掌握习语让自己的英语更加地道

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10个英语习语,掌握起来让自己的英语更加地道。下面小编就和大家分享地道习语:如何用英语形容生病了,希望能够帮助到大家,来欣赏一下吧。

10个英语习语,掌握起来让自己的英语更加地道。

1.

a drop in the ocean.

沧海一粟。

2.

actions speak louder than words.

事实胜于雄辩。

3.

to add fuel to the fire.

火上浇油。

4.

the ball is in your court.

下一步就看你的了。

5.

to bend over backwards.

竭尽全力。

6.

to bite off more than you can chew.

贪多嚼不烂。

7.

by the skin of one’s teeth.

侥幸

8.

to cry wolf.

“狼来了“

9.

to cut to the chase.

开门见山地说吧。

10.

to get one’s head around something.

使某人对某事摸不着头脑

美国习语:感到愉快的,人挂掉了

Say, Barby, let me tell you something. I really get a kick out of being around you. If you feel the same way about me, well, maybe we ought to get serious and think about getting engaged to each other. I'm not a kid anymore but I still get a big kick out of going to see a circus. The elephants, the clowns, the acrobats -- they make me feel like a kid again. Your old friend Charley's not working here any more. In fact we heard he kicked the bucket down in Texas last winter; he got kicked in the head by a horse he was trying to saddle up. That old dog next door finally kicked the bucket. He was 16 years old, toothless, blind and could hardly get around. 16 years is a long time for a dog, so it was time for him to go.

to get a kick out of to kick the bucket 美国多年来有一首流行歌曲,它的名字叫"I get a kick out of You" Kick就是用脚踢的意思,不管是人的脚,或是马的脚,被踢的人一般来说是会感到很痛的。但是,这首歌的名字"I Get A Kick Out of You"却毫无痛苦之意,相反的,它的意思是:由于你的爱情使我感到快乐和激动。下面这个例子里的年轻人发现自己对过去半年里有时一起出去玩的那个女孩产生了爱慕之心。他对这位姑娘说: "Say, Barby, let me tell you something. I really get a kick out of being around you. If you feel the same way about me, well, maybe we ought to get serious and think about getting engaged to each other." 这个年轻人说:"咳,芭比,我有些想法要告诉你。和你在一起真使我感到非常愉快。要是你对我也有同样的感觉的话,那我们得认真对待我们的关系,考虑我们是否应该订婚了。" 但是,爱情并不是to get a kick out of的唯一源泉。也就是说,to get a kick out of这个俗语并不完全和爱情联系在一起。它可以用于任何一个使你高兴的人,或任何一样令你喜爱和激动的东西。例如:一个成年人在说他自己的爱好: "I'm not a kid anymore but I still get a big kick out of going to see a circus. The elephants, the clowns, the acrobats--they make me feel like a kid again." 他说:"我已经不是个孩子了。但是,每次去看马戏总是使我感到非常高兴和激动,那些大象、小丑和杂技、使我感到我好像又成了一个孩子似的。" 下面我们还要讲一个由kick这个字组成的俗语,那就是:to kick the bucket。尽管这个俗语也同样有kick这个字,但是它的意思却全然不同。To kick the bucket,它的意思是:一个人死了。这个俗语可能是出自很久以前有关一个工人的故事。那是在一个静静的夜晚,这个工人在马棚里,站在一个翻过来放的桶上面,他在屋顶的房梁上挂一根绳,把绳的另一头套住自己的脖子,再打一个结。然后把脚下的桶踢开,这样他就吊死了。现在,人们经常用to kick the bucket来指某人死了。特别要指出的是,to kick the bucket这个用法一般是对死者不太尊重的,因此在有礼貌的谈话中不太使用这一俗语。我们来举个例子吧:有一个人骑了马到一个农场去找他以前的老朋友Charley,到了那儿,农场的一个人对他说: "Your old friend Charley's not working here any more. In fact we heard he kicked the bucket down in Texas last winter; he got kicked in the head by a horse he was trying to saddle up." 这人告诉他:"你的老朋友查理已经不在这儿做了。事实上,我们听说他在去年冬天在得克萨斯州死了。他在套马的时候,那匹马往他的头上踢了一脚。" To kick the bucket这个俗语也可以用于动物。例如: "That old dog next door finally kicked the bucket. He was 16 years old, toothless, blind and could hardly get around. 16 years is a long time for a dog, so it was time for him to go." 这句话的意思是:"隔壁的那条狗终于死了。那狗已经有十六岁了,牙都没了,又瞎,行动也不便。十六岁了,对狗来说也是时候了。" 在这次[美国习惯用语]节目里,我们讲了两个俗语,一个是:to get a kick out of。To get a kick out of是指使人感到很愉快、很兴奋的人或物,有时也指由于爱情而使人感到激动和愉快。今天我们讲的第二个俗语是:to kick the bucket。To kick the bucket是指一个人死了。

