idioms and sayings(带翻译)

Idioms and Sayings
an apple polisher/polish an apple 拍马屁the apple of one’s eye掌上明珠
as American as apple pie 地道美国式的An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
a big banana go bananas 发疯 a small potato a hot potato 烫手山芋a couch potato电视迷hot water 水深火热spill the beans 泄露秘密spring chicken童子鸡crocodile tears 假慈悲 a black sheep 害群之马 a white lie 善意的谎言in the pink 非常健康under the weather 身体不适 a blue joke 黄色笑话ghost writer 影子写手，操刀者，枪手ghost town 废弃的城镇ivory tower 象牙塔at sixes and sevens 七上八下
a piece of cake /take candy from a baby
The grapes are sour. 吃不到葡萄说葡萄酸。

It's no use crying over spilt milk. 覆水难收。

burn the midnight oil 开夜车cry in one’s beer 顾影自怜
After praising the wine they sell us vinegar. 挂羊头卖狗肉。

Don’t kill the goose that lays golden eggs.不要杀鸡取卵。

Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched.别过早打如意算盘。

Don't put all your eggs in one basket. 不要孤注一掷。

Don’t teach your grandmo ther to suck eggs. 不要班门弄斧。

/ Don’t teach a fish to swim.
fish in trouble waters 浑水摸鱼
Once bitten, twice shy. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。

We are what we eat.
You can’t eat your cake and have it too. 鱼和熊掌不可兼得。

A good appetite is a good sauce. 饥不择食。

As you sow, so shall you reap.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

Half a loaf is better than none. 少点总比没有强。

The proof of pudding is in the eating. 布丁好坏，一尝便知。

/空谈不如实践。

One man’s meat is another man’s poison.甲之熊掌，乙之砒霜。

Too many cooks spoil the broth. 厨师多了烧坏汤。

/人多误事。

Illness starts with the mouth. 病从口入。

Life is not all beer and skittles(撞柱游戏). 人生不只是吃喝玩乐。

a flash in pan 昙花一现
The pot calls kettle black. 五十步笑百步
Never buy a pig in a poke. 东西没看清，不要急着买。

Pigs may fly. 太阳打西边出来。

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 一鸟在手胜过两鸟在林。

Kill two birds with one stone. 一石二鸟。

The early bird gets the worm.
Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分。

eat like a bird
Every dog has its day. 凡人皆有得意日。

Let sleeping dogs lie. 不要多管闲事。

Barking dogs seldom bite.
Give a dog a bad name, and hang him. 流言可畏/总口铄金，积毁销骨。

You can’t teach old dog new tricks.老狗学不了新把戏。

doggy bag 打包袋
dog in the manger (狗占马槽)鸠占鹊巢
Two dogs fight for a bone, and a third runs away with it.
A cat has 9 lives.
Care killed a cat. Curiosity killed the cat.
Let the cat out of the bag. 泄露秘密
It’s the last straw that breaks the camel’s back. 最后一根稻草压倒了骆驼的背。

A leopard(豹子) cannot change his spots. 本性难移。

turn a blind eye/ deaf ear to sth/ turn a cold shoulder to sb./sth.
feast one’s eyes on sth/sb 大饱眼福
The eye is bigger than the belly. 眼大肚小
out of sight, out of mind 眼不见心不烦
Walls have ears.
to go in one are and out the other
charge somebody an arm and a leg 花了血本(很昂贵)
be all thumbs笨手笨脚
keep sb. at arm’s length保持一定的距离scratch one’s back互相帮忙
throw the baby out with the bath water 不分好坏, 一概摈弃
throw a wet blanket(毯子) on sth 泼冷水
Business is business. 公事公办
Everybody’s business is nobody’s business. 众人负责等于无人负责/三个和尚没水喝。

As you make your bed, so you must lie in it. 自作自受。

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只工作，不玩耍，聪明小伙也变傻。

Even Homer sometimes nods. 智者千虑，必有一失。

every Tom, Dick and Harry 张三李四王五(指随便什么人)
before you can/could say Jack Robinson 说时迟那时快
Dear John’s letter分手信
East or west, home is best. 金窝银窝，不如自己的草窝。

Great minds think alike.英雄所见略同。

Like father, like son. 有其父必有其子。

No pains, no gains.
Nothing venture, nothing have. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。

Speak of the devil and the devil will appear.说曹操，曹操到。

Time and tide wait for no man. 岁月不等人。

Don't make a mountain out of a molehill. 不要小题大做。

call a spade(铲子) a spade 实话实说
call it a day 收工
A good beginning is half done.
Actions speak louder than words.
A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑长一智。

Man proposes, God disposes. 谋事在人，成事在天。

Misfortunes never come alone/ singly. 祸不单行。

More haste, less speed. 欲速则不达。

Practice makes perfect.
Look before you leap(跳). 三思而后行。

Make hay(干草) while the sun shines. 趁热打铁
Put the cart(马车) before the horse. 本末倒置
To err is human. 人非圣贤，孰能无过。

A man is known by the company he keeps. 察其友知其人。

/物以类聚，人以群分。

All that glitters is not gold. 闪光的不一定都是金子。

All good things come to an end. 天下没有不散的宴席。

All men are mortal. 人终有一死.
All roads lead to Rome.
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
Do in Rome as the Romans do.
Beauty is only skin deep. 美色是肤浅的。

(不可以貌取人)
Bad news travels fast.
You can not burn the candle at both ends. 蜡烛不能两头点，精力不可过分耗。

Better late than never.
There is no smoke without fire.
Seeing is believing.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
Easy come, easy go. 来得容易，去的快。

Speech is silver, silence is golden.
The grass is always greener on the other side (of the fence). 这山望着那山高。

A rolling stone gathers no moss. 滚石不生苔。

Absence sharpens love. 离别情更深。

tighten one’s belt勒紧裤带
Love is blind.spend money like water
Love me, love my dog. make both ends meet 收支相抵，勉强维持生计Lucky at cards, unlucky in love. pinch pennies 精打细算
Love will find a way. Money talks. 金钱万能。

One can’t love an d be wise. Money makes the mare(魔鬼) go.
All is fair in love and war. Mone y burns a hole in one’s pocket.
The course of true love never did run smooth. A penny saved is a penny earned. 省钱就是赚钱。