主题：英语习语(每日更新)[原创]

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I am not sure they are right 100% .Welcome to point out if you find some faults about them.Thanks in advance! 1.the joker in the pack 格格不入 Lily is the joker in the pack of fashion. 　莉莉与时尚格格不入。 2.in the wars　负过伤 You have been in the wars,your coat is torn. 　你打架受伤了吧，你的衣服都破了。 3.in the public eye　为公众所注意 Since 1992,he was back in the public eye. 　1992年以后，他又在公开场合经常露面了。 　（该习语常用于新闻报道中） 4.in the works/pineline　在筹备中 The famous director has a film in the works. 　那个名导演正在筹备拍一部新电影。 　（该习语主要为美式英语） 5.in the balance　在危急状态中；悬而未决 The future of the country is in the balance. 　国家前途处在风雨飘摇之中。 6.in the cards 可能发生的 It's in the cards that this law will be abolished. 　这项法律可能要废除。 7.in the black　赢利 The company has been in the black this year. 　公司今年一直赢利。 8.in the can　已经拍摄好（录制好） They got the film in the can on schedule. 　他们如期完成了新影片的摄制。 9.in the flesh　本人 I have seen the host on television,but never in the flesh. 　我在电视上见过这个主持人，但从未见过他本人。 10.in someone's bad books　令某人反感 He is in her bad books. 　他令她反感。 　（该习语为英式英语） 11.in someone's good books　得某人好感；受某人宠爱 That young man is in everybody's good books. 　那个年轻人万千宠爱集于一身。 He is in her good books. 　她对他有好感。 　（该习语为英式英语） 12.in line for　很可能获得 Jim is in line for the president of university next year. 　吉姆明年有望当选大学校长。
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1.in/at one sitting 一口气/一下子 I read the novel in one sitting. 　我坐着一口气把小说读完了。 　Don't expect to fill out these forms in one sitting. 别想一下子就把这些表格填完。 2.mix-up　搞错 I am very sorry about the mix-up. 　真对不起我搞错了。 3.use one's noodle　用用脑子　 （noodle:面条；因为面条缠在一起感觉有点像大脑，所以会这么说） 　When he uses his noodle,he can figure out anything. 　只要他动脑筋就可以解决任何事。 4.have someone on the top　使...措手不及 The accident was unexpected and had them on the top. 　事故突然发生，他们措手不及。 5.have never look back　　决不再回头了 I quit my job as a secretary and have never look back. 　我辞掉了秘书工作，从此决不回头了。 6.have cold feet　失去信心 The child gradually had cold feet about maths. 　孩子逐渐对数学失去了信心。 7.a hatchet job　恶意诽谤 If someone wants to do hatchet jobs on you,you can accuse him. 　如果有人想要恶意诽谤你，你可以控告他。 8.have a feeling in your bones　凭直觉意识到 Mr Smith could win the competition.I had a feeling in my bone. 　我直觉告诉我，史密斯先生会在竞争中获胜的。 9.half an ear　漫不经心 Sandy was listening to the news of the siege with half an ear. 　珊迪漫不经心地听着有关被包围的消息。 10.hit home　击中要害 The severity of the incident hit home last week. 　上周，事件的严重性被人们意识到了。 　　

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1.have the goods on someone 抓住某人罪证 He dare not do anything harmful any more.We have the goods on him. 　他不敢再做坏事了，我们抓住了他的罪证。 2.all my eye　胡说八道 What he said is all my eye. 　他所说的全都是胡说八道。 3.a hair shirt　自寻烦恼 No one is asking you to wear a hair shirt 　没有人叫你自寻烦恼。 4.hit it off　情趣相投 I couldn't bear the new boss whom I never hit it off with. 　我无法忍受新来的老板，我们毫无相同的志趣。 5.a hole card　杀手锏 These photographs are my only remaining hole cards. 　这些照片是我剩下的惟一的杀手锏了。 带眼镜的人 　通常有一种固定的特殊表情 他们厌烦一定要透过镜片 看这个厌烦的世界

1.hold everything　停止 Hold everything!Or I'll shoot you. 　停下来，否则我就开枪了。 　（该习语用于口语中，常用命令式）　 2.mix in 　与....合得来 He does well in mixing in a new environment. 　他很容易适应新环境。 3.make sense　有道理 It does make sense for his saying so. 　他这么讲很有道理。 4.mean no harm　没有恶意 I meant no harm by saying so. 　我这样说并没有恶意。 5.neck and neck　不相上下 It is really a close game,for they go neck and neck. 　真是势均力敌的比赛，他们两个不相上下。 6. off hands　不再由某人负责 The job is off my hands now. 　这件工作现在不归我管。 7.have to hand it to someone　不得不佩服某人 Whatever you thought of his act,you had to hand it to him--he knew how to make money. 　无论你怎样看待他的行为，你还是要佩服他－－他知道如何赚钱。 8.have an ax to grind　别有用心 Don't be moved by his artificial behavior.He has an ax to grind. 　别被他的假模假样所打动，他别有用心。 9.green with envy　嫉妒 She's a freshman without particular expertise but got promoted. 　她是个没什么技术专长的新手，却得到提升，这无疑使我们十分嫉妒。 10.small beer　微不足道的人 You are only a small beer compared with these men standing there. 　与站在那儿的人比，你是微不足道的。　 11.small hours　凌晨两三点 I met my friend on my way home in the small hours. 我凌晨两三点钟回家时遇到了我的朋友。

1.chicken feed　小数目（尤指钱） Your salary is just chicken feed compared with his. 你的工资和他的一比简直小菜一碟。 2.a cold fish　冷漠的人 How can you remain such a cold fish at this shocking news? 　听到这个令人震惊的消息，你怎么还是无动于衷？ 3.eleventh hour　最后一刻 He turned up at the eleventh hour. 他在最后一刹那间出现。 4.wet 　错误 Oh,you are all wet. 　哦，你完全错了。 5.set little by I set little by my opportunities of education when I was young. 　我年轻时低估了受教育的重要性。 6.set back　使受挫折 The earthquake set back our economy. 地震使我们的经济受到破坏。

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1.shining light 杰出人物 She is one of the shining lights of my age. 　她是我这个时代的显赫人物之一。 2.short end　不公正的待遇 The little girl had to get the short end because she was a new comer of this class. 　小姑娘是这个班新来的，只能吃亏。 3.side line　次要产品 To write is not my real occupation and it's only a side line. 　写作并非我的本行而只是副业。 4.shy away　回避 The girl doesn't come near to touching the main point,but shies away into side issues. 　那姑娘不触及要点，却扯到技节问题上去了。 5.spare for　抽时间 He cannot spare the time for the dinner. 　他抽不出时间参加晚餐。 6.take ground　　坚持立场 You must take ground in this complex situation. 　在这样复杂的形势下，你必须坚持立场。 7.take one look at 　一眼看中 I ran into er at the party and she took one look at me. 　我在聚会中认识了她，她一眼看中了我。 8.tip off　　透露 The police were tipped off about the murderer.　 　有人向警方提供了杀人犯的情报。 　　

1.past bearing 无法忍受 He said that the toothache was almost past bearing. 　他说这牙痛几乎让人无法忍受。 2.perk up　　振作起来 I need a glass of ice water to perk up. 　我需要一杯水振奋精神。 3.point of view　观点 My teacher and I have different piont of view in this issue. 　就这件事而言，我和我的老师意见不同。 4.pot luck　便饭 Would you mind taking a pot luck at home? 　你介意在家吃顿便饭吗？ 5.remark on 　谈论 It is forbidden to remark on current affairs in public in some countries. 　在某些国家不允许在公共场合谈论时事。 6.show promise　显示潜力 The boy showed promise in operating computers. 　这个男孩显示出操作微机方面的天赋。 7.slip of the tongue　口误 I had made a slip of the tongue,which brought great damage to our company. 　我由于口误使公司损失不小。 8.turn the tide 　使形势转变 We were losing the game until Jack got there.His coming turned the tide for us, and we won. 　在杰克来之前我们在比赛中一直落后。他的到来为我们扭转了形势。 9.something like　将近；大约 It took me something like three hours to get here by train. 　我乘火车大约3小时到了这里。 10.the letter of the law　　条条框框 He does everything according to the letter of the law rather than to the real situations. 　他做任何事情都依据条条框框而不看实际情况。

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1.sore piont 敏感点 Don't ask her why her boyfriend died.It's a sore point with her. 　不要问她男朋友为什么死了，她不愿提起这件事。 2.buy time　拖延时间 The union leaders are trying to buy time by prolonging the negotiations. 　工会领袖企图以延长谈判过程来拖延时间。 3.carry the can　背黑锅 It is unfair that I'm the only one to carry the can. 　让我一个人背黑锅这也太不公道了。 　（该习语用于英式英语） 4.change hands 　易主；换主人 The car has changed hands many times before I bought it. 　我买这辆车之前它已经多次易主。 5.at second hand　间接地 I only heard the news at second hand. 　我只是间接听到这个消息的。 6.make a practice of　养成...习惯 I have made a practice of taking a rest after supper. 　我已经养成晚饭后休息的习惯。 7.roll around　循环 The New Year's Day is rolling around soon. 　元旦快要来临了。 8.run back　用车送某人回去 Don't worry! I will run your girlfriend back. 　别担心！我用车把你的女朋友送回去。 9.run the show　负责；当家 Who is running the show in your company? 　你们公司谁是头儿？　 10.ruling passion 　主要的志趣 To earn money as much as she can is her ruling passion. 　她的愿望是尽量多地挣钱。 11.sit with 　为...所接受 His story cannot sit with his mother. 　他编的故事他妈妈并不相信。 12.smear on 　涂上 I have smeared jam on the bread. 　我把果酱涂在面包上。 13.spring up　迅速增长 Friendship springs up between us after the cooperation. 　从那次合作后，我们的友谊迅速发展。

