1、EnglishIdioms,ByYvette,Christine,Emma,Sophia,Content,BriefIntroduction,1,OtherInterestingIdioms,4,IdiomsAboutWeather,3,IdiomsAboutAnimals,2,WhatIsIdiom?,Anidiomisanexpression,word,orphrasethathasafigurativemeaningthatiscomprehendedinregardtoacommonuseofthatexpressionthatisseparatefromtheliteralmeani

2、ngordefinitionofthewordsofwhichitismade.,Samewordshavedifferentmeanings:,makeup編造，講和，彌補(bǔ)，化妝，鋪床setoff出發(fā)，引起，點(diǎn)燃turnoutTurnoutthelight.(打開）Thewholeturnedoutfortheevent.（參加）Thismachinecanturnout300copiesaminute.（生產(chǎn)）Itturnedouttobeamistake.（結(jié)果，證明是）,So,firstofall,astudentshouldlearnnottolookedownonsuchidiom

3、sjustbecausetheyremadeupofsuchsimpleandeasywords.Heshouldlookoutforidenticalphraseswithdifferentmeaningsandlookthemupinadictionaryifhesnotsure.Hesboundtorunintoalotoftroublewhenhefirstusesthem,butheshouldntgivein,muchlessgiveup.Ifhekeepstryingandkeepsatitlongenoughhellmakeoutandthingswillturnoutwell

4、intheend.,Beforehegetsthehangofhowtousethemhellmakealotofmistakes.Somemistakeswillcausepeopletoholdtheirsideswithlaughter,butthatshouldntputhiminastew.Heshouldlearntoputupwithsuchthings.Youmightsaythatspartofthegame.,Whentranslatinganidiom,thefirstjobistograspthemeaningoftheoriginal.吃軟不吃硬bullythewea

5、kbutyieldtoonewhofightsback布衣蔬食wearcottonclothesandeatvegetablefoodcoarseclothesandsimplefare,害人蟲：anevilperson/anevilcreatureThechangeissmall,butsignificant;givesmoreoftheoriginalChineseflavourandenhancestheEnglish自投羅網(wǎng)：throwoneselfintothetrap/walkrightintothetrapThefirstversionisamoreliteralrenderin

6、g,thelaterversionismoreinkeepingwiththeEnglishwayofsayingthis.奇花異木：rareflowersandtrees/exoticflowersandraretreesThechangesareastylisticimprovementandmoreinharmonywiththetoneoftheChinese.,Idiomsaboutanimals,Cat,thecatrepresentstheguardianoftheUnderworld,stoic,silentandmysterious,Theykeepthesecretsoft

7、heOtherworldeternallytothemselves,astheygazewithguileuponaworldthatdoesnotseeorunderstandthedepthoftheirknowledge.InWesterntradition,blackcatshavebeenassociatedwithwitchcraft.,cat,AcathasninelivesCatshidetheirclaws.AglovedcatcatchesnomiceThecatshutsitseyeswhenstealingcreamAcatmaylookataking.Itrainsc

8、atsanddogs.,貓有九條命(吉人天相)知人知面不知心不愿吃苦的人成不了大事業(yè)。掩耳盜鈴小人物也應(yīng)有些權(quán)利下傾盆大雨,大雨滂沱,Cat,letthecatoutofthebagseehowthecatjumpsThescaldedcatfearscoldwater.Whenthecatsaway,themicewillplay.,說走了嘴看風(fēng)使舵,隨機(jī)應(yīng)變一朝被蛇咬,三年怕井繩大王外出,小鬼跳粱,Dog,Egyptiangodwhosechargeistoinsuresafetransitionsfromcommonreality(physicallifeonEarth)intotheA

9、fterlifeexperience.Withtheheadofajackal(ofcanineilk),Anubisdonsthesuper-powerfulsensoryperceptionofthedog.Further,thatdogconnectionrepresentstheepitomeofprotection,guidance,loyaltyandadherencetotheflowofunseenspiritualenergy.,Dog,FidelityLoyaltyAssistanceIntelligenceObedienceProtectionCommunityCoope

10、rationResourcefulnessCommunicationSensoryPerception,Dog,Astaffisquicklyfoundtobeatadogwith.EverydoghashisdayLetsleepingdogslieAllarenotthievesthatdogsbarkat.Giveadoganillname,欲加之罪，何患無詞人人皆有得意時(shí)勿惹事生非不要以貌取人人言可畏,Dog,Fightdog,fightbear.一決雌雄Anolddogwilllearnnonewtricks老年人很難適應(yīng)新事物Tohelpalamedogoverastile.雪中送

