【小升初】2020历年南外小升初考试智力真题

南外小升初历年智力测试真题详解
You shouldn ' t call her names . 你 不 该 骂
The teacher
老师逐
We don ' t buy your story. 我们不 相信你的鬼话。

The policeman turned up at
the eleventh hour.
警察在最后一刻出现了。

War and peace was a famous best seller.
《战 争与和平》是一 本著名的畅销品
Believe it or not, going abroad frequently is
soup to me.
信 不 信 由 你 ，经 常 出 国 是 一 件 很 容 易 的 事
She said that no one could beat her at tennis,
had to eat her words after losing several games.
她 说 网 球 谁 也 打 不 赢 她 ，但 是 她 输 了 好 几 场
My uncle came out of the fight black and blue.
我叔叔打完架后遍体鳞伤
The director gave me a free hand to see
导演委托我全权处理此事。

Don ' t depend on him. He is a cold fish.
别想指望他，他是个冷酷无情的人。

1．
call sb. names 她。

叫某人名字 called our names
one by one
骂别人 个点我们的名。

2. buy
your story 相信你的鬼话 3. eleventh hour
最后关头 4. best seller 畅销品
5.
duck soup duck 易如反掌的事
情
6.
eat one ' s words but she 承认 错误，收回前 言 以后，就不得不收回前言。

7.
black and blue 遍体鳞伤 8.
free hand to it.
放手处理的权利 9. cold fish 冷酷无情的人
10.
hot air he told us was
Don' t pay any attention to him. What 空话大话 a lot of hot air
不要理会他，他对我们说的都是空话大会。

11.
black sheep
害群之马，败家子12.Tom is the black sheep of his family Tom 是个败家子
eat one ' s head off It ' s hard to fee them up , for they always
食量惊人eat their heads off .
养他们可不容易，因为他们食量惊人。

13.
have a bite I' m hungry. Shall we have a bite in the restaurant?
吃点东西
14.
我肚子饿了，我们去餐馆吃点东西吧？
dead to the world world .
I found him lying under the tree, dead to the
熟睡，不闻不问
15.
我发现他躺在树上，睡的很香。

bring down the house 博得满场喝彩或热烈鼓掌
16.
The girl ' s performance brought down the house . 那个女孩的表演博得了满场喝彩。

busybody
忙人，好管闲事的人
17.
Shut up, you busybody . 闭嘴，你这个好管闲事的人
bad sailor Please take this medicine with you in case
you are
晕船的人
a bad sailor .
请带上这些药品免的你晕船。

18.
long run being
长期The play had a long run on Broadway before
made into a movie.
这个剧本在拍成电影之前曾经在百
老汇长期上演
19.
the man in the street No wonder the man in the street can not afford
普通人such expensive furniture.
难怪普通人买不起这昂贵的家具
20.
girl of the old school to deal with.
She' s a girl of the old school , very hard
保守，内向的女孩
21.
她是个内向的女孩子，很难打交道。

mud in your eye 祝你好运eye . ”
Each time he raised his cup he would say, “ well,
here ' s mud in your
每次他端起酒杯她都会说，祝你好运
22.
push and go full of
To his great surprise, these young people are
干劲，进取心push and go .
使他大为吃惊的是这些年轻人干劲冲天
23.
pull one ' s leg 取笑，愚弄24.I doubted that he was pulling my leg.
我怀疑他是在愚弄我。

pull up one ' s socks/pull have to
If he ' s hoping to get this position, he will
one' s sock up 鼓足干劲，加倍努力力。

pull his socks up.
如果他希望得到这个职务，他就应该加倍努
25.
have a ball“ Do you enjoy yourself? ”“ Sure，I ' m
having 尽情作乐极了。

a ball. ” 玩的开心吗，当然，我玩的开心
26.
clean the house for him.
Sooner or later I will clean the house for
someone 跟某人算帐
27.
迟早我将要和他算帐。

above board His business dealings were above board .
光明正大的大的。

他的生意往来向来都是光明正28.
on the level This was no fault of mine, on the level .
老实说
29.
老实说，这不是我的错。

on the rocks As far as I know, the company is on the rocks.
陷入危机据我所知，这个公司已经陷入了财政危机。

