【正文】 because my Dad’s just been admitted to hospital with a stomach A dark horse 出乎意料的嬴家An unexpected : A dark horse in this year’s basketball cup was Japan!The bottom line 本質(zhì)內(nèi)容The most essential part of somethingExample: We’ve talked a lot about taxation and immigration, but the bottom line is that we have to create more Live it up 狂歡一場To enjoy a high standard of living and lead a carefree lifeExample: The neighbors having been living it up ever since they won the Look forward to 期待著To relish some future prospect。s better for our health to take things easy than to worry about problems all the like a horse 吃得很多To eat a lot。Come day , go day , God send ，上帝快給個(gè)星期天。與Saturday有關(guān)的：SaturdaytoMonday——周末休假；周末的。Monday morning quarterbacking——放馬后炮。 no fish till you get them。山中無老虎，猴子稱大王。 fed, wed bred。s asset。John Hancock是在The Declaration of Independence(美國獨(dú)立宣言)上署名的獨(dú)立戰(zhàn)士中,將自己的名字簽得又好又大的一個(gè)人，他的簽名美觀大方而且個(gè)頭也比別的簽名大。它源自18121814年間美英戰(zhàn)爭時(shí)期的一個(gè)歷史傳說。源自《圣經(jīng)?舊約?士師記》第3章。9 Joe Blow 老百姓，普通人。7 a doubting Thomas 生性多疑的人。另外，在使用時(shí)，男女有別。s sake和for God39。6 For Pete’s sake 感嘆詞，用以強(qiáng)烈表達(dá)情緒，意為“哎呀，天哪”，有些地方也譯作“看在上帝面上；千萬；務(wù)必”等。在美語中，John “普通人，民眾”。not know Jack about 對某事一無所知。 or 39。t do much better than a newborn baby!是的，一個(gè)油滑的城是的，一個(gè)油滑的城里人在像紐約這種地方看起來都很精明?？赡苷且?yàn)檫@個(gè)原因，鄉(xiāng)下人用來貶低城里人的名詞很有限。他們說，去年他通過買進(jìn)賣出 股票就賺了一千萬美元。這些城里人經(jīng)常把鄉(xiāng)下人稱為：hick。s hard because I just love ，對我來說很難，因?yàn)槲蚁矚g被關(guān)注。Cauliflower（花椰菜，菜花）cauliflower ears:swollen ears usually resulting from a boxing match[拳擊運(yùn)動員因多次受擊而腫起的]開花耳朵 boxer has cauliflower 。*注意：此詞語只有否定形式，“to know beans about sth.”這種說法不存在。m going ，都快發(fā)瘋了。 apples and oranges（to）:to pare two things that simply cannot be 39。t always a bowl of 。t be ，人無完人 downtoearth 腳踏實(shí)地 friendship between gentlemen is s pure as immediate victory 馬到成功 can be acplished without norms or thousandli journey begins with the first 。） cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds(獵狗).不能既和野兔一起跑又和獵狗一起追。 does not eat 。s feet(特別走運(yùn)；化險(xiǎn)為夷) bird is known by its note, and a man by his ，聞言識人。 ask for the boat 破釜沉舟 by a hair 千鈞一發(fā) sb39。t get high 。 done to a long 。 is no use crying over spilt 。 you have no hand, you cannot make a 。 heart cannot be pure whose tongue is not 。 that climbs high falls ，跌得重。 never shuts one door but he opens 。 others but not ，對己嚴(yán)。 from eye, far from 。 mother39。 the walls have 。 not to others what you do not wish them to do to ，勿施于人。39。 business, but be not a slave to ，但不要做事務(wù)的奴隸。 wear out shoes than (經(jīng)常運(yùn)動)穿破鞋子，也不(因病長臥)磨破床單。 bad luck es good ，焉知非福。 is fair in 。 death, the 。s called , most of people are bearing heavy burdens when they are in ．我們每個(gè)人都生活在各自的過去中，人們會用一分鐘的時(shí)間去認(rèn)識一個(gè)人，用一小時(shí)的時(shí)間去喜歡一個(gè)人，再用一天的時(shí)間去愛上一個(gè)人，到最后呢，卻要用一輩子的時(shí)間去忘記一個(gè)人。s love when you need ，友情是影子，當(dāng)燈滅了，你會發(fā)現(xiàn)你的周圍都是影子。）26． Truth never fears investigation.（事實(shí)從來不怕調(diào)查。s never too late to mend.（過而能改，善莫大焉；亡羊補(bǔ)牢，猶未晚也。）11． East or west, home is best.（東好西好，還是家里最好。）[堅(jiān)持一個(gè)簡單的信念就一定會成功。On this day we honor you, dear ，我們向您致敬。