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[转]英语成语(2007-01-23 21:02:05)
A copy-cat  模仿者
Armed to the teeth  全副武装
At each other’s throats  争吵
As pretty as a picture  非常完美
A bad apple  害群之马
Apple of his mother’s eye  妈妈的心肝宝贝
A penny for your thoughts  我想知道你在想什么
All eyes and ears  聚精会神
At the top of your lungs  放声大喊
All thumbs  笨手笨脚

Behind his wife’s back 背着他老婆
Bark up the wrong tree 找错对象
Between you and me  秘密
Back you up  支持你
Beats me 问倒我了
Bear with me  容忍我
Back to the drawing-board  从头开始做起
Bite my head off  严厉斥责我
Be tight-lipped  守口如瓶
Beat about the bush  说话拐弯抹角

Can’t make heads or tails of  无法了解
Child’s play 简单
Caught with his pants down  让他出丑
Call of nature  上厕所
Cat got your tongue  为什么哑口无言
Can’t stand this place  无法忍受
Cross my heart  发誓
Close your eyes to  不理会
Catch him red-handed  当场逮捕他
Call it a day 结束
Dirty time 无趣的工作
Drive me up the wall  让我疯狂
Down in the dumps  难过
Down on you  让你想起
Dig some dirt up on me  挖我的丑闻
Down to earth  脚踏实地
Dig into his pockets  他慷慨解囊
Draw the line  保持距离
Dig your own grave  害到自己
Dimond in the rough  可造之材
Eat away at you  困扰你
Eye opener 令人震惊的事
Egg me on  唆使我
Even the walls have ears  隔墙有耳
Every inch a woman  十足的是个女人
Eat his heart out  他十分伤心
Ego trip  自傲
Eat your heart out  你很羡慕吧
Eat like a bird  吃得很少
Every minute counts  分秒必争
False alarm  不实的事实
Feel it in my bones  我有预感
Fall for his lies  被他谎言所骗
Follow in your footsteps 以你作榜样
Fall flat on his face  他失败了
Filthy rich  有钱人
Fat chance  希望渺茫
Fair game  好欺负的对象
Face the musie  自食恶果
Fall between the cracks  被忽略
Get fresh  对异性无礼
Go to any lengths  尽一切可能
Grit your teeth  下定决心
Get carried away 忘我
Get under my skin  使我生气
Go up in flames 破灭
Go dutch  各付各的
Grease the waiter’s palm  贿赂侍者
Grow on me让我习惯
Get a crash on him  迷恋他
Hold your horses 稍安勿躁
Head over heals 神魂颠倒
Hang out  闲逛
Have it made  成功
Heavy heart  伤心
Have eyes in the bark of his head  他能看透一切
Have his tail between his legs   胆怯
Have got to hand it to her  她值得赞美
Head in the clouds  做白日梦
Hot and bothered  生气而不满
In cold blood  残忍的
In my hair  困扰我
In her shoes  代替他
In a jiffy 一下子
In the cards  似乎会发生
In a nutshell  简单的说
It’s about time  是时候了
In hot water  有麻烦
In the air  散布
In the same boat  处境相同
Jump down your throat 责骂你
Jump at  争取
Just what the doctor order 正是所需的
Join forces  一起合作
Join the club  我也一样
Jump out of my skin  让我震惊
Judge a book by its cover  以貌取人
Just for the record  顺便告诉你
Jump the gun  在鸣枪前偷跑
Jazz up  使东西更活泼
Knight in shining  英雄
Keep a straight face 装出严肃的脸
Kick the bucket 死掉
Know the ropes  找到窍门
Kill time  打发时间
Knock them dead  让他们印象深刻
kid around  开玩笑
know a lot if people in high place  认识达官显贵
keel over  昏倒
keep my finger cross  祈求好运
lost his touch  他表现大不如前
lose heart  失去勇气
lay off 解雇
labor of love 乐意做的事
lay a finger on her  轻轻地碰他
live it up  过得很刺激
last resort 最后的办法
lose ground  落后
lay down the law  严格规定
let you down  让你失望
Make his mark  成名
Make do  设法成功
Make the grade  成功
Make eyes 勾引
Make a pig of himself 狼吞虎咽
Make a living 维持生计
Make ends meet  使收支相等
Make a splash 造成轰动
Make a killing 赚大钱
Mark my words  记住我的话
No spring chicken  不年轻了 
Nose around  查探
Nut case疯子
Not all it is cracked up to be  并非所想象
Nod off  打瞌睡
Not his cup of tea  非他的喜好
Nothing to it  简单的
No call for  没有理由
Not buy what you are saying  不相信你说的话
No stings attacked  没有附加条
 
On your toes 保持警觉
Out of the blue  突然
On cloud nine 非常快乐
Over my dead body  我绝对不准
On my back  找我麻烦
Off the wall  奇怪的
On the move 进行中的
Old wives’tale 迷信
Once in the blew moon  好为罕见
Off limits 禁止的
 
Pay my dues 付出代价
Pick on me 找我麻烦
Pipe down  安静
Pack a punch 强而有力
Put it straight 修正
Peeping Tom 偷窥狂
Pass out  昏倒
Put the project on ice  暂缓这个计划
Put me in my place  挫我的锐气
Plain sailing  简单

Ring a bell 唤起记忆
Rain cats and dogs 倾盆大雨
Rack your brains  绞尽脑汁
Rise from the ashes  欲火重生
Rule of thumb  粗略的计算
Red tape 复杂的手续
Rub you the wrong way 惹你生气
Rock the boat  捣乱
Ruffle her feathers  打搅到她
Read between the lines  听懂弦外之音
 
Spill the beans  泄露秘密
Sing out of tune  走音
Sign language 手语
Short change  欺骗
Stand a chance  很有希望
Shake him up  打搅他
See eye to eye  看法一致
Smell a rat  觉得可疑
Sail through 完成
Set him straight  向他解释
 
Tag along  为受邀而跟去
Take its toll  伤害
Take my breath away  使我惊讶
Take shape  成形
The world is your oyster  世界属于你的
Take back  顶嘴
Take a rain check  改期赴约
Take big  吹牛
Teacher’s pet 受到老师宠爱
Take the rap 代人受罪
 
Upper head  主导权
Up for grabs 任何人都可以
Under his nose  近在眼前
Up in the air 不确定
Under the counter  私下交易
Under the weather  身体不适
Under our belt  我们经历过
Under cover 掩护
Unheard of  不寻常
Up you alley 令你感兴趣

Wipe the smile off my face  不过于自满
With a grain of salt  怀疑
Waste my breath  让我白费口舌
Washed up  失败
Wear and tear 因使用而损坏
Work out  运动
Whet his appetite  引起他的兴趣
Weigh me down  让我负担沉重
Wishful thinking  春秋大梦
Wait on us hand and foot  伺候我们
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