30.
much less He can' t read English,much less speak it.
更不用说了。

31.
go fly a kite
kite . 让某人滚开，别来麻烦32.
go and see one ' s aunt see my aunt .
去卫生间
33.
go up in the air 发怒，发脾气34.
put one ' s foot into
my mouth
说错话，闯祸
35.
chew the rag rag .
闲聊
了。

36.
crash the gate 擅自闯入
顿。

37.
have one ' s fingers crossed 希望交好运
38.
shake a leg
miss 赶快，抓紧时间
时间了。

39.
paint the town red
they 狂欢，痛饮作乐
以他们痛饮作乐40 .
他看不懂英语更不用说英语
Tom told him to go fly a
Tom 叫他走开。

Wait a minute. I ' ll go and
等一下，我要去上一下厕所
He goes up in the air for no reason at all.
他常常无缘无故发脾气。

I beg your pardon. I ' m always putting
one' s mouth foot into my mouth.
对不起，王女士，我总是说错话/闯祸
I am sure that no one is willing to chew the
我相信没有人在上班时间闲聊
Tom crashed the gate and ate like a horse.
Tom 擅自闯入了大门并大吃了
Have your fingers crossed that I get the job.
祝愿我找到那份工作吧。

We' d better shake a leg , otherwise, we ' ll
the train
我们最好赶快，否则就赶不上It was the first time that they had a picnic,
painted the town red .
这是他们第一次野炊，所
wear the pants 掌权当家41.Anyone can tell that she wears the pants in that family. 谁都知道她在家里是掌权当
家的。

for a song
were the ones who got rich. 以低价转让42.
He sold the invention for a song and its buyers 他低价的转让了自己的发明，而买主却发了财。

go to the dogs The team went to the dogs when its best player
got hurt.
一蹶不振队里最优秀的选手受伤以后，这支队伍元
气大伤
43.
green-eyed 妒心很强的忌monster.
Don' t say more about your new house, he is
such a green-eyed
不要提起你的新房子，他容不得别人比他强
44.
hot potato developed 热土豆concerned Bingo parties and church raffles have
into such a hot potato that everyone
now is seeking some easy solution.
难于处理之事赌博成风和由教会发起的抽彩义卖已成了一个
棘手的问题，每一个有关的人都在寻找某种可行的解决办法
45.
hot water water .
John lost his credit card and he was in hot
如坐针毡，焦急
46.
约翰丢失了他的信用卡，现在他如坐针毡。

worth the salt 盐买得值当之无愧47.Tom was worth his salt for the pay
best one in the office. 他也是对得起自己的那份薪水啦！
white elephant
poor and 华贵但无实用价轿车。

对我来说它太珍值的物品
48.It seems to be a white elephant to me. I ' m
I can ' t have it. 谢谢你送我这么昂贵的德国
贵了。

我是个穷人，用不起这样豪华的车。

fall between two You must make a choice between Mary and Lily, or
stools 落在两个板凳之间，一无所获，鸡飞蛋打
you' ll fall between two stools .你必须在玛丽和莉莉之间做出选择，不然两个你都会失去。

wall
for many small businesses.
墙上的书法
电价的再次上涨对诸多小企业说来是不祥之兆。

49.
full of beans The children were full of beans when they
were told
装满 豆 子
但当孩子
the picnic would be held the next
Friday. 兴高
采烈
得知下周五要野餐时个个兴高采烈。

50.
get the sack/ax Poor Joe got the ax at the office
yesterday. 除名，开除，
分手
可怜的乔昨天被公司开除了。

51.
go against the grain Mrs. Green is a gentle and warm-hearted woman.
It
践踏谷物
could go against the grain to ask her
to speak bill of anybody. 不按
规律做事，行不通 击他人是行不通的。

