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Some Expressions

(2007-07-16 12:56:07)
During a year's English study,our intensive reading teacher taught us many expressions,good sentences and a lot of proverbs.I summarized them in my spare time.Share with you all.Some <wbr>Expressions

1 UN secretary General-designate(appointed but not yet installed  in office

  Un secretary-to-be

  General secretary书记

2 skincare cosmetic 护肤品

power politics强权政治

   Nationalism民族主义

4 domestic violence家庭暴力           domestic wine国产酒

   Domestic chore    家务活            domestic cat    家猫     

   domestic joys 家庭乐趣

5 球探scout  v物色人才 挖墙根

6 少年犯罪 juvenile delinquency

           Juvenile delinquent   delinquency生活中指“失职”“疏忽”

7 联合国会费UN dues/contribution

   安理会常任理事国permanent council member

   国务院  State council

8 基层(1)群众,一般选民 (2)基础的根本的grass-roots

9 fellow /country fellow 同胞老乡

10 话中有话,别当真tongue in check

11 draw lots 抽签

12 you’re telling me !

13 give me five 庆祝时击掌

14 be on cloud nine飘飘然

15 thumb up!=well done

16  addition /add; plus    加法

     Subtraction/minus   减法

     Multiplication/multiply乘法

     Division/divide; subtract除法

17 all-around 全能比赛

     all-rounder 多面手

     runner-up 亚军

18 sleep tight 睡个好觉 good night ,sleep tight

19 let me sleep on it = think carefully about it.

20 sleep it off 睡一觉就好了

21 play below/under par 发挥失常

     Par一般标准 一般水平;一般的

     Above par    高于一般水准

     Par performance  水平一般的表演

22 cut off your nose to spite your face 别和自己过不去!

23 take heart !别灰心!振作起来!

24 with arms akimbo 两手叉腰的 (轻蔑意)

25 be my guest=help yourself 请便好啦

26 there you go !你说的没错 我赞同你的想法!

27 contract extension  续约

     Due/expires  到期期满

28 slow season淡季

    Slow time 夏令时

    The book is rather slow乏味

    Chronic disease慢性病

    Adjustment class慢班

    Regular freight慢邮件

29 carry the torch 单恋 为某一目标执著到底 (即使没有回报)

30 bite the dust 坏蛋完蛋

31 hang in there !坚持住!别放弃!

32 to eat crow 被迫认错

33 to play the second fiddle 二把手 副手

    To play the first fiddle   一把手

34 to walk on eggs 如履薄冰

35 intangible cultural heritage 给物质文化遗产

36 scalpers/tout黄牛 票贩子

     Berth ticket卧铺

     To buy out 买空

     To sell out 卖空

37 A red envelope  lucky money 压岁钱

38 the Chinese animal zodiac sign 十二生肖

39 tourist junkets公款旅游

40 hang around 24-7 ( 24 hours a day,7 days a week)全天候

    On the nose整点 完全

41 you’re the man !你真厉害!

     Blow one away棒的令人折服

42 to each his own (for what it’s worth )萝卜青菜 各有所爱

43 go places有成就

Go nowhere不会有前途

go the extra mile多付出代价 多努力一点

44 my hands are tied 我无能为力  tongue tied 无话可说

45 he is shaky 不可靠

     You are mean 你很坏

46 highway robbery漫天要价

47 critical moment/ at the eleventh hour 关键时刻

     Five minutes to midnight 为时已晚

     One’s hour 紧要关头

     The question of the hour 当前问题

     One’s last hour 死期

     The man if the hour 红人

     Zero hour 进攻时刻紧要关头

48 thick skin 硬着头皮 因为习以为常不在乎

    Cheeky/ impudent /brazen /shameless 厚脸皮

    Have the nerve/cheek to say 厚着脸皮说

    Thin skin  经不住批评欺负等

    Have a bad skin 生气

49 缘分 predestined relationship
   缘 reason; cause; sake, relationship, edge; fringe, climb
   血缘 blood relationship
   人缘 relations with people
   姻缘 predestined marriage
   前世因缘 predestination
   天赐良缘 a godsent marriage; a good marriage arranged in Heaven
   天缘巧合 a luck coincidence
   喜结良缘 tie the nuptial knot
   缔结姻缘 form marital tie
   聊得投缘 talk congenially
   有缘结识某人 be lucky to get acquainted with sb.
   无缘结识某人 have no opportunity to get acquainted with sb.
   与某人有一面之缘 happen to have met sb. once
   婚姻是缘分。 A couple's conjugal fate is prearranged.
   他们的结合是美满的姻缘。 Their wedlock is a happy marriage.
   有缘终相逢。 Fate brings together people who are far apart.
   无缘不相逢。 There is no meeting without predestination.
   我与烟酒无缘。 Smoking and drinking don't appeal to me.
   好事似乎与他无缘。 Good luck seemed to be wholly denied to him.

   千里姻缘一线牵。 Two beings destined to marry each other, though thousands of miles apart, are tied together with an invisible red thread by an old man under the moonlight.
   无缘无故地 for no reason at all
   世上没有无缘无故的爱,也没有无缘无故的恨。 There is absolutely no such thing as love or hatred without any reason or cause.
   不识庐山真面目,只缘身在此山中。 I can't tell the true shape of Lu Shan because I myself am on the mountain. 
   他们俩有情无缘。 They are attracted to each other but are not fated to be conjugally tied.
   机缘凑巧,我找到一份工作。 As luck would have it, I found a job.
   有缘千里来相会,无缘对面不相逢。 As decreed by providence you have met him; otherwise you might have failed although you traveled a long way.

   我发现班里有几个同学和我挺投缘。 I found quite a few classmates congenial to me.
   我在班里有人缘。 I am popular with my classmates.
   真遗憾,我们一直无缘相见。 It is a pity that we have no opportunity to meet each other.
   花径不曾缘客扫。 The garden path has never been cleared for the visit of a guest.
   投缘的街坊们 congenial neighbors
   化缘 beg for alms
   有人缘 enjoy great popularity

50 heatstroke 中暑

     Heat exhaustion/heat prostration 轻度中暑

51 the neet = not currently engaged in Education, Employment or Training 啃老族

52 take-a-number system 发号码牌系统

     Take a number 等着吧,还没轮到你呢

53 风水轮流转 shoes is on the other foot

    今非昔比 三十年河东 三十年河西

54 in your dreams 做梦去吧

    Not in your life 下辈子吧

    Over my dead body 打死我也不干

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