11、炭Betteralivingdogthanadeadlion.好死不如歹活,Fish,Neveroffertoteachfishtoswim.切勿班門弄斧。Gotothesea,ifyouwouldfishwell.不入虎穴，焉得虎子Itisasillyfishthatiscaughttwicewiththesamebait.智者不上第二次當(dāng)Ifwaterisnoisy,therearenofishinit.夸夸其談?wù)邿o真才實(shí)學(xué)Theresasgoodfishintheseaasevercameoutofit.海里的好魚多的是.(強(qiáng)中更有強(qiáng)中手.)Fishbeginstostinkattheh

12、ead.上梁不正下梁歪,Bird,Itsanillbirdthatfoulsitsownnest.家丑不可外揚(yáng)Finefeathersmakefinebirds.人要衣裝，馬要鞍Birdsofafeatherflocktogether.物以類聚，人以群分Abirdisknownbyitsnote,andamanbyhistalk.聽音識(shí)鳥，聞言識(shí)人Eachbirdlovestohearhimselfsing.鳥兒都愛聽自己唱。（自我欣賞)Youcannotcatcholdbirdswithchaff.有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的人難騙,idiomsaboutotheranimals,Thefoxmaygrowgr

13、ey,butnevergood.Thefoxpreysfarthestfromhishole.Tobeardthelioninhisden.Toputthecartbeforethehorse.Torunaftertwohares.Manistomanawolf,江山易改本性難移兔子不吃窩邊草太歲頭上動(dòng)土本末倒置腳踏兩只船爾虞我詐,Dontridethehighhorse勿擺架子Hairbyhairyouwillpulloutthehorsestail.水滴石穿Itisapoormousethathasonlyonehole.狡兔三窟M(jìn)ayaswellasbehangedforasheepas

14、alamb.一不做，二不休Pigslovethatlietogether.臭味相投Whatcanyouexpectfromapigbutagrunt?狗嘴里吐不出象牙,Idiomsaboutweather,geographylargelydeterminehumanslivingcondition,thusshapepeoplesmodeoflivingandthinking.Someidiomsarerelatedtothelivingenvironmentofitspeople.Hereissomeidiomsaboutweather.,afacelikethunder=tolookver

15、yangry:eg.Whatsupwithhimtoday?Hehasafacelikethunder!afair-weatherfriend=afriendwhodoesntsupportyouinbadtimes:eg.ImabitdisappointedinJohnandDavid.Itturnedouttheywereonlyfair-weatherfriends.,asnowballschance=verylittlechance(asmuchchanceasasnowballhasinhell):eg.Wedonthaveasnowballschanceofwinningthatc

16、ontract!“oncloudnine=veryhappybecausesomethingwonderfulhashappened.eg.Whenthebossannouncedmypromotion,Iwasoncloudnine!,astorminateacup=alotoffussoversomethingsmall:eg.Dontworryaboutthosetwoarguing.itsjustastorminateacup.beabreeze=tobeeasy:eg.Shehasmusicaltalentsolearningtoplaythepianoisabreezeforher

17、.”befullofhotair=talkingalotbutneverdoingwhatonesays:eg.“Thatpoliticianisfullofhotair.Hemakesalotofpromisesbutneverkeepsthem.”,besnowedunder=tobeverybusy:eg.Weresnowedunderatwork.blowhotandcold=tokeepchangingyourattitude:eg.Theyreblowinghotandcoldoverthisissue.Itsimpossibletoknowwhattheywant!brass-m

18、onkeyweather=verycoldweather:eg.Itsbrass-monkeyweathertoday.Youdbetterwrapupwarm!”chasingrainbows=trytogetsomethingtheywillneverobtain.eg.ShestryingtogetintoHarvardbutIerainorshine=whateverhappens:eg.Hesalwaysworkinginhisgardencomerainorshine.,intheeyeofthestorm=deeplyinv

19、olvedinasituationwhichisdifficultorcontroversialandaffectsalotofpeople.eg.TheministerwasoftenintheeyeofthestormduringthedebateonthewarinIraq.,oncloudnine=veryhappybecausesomethingwonderfulhashappened.eg.Whenthebossannouncedmypromotion,Iwasoncloudnine!reachforthemoon=veryambitiousandtrytoachievesomet