格林夫人是一位温和、热心肠的人。

要她去诽谤、攻
52.
grease the wheels him to
给 轮 子 加 油 ， William ' s father
get
tried to grease the wheels for the job.
使事物发展顺利 那份工作。

威廉的父亲想方设法为他求得
53.
heart of gold Mr. Burns has a heart of gold , he is always
ready t 金子 一
样的心
lend anyone a hand when he is in
trouble.
伯恩斯
乐于助人
生是个热心乐于助人的善良肠的人，任何
人有难处的时候他都会伸出援助之手。

本性；热心肠的
54.
hide/bury one ' s Seeing the policeman walking towards him, the thief head in the sand
couldn ' t but hide his head in the sand
把头藏在沙里 看 到警察走过来， 小偷只好低下头 去佯装没有看 见他 。

逃避现实，假装躲避
55. high-hat Jones acted high-hat toward everyone poorer than
he.
盛气凌人，傲慢
琼斯对比他穷的人不屑一顾。

56.
handwriting on The new increase in electricity is the writing on the
the wall
不祥之兆57.
hit the nail on
the nail
the head 一针见血，切中要害
58.
in the soup or 在汤里的信用卡上有多陷入困境难以自拔59.
in the wind 在风中
I thought. 酝酿，发生吧？”我
The professor ' s talk on economic situation
on the head.
教授关于经济形势的谈话切中要害
Make sure how much money there is in your credit
you' ll find yourself in the soup.
少钱，否则你可就不好办啦！
A gunshot echoed in the woods and broke
hit
card,
核对一下你
the dead silence in the morn ing.Something was in the wind 枪声在林间回荡，打破了清晨的沉寂。

“ 发生什么事了
思忖着
60.
It ' s a dog -eat-dog world
是个狗咬狗
拼得的世界,相互竞争激烈的世界61.
have one ' s number 了解底细为人了。

62.
in a circle/in circles 没有任何进展63.
ins and outs 里里外外事物的方方面面
64.
keep up with the
Joneses 跟上琼斯都用来读书。

由忌妒心驱使同他人攀比
During the California gold rush, men had a dog-eat-dog
life. 在加利福尼亚那场淘金热中，人们过着一种为了利益
你死我活的生活
I thought he was a friend but now I ve got his number
过去我一直把他当作我的朋友，但是现在我知道他的
He seemed to be working hard, but was just going in circles . 他看上去工
作很卖力气，但不见成效。

He was very busy Saturday and was ins and outs all day.
他星期六很忙，整日出出进进。

Miss Jones never keeps up with the Joneses . She spends most of her spare
time reading.
琼斯小姐从不同其他女孩攀比, 她大部分业余时间
65.
It ' s the best to keep your nose clean in the office.
在英国，你不要询问妇女 她的家庭和年龄 。

如果 你这样做，
the goose that laid the golden egg by asking him for more. 老 板 给 你 加 了 薪 ，不 过 你 要 切 记 不 能 得 意 忘 形 ，否 则 将
keep one ' s nose
You ' re clean 保 持 某 人 new here. 你在公司里最好少说话，少介入，你对情况
不 的鼻子干净 熟悉。

不要招惹是非 66.
keep one ' s shirt on and Smith couldn '
t fall sleep, but he
Mrs. White
dog kept barking through the night
kept his shirt on
穿着 衬 衫 控制住情绪
怀特太太的狗叫了一夜，吵得
史密斯无法入睡，但他忍住火没有发作。

67.
keep the wolf Richard earned very little money and could hardly from the door
keep the wolf from the door
不让豺狼进门 理查德收入微薄，忍饥挨饿是常见的事。

糊口，度日
68. tail between Seeing the policeman in the distance, the two
thieves one ' s legs
ran away with their tails between their legs
腿里夹着尾巴 狼狈逃窜
看到远处有警察来了，这两个小偷望风而逃。

