American Idioms 地道俚语
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E The shoe is on the other foot To work hand in glove
"For the last ten years the Tigers have been the worst team in the league: we've finished down at the bottom. But now the shoe is on the other foot: we have all these good young players and we're beating everybody else in the whole league.“
"You'd better blow out that candle before it sets fire to the tablecloth."
"All the lights went off in the building and the elevators stopped when the master fuse blew out."
"I really blew up when I learned my girl friend was going out with another man."
"I have to stop at the gas station to blow up my front tires."
2. "My car smashed into a tree when I had a blow-out."
"When the Lees celebrated their 25th anniversary, they invited all their friends to a big blow-out at the best hotel in town."
C to be led by the nose under your nose
B blow up blow out
1. "The retreating German army tried to blow up all the bridges across the Rhine river to stop the Allied troops from crossing into Germany."
"I keep telling my friend it's foolish to gamble all his pay, but it's like water off a duck's back."
"The roast duck that restaurant serves is my favorate dish. Every time I think about it, it makes my mouth water."
Homework Apply those idioms into make up a story or conversation.
"I read in the paper about this customs officer they arrested at the airport. They caught him working hand in glove with a gang of smugglers to bring diamonds into the country without paying duty."
American Idioms NO.1
Easy
American Idioms
A
to hold water water off a duck's back
it makes my mouth water
"The accused man claimed that he'd been in another city the night of the murder. But his story didn't hold water after three differnet witnesses testified in court that they had seen him running from the scene of the crime."
"Ed's wife is a strong-minded woman and leads him around by the nose."
"Remember, Son, don`t let other people lead you around by the nose. You'll get along a lot better in life if you use your own judgment and do what you yourself think is the right thing." "Did you read in the paper how bold that robber was at the art museum . he cut three paintings from their frameds and walked out with them right under the nose of the guards." D to pull your socks up to knock your socks off
"Pull their socks up and get back in the game."
"I have bad news: our sales were off 18 % for the last quarter. So I'm telling you guys -- you have to pull your socks up and get out and sell more stuff, or you'll be looking for new jobs this summer.”
2. "Wait until you hear my new marketing plan -- it'll knock you socks off!"
"Have you seen Jack's sister, who's visiting here from California? She'll knock your socks off: she's the most gorgeous-looking woman I've seen for a long tise Pay through the nose
"Turn left at the next corner and then follow your nose -- you can't miss it. "Life is funny. When the famous dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh was alive, nobody wanted to buy his pictures. But now rich people will pay through the nose for one, sometimes more than five million dollars.“
"For the last ten years the Tigers have been the worst team in the league: we've finished down at the bottom. But now the shoe is on the other foot: we have all these good young players and we're beating everybody else in the whole league.“
"You'd better blow out that candle before it sets fire to the tablecloth."
"All the lights went off in the building and the elevators stopped when the master fuse blew out."
"I really blew up when I learned my girl friend was going out with another man."
"I have to stop at the gas station to blow up my front tires."
2. "My car smashed into a tree when I had a blow-out."
"When the Lees celebrated their 25th anniversary, they invited all their friends to a big blow-out at the best hotel in town."
C to be led by the nose under your nose
B blow up blow out
1. "The retreating German army tried to blow up all the bridges across the Rhine river to stop the Allied troops from crossing into Germany."
"I keep telling my friend it's foolish to gamble all his pay, but it's like water off a duck's back."
"The roast duck that restaurant serves is my favorate dish. Every time I think about it, it makes my mouth water."
Homework Apply those idioms into make up a story or conversation.
"I read in the paper about this customs officer they arrested at the airport. They caught him working hand in glove with a gang of smugglers to bring diamonds into the country without paying duty."
American Idioms NO.1
Easy
American Idioms
A
to hold water water off a duck's back
it makes my mouth water
"The accused man claimed that he'd been in another city the night of the murder. But his story didn't hold water after three differnet witnesses testified in court that they had seen him running from the scene of the crime."
"Ed's wife is a strong-minded woman and leads him around by the nose."
"Remember, Son, don`t let other people lead you around by the nose. You'll get along a lot better in life if you use your own judgment and do what you yourself think is the right thing." "Did you read in the paper how bold that robber was at the art museum . he cut three paintings from their frameds and walked out with them right under the nose of the guards." D to pull your socks up to knock your socks off
"Pull their socks up and get back in the game."
"I have bad news: our sales were off 18 % for the last quarter. So I'm telling you guys -- you have to pull your socks up and get out and sell more stuff, or you'll be looking for new jobs this summer.”
2. "Wait until you hear my new marketing plan -- it'll knock you socks off!"
"Have you seen Jack's sister, who's visiting here from California? She'll knock your socks off: she's the most gorgeous-looking woman I've seen for a long tise Pay through the nose
"Turn left at the next corner and then follow your nose -- you can't miss it. "Life is funny. When the famous dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh was alive, nobody wanted to buy his pictures. But now rich people will pay through the nose for one, sometimes more than five million dollars.“