20、hingevenifitsdifficult.eg.Jennyistalentedandambitious;shealwaystendstoreachforthemoon.saveupforarainyday=putmoneyasideforwhenyoumightneeditlater:eg.Idontwanttospendthisextramoney.Illsaveitupforarainyday.“,seewhichwaythewindblows=toanalyseasituationbeforedoingsomething:eg.Imgoingtoseewhichwaythewindb

21、lowsbeforeaskingheraboutaraise.“snowedunder=verybusywitheg.IcantgotothepartyonSaturdaybecauseImsnowedunderwithwork.,stealsomeonesthunder=dowhatsomeoneelsewasgoingtodoandgetallthepraise:eg.Youllstealherthunderifyouwearthatdresstonight!takearaincheck=postponesomething:eg.Idontreallywanttogothecinemato

22、night.Canwetakearain-checkonit?makehaywhilethesunshines=usedasanencouragementtotakeadvantageofagoodsituationwhichmaynotlast.eg.Successfulsportsmenareadvisedtomakehaywhilethesunshines.,thelullbeforethestorm=aquiettimebeforeabusyordifficulttime:eg.ItsgoingtogetverybusyonThursday.Todayandtomorrowarejus

23、tthelullbeforethestorm.,undertheweather=notfeelverywell,sick:eg.Imfeelingabitundertheweatheratthemoment.weatherthestorm=tosurviveadifficultsituation:eg.Thisrecessionisquiteseriousanditsbecomingdifficulttoweatherthestorm.“,Otherinterestingidioms,One:onetoomany多余的，不需要的oneinathousand優(yōu)秀的人（或事物）Oneboyisab

24、oy,twoboyshalfaboy,threeboysnoboy.一個(gè)和尚挑水喝，兩個(gè)和尚抬水喝，三個(gè)和尚沒水喝。Oneeyewitnessisbetterthantenhearsays.百聞不如一見。Onegoodturndeservesanother.行善積德。Onemansfaultisothermanslesson.前車之鑒。Oneswallowdoesnotmakeasummer.一燕不成夏。Bettermasteronethanengagewithten.會(huì)十事不如精一事。Whenonewillnot,twocannotquarrel.一個(gè)巴掌拍不響。,Two:two-way雙向

25、的intwos兩個(gè)兩個(gè)地intwotwos立刻；一轉(zhuǎn)眼puttwoandtwotogether根據(jù)所見、所聞等推測(cè)出真相e.g.Heisratherinclinedtoputtwoandtwotogetherandmakefive.他一推測(cè)就出圈兒。Foureyesseemorethantwo.集思廣益。Ifyourunaftertwohares,youwillcatchneither.腳踏兩條船，必定落空。Killtwobirdswithonestone.一箭雙雕。Onecannotbeintwoplacesatonce.一心不可二用。Onehourtodayisworthtwotomorr

26、ow.爭(zhēng)分奪秒效率高。Twoheadsarebetterthanone.三個(gè)臭皮匠頂一個(gè)諸葛亮。,Three:bytwosandthrees三三兩兩three-bottleman大酒徒Ittakesthreegenerationstomakeagentleman.十年樹木，百年樹人。Four:foursquare直率的；坦白的onallfours爬著four-letteredwords下流話,Atsixesandsevens為習(xí)語，意為：亂七八糟，七上八下，雜亂無章，一片混亂e.g.Theboymadetheroomatsixesandsevens.這男孩把房間弄得亂七八糟的。Ihaventh

27、adtimetoarrangeeverythingsoImallatsixesandsevens.我沒來得及把每件事都安排好，因此心里七上八下的。Theyheldapartylastnightandeverythingwasatsixesandsevenswhentheguestsleft.昨晚他們開了一個(gè)家庭聚會(huì)。當(dāng)客人散盡之后，一切物品都挪了位置。,1.pullonesleg開玩笑（不是“拉后腿”）2.inonesbirthdaysuit赤身裸體（不是“穿著生日禮服”）3.eatoneswords收回前言（不是“吃話”）4.anappleoflove西紅柿（不是“愛情之果”）5.handwritingonthewall不祥之兆（不是“大字報(bào)”）6.bringdownthehouse博得全場(chǎng)喝彩（不是“推倒房子”）,7.haveafit勃然大怒（不是“試穿”）8.makeoneshairstandonend令人毛骨悚然恐懼（不是“令人發(fā)指-氣憤”）10.thinkagreatdealofoneself高看或看重自己（不是“為自己想得很多”）11.pulluponessocks鼓起勇氣（不是“提上襪子”）12.havethehearttodo（用于否定句）忍心做不是“有心做”或“有意做”,Washyourdirtylinenathome.家