英语中常见的“假朋友”.doc

英语中常见的“假朋友” 1.a baker’s dozen: 13 2.a little bird told me: 有人私下里告诉我 3.a piece of work: 大吵大闹 4.a quicker one: 喝一小杯 5.above the salt: 在上席，首席 6.Adam’s apple: 喉结 7.afterbirth: 胎盘 8.afternoon farmer: 拖拉的人 9.an apple of love: 西红柿 10.an arm and a leg: 太贵了 11.apple-pie order: 整整齐齐 12.as good as gold: 很乖很规矩 13.as high as a bite: 酩酊大醉，吸毒上瘾 14.Aunt Sally: 众矢之的，易受批评责备的对象 15.bad sailor: 晕船的人 16.barber’s cat: 面黄肌瘦 17.be an angel: 行行好吧 18.be with you from the egg to apple: 永远在一起 19.beat it: 滚开 20.between the devil and the deep blue sea: 进退两难 21.bite one’s thumb at: 嗤之以鼻 22.bleeding heart: 心肠太软 23.Bob’s your uncle: 万事大吉 24.bring down the house: 博得全场喝彩 25.butter sb. up: 拍……的马屁 26.capital idea: 好主意 27.cat-and-dog life: 吵架的生活 28.China Policy: 对华政策 29.Chinese rose: 月季花 30.cock-and-bull story: 拙劣的谎言 31.cold turkey: 突然终止某种成瘾的习惯 32.colour bar: 种族歧视 33.confidence man: 骗人 34.cut sb. dead: 不理睬 35.dead duck: 毫无讨论价值的计划或事情 36.dead meat: 倒大霉 37.dead president: 美钞 38.dead sea fruit: 虚有其表的东西 39.dog days: 酷暑 40.dog-eared: （书）卷角的 41.do-gooder: 帮了倒忙 42.dogsbody: 打杂的人 43.doormat: 逆来顺受的人 44.Dutch courage: 酒后之勇 45.dyed in the wool: 彻头彻尾的 46.easy street: 日子好过了 47.eat dirt: 忍气吞声 48.eat one’s hat: 不信，才怪 49.embowered: 绿树成荫的 50.enough to make a cat speak: 离奇的让人惊讶 51.every man Jack: 每个人 52.every Tom, Dick and Harry: 普通百姓 53.fall from grace: 失宠，误入歧途，故态复萌 54.feather in one’s cup: 值得骄傲的事 55.feather one’s nest: 中饱私囊 56.feet of clay: 致命弱点 57.fifth wheel: 多余的人 58.fishwife: 泼妇 59.five-finger: 贼 60.fly a kite: 试探反应，试探舆论 61.four hundred: 社会名流 62.four-letter word: 下流话 63.for love or money: 无论如何 64.for my money: 正合我意，在我看来 65.forty winks：打盹，小睡 66.get something between one’s ribs and backbone: 吃点东西 67.give sb. a lot house: 给某人很多的鼓励和关心 68.give sb. a wide berth: 退避三舍 69.give sb. too much of a good thing: 干过了头 70.give up the ghost: 报废，毁坏 71.go against the grain: 不合常理 72.go a long way: 很有帮助 73.go to Reno: 离婚 74.go to the wall: 逼上绝境 75.grease sb’s palm: 塞点钱给某人 76.Greek gift: 危险的礼物 77.greenfields: 未开发地区 78.hair of the dog: