英語常用習語及例句Aabigfishinasmallpond小地方的大人物例句：Inherhometown,shewasabigfishinasmallpond，butaftershemovedtoNewYork,shewasjustonlyoneamongmanymillions.在她家鄉(xiāng)，她很了不起?？墒前岬郊~約后，她就不過是蕓蕓眾生之一了。astone'sthrow一箭之遙例句：Helivesonlyastone'sthrowfromhere.他住的地方離這兒只有一箭之遙。allgone希望等的"消逝"，物品等的"丟失"。例句：Mygoodness!Mybagisallgone.天呀！我的包不見了。Ourhopeswereallgone.我們的希望成泡影了。allforit對別人的看法或意見"完全同意"，"完全贊成"例句：Goaheadwithyourplan.I'mallforit.進行你的計劃吧，我完全贊成。allinall常用的片語，表示"總的來說"，"總而言之"，例句：Hehashisfaults,butallinall,heisagoodguy.asclearasmud不清晰，混亂例句：Yourexplanationisasclearasmud.你的解釋一點都不清晰。assoftasdown柔軟如絨毛例句：Ilayfastasleeponthecouch,whichwasassoftasdown,anddidnotwakeuntillateinthemorning.我在軟如絨毛般的長沙發(fā)椅上睡著了，一直睡到早晨很晚才醒來。atfullblast全速地；大規(guī)模地例句：Whenwevisitedtheplace,workontheconstructionsitewasatfullblastandalltheworkersseemedtobeworkingveryhard.當我們?nèi)⒂^時，建筑工地的工作已經(jīng)全面展開，而且所有的人都在忙碌著。Bbeaboveboard光明正大的becrazyabout愛的發(fā)狂例句：IamreallycrazyaboutMichaelJackson'srock'n'roll.我對麥克杰克遜的搖滾愛的發(fā)狂。beforthebirds荒唐可笑的；毫無價值的例句：Theiropinionsonartaresimplyforthebirds.他們對藝術的見解真是荒唐可笑。beatit叫人"走開"的口語，和"Beoff!差不多，不過比后者更流行。例句：Hekeptonbotheringme,soItoldhimtobeatit.他不停地煩我，因此我叫他走開。beatonesbrains(out)指做事困難，"傷透了腦筋"例句：Ibeatmybrains(out)togetajob.為了找尋工作，我傷透了腦筋。beatsbtothedraw搶先某人行動例句：MarywantedtobuythatpaintingbyPicasso,butanothermillionairebeathertothedraw.瑪麗想買畢加索的那幅畫，不過另一個百萬富翁捷足先登了。beatsomeonebymiles遠強于某人例句：Whenitcomestofishing,Ibeathimbymiles.講到釣魚，我比他棒得多。beef口語上常用來指"抱怨"或"發(fā)牢騷"；作動詞時后面跟about.例句：Tellmewhat'syourbeef?你抱怨什么？beforeyouknowit口語為"很快"。例句：Icomebackbeforeyouknowit.我很快就會回來。behaveyourself勸人要有禮貌和行為檢點，意思相同的口語還有"Watchyoumanner.""WatchyourP'sandQ's".和"Don'tgetfresh."例句：Pleasebehaveyourselfbeforetheguests.在賓客之前你檢點一些。behindbars坐牢例句：Thejudgewillputhimbehindbarsforatleasttwoyears.法官最低限度也會判他坐兩年牢。behindthescenes（behindthecurtain）幕后例句：Heisthemanbehindthescenes.他是幕后人物。betweenourselves秘密地說例句：Betweenourselves,therearenosecrets.咱們私下說說，沒什么秘密。beyondtheseas在國外，在海外例句：Hehadagoodtimewhenhewasbeyondtheseas.他在國外時曾過得很快活。buttin插手，介入例句：Pardonmeforbuttinginonyourconversation,butthisisimportant.請原諒我打斷了你們的談話，不過這件事非常重要。byandlarge大體上，總的看來例句：Icannottotallytakeyourpoint，butbyandlargeIthinkyoursisreasonable.我不能完全同意你的觀點，但大體上你的觀點是有道理的。Ccalltheshots做決斷例句：Tobealeader,youshouldknowhowtocalltheshots.作為領導，你應該知道怎么做決斷。cardupone'ssleeve錦囊妙計例句：Billalwayshasacardupone'ssleeve,sowheneverfacedupwithapuzzle,hecouldfindaway.比爾總有錦囊妙計，所以任何時候遇到難題，他總能找到方法解決。clownaround胡鬧例句：Thatboyisseldomseriousaboutanything.He'salwaysclowningaround.這個男孩對任何事情都不認真，他總是胡鬧。cookup虛構例句：Ihavetocookupanexcuseforbeinglateforclass.我必須為上課遲到編個借口。crocodiletears鱷魚的眼淚，假慈悲例句：Don'tshedcrocodiletearsoverhismisfortune,Iknowyouhatehim.不要假惺惺的為他的厄運假慈悲了，我知道你恨他。cryoverspilledmilk為打翻的牛奶流淚,做無益的后悔例句：Iknowthatyouhavelostyourpurse,butsinceithadhappened,letitgo,pleasedon'tcryoverspilledmilk.