69. take one s life
Driving that car with those worn tires would be
taking in
one ' s hands
your life in your hands
冒着生命危险去做事
驾驶轮船如此老化的汽车简直拿你的生命做赌注。

70.
step on one ' s toes 踩某
人的脚
In Britain, you must avoid asking a woman about her
family or her age. If so, you will
step on her
toes .
侵犯他人的权利 会侵犯她的隐私权。

71. kill the goose that
The boss has raised your salary, but remember not to
kill
laid the golden egg 杀鹅
取金蛋 一无 杀鸡取卵
获。

72. lay an egg Sometimes he is a successful speaker, but sometimes
he
产蛋 lays an egg 有时候他的演说很成功，然而有
时却不能在听
laid the golden egg
Peterson laid his cards on the table about his plans for
project. 彼得森把他对项目的计划和盘托出。

She lost her heart to the soldier with the broad
and the deep voice. 她 对 那 个 宽 肩 膀 、 声 音 浑 厚 的
之 情。

（注意：lose heart 意 为：灰心丧气）
Sam, the richest merchant in the city, lost his shirt
his company went bankrupt. 城里最富有的山姆先生由于公司破产成了穷
光蛋。

Fritz is a loud mouth who can not be trusted with secrets. 费瑞兹是一个信口开河的
人，不能把机密告诉他。

When the exams were over, the students went to town to
kick up their heels.
各 门 考 试 都 结 束 了 ， 学 生
尽情玩耍、庆祝。

It seemed they would die since they didn
to eat, but they landed on their feet ,
粮食吃光了，眼看他们就要被困死。

然而他们却绝处逢生，
为救援人员终于赶到了。

We all worked hard except Joe. He would not lift a
除了乔之 外，我们大家都很卖力气，他却袖手旁观。

Don ' t talk about the big fire in the office last week the manager.
Let sleeping dogs lie
心中未产生共鸣或 任何效果
73.
Lay one ' s cards the on the table 摊牌,毫不隐讳 74.
lose one ' s heart shoulders 灰心丧气 士兵产
生了爱慕 倾心于某人或某物
75.
lose one ' s shirt when 丢
了衬衫 破产，一文不名
76.
loud mouth/big mouth 大
嘴 不负责任地随口乱说 77.
kick up one ' s heels 踢脚
后跟 们到小镇上 喜庆
78.
land on one ' s feet food
脚踩地 rescuers came at
last. 在危险或不幸中安 因
然无恙
79.
lift a finger/hand finger .
举起 指 头/手 举手之劳，袖手旁观 80.
let sleeping dogs before lie
激起丝毫波澜
t have any
让狗继续睡
事。

别招惹是非
别再经理面前提起上星期公司着大火的事。

别没事找81.
look like the cat that ate swallowed canary 像爱喝红葡萄酒的小猫飘飘然，忘乎所以82.
lose one ' s head there lost 丢了性命大楼起火的时候，惊惶失措
83.
lump in one ' s throat of the
咽喉突出the war.
由于难过而觉得心情沉重84.
When she won the prize, she went home looking like the cat that ate the canary. 中奖之后，她带着一种自鸣得意的心情回家了。

When the fire broke out in the building, people
their head and ran in all directions. 当
里面的人们乱作一团，到处乱跑。

I felt a lump in my throat on seeing the picture
poor children who became homeless in
每当我看到那些在战争中失去了家庭的悲惨儿童
的照片，心里就非常难过
like water off a duck ' s duck' s back. 不湿水的鸭子毫无
对他人的劝告无动于衷，置若罔闻85.
look a gift horse in
in the
the mouth 口头许诺的玩具马遍的习俗。

对别人赠送之物百般挑剔；吹毛求疵
86.
make one' s blood boil
使某人热血沸腾
了。

怒发冲冠；勃然大怒
87.
Advice and orders roll off him like water off a
对他来说，所有建议和命令都似过眼云烟，
作用。