美国习语:跳蚤市场,嘴巴闭紧

I was lucky when I went to the flea market today. In the middle of all the worthless junk I found a carved jade Chinese snuff bottle and bought it for $5 : the seller didn't know what it was. For me a flea market is a sad place -- all those memories of the past: stuff that used to be precious to people who have died or grown old or just moved away. Hey, clam up, will you! I've heard enough already about how hard you work in the office. The cops found a man they know was a witness to the murder. But he has clammed up and won't talk -- he's afraid the killer's mob will come after him if he testifies in court.

科学家们说,世界上有许多昆虫对人类是有益的,但是也有好多小虫子使人感到讨厌,比如说像蚊子、苍蝇、跳蚤等。特别是跳蚤,它虽小,但是咬起人来很利害,让人感到非常痒,而且还可能会传染致命的病菌。可是,美国人倒是很喜欢跳蚤市场。跳蚤市场在英文里就是叫:flea market。 什么是flea market呢?Flea market实际上和跳蚤一点关系都没有。Flea market是一种往往在周末举行的非正式集市,flea market一般都是在户外,那儿有许多摊贩出售各种各样的东西,有不少都是用过的旧东西,新的东西也有,但是质量一般都比较差,价钱也很便宜。可是,要是你眼光敏锐的话,你能花很少的钱买到很有价值的古董和其他东西,就像下面这个人一样: "I was lucky when I went to the flea market today. In the middle of all the worthless junk I found a carved jade Chinese snuff bottle and bought it for five dollars: the seller didn't know what it was." 这个人说:"我今天去跳蚤市场,运气还真不错。在那些毫无用处的破玩意儿堆里,我找到一个中国鼻烟壶,是用玉做的,上面还有雕刻。我才化了五块钱。卖东西的人根本不知道那是什么东西。" 有的人很容易伤感,看到一些旧的东西就触景生情,钩起他们对以往的回忆。下面就是一个例子: "For me a flea market is a sad place--all those memories of the past: stuff that used to be precious to people who have died or grown old or just moved away." 这人说:"在我看来,跳蚤市场是一个令人感伤的地方,市场上卖的东西过去对一些人来说是很宝贵的,但是他们老的老了,死的死了,有的人也已经不知去向了。" 下面我们要给大家介绍的一个习惯用语也很有趣,有时也很有用:to clam up。Clam在中文里就是蛤蜊,当蛤蜊外面的壳关起来的时候,你要想把它打开是不容易的。因此,clam up的意思就是嘴巴闭得紧紧的。当然,在不同场合,它的意思也就有所不同。下面这个例子是一个人听他朋友讲话听得太腻味了,于是他对他的朋友说: "Hey, clam up, will you! I've heard enough already about how hard you work in the office!" 这个人说:"咳,你别说了,行不行!我已经听够了你在办公室工作多卖力的话了。" 下面这个例子的情况可完全不同了。这是要这个人说话,可是他偏不说: "The cops found a man they know was a witness to the murder. But he has clammed up and won't talk--he's afraid the killer's mob will come after him if he testifies in court." 这句话的意思是:"警察找到了一个人,他们知道他是一起谋杀案的目击者。可是,他嘴巴很紧,什么也不肯说,他怕要是他出庭作证,那个谋杀集团不会放过他。" 我们在今天的美国习惯用语: 节目里给大家介绍了两个和小动物有关的习惯用语。第一个是:flea market。Flea market是一种非正式的市场,专卖一些旧的或质量比较差的便宜货。今天我们讲的第二个习惯用语是:to clam up。To clam up的意思是把嘴巴闭紧,不说话。


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