【正文】 at ，結(jié)果將一事無成。s 。 an open enemy than a false ，暗箭難防。by conversation we polish ，談話使其更臻完美。t have thy cloak to make when it begins to 。stone by stone the walls are ，壘石誅高墻。 to live, but not live to ，但生存不是為了吃飯。 man is the son of his own ，種豆得豆。 for eye and tooth for ，以眼還眼。s haste is no 。 ye rosebuds while ye 。s vengeance is slow but ，疏而不漏。 who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find his ，何患無辭。 we cannot get what we like, we have to like what we can 。 is good to learn at another man39。他打扮得帥極了，因為他傾心已久的那位金發(fā)美女終于同意跟他出去約會了。 my 。 is the pain on 。s knees(最最了不起的人或事物；頂尖兒) cup and lip(在將成未成之際) someone to heel(使某人就范) one39。）’t count your chickens before they’re ，先別數(shù)小雞。 to the sea, if you would fish ，焉得虎子。 you don’t enter a tiger’s den, you can’t get his ，焉得虎子。t have a one39。re paring apples and oranges.第二篇：英語諺語 is the apple of her father39。Banana（香蕉）（to be）:to be crazy 發(fā)瘋的，神經(jīng)錯亂的 guuy39。Bean（豆） brain :idiot 白癡，笨蛋 is such a bean 。ll talk about a salary increase next I think he39。s guilty of the crime ,he sure as cool as a ，卻還是那么鎮(zhèn)定自如。美國的城里人和鄉(xiāng)下人也會互起貶低對方的稱呼。那是格林先生。一百年前，美國有百分之四十二的人生活在農(nóng)村。要是她一定要出去玩，找一個農(nóng)村來的男孩。Average39。average Joe39。關(guān)于Jack，還有兩個常見的句子。5 Jeez Louise 表示驚訝。假設(shè)你向別人道了歉，他還沒完沒了，這時你可以說：I said I was sorry．What else do you want me to do, for Pete39。s sake和for God39。s sake的使用者以女性居多，但男性在表示特別強烈的感情時也可以使用。8 a plain Jane 長相不起眼，外貌平凡的女人。Jose并不表示叫這個名的人，而是跟way押韻，說起來響亮，好聽。一般指雜而不精，也就是我們平時所說的“三腳貓”。由于Uncle Sam的首字母是US，而美國(The United States).，于是人們便把這兩個名稱合二為一了。Note在這里的意思是音符。畫餅充饑。 is the key of poverty。t judge a book by its cover。Mad Monday ——忙亂的星期一。Friday face——神色不佳之人。He who laughs on Friday will weep on 。with no prior planningExample: By chance, I bumped into my wife in the shopping mall Round the clock 夜以繼日的To do something continuously, without a break or pauseExample: The ambulance services worked round the clock hauling people trapped in the building to one’s cool 保持冷靜To stay calm in a difficult situationExample: If the traffic is jamed, the only thing to do is keep your cool, or get out of the car and walk!In a tight corner 處于困境In an extremely difficult situationExample: Whenever I get into a tight corner, I try to rely on quick thinking to get out of Keep in the dark 隱瞞To keep something secretExample: We know my brother has a new girlfriend, but he39。to be embarrassedExample: The large drug houses have lost face, because smaller panies are selling similar products at a cheaper price!Lead the field 處于領(lǐng)頭地位To be the most successful person or group in an activityExample: For decades, the House of Dior led the field in elegant fashion Get out of hand 失去控制To be out of controlExample: The problem of suicide bombings is getting out of hand。he is just using his memory.(Da Vinci, Italian painter)一個借著引經(jīng)據(jù)典來辯論的人，不是在運用自己的才智，他是在運用自己的記憶力。也是本性的主觀反映。(美國作家 杰克(古希臘作家 西蒙尼特斯)Rules and modesty destroy genius and art.(William Hazlitt, British essayist)規(guī)則與謙遜會毀掉天才和藝術(shù)。(奧地利鋼琴家 施納貝爾 A)The art of giving presents is to give something which others cannot buy for themselves.