It ' s a general cu stom not to look a gift horse
mouth when you get some sort of gift from others.
不对别人送的礼物表示不满是一种普
When someone calls me a liar, it made my blood boil 听到有人把我称作
骗子真把我的肚皮都气破
make a night of it
out and 干通宵行毕业典礼的那天晚上，我们大家On the evening of our graduation, we all went
made a night of it . 举
狂欢，喜庆
88.
全体出动，通宵庆祝
make a play for
讨好
某人，奉承某人⋯上去对汤姆并没有好感89.
make one' s hair on end .
stand on end 使人胆战心惊90. make it hot for during 给某人制造麻烦使其难过
91. make short of 使变短将复杂的事情简单化
92.
month of Sundays
I 月月的周日了，现相当长的一段时间
93. make good time 好好利用时间比计划时间提前到达。

94. man in the street 大街上的人, 百姓平民
95.
meet one ' s Waterloo 在滑铁卢相见彻底失败
96.
burn the midnight oil 夜里点灯通宵达旦地辛勤工作97.
Tom made a big play for the girl, but she didn ' t
seem to favor him. 汤姆竭尽全力讨好，但是她看The sight of the dead man made his hair stand
那个死人的面容使他毛骨悚然
The senators made things hot for the president
the meeting
参议员们给总统出了许多难题，使会议陷入窘境
Judy made short work of the English test.
朱蒂不费吹灰之力就答完了这份英语试卷
I haven ' t seen my parents for miss
them very much.
在我十分想念他们。

month of Sundays . Now
我很久没有见到我的父母
We drove on a zigzag road and we couldn
make good time .
我们在崎岖不平的山路上行驶，我们不能按时
The newspaper took a poll of the man in the street.
针对这一问题，报纸在民众中进行了民意测验
After seven victories, the team met its Waterloo.
这支球队在连胜七局之后惨遭淘汰。

Entrance examination was near, and more and more
pupils were burning the midnight oil.
入学考试临近，越来越多的学生每天要学习到深夜
mind one s p ' s and q If you wish your success, you must mind your p' s
注意你写的p 和q 小心免出易犯的错误98．
miss the boat asking 误了船错过时机向她表露
and q' s.
如果你想取得成功，就必须脚踏实地做好每一件事情Ted could have married Lena, but he put off
99．money to burn to burn .
烧钱叔死了，给他留下了大笔财产拥有大笔财富；挥金如土100.
on the rocks 在岩石上陷入绝境。

山穷水尽，处于险境101.
the more the merrier 越来越高兴,多多益善102.
move heaven and the job.
earth 移动天地能的办法。

想尽一切办法达到目的，千方百计103.
her and missed the boat. 特德本来可以
同莉娜喜结良缘的, 是他迟迟未
爱慕之情，莉娜竟成了他人之妻。

Dick ' s uncle died and left him money
Mr. Jones ' business was
迪克的叔
on the rocks .
琼斯先生的经营
Come with us the boat ride; the more the merrier. 都来和我们一起
划船吧，人越多越好。

He had to move heaven and earth to get
为了得到那份工作，他不得不采取一切可
mum is the word 妈妈是个单词守口如瓶；严守机密104. neck and neck fighting against their 旗鼓相当；不相上下；搏。

105.
no love lost between
We are planning a surprise party for John and
mum is he word.
我们要办一个舞会，要告诉约翰，到时候让他吃一惊
During the competition, our team was
伸着脖子team neck and neck for the gold medal. 在比赛中，我们队同对手势均力敌为
夺金牌而全力拼There was no love between the sales and the
someone accounting departments.
双方势不两立；
106.
not a leg to stand they on 没有腿站打碎了窗缺乏充足的证据户
107.
not let grass grow
the under your feet 不让草长到你的脚下再来。

莫失良机；机不可失
108.
not hold water
hold 漏水不能自圆其说；站不住脚的理
论没有足够的事实依据
109.
off one ' s hands
off my 脱手替他人分担工作的家。

