习语谚语

I.IDIOMS:

1．tighten one’s belt 勒紧腰带，节俭度日

2．Follow like sheep 盲从

3．The sheep and the goats 好人与坏人

4．Stand out like a camel in a flock of sheep鹤立鸡群

5．After all, the wool still comes from the sheep’s back--- in the long run, whatever you’ve given, you pay for it. 羊毛出在羊身上

6．A drop in the ocean沧海一粟

10 A drop in the bucket杯水车薪

11risk one’s future in business下海

12blow hot and cold反复无常

13pearls of wisdom金玉良言

II.Collocations:

1.ruin one’s prospects 毁灭前程

2.China’s access into WTO

3.The inflow of overseas capital

4.Little Smart 小灵通

5.Earn good money赚大钱

6.Earn easy money发不义之财

7.To be green with envy嫉妒，眼红

8.To give somebody the green light给。。。开绿灯；批准

9.Go out for a change of air

10.Cable TV有线电视

11.Call-box公用电话厅

12.Say sth in broken English用结结巴巴的英语说

13.Enjoy the cool of the garden享受着园子里的凉爽

14.Talk my ear off我的耳朵都快听出茧子了

15.Make the wisest decision possible

16.The best brains in this country精英

17.Darling of the world世界宠儿

18.Her answer amounts to a refusal.

19.If you go on like this, you will never amount to anything.

20.Prime time黄金时间

21.Rainy day需要钱的时侯

22.Make a name of oneself自己闯出名声

23.Have a high opinion of oneself自负，自命不凡

24.His courage, resolution and optimism saw him through.他的勇气坚定及乐观帮他度过

难关.

25.Like must marry like or there’ll be no happiness.门当户对

26.To build a well-off society in an all-round way建社全面小康社会

27.Enhance confidence坚定信心

28.Best of luck in the year to come.愿你在未来的一年吉星高照

29.Develop good-neighborly and friendly relations 发展睦邻友好关系

30.Groom a successor培养接班人

III.PROVERBS/SAYINGS:

1.Penny wise, pound foolish.丢了西瓜拣芝麻。

2.Never cross a bridge till you come to it.未到桥头莫发愁；不摇杞人忧天

3.Least said, soonest mended.少说为妙

4. A table friend is a variable friend.酒肉朋友靠不住

5. A teacher for a day is a father for a lifetime.一日为师终身为父

6. A timely snow promises a good harvest.瑞雪兆丰年

7. A wise man doesn’t fight against impossible odds.好汉不吃眼前亏

8.Face the fearful with no fears, and its fearfulness disappears.见怪不怪其怪自贬

9.Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.逆境不能使人致富，却能使人聪明

10.Books and friends should be few but good.书与友贵精不贵多

11.To wait for luck is the same thing as waiting for death.

12.To be alone is the fate of all great minds.

13.He that lives with cripples learns to limp.

14. A little thing makes a BIG difference.一见不起眼的小事可以引发天差地别的转变

15.Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows.常常面向阳光阴影就

16.在视觉中忽略

17. A bend in the road is not the end of the road…unless you fail to make the turn.路的转弯

18.处并非尽头。。。全凭你是否会作180。掉头

19. A book is a friend that never betrays us.

20. A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.

21. A book that remains shut is but a block.

22. A burden of one’s choice is not felt.

23. A danger foreseen is half avoided.

24. A disease known is half cured.

25.Advice is like medicine, the better it is, the nastier to take.

26. A fool may make money, but it takes a wise man to spend it.

27.Memories rushed in and sadness filled me.往事幕幕重现，悲哀涌上心头

28.She sad at the table with a tear sneaking down her check as she put on paper how she

29.had just been wronged…

30.And all for love, and nothing for reward.

31.The greatest pleasure of life is love. Give love to those worth it.

32.I’m a perfection-chaser. I know there is not a single thing flawless in the whole world.

33.The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.

34.Every man is his own worst enemy.

35.Keep your face to the sunshine and you can’t see the shadows.

36. A man among men is he who knows when to eat humble pie and when to hold his head

high.大丈夫能屈能伸

37. A man is valued as he makes himself valuable.人必自重，而后人重之

38. A man of great wisdom often seems slow-witted.大智若愚

39.Pigs might fly.无奇不有

40.Birds ready cooked do not fly into your mouth.切勿坐享其成

41.Beat the dog before the lion.杀鸡给猴看

42.Never offer to teach fish to swim.不要班门弄斧