英语典故成语 例句

Allusive English Idioms

英语典故成语

1.His Achilles’ heel was his pride – he would get very angry if anyone criticized his

work.

2.The Middle East Oilfield seems to be an apple of discord between the two

superpowers.

3.The sofa he bought yesterday was found to be an apple of Sodom.

He wanted the post of Secretary to the club and now he has got it he finds it is dead-sea fruit.

4.Before her guests arrived, the hostess had put her house in apple-pie order.

5.Mrs. Joe has been out a dozen times, looking for you, Pip. And she’s out now,

making it a baker’s dozen.

Very few persons were there, and only a baker’s dozen showed real interest.

6.Anyone who thinks that the job of being President of the United States is a bed of

roses is quite mistaken.

7.“Yes, but who will tell him she’s no good –who’ll bell the cat? Some of us know

he’s got a bunch of fives.”

8.The little native children ran about the beach in their birthday suits.

9.The accused woman knew that she would have to bite the bullet until the new

evidence in the case could prove her innocence.

10.My boss told me that if I brought home the bacon on the new contract I would be

given more wages.

11.It is no use to bury your head in the sand; you know quite well that enquiry will

have to be made. Be a man and face up to it.

12.It was and is the custom of the Indians to go through the ceremony of burying the

tomahawk when they made peace; when they went to war they dug it up again.

13.When they bought that house, they bought a pig in a poke.

14.That old man hates long fancy words – he has always called a spade a spade.

15.To water the streets after a good rain is carrying coals to Newcastle.

16.You have been used as a cat’s paw by that woman; she only wanted you to help

her get into local society.

17.The dishonest official knew his goose was cooked when the newspapers printed

the story about him.

18.When his rich uncle died, leaving him his money, John shed crocodile tears.

19.The newspaper placards that had cried wolf so often, cried wolf now in vain.

20.He’s trying to curry favour with the boss again.

21.The knot which you thought a Gordian one will untie itself before you.

The new manager found that none of the senior staff liked him, but he soon cut that knot by dismissing them all.

22.Although Rita lives alone in that big house, she is like a dog in the manger when

it comes to letting someone share it with her.

The dog-in-the-manger policy develops doggish instincts in those who practice it.

23.Fred said he could beat the new man in boxing, but he lost and had to eat crow.

24.He began by threatening me, but I told him I knew all about his past life, and he

soon ate humble pie.

25.It serves you right if the man did make you eat the leek; you should not be so

boastful.

26.The crew were rescued at the eleventh hour.

The editors made several eleventh-hour changes in the magazine.

27.At a national convention, states often vote for their favorite sons first; then they

change and vote for another man.

28.They want you to photograph the Queen? That’ll be quite a feather in your cap!

29.Our neighbor and his wife fight like Kilkenny cats. They have now decided to

separate.

30.What’s the matter with you today? No one seems to be able to do anything right

for you. You must have got out of bed on the wrong side this morning.

31.When Mr. Smith declined the services of the advertising agent to advertise his

wares, he remarked, “Good wine needs no bush, my goods sell themselves.”

32.My chance of promotion has gone west.

33.The debt would be paid on the Greek calends.

34.Six months before the stock-market crash he saw the handwriting on the wall and