我知道你丟了錢夾，不過既然這件事已經(jīng)發(fā)生了，就讓它去，不要做無益的后悔。Ddownandout窮困潦倒，孤苦無助例句：Peopleshouldlendhimahelpfulhand；he'sreallydownandout.人們應該助他一臂之力，他已經(jīng)窮困潦倒了。Eeatlikeabird胃口小，吃的少例句：Lilyisveryslimbecausesheeatslikeabird.百合十分苗條，因為她吃的少。Ffarandaway毋庸置疑例句：Tomisfarandawaythebestlecturerinourdepartment.毋庸置疑，這是你們系最好的演講者。forgood永遠例句：smokelesseveryday,thenyoumightbeabletoquitsmokingforgood.每天少吸煙一點，你就可能會永遠戒掉煙。Ggetfired炒魷魚例句：TheanchormanoftheBBCnetwork'seveningnewsgotfired.我聽說CBC電視網(wǎng)的晚間新聞主播被炒魷魚。getit(all)together不慌不忙；沉著冷靜例句：Ihopehegetsitalltogethersoon.Hislifeisamess.我希望他盡快地安定下來。他的生活一團糟。getone'sgoat使人發(fā)怒或厭惡例句：ItreallygotMr.Brown'sgoatwhenhehadtowaittwohourstogethisplanetickets.不得不等上兩個小時才拿到飛機票實在是讓布朗先生生氣。getoutofthebedonthewrongside指平時脾氣好的人突然變得很暴躁，難以相處例句：What'sthematterwithyoutoday?Haveyougotoutofthebedonthewrongside.你今天怎么啦？為什么亂發(fā)脾氣？giveanearto聽一聽例句：Theownerofthefactorygaveaneartothecomplaintsoftheworkers.工廠老板傾聽了工人們的抱怨。graspatastraw抓救命稻草例句：Thecriminaltriedtograspatastrawbyfeigningmentaldisorder.罪犯裝瘋，企圖抓住一根救命稻草。guts勇氣美國人習慣用的口語，英國人則多用courage。Hhanginthebalance未見分曉例句：Afterthesurgery,thepatientbecameverysickandherlifehunginthebalancefornearlyaweek.手術后，那個病人非常虛弱，將近一個星期他的生命在垂危中。hang-up（情感上的）障礙,大難題例句：Maryhasarealhang-upaboutcatsanddoesn'tliketobeinthesameroomwiththem.瑪麗對貓有一種擺脫不掉的厭煩，因此不愿意和貓在同一個房間。highanddry被拋棄的，處于痛苦之中的例句：Georgetookallthemoneyawayandlefthiscompanionshighanddry，withnothingtobuythetickets.喬治帶走了所有的錢，把他的同事拋棄了，連買車票的錢也沒有。highandlow到處例句：Ilookedhighandlowformypen，butIcouldn'tfinditanywhere.我到處找我的鋼筆，但我怎么也找不到它。hitupon偶然想出例句：Hecrouchedthereforalongtimebeforehehituponaplantodefeathisantagonist.他蹲在那里很長一段時間后，突然想出了一個挫敗他對手的計劃。Iinabind窘迫例句：whenheaskedmetomarryhim,Ifeltinabind.當他向我求婚時，我感到很窘迫。inthedoghouse窘迫，陷入困境例句：Thewholeteamwasinthedoghousebecausetheylostthegame.由于輸?shù)袅吮荣?，整隊都陷入困境。inluck幸運例句：Marydroppedherglassesandtheydidnotbreak,soshewasinluck.瑪麗的眼鏡掉在地上而沒有摔壞，所以她是幸運的。insandouts錯綜復雜事物的因果例句：Aftercarefulinvestigation,hegottoknowtheinsandoutsoftheaccident.經(jīng)過仔細的調(diào)查，他終于弄清了事件的前因后果。It'sinGod'shands聽天由命例句：It'sinGod'shandsandwehavepreparedfortheworst.聽天由命吧，我們已經(jīng)做最壞的準備了。LLaystresson/upon著重，重視例句：InhisspeechMr.Brownlaidstressonthesagacityofcats.布朗先生在他的講座里強調(diào)了貓的靈性。letsleepingdogslie莫惹是非例句：Don'ttelltheteacherwhatyouhavedone.Letsleepingdogslie.不要告訴老師你做了什么。莫惹是非。loseone'stemper發(fā)脾氣例句：helosthistemperwhenhebrokethekeyinthelock.他把鑰匙弄斷在鎖里了，就發(fā)起了脾氣。Mmakeendsmeet使收支平衡例句：Ihavetotaketwopart-timejobsatthesametimetomakeendsmeet.為了收支平衡，我不得不同時作兩份兼職。makeuseof使用，利用例句：Hewillmakeuseofalltheoddsandends.他會利用所有這一切零碎東西。monkeybusiness胡鬧例句：hetoldtheboystoquittheirmonkeybusiness,orhewouldcallateacher.他告訴那些男孩子不要再胡鬧，不然他就叫老師。NOonandoff間斷地例句：Itrainedonandoffalldaylong。今天斷斷續(xù)續(xù)地下著小雨。ontheupandup坦率，誠實例句：Howcanweknowwhetherapersonisontheupandupbyhisappearance!從一個人的外表我們怎么能知道他是坦率的呢！outandabout戶外活動例句：MrSmithrecoversquickly，andhe'llbeoutandaboutverysoon.