 喊“狼来了”
12 cry your eyes out 哭得很伤心
13 don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched 别过早乐观
14 every little helps 积少成多
15 every trick in the book 浑身解数
16 famous last words 胡扯
17 fit like a glove 正好合身
18 fly off the handle 大发雷霆
19 get away with murder 逍遥法外
20 get the hang of something 掌握窍门
21 get your own back 以恶报恶
22 give someone a piece of your mind 向某人发火
23 give someone the slip 甩掉某人
24 give something house room 喜欢某物
25 go in one ear and out the other 左耳进，右耳出
26 green about the gills 脸色苍白
27 grind to a halt 慢慢停下来
28 have a memory like a sieve 健忘
29 have a whale of a time 玩得痛快
30 have itchy feet 渴望到处走动
31 have your heart in your mouth 非常害怕
32 hear something on the grapevine 从小道消息得知某事
33 hit the roof 勃然大怒
34 if the worst comes to the worst 如果情况坏到极点
35 in next to no time 立刻
36 in the doghouse 受冷落
37 it never rains but it pours 祸不单行
38 it serves someone right 咎由自取
39 it’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good 没有绝对的坏事
40 it’s as broad as it’s long 两种选择都一样
41 jump out of your skin 吓一大跳
42 keep a straight face 忍住不笑
43 keep your eyes peeled 留心
44 kill two birds with one stone 一箭双雕
45 laugh on the other side of your face 笑脸变苦脸
46 like grim death 抓住不放
47 make a pig’s ear of something 把事情搞砸
48 make someone’s mouth water 馋得流口水
49 mind your own business 别管闲事
50 more haste, less speed 欲速则不达
51 morning, noon and night 从早到晚
52 move with the times 与时俱进
53 not enough room to swing a cat 窄得不能转身
54 not know the first thing about something 一窍不通
55 not lift a finger 袖手旁观
56 not sleep a wink 没合一下眼
57 not take no for an answer 不准说“不”
58 off the beaten track 偏远
59 on the spur of the moment 一时冲动
60 out of your depth 超出本身能力
61 pay through the nose 付费过高
62 put a spoke in someone’s wheel 阻挠某人的计划
63 put two and two together 根据所见所闻推断
64 rain cats and dogs 下倾盆大雨
65 read between the lines 领悟言外之意
66 rome was not built in a day 罗马不是一天建成的
67 see eye to eye 看法一致
68 set your heart on something 一心想要
69 sleep like a log 酣睡
70 stand on your own two feet 自立
71 stay put 留在原地
72 streets ahead 比……好得多
73 suit someone down to the ground 非常合某人的心意
74 take someone at their word 深信不疑
75 take the wind out of someone’s sails 使某人丧失信心
76 take to something like a duck to water 轻而易举地学会做某事
77 talk nineteen to the dozen 喋喋不休
78 the best thing since sliced bread 非常好的东西
79 the last straw 压垮骆驼的*后一根稻草
80 the lion’s share *大的一份
81 the penny drops 恍然大悟
82 there’s safety in numbers 人多保险
83 think the world of someone 非常看重某人
84 to the bitter end 坚持到底
85 to your heart’s content 尽情地
86 too many cooks spoil the broth 人多误事
87 two heads are better than one 两人智慧胜一人
88 under the sun 全世界
89 wouldn’t say boo to a goose 非常羞怯
90 your pride and joy 引以为傲的人或事物