110.
off the cuff answered 从袖口掉下即兴讲话回答111. out of the blue time and it 从蓝色中blue. 突如其来；出人意料；我的预晴天霹雳112.
promise the moon 向天发誓moon.
向别人做出根本无给你时
hands while I am away.
This is not the kind of question that can be off the cuff.
was offered to me yesterday
在销售和财务两部门之间存在着宿怨。

I' m sure they broke the window. I don ' t think
could have a leg to stand on . 我确信是他们我还认为他们无法证明他们与此事无关。

He has offered the lowest price. You can ' t let
grass grow under your feet.
他已经让出了最低价,你别犹豫了，机不可失，时不
Galileo found the theory before him couldn ' t
water.
伽利略发现在他之前
I wonder if you would like to take the house
我不知道我出门这段时间你可否为我照看一下我
这可不是那种可以不经过事先思考就信口
I had been eager to get that job for a long
out of the
我想得到那个工作已经很长时间了。

昨天，完全出乎
料，老板把它给了我。

When the banker said he would lend you as much
money as you wanted, he promised the 当那位银行家对你说你需要多少钱他都可以借
法实现的许诺他实际
113.
上是向你开口头支票。

pull one ' s leg just pulling
Don' t take his words seriously! He was
拉某人的腿开玩笑玩笑。

your leg.
别拿他的话当真！他，实际上在同你开
114.
polish the apple
wanted a 抹干净苹果假。

巴结奉承；讨好
Mary polished the apple at work because she day off. 玛丽在工作中极力讨好老板，因为她想请
115.
pot call the kettle John black black .Bill said that John was cheating at the game but
replied that pot was calling the kettle
锅说壶黑自己的屁股只看到他人的缺点却忘了检查自己
比尔指责约翰在比赛中做手脚，但是约翰说比尔也不干净。

116.
press one' s luck 得寸进尺由于贪心企图得到更多好处；If you are lucky at first, don' t press your luck.
如果你在一开始就交了好运，可不要得寸进尺
117.
pull strings
job in the 拉绳子托人情，走后门；118.
“ You have to pull strings if you want to get the
Customs House, ”said Tom.汤姆对我说：“ 你要想在海关找份工作非得有关系不可” 。

pull the rug out for
Tom pulled the rug out from under us and played
from under 从下面拉出破布the other club.
比赛那天，汤姆拆了我们的台。

他为别的俱乐部踢
球去了。

暗中拆别人的台119.
pull the wool over decided to
The secretary didn ' t post the letter, but she
one' s eyes 用羊毛遮挡,掩盖事实；120.
pull the wool over the manager ' s eyes.秘书没有把信发出去，但她决定不把这事告诉经理。

pull one' s weight his
The boss warned us that anyone who didn ' t pull 增加体重weight will be fired.
做好自己的工作；尽职尽责
121.
push/hit/press panic button 按电钮, 由于突发事件而惊慌失措；惊恐万状
122.
put all ones eggs
one in one basket adventure. 把鸡蛋放在篮子里去那就是全部希望寄托在某一人或事上；孤注一掷
123.
put one' s foot in one' s mouth/put mouth .
one' s foot in it 站错地方人时，她犯了一无意中说出不得体的话
124.
put in one ' s two
he cents （worth ）投两枚硬币的发言总是不能插入一些无足轻重的话
125.
put one ' s b est
invited
foot forward
she 把最好的脚放在前面instead.
尽力以自己的最佳舞。

可是很表演取悦于人汤姆一起了。

126.
put one ' s shoulder and to the wheel 用肩膀扛轮子老板警告我们在工作中不出力的人将被除名。

Keep cool! Don' t hit the panic button! 冷静点，不
要慌乱！
He warned me that I would put all my eggs in
basket if I invested all my money in the
他警告我说如果我把全部资金投到这项风险中背水一战
了。