(Alan Alexander Milne, British humorist)送禮的藝術(shù)在于送別人不能給自己買的東西。(.)The value of culture is its effect on avails nothing unless it ennobles and strengthens use is for aim is not beauty but goodness.(Somerset Maugham, British noverlist and dramatist)文化的價值在于它對人類品性的影響。(美國作家、批評家 羅斯金 J)The poet39。(美國作家 塞拉斯 E)Sunshine can burn you, food can poison you, words can condemn you, pictures can insult you。(英國劇作家 康格里夫 W)Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing.(John Erskine, American educator)音樂是唯一不能用及表達卑鄙的或諷刺的事物的語言。(美國詩人 龐德 E)Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree(Ezra Poud, American poet)幽默被人正確地解釋為“以誠摯表達感受，寓深思于嬉笑”。L)Art is the mold of feeling as language is the mold of thought.(Susanne Langer, American philosopher)藝術(shù)是感情的模制品，猶如語言是思想的模制品。with costs or spending down to a bare minimumExample: She lives on a shoestring – she gets a tiny pension and has to budget very Lose track of 失去消息, 失去線索To lose contact with somebody to not know where something isExample: I lost track of Fran when she moved to ’ve even tried to locate her on the entry was written by , posted on 星期四 04月 30 2009at 11:04 pm , filed under 英語諺語 and tagged the a ment below or leave a trackback: Trackback 點擊此處取消回復(fù)。m just going to the face 丟臉To have one39。s girl Friday , went to the art exhibition in her Sunday best yesterday and made a hit with all the gentlemen there who seemed to have Sundaygotomeeting 、Joe slumped into his chair at the breakfast table , “monday morning feeling again , dear ? ” asked his 、——I know it must be the battery.——yeah , why didn’t you tell me earlier ? Monday morning 、Friday , September 24 , the day the financial panic of 1869 began , has since been known as black 、He bought a Saturday night special from a Sunday 、On the average they receive about five or six hundred calls a day , but this rises to close to a thousand calls after occasions like Richard Nixon39。Saturday night massacre——星期六夜晚大屠短袖，單件摻殺（指尼克松任總統(tǒng)期間白宮在1973年10月20日，周六晚上宣布解除水門時間特別檢查官考克斯的職務(wù)，并解除拒絕把考克斯解職的司法部長理查森和副部長拉克爾職務(wù)）。Girl Friday——得力助手（尤指女秘書）。Blue Monday——沮喪，悶煩（相對于歡樂的周末而言）。/ 人誰無過。 bills。言語投機恨時短。16 Johnny One Note 五音不全的人。他也是一位愛國者，與父兄曾參加過美國獨立戰(zhàn)爭。 is a friend of mine, but I don’t know her husband from ，但我完全不認識她丈夫。 10 Sheila 在口語中表示少女，年輕貌美的女子。后來人們用“doubting Thomas”指那些不肯輕易相信別人的人。for goodness’sake，for heaven39。正因為在嚴重事件的場合使用。如：For Pete39。容易上當(dāng)?shù)娜耍?，square John（誠實可靠的人。t know anything about fishing（我對釣魚一無所知）。Joe39。An average Joe refers to someone who is just like everyone else。所以，一個city slicker 也就是說話很圓滑，衣著很時髦，但是很可能是一個不老實、不可信任的家伙。他的老家是一個非常小的鎮(zhèn)，那里連紅綠燈都沒有，沒有一個樓里有電梯的，甚至連電影院都沒有。s he came to New York 20 years ago, he was only a hick fresh out of the cornfields of he turned out to be a lot smarter than he looked。3 333333城里人瞧不起農(nóng)村人，農(nóng)村人看不上城里人，城里人和農(nóng)村人總是互相瞧不起。Corn（谷物；谷粒）“For corn sake!”：“Oh,my goodness!” “噢，天哪！” *注：這個詞語雖然已相當(dāng)過時，但中老年人仍在使用。（洋白菜，甘藍菜）:money錢，金錢*注：這個詞語盡管已不在常用，但偶爾也會在老影片或玩笑中聽到。 banana:main boss領(lǐng)袖，頭頭，大老板39。你是在那兩種無法相比的東西作比較，就好