英语习语翻译

? Adam's apple 喉结
? At sixes and sevens七上八下
? It rain cats and dogs瓢泼大雨
? Don’t cross the bridge till you get to it.不要过河拆桥
? Do you see any green in my eye?我看起来很幼稚吗？
? 1.It is a long lane that has no turning.路必有弯
? 2.Give a dog a bad name and hang him.欲加之罪，何患无辞
? 3.as strong as a horse壮如牛
? 4.as poor as a church mouse穷的响叫花子似的
? 5.It was packed like sardines.
? 6.If he can pass the exam, the dog can fly.如果他能通过考试，太阳就从西边出来了
? 7.as stupid as a goose蠢得像头猪
? Showing off one’s proficiency with ax before Lu Ban, the master carpenter./Teach one’s grandma to suck eggs.班门弄斧
? Three cobblers with wits combined equal Zhu Geliang, the mastermind./ The wisdom of the masses exceeds that of the wisest individual.三个臭皮匠赛过诸葛亮
? Fight poison with poison./ like cures like以毒攻毒
? The friendship of a gentlemen is insipid as water./The hedge between keeps the friendship green.君子之交淡如水
? 1.Every life has its roses and thorns.每个人的生活都有起起落落
? 2.He was a dead shot. However ,he met his Waterloo this time.他是个神枪手，但是这次他失败了
? 3.After the failure of his last novel, his reputation stands on slippery ground.由于他这本小说的失败，他的名声跌到了谷底
? 4.He carries on his age astonishingly well.他一点都不显老
? 5.She’d never again believe anything in trousers.她再也不相信任何人了
? This war is becoming the most important story of this generation.这场战争成了他们这代人最明显的标签
? It is quite another story now.现在是另一回事了
? Some reporters who are not included in the session broke the story.
? He’ll be very happy if that story holds up.
? The Rita Haywoth story is one of the saddest.
? A young man came to Scotti’s office with a story.一个年轻人带着一个新闻报道来找
? Last Dec. the Post first reported that probes were being made in each of those cities, but officials refused to confirm the story.
? The story about him became smaller and by faded out from the American TV.对他的报道越来越少，因此他也慢慢淡出美国的电视界
? This state of affairs must change.情况必须要有所改变了
? Now things are different.现在情况不同了
? How do matters stand with them?他们情况怎么样
? How is the situation at the front?前线情况怎么样
? Give one’s heart to
? Set one’s heart at ease
? Lose heart 丧失信心break one’s heart令某人伤心
? Kind-hearted
? Black-hearted
? Hard-hearted
? From the bottom of one’s heart由衷的

? Heaven have eyes.苍天有眼
? Heaven’s vengeance is slow but sure.天网恢恢疏而不漏
? Heaven help those who help themselves.天助资助者

? As dark as night伸手不见五指
? As light as a feather轻如鸿毛
? As cowardly

as a rat胆小如鼠
? As proud as a peacock不可一世

? Strike while the iron is hot.打铁趁热
? Unity is strength.团结就是力量
? As a man sows, so he shall reap.种瓜得瓜种豆得豆

? Love me, love my dog.爱屋及乌
? Top dog优胜者，主要人物
? Lucky dog幸运儿
? To help a lame dog over a stile雪中送炭
? A rat in a hole瓮中之鳖
? Like a drown cat落汤鸡
? As thin as a shadow 瘦得像猴一样
? Six of one, half a dozen of another半斤八两
? To teach fish to swim班门弄斧
? Like a cat on hot bricks 热锅上的蚂蚁
? Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion宁做鸡头不做凤尾
? It’s no use crying over spilt milk.覆水难收
? Fish begin to stink at the head.
? The pot calls the kettle black.只看到他人的缺点，却忘了检查自己
? You cannot eat your cake and have it.鱼和熊掌不可兼得
? Even Homer sometimes nods.老虎也有打盹的时候
blind man on a blind horse – rushing headlong to disaster盲人瞎马
Give one’s enemy a wife and lose one’s soldiers as well – suffer double loss instead of a gain赔了夫人又折兵
Child‘s play儿戏
Out of sight, out of mind眼不见心不烦
A miss is as good as a mile失之毫厘谬以千里
Beggars are no choosers 饥不择食
Loch the stable door after the horse has been stolen 亡羊补牢
? Password
? Saliva口水
? Mobile phone
? To fight a fire
? To shuffle the playing cards
? Block buster
? Puppy love
? Avoid using this computer in extreme cold, heat, dust or humidity.
? Ignorance is the mother of fear and as well as of admiration.无知是恐惧的根源
? This typewriter is indeed cheap and fine.
? A scientist constantly tried to defeat his hypotheses, his theories and his conclusion.
? The Americans and Japanese conducted a completely secret exchange of message.
? The thesis summed up the new achievements made in electronic computers, artificial satellites and rockets.
? Oxidation will make iron and steel rusty.
? After all preparations were made, the plane took off.
? Air pressure decreases with altitude.
? According to the scientists, it takes nature 500 years to create an inch of topsoil.
? Matter can be changed into energy , and energy into matter.
? The best conductor has the least resistance and the poorest the greatest.
? In then evening, after the banquets, the concert and the table tennis exhibition, he would work on the drafting of the final communique.
? Heated, water will change into vapor.
? Since air has weight, it exerts force on any object immersed in it.
? There were rows of houses which he had never seen before.
? The mountains began to throw their log blue shadows over the valley.
? Oxidation will make iron and steel rusty.
? After all preparations were made, the plane took off.
? History makes men wise; poets witty; 读史使人明志the mathematics subtle伦理使人庄重; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and r

hetoric able to contend.
? Reading makes a full man; conference a ready man;