When she told Mrs. John that she didn ' t favor a talkative woman, Mary put her foot in her
Mrs. John was just that kind of woman.
当玛丽对约翰夫人说她最看不上饶舌之个大忌，因为
约翰夫人正是那种人You might not invite him to the meeting as always puts in his two cents worth .
你最好不要请他出席会议，因为他在会上博得大家的赞
同。

Sally put his best foot forward when he
Susan to dance with him. But it was a pity
didn ' t notice that and danced with Tom 萨利在苏珊面前做出种种姿态请她同自己跳遗憾苏珊没有注意到他的良苦用心反而同
Everyone must put his shoulder to the wheel
overcome the difficulties.
每个人都必须尽其所能共度难关
在工作中竭尽全力；全力以赴
127.
A clever employer never makes too many promises
一位精明的雇主 永远不轻易向雇员许诺，他知使自己 陷
入困
境道 这会给他自己 带来麻烦。

128.
request for money.
如果你仔细琢磨 它的弦外之音，这封 信实际上是一张 催
单。

揣摩其中的含义
131.
孩提事物的回忆
to the a corner employees because he knows that will paint
himself 在墙角独自油漆 into a corner.
rough diamond
粗糙的钻石 Look at the long legs of the girl. She is a real diamond . I ' m sure she ll be an excellent athlete. 外表 粗 糙而心 我肯定她会是个极有发展前途的运动员。

132. rainy day 雨季 为日 后 急需存 钱 或 做其他准备；未雨绸缪 133. ring a bell reminded 打 铃 唤起某人对过去 rough
看那个姑娘的两条长腿。

她是块没经打磨得金刚石。

Each week Mrs. Carlson saves a little money for rainy day. 卡尔松夫人每周都存一点钱以备急用。

The old song rang a bell with him, which
him of his boyhood.
这支久违的歌 曲唤起了他的回 忆，使他想起了自己的 paint oneself into
使某人陷入困境 play cat-and-mouse The police decided to play cat-and-mouse with him in
with
order to catch all of them.
和猫和老鼠玩
同伙戏耍他人；欲擒故纵
警方决定对这个 窃贼采取欲擒故 纵的策略，以便将他的 一网打尽。

129. rat race The dance last night was a rat race. It was too
noisy 老鼠
大 赛
and crowded.
争名 夺利，尔虞我 诈； 昨天晚上的舞会真是乌七八糟，吵吵闹闹毫无节奏。

乌合 之 众的聚 会
130.
read between the
If you read between the lines , this letter is really
lines
在两行之间读 时代。

134.
rob Peter to Bill owed Sam a dollar,so he borrowed another from
pay Paul Joe to pay Sam back. He robbed Peter to pay Paul.
抢劫Peter 去还比尔欠萨姆一块钱。

他从乔那儿借了一块钱还给
了萨姆。

他Paul 拆东墙补是拆东墙补西墙。

西墙；剜肉补疮
135.
raise the devil The boys raised the devil when they knew
their team had lost举起魔鬼吵闹得天翻地覆the game and damaged a lot of property. 男孩子们知道他们的球队输了比赛时，大吵大
闹毁坏了许多物品
136.
right and left Factories were standing idle, and wages were being
cut
左右right and left.
方方面面，普遍地工厂处于停产状态，普遍削减了工人的工资。

137.
roll out the They rolled out the red carpet for the Queen when
red carpet 摊开红地毯she arrived in Australia.
当女王来到澳大利亚时，他们举行了隆重的欢迎仪
式。

举行隆重的仪式；隆重欢迎
138.
sacred cow Many young people had no respect for the sculpture
神牛before the building, which was the scared cow to
神圣不可侵犯的old people.许多年轻人对矗立在建筑物前的雕
像不屑一人或物顾，而这在老年人的心目中是神圣不
可侵犯的。

139.
save face Bill would not play in the game because he knew
he
一级救护could not do well and he wanted to save face
找出借口保住脸面；人挽回脸面比尔不会去打比赛，因为他知道自己打得不好，他不想再众
面前丢脸。

