2024年3月22日发(作者:卑刚捷)
英语词汇学9-英语习语分类集锦
英语习语分类集锦
一.英汉习语所用设喻相似而意义相近的
Great minds think alike.英雄所见略同;
Courtesy costs nothing.礼多人不怪;
Lovers’ quarrels are soon mended.夫妻无隔夜仇;
The higher up, the greater the fall. 攀高跌重:
know something like the palm or back of one’s hand 了如指掌;
constant dropping wears the stone 滴水穿石;
fish in troubled water 混水摸鱼;
Great oaks from little acorns grow. 合抱之木,生于毫末;
pour oil on the flame 火上加油;
Give somebody an inch and he’ll take an mile. 得寸进尺;
lie down on the job. 磨洋工;
Strike while the iron is hot. 趁热打铁;
Walls have ears. 隔墙有耳;
The tailor makes the man. 人靠衣服马靠鞍;
a yes man 应声虫(跟屁虫);
at one’s wit’s end 才穷智尽;
hang by a thread 千钧一发;
plain sailing 一帆风顺;
follow in sb’s footsteps 步人后尘;
bite off more than one can chew 贪多嚼不烂;
The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. 心有余而力不足;
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英语词汇学9-英语习语分类集锦
wash one’s hands of 洗手不干;
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 情人眼里出西施;
run sb. to earth 钻入地缝也要抓到某人;
skin deep 肤浅。
二.英汉习语所用设喻形象各异,意义却相近的
When a man is going downhill, everyone will give him apush. 墙倒
众人推;
silken tongue 巧舌如簧;
a flash in the pan 昙花一现;
don’t cry over spilt milk 生米已成熟饭;
put all one’s eggs in one basket. 孤注一掷;
hold a wolf by the ears 骑虎难下;
between the devil and the deep sea 进退维谷;
kick the bucket 翘辫子,蹬腿儿(死了);
The longest day must have an end. 世上没有不散的宴席;
like a rat in the hole 瓮中捉鳖;
A good conscience is a soft pillow.
白天不做亏心事;半夜不怕鬼敲门;
birds of a feather 物以类聚,人以群分(一丘之貉);
You can’t judge a tree by its bark.人不可貌相,海水不可斗量;
All is fish that comes to one’s net. 抓到篮里便是菜;
cherish a snake in one’s bosom 养虎为患;
diamond cut diamond 棋逢对手,将遇良才,(或针尖对麦芒);
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2024年3月22日发(作者:卑刚捷)
英语词汇学9-英语习语分类集锦
英语习语分类集锦
一.英汉习语所用设喻相似而意义相近的
Great minds think alike.英雄所见略同;
Courtesy costs nothing.礼多人不怪;
Lovers’ quarrels are soon mended.夫妻无隔夜仇;
The higher up, the greater the fall. 攀高跌重:
know something like the palm or back of one’s hand 了如指掌;
constant dropping wears the stone 滴水穿石;
fish in troubled water 混水摸鱼;
Great oaks from little acorns grow. 合抱之木,生于毫末;
pour oil on the flame 火上加油;
Give somebody an inch and he’ll take an mile. 得寸进尺;
lie down on the job. 磨洋工;
Strike while the iron is hot. 趁热打铁;
Walls have ears. 隔墙有耳;
The tailor makes the man. 人靠衣服马靠鞍;
a yes man 应声虫(跟屁虫);
at one’s wit’s end 才穷智尽;
hang by a thread 千钧一发;
plain sailing 一帆风顺;
follow in sb’s footsteps 步人后尘;
bite off more than one can chew 贪多嚼不烂;
The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. 心有余而力不足;
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英语词汇学9-英语习语分类集锦
wash one’s hands of 洗手不干;
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 情人眼里出西施;
run sb. to earth 钻入地缝也要抓到某人;
skin deep 肤浅。
二.英汉习语所用设喻形象各异,意义却相近的
When a man is going downhill, everyone will give him apush. 墙倒
众人推;
silken tongue 巧舌如簧;
a flash in the pan 昙花一现;
don’t cry over spilt milk 生米已成熟饭;
put all one’s eggs in one basket. 孤注一掷;
hold a wolf by the ears 骑虎难下;
between the devil and the deep sea 进退维谷;
kick the bucket 翘辫子,蹬腿儿(死了);
The longest day must have an end. 世上没有不散的宴席;
like a rat in the hole 瓮中捉鳖;
A good conscience is a soft pillow.
白天不做亏心事;半夜不怕鬼敲门;
birds of a feather 物以类聚,人以群分(一丘之貉);
You can’t judge a tree by its bark.人不可貌相,海水不可斗量;
All is fish that comes to one’s net. 抓到篮里便是菜;
cherish a snake in one’s bosom 养虎为患;
diamond cut diamond 棋逢对手,将遇良才,(或针尖对麦芒);
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