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1.stop down 不增加 If your temperature stops down all day,you can go back to school tomorrow. 　如果你的体温不再升高，明天就可以上学了。 2.stock in trade　　特长 Flattery is her stock in trade. 　阿谀奉承是她的专长。 3.throw cold water　泼冷水 I felt very discouraged when he threw cold water on my idea. 　他给我的想法泼冷水，我感到灰心丧气。 4.twist and turn　翻来覆去 He twist and turned all night. 　他整夜翻来覆去地睡不着觉。 5.under a cloud　　失宠 I have been under a cloud since I failed to finish my work on time. 　自从我上次没能及时完成工作，我就一直受冷遇。 6.vary between　　在....之间变化 The price of this computer vary between $3,000 and $3,500. 　这台电脑的价格在3，000美元和3，500美元之间波动。 7.walk into　招致 It's all my fault to walk into that fire. 　引起火灾都是我的错。 8.walk over　无视 I would not let anyone walk over me. 　我决不允许别人无视我的存在。 9.white night　不眠之夜 She had a white night because she worried about her younger brother's illness.　 　由于担心弟弟的病情，她一夜未眠。 　　　　　　　

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1.weigh up　估量 You should weigh up the situation. 　你应该估量一下形势。 2.with dry eyes　无动于衷 He listened to the news of his father's death with dry eyes. 　他听到父亲去世的消息时无动于衷。 3.with flying colors　成功地 We have carried out our plan with flying colors. 　我们成功地完成了计划。 4.young blood　新鲜血液 Young blood is needed in our company. 　我们公司需要吸收一些新成员。 5.under the impression that　以为 I am under the impression that you two are a couple. 　我一直以为你们俩是夫妻。 6.set sb. a task　给某人一项任务 The boss set me various tasks. 　老板给我指定了各项任务。 7.shut off　隔离 The patient was shut off. 　这个病人被隔离开来。 8.out of keeping　不协调 The color is out of keeping with your age. 这种颜色与你的年龄不相配。

1.in full flood 大量 The 21st century is in full flood of invention. 　21世纪有层出不穷的创造发明。 　（该习语为美式用语） 2.level-headed　镇定自若的 He is the most level-headed person I know. 　他是我认识的最冷静的人。 3.light a fire uner sth.　按某事进行 We should light a fire under our plan. 　我们应按计划行事。 　（该习语常用于美式英语） 4.serve the purpose　管用 This house will serve the purpose of keeping you from cold. 　这间房对于你御寒挺管用。 5.serve up　上菜 She was just serving up the meal as I walked in. 　当我进来时，她正往桌面上端菜。 6.set aside　不予考虑 Setting aside the fact that he hit me,he is quite a good man. 　抛开他打我这事不谈，他确实是个好人。 7.waver between　在两者之间犹豫 I am still wavering between the two girls. 这两个女孩选哪一个，我还拿不定主意。 　

1.refrain from 抑制 Please refrain from smoking here. 　请不要在这里吸烟。 2. and the like　等等 I brought with me a knife,a can opener,a magnifying glass and the like. 　我带了刀子，开缺罐器，放大镜等等。 3.be akin to 　与...类似 Pity is akin to love. 　同情近于爱。 4.once and for all　　只此一次 I 'm warning you once and for all. 　我给你最后一次警告。 5.brown as berry　黝黑 Tom had just come back from his holiday.Brown as a berry he was ,when he came round here the following Monday. 　汤姆刚刚度假回来。到星期一他来上班的时候，我们发现他的皮肤黝黑。 6.private eye　私人侦探 The wife hired a private eye to keep a close eye on her husband. 　妻子雇了一位私人侦探对她的丈夫进行监视。 7.push around　摆布 Don't push me around anymore and I am very angry now. 　别支配我了，我现在很生气。 8.open out 　张开；发展 The flowers will open out when spring comes. 　当春天来临时，花儿就会盛开。 I feel that I have opened out after the talk with you. 　和您谈完话后，我好像觉得自己又成熟了一些。

1. by twos and threes　三三两两；两三人一群 They came home from church by twos and threes. 　他们三三两两地从教堂回来。 2.behind time　慢吞吞 He is always behind time with his work. 　他做事总是慢吞吞的。 3.every inch　完全的，从头到尾 He is every inch a gentleman. 　他是十足的绅士。 4.read between the lines　读出言外之意 When reading theletter,I read between the lines. 　看信时，我读出了言外之意。 5.to a man　一个也不剩，全部 They all answered "yes" to a man. 　他们全部答道“是的”。 6.touch at　靠港，停靠 The ship will touch at Tianjin. 　这艘船将停靠在天津。 7.only too　　竟然是 The report proved only too true. 　这个报导竟然是真实的。 8.bound for　　往...的 The train is bound for London. 　这趟车是开伦敦的。 9.upon(/on) one's word　　发誓 Upon my word I will do it. 我发誓我会做这件事。