140.
save one' s breath Tell him to save his breath. There ' s no possibility 节省力气of going to the football match this afternoon.
少说为佳告诉他别再说了，说也白说，下午看足球赛
事已经黄了。

141.
save one' s neck I am not related to the cheating in the exam. He
neck/skin only charged me so as to save his neck .
挽救生命才反咬我报护自己免受伤害；
142.
我同这次考试作弊毫无瓜葛。

他只是为了保住自己一口。

twist one' s arm The police have to twist t he drivers ' arms to reduce
the
扭动胳膊number of traffic accidents in the area.
用强制的办法约束警方不得不采取强硬手段来减少这一地区的车祸。

别人；强人所难
143.
under one ' s belt 藏在皮带下通过个人努力取得成功Once he had a good meal under his belt, the man loosened his tie and went to sleep.
每次酒足饭饱之后，他都舒舒服服地睡上一觉。

144.
wait on hand foot be
Although he is in his seventies, he doesn ' t like to
站着等待过着完全由别人照料的生活；精心护理
waited on hand and foot .
虽然他已经七十多岁了，但不喜欢事事由人照料。

145.
say/cry uncle
say
叫大叔
承认失败；认输；告饶146.The other team was beating us, but we wouldn ' t
uncle .
对方球队占了明显的优势，但我们绝不认输。

walking papers gave 飞纸被炒鱿鱼工作。

147.The boss was not satisfied with Paul ' s work and
him his walking papers .
老板对保罗的工作极为不满，已经通知他另找
born with a silver with
Generally speaking, few of those who were born
spoon in one ' s mouth 天生吃饭用银餐勺生在富贵人家a silver spoon in their mouths will make the mark. 一般说来，生在富贵人家的
孩子很少有什么出息。

148.
scratch the surface Mrs. Green had said a lot about that problem. But
I' m sorry to say she just 挠痒痒她没有谈及问肤浅的认识；scratched the surface . 关于这一问题，格林太太说了不少，但是很遗憾题的实质。

The small boy screwed up his courage and went upstairs in the dark.
这个小男孩鼓足勇气，摸黑走上了楼。

The night-watcher searched his heart and felt he must be responsible for the big
fire.
周围守夜的人自我反省，认为自己应对火灾负责。

I hadn ' t played tennis for some time. I felt tired
but I got my second wind and played better in
hours.
我 许 久 没 打 网 球 了 。

起 初 很 吃 力 ，但 后 来 恢 复 过 来 ，
He couldn ' t save money or make plans for the future;
just never saw beyond his nose .
他不为将来存钱也没有什么安排，他只图眼下
She ' d kill people with kindness 她那般热情简直让人受不了。

杀善 良的人, 热情 的让人受不了
154.
walk on air 在空中行走 美滋滋的 的。

155.
When he heard that the girl liked him, he was walking on air .
当他 听说那个女孩子喜欢他时，他乐得美滋滋
see eye-to-eye on this
面对面
我完全一致。

（注意：见解一致；
I ' m glad to hear that you see eye-to-eye with me
question. 我 很 高 兴 你 在 这 个 问 题 上 的 看 法 同
完全 一 致 face-to-face 和
heart-to- heart “ 面 对 面 地 ， 推 心 置 腹 的 ” ) 156.
see stars saw stars. 看到 星 星 受到重击眼冒金星；金星乱晃 157.
149.
screw up one ' s courage/pluck up one ' s courage 勇气 十足, 鼓足勇
气 150.
search one ' s heart 找某人的心 反
省自己的言行 151.
second wind
at first 第二场风 the rest 恢复体力 重
新开始 在余下的时间里打得很顺手
152.
see beyond one ' s he nose 目光短浅 眼光 放 远一些 153.
kill someone with kindness
When Ted was hit on the head by the ball, he
当球打在特德头上时，他眼前金星乱晃。