英语常用谚语-短语.docx

Abandon the sinking ship Abandon oneself to sth. I have no money about me It’s about finished About turn! about face!向后转 be all abroad 感到莫名其妙/离题 at home and abroad 国内外 in the absence of (人)不在时 外出期间 be absorb in 全神贯注于 see over 见下页 see above 见上文 in the abstract 抽象地 大体而言 理论上 abstracted = absent-minded abuse one’s power 滥用权力 meet with an accident accident insurance 事故保险 academic 学术的 academy 专科学校 学会 研究院 accent 重音 强调 He’s an old hand at it. How’s your old man? 你父亲怎么样 Be it ever so humble ,there’s no place like home. Agree like cats and dogs . 完全不和 All time is no time is no time when it is past. As a dog with two tails. 非常开心 As well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb. 一不做二不休 As you made your bed ,you must lie in it.自作自受 At the eleventh hour. 在最后时刻 Barking dogs seldom bite. Business is business .公事公办 Let bygones be bygones.既往不咎 Gold can’t be pure and man can’t be perfect. Misfortune maybe an actual blessing. 塞翁失马，焉知非福 Use brawn rather brain 有勇无谋 A real man never goes back on his words.君子一言 驷马难追 Nothing beats failure but a try. All the people who work hard dont succeed, but the only one who succeed are those who work hard. Let the cat out of the bag. 泄密 Fight dog, fight bear. 打个青红皂白 一决雌雄 Every dog has its day . Faith will move mountains.精诚所至金石为开 Great minds thinks alike. 英雄所见略同 Has the cat got your tongue？ 为什么不吭声 It’s good to learn at another man’s cost . 前车之鉴 It’s ill to waken sleeping dog. 别惹麻烦，别多管闲事 It takes two to make a quarrel. 一只碗不响 Lead a dog’s life 过着穷困潦倒的生活 Lookers-on see most of the game. 旁观者清 More haste ,less speed. 欲速则不达 Move heaven and earth 想尽一切办法 Not have a dog’s chance. 毫无机会 Return to one’s sheep/muttons. 回到本题 See naples and die. 不到黄河不死心 Send somebody to the chair 把······送上死刑台 Teach the dog to bark 多此一举 The morning sun never lasts. 好景不长 The water that bears boats is the same that swallows it up . 水能载舟亦能覆舟 There is no smoke without fire . Where there’s life ,there’s hope. 留得青山在不愁没柴烧 After meat ,mustard; after death ,doctor. As is over but sho