史密斯先生復原得很好，很快他就能到戶外活動了。outandout完全地，徹底地例句：WhatIsaidisanoutandouttruth.我說的全都是事實。outofsorts發(fā)脾氣的例句：Don'ttalktohim,heisoutofsorts.別跟他說話，他在發(fā)脾氣。outoftemper發(fā)怒的，發(fā)脾氣例句：Thechildrenwerefrightenedtofindhimoutoftemper.孩子們一見他發(fā)脾氣，都嚇壞了。overandover多次地，重復地例句：Theforeignerrepeatedwhathesaidoverandover，butIstillcouldn'tunderstandhim.外國朋友一遍一遍地重復，但我仍然沒有聽懂他說什么。Ppullone'sleg愚弄例句：Ifyouremainstuck-up,theywilloftentrytopullyourleg.假如你還是目中無人的話，他們會常常想愚弄你的。putaway把…收起來例句：Putawaytheheavyclothes.Theweatherisbecomingmuchwarmer.把厚衣服收起來吧，天氣越來越暖和了。QRSsettheworldonfire做顯赫的事情例句：Peopledonotcounthimasaheroforhehasnotsettheworldonfire.人們并不把他看作民族英雄，因為他并未做出驚天動地的事情。sillyasagoose像鵝一樣蠢例句：Sinceheisassillyasagoose,hewillnotgetapromotion.既然他如此的不開竅，他肯定得不到提升的。slipofthetongue說溜了嘴例句：Themayorreallymadeaslipofthetongue!市長可真是說溜了嘴了！solongas只要例句：Anymanwillbeequaltothetask,solongasheiscareful.任何人都會勝任這個工作，只要他細心。standone'sground堅持己見；堅守陣地例句：John'sfriendssaidhewasmistaken,buthestoodhisground.約翰的朋友都說他錯了，可是他仍然堅持己見。Ttakeachance冒險例句：ewilltakeachanceontheweatherandhavethepartyoutdoors.我們將冒天氣的險在室外聚會。throughandthrough完全地，充分地例句：Youcantrusthim，forhe'shonestthroughandthrough.你可以信任他，他是真正誠實的。turnthecoldshoulderon冷淡例句：HewillnotturnthecoldshoulderonmewhenIamintrouble.他不會在我困難時疏遠我。Uupandabout病愈例句：I'mmuchbetternow，I'vebeenupandaboutforalmostaweek.我現(xiàn)在感覺好多了，我已經(jīng)病愈差不多一個星期了。upsanddowns盛衰，浮沉例句：Lifeishard．Therearealotofupsanddownsinone'slife.生活是艱辛的，生活中充滿了大多的盛衰的浮沉。VWwasteone'sbreath白費唇舌例句：it'snousetalkingtohim,you'llonlywasteyourbreath.和他談話沒有一點用處，你只是在白費唇舌。XYYoucan'tbeatit.這是第一流的，比不上的。Youcan'tbeatme.表示自己了不起。例句：Whenitcomestoplayingfootball,youcan'tbeatBilly.論踢足球，沒有人比得上比利。1.Abandononeselftosomething-allowonselftobecompletelycontrolledbysomething,especiallypassionsorimpulses.-完全屈服于……；陷入……Example:Tomtriedandtriedbutfailedagainandagain.Finally,heabandonedhimselftodespair.2.Abaseoneself-makeoneselfhumble.-降低自己的身分Example:Inancienttimes,peopleoflowsocialstatusoftenabasedthemselvesinthepresenceofaninfluentialorpowerfulperson.3.Abidebysomething-observeorfollowsomething.-遵守某事Example:Whenyouplayagame,youmustabidebytherulesandregulationsconcerned.4.Backa/thewronghorse-putone'sfaithinsomeonewholaterlosesorsomethingwhichfails.-下錯了賭注；支持輸家Example:Themanagerbackedawronghorsebygivingthemuch-covetedjobtoJack,whoturnedouttohaveacriminalrecord.5.Backaway(fromdoingsomething)-moveaway(fromdoingsomething)becauseofdislikeorfear.-因害怕或厭惡而后退Examples:1.Thecatbackedawayasthestrangerraisedhishandtohitit.2.Inthefaceofstrongopposition,thegovernmenthasbackedawayfromincreasingtaxes.6.Callforth/outsomething-causesomethingtobeseenorused.-使某事物出現(xiàn)；引出某事物Examples:1.Lily'soutwardappearancewassoattractivethatitcalledforthadmirationfromeverymanintheoffice.2.Difficultiesinlifemaycalloutaperson'sgoodqualitiesnoteasilyseeningoodlife.7