考博英语歇后语.ppt

English Idioms 严格说，英语中没有中国式的歇后语。中国式歇后语前半句通常为比喻，后半句为本意，如猪八戒照镜子（里外不是人） ；和尚打伞（无法无天）。 另一类不涉及比喻或谐音，而是日常俗语，耳熟能详，不必说完，听者已可领会，如三人同行（必有吾师）。英语中不乏实例。请补完下半句： * * 1.A bird in hand 2. A friend in need 3.A penny saved 4.A stitch in time 5.An apple a day 6.Ask not what your country do for you; 7.Better to have loved and lost 8.Birds of a feather 9.Damned if you do, 10.Don’t count your chickens is worth two in the bush. is a friend in deed. is a penny earned. saves nine. keeps the doctor away. ask what you can do for your country. than never to have loved at all. flock together. damned if you don’t. before they are hatched. 11.Don’t call us, 12.Finders keepers, 13.Fool me once, shame on you; 14.He is a Jack of all trades 15.Hope for the best, 16.If you can’t beat them, 17.If you can’t stand the heat, 18.If the shoe fits, 19.If the mountain cannot come to Mohammed, 20.Man proposes, we’ll call you. losers weepers. fool me twice, shame on me. and master of none. and prepare for the worst. join them. stay out of the kitchen. wear it. Mohammed will go to the mountain. God disposes. 21.One man’s meat 22.Penny wise, 23.Speak of the devil 24.The grass is always greener on the other side 25.There but for the grace of the God 26.To err is human; 27.Too many cooks 28.Two’s company; 29.United we stand; 30.we must learn to walk is another man’s poison. pound foolish. and the devil is sure to appear. of the fence. go I. to forgive, divine. will spoil the broth. three’s a crowd. divided, we fall. before we can run. 31.What goes up 32.When poverty comes in at the door 33.When in Rome 34.When the cat is away 35.When the going gets tough, 36.Where there is a will, 37.Where there’s smoke, 38.With friends like him, 39.You can catch more flies with honey, 40.You scratch my back, must come down. love flies out of the window. do what the Romans do. the mice will play. the tough get going. there is a way. there’s a fire. who needs enemies? than with vinegar. and I’ll scratch yours.