We may not be angels all of the time, but we do appreciate what you ，但我們確實(shí)感謝您的教誨。We would love to fix breakfast for you mom, but we think it would be safer for us all if we took you ，我們很樂意為您準(zhǔn)備早餐，不過我們想，如果帶您上館子，會比較保險(xiǎn)一點(diǎn)。Sometimes it may not seem like it, but I really do love ，但是我真的愛您。There may be moms all over the world, but you’re the only one that matters to ，但您是我惟一最在意的。This card is to let you know that you have done a super job raising us ，在教養(yǎng)子女方面，您做得棒極了。Thanks for being there, Mother’s 。Where would we be without you, mom?媽媽，沒有您我們將流落何方呢?Proverb 1． Pain past is pleasure.（過去的痛苦就是快樂。] 6． The shortest answer is doing.（最簡單的回答就是干。）Proverb 12． Two heads are better than one.（三個(gè)臭皮匠，頂個(gè)諸葛亮。）19．If a thing is worth doing it is worth doing well.（如果事情值得做，就值得做好。）27． Good advice is beyond all price.（忠告是無價(jià)寶。朋友，是在最后可以給你力量的人。We all live in the take a minute to know someone, one hour to like someone, and one day to love someone, but the whole life to forget someone.第二篇：英語諺語諺語 clean hand wants no clear conscience laughs at false ，夜半敲門心不驚。 good fame is better than a good 。 things are difficult before they are 。 slow in choosing a friend。 of a feather flock ，人以群分。 not wash dirty linen in 。t put off till tomorrow what should be done ，今日畢。 cut 。 bullet has its 。s child is ，自賣自夸。 are thick where love is ，樣樣不順眼 not the future。 are like fiddlestrings, they must not be screwed too ，不能太擰緊。 the shadow and let go the 。 that deceives me once, shame fall him, if he deceives me twice, shame fall ，別人可恥；受騙二次，自己該死。 for the best, but prepare for the ，作最壞的打算。 if fortune39。 of all trades is of no ，一無所長。39。 rings a 。 s hair on end/ ones39。 gloved cat catches no ，老鼠抓不到。 son never thinks his mother ugly,and a dog never shuns its owner’s home however shabby it ，狗不嫌家貧。（人不應(yīng)兩面討好。 cooperation 強(qiáng)強(qiáng)聯(lián)手 timely snow promises a good strategy 人海戰(zhàn)術(shù) as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on ，下有蘇杭 and tide wait for no 。Cool as a cucumber 十分冷靜，鎮(zhèn)定自若 例：Although he39。s you39。 bee wild with anger狂怒，氣得發(fā)瘋 went bananas when she found him 。 Town :Boston,Massachusetts 豆城「指麻薩諸塞州波士頓市」 *注：波士頓市以其特產(chǎn)烘豆而聞名。Cherry（櫻桃）bowl of cherries（to be a）:to be wonderful 精彩的，絕妙的 isn39。The government tries to keep low profile about this 。Hick這個(gè)字和中文里的鄉(xiāng)巴佬差不多。又如：My roommate in my freshman year was a real came from a town so small it didn39。他們常用的一個(gè)是：city slicker。但是，你要是把他送到農(nóng)村去，他肯定什么也不會干，比一個(gè)新生嬰兒好不了多少。not extreme39。如： I don39。類似的詞組是：John ，如：big John（新兵），cheap John（亂殺價(jià)的商人。在這個(gè)短語中，Pete是耶酥大弟衣物，其中一子St．Peter的昵稱。s sake有褻瀆神明之嫌，一般避免使用。for Pete39。源自《圣經(jīng)?新約?約翰福音》第20章。Joe Doakes也可以表示這個(gè)意思。上帝創(chuàng)造了世界上的第一個(gè)男人，取名為亞當(dāng)（Adam）。相傳在紐約州的特洛伊城（Troy)）有位年長的肉類加工商，名叫山繆爾?威爾遜(Samuel Wilson)。所以美國人常把John Hancock當(dāng)作signature(署名,簽名)的意思.。兵貴神速。衣食足，知榮辱。 err is human。勿操之過急555 To look two ways to find Sundays——斜著眼看。與Friday有關(guān)的：Friday——忠仆，隨從（源自魯濱遜漂流記）。Black Saturday——黑色星期六（指工人已預(yù)借工資無錢可領(lǐng)的星期六）。（此乃懶惰者的愿望，亦指懶惰的傭人盼望工作時(shí)間快快過去，休息和發(fā)工錢的日子快快到來）。to have a very big appetiteExample: Fred eats like a I was a growing lad like him, I used to eat a lot, one’s eye 吸引某人注意To attract somebody’s atten