Work_短语、谚语

短语：
at work 在工作，忙于
out of work 失业
work out 算出
work on 继续工作
work out ＝come up with 做出，算出，制定出
go on with one's work 继续某人的工作
work hard at 努力做……
work by day and study by night (在)白天工作晚上学习
work hard 努力工作
work at…在某处工作
get down to work 认真开始工作
work off v.渐渐地清除,排除,清理,售出,冒充
work at 从事于…,致力于…,钻研…
work up v.逐步建立,逐步引起,整理,逐步发展
work over v.检查,研究,重做,殴打
sheet-metal work 金属板工件，金属板制品，板金工工作，钣金工程
work of art 艺术作品
work permit 工作许可证
work table n. 工作台
welfare work n.福利事业,福利工作
do work 起作用,奏效
field work 野外实习,野外作业
line of work 行业,职业
social work n.(=social service)社会服务
work force n.(工厂等在职的)工人总数,职工总数,劳动人口,劳动力
work in v.插进,引进,配合
work party 工作组,工作班子;专门调查委员会
work song n. 劳动号子
work through 渗透,没法干完
work to rule v.怠工
electrical work 电气工程
work animal 役畜
work bench工作架，钳桌
work flow业务流程，加工流程
work stoppage停工
work study作业研究，操作研究
work unit工作单位
cold work冷作
work camp (青少年)劳动夏令营,囚犯劳动营
work day工作日
all in a day's work: nothing special, part of the routine这句话的意思是“没什么特别的，司空见惯”
Don't worry about it. It's all in a day's work.别担心，这没什么特别的，
Cooking is all in a day's work.烧饭是常有的事儿。

dirty work: Necessary, but uninteresting, or difficult work这句话的意思是“必须要做的但很无聊或很难的工作”，其实也就是做苦工，或者是吃力不讨好的工作。

He did the dirty work on that project.他在那个项目中做的是吃力不讨好的活儿。

Have you got around to doing the dirty work yet?你已经在找时间做这个很无聊的工作了吗？
get down to work: Stop relaxing, focus on important task这句话的意思是不再放松，开始做重要的事情，完成重要的任务。

Hey, let's get down to work here!嘿，咱们该认真开始工作了！
Sorry, I've got to get off the phone and get down to work.对不起，我必须放下电话开始工作了。

get worked up over something: become angry or annoyed about something 含义是对什么事情感到生气、恼怒
He got all worked up over the last exam.他对上次考试非常生气。

Don't get worked up over the garden. I'll take care of it tomorrow.别因为花园的事情生气了，我明天会搞定的。

make short work of something: do something quickly含义是“很快完成”
I made short work of the assignment and moved on to the next job.我很快的就完成了任务开始下一项工作了。

Give it to John. He'll make short work of it.交给约翰吧，他会很快做完的。

work like a horse: work a lot, work very hard含义是辛勤工作，非常努力的工作
Janet works like a horse!珍妮特工作非常努力！
Why don't you ask Tom. He works like a horse.为什么不问问汤姆，他工作非常努力。

work out for the best: eventually finish well含义是最后完成得很好。

Don't worry about your problems. Everything will work out for the best.别担心你的问题，所有的事情最后都会好的。

The divorce worked out for the best for the whole family.对这个家庭来说，离婚是最后最好的结果。

work something off: lose weight含义是减肥，减轻体重
I'm going running to work dinner off.我要去跑步减肥。

She went to the gym to work off a few pounds.她去健身房减掉几磅体重。

throw a monkey wrench in the works: cause a disturbance in something that seems clear and understandable含义是把看上去很清楚明白的事情搅乱
I hate to throw a monkey wrench in the works, but don't you think we should ask Andy to help.我讨厌把事情搅乱，但是你不认为我们应该找安迪帮忙吗？谚语：
Don't gild the lily.不要给百合花镀金/画蛇添足。

(英国剧作家莎士比亚. W.)
I can live for two months on a good compliment. (Mark Twain, American writer)只凭一句赞美的话我就可以充实地活上两个月。

(美国作家马克·吐温)
It is no use doing what you like; you have got to like what you do. (Winston Churchill, British prime minister)不能爱哪行才干哪行，要干哪行爱哪行。

(美国首相丘吉尔. W.)
My philosophy of life is work. (Thomas Alva Edison, American inventor)我的人生哲学就是工作。

(美国发明家爱迪生. T. A.)
When work is a pleasure, life is joy ! When work is duty, life is slavery. (Maxim Gorky, Russian writer )工作是一种乐趣时，生活是一种享受！工作是一种义务时，生活则是一种苦役。

(俄国作家高尔基. M.)
Work banishes those three great evils : boredom, vice, and poverty. (Voltaire, French philosopher )工作撵跑三个魔鬼：无聊、堕落和贫穷。

(法国哲学家伏尔基泰)
谚语
Finished labours are pleasant.完成工作是一乐。

It is lost labour to sow where there is no soil.没有土壤，播种也是徒劳。

It is right to put everythingin its proper use.凡事都应用得其所。

Affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended.按部就班，事情很快就做完。

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.只工作，不玩耍，聪明小孩也变傻。

Work bears witness who does well.工作能证明谁做的好。

It is not work that kills,but worry.工作不会伤身，伤身乃是忧虑。

He that will not work shall not eat.不工作者不得食。

Business is business.公事公办。

Put your shoulder to the wheel.努力工作。

Never do things by halves.做事不要半途而废。

Infor a penny,infor a pound.做事一开头，就要做到底；一不做，二不休。

Many hands make quick work.人多干活快。

Many hands make light work.众擎易举。

A bad workman quarrels with his tools.技术拙劣的工人抱怨自己的工具。

Diligence is the mother of success.勤奋是成功之母。

Idleness is the root of all evil.懒惰乃万恶之源。

Care and diligence bring luck.谨慎和勤奋带来好运。

Diligence is the mother of good for tune.勤勉是好运之母。

Industry is fortune’s right hand,and frugality her left.勤勉是幸运的右手，世俭是幸运的左手。

Idleness is the key of beggary.懒惰出乞丐。

No root,no fruit.无根就无果。

Idle people(folks) have the most labour(take the most pains).懒人做工作，越懒越费力。

Sloth is the key of poverty.惰能致贫。

An idle brain is the devil’s work shop.懒汉的头脑是魔鬼的工厂。

Work while you work play while you play this is the way to be cheerful and gay
Never put off the work till tomorrow what you can put off today. 今日事，今日毕
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也
变傻
Work smarter, not harder.更有技巧地工作，而不是更努力地工作。

Work has a bitter root but sweet fruit.--German proverb 工作虽苦,果实却甘--德国谚语
Many hands make light work.众人拾柴火焰高; 人多好办事。

Work makes the workman. 熟能生巧。