【正文】 書，笑話集。因為亞當非女人所生，所以沒有肚臍，是最容易辨認的人，“not know somebody from Adam”就表示“完全不認識某人”。他勤勞、誠實、能干，很有威信，人們親切地叫他山姆大叔(Uncle Sam)。如：I need your John 。 discourse makes short days and nights。 at your ills, and save doctors39。犯錯是人之常情。與Monday有關的英語俚語：black Monday（學俚）放假后的開學第一天；執(zhí)行死刑之星期一；黑色禮拜一（即復活節(jié)之后一日，因1360年的當天，天氣嚴寒，愛德華三世之士兵都凍死于巴黎附近）。Man Friday——男忠仆。Saturday night special——便于周末作案的小手，現(xiàn)在應該把槍。附幾個句子：Mary , a wellknown Sunday painter39。to look afterExample: Keep an eye on my purse – I39。to intend toExample: The service in our hotel was have a mind to write a letter of Be in the mood 想要做某事To feel like doing somethingExample: She is not in the mood for playing cards and says she should really be preparing her lecture Over the moon 欣喜若狂Extremely happyExample: She’s over the moon about her promotion – she really wasn’t expecting Get a move on 趕快To hurry upExample: Get a move on!The train is about to Over and above 除?這外, 額外的 In addition toExample: Over and above our salary, we are getting a large bonus, because business has been very profitable this Get the picture 了解某事To understand something, to grasp some meaningExample: When they started cutting back and laying people off at work, I got the picture and starting looking for another Be out of pocket 花光了錢的 To be without moneyExample: He’s plaining because he spent all of his money on slot machines and now he’s out of Keep somebody posted 傳達消息To regularly give somebody uptodate information or details of the progress being : I phoned in at the end of each working day to keep my boss posted about developments at the trade In the long run 最終, 最后Over a long period of time, once a process has maturedExample: The grocery store is making a loss right the long run, however, we hope to achieve a situation of stable On a shoestring 生活拮據(jù)In a thrifty manner。there seems to be no way to stop Give a hand 提供幫助To help somebody with somethingExample: Please give me a hand and hold this board while I paint Learn by heart 牢記To memorize something。s keeping her name in the on deaf ears 不加理睬的, 不聽取Not to take any notice of what is saidExample: The city council’s order that garbage should be put in the bins fell on deaf ears。Choose a wife on a Saturday rather than a ，不宜選妻。Black Friday——不幸的禮拜五，即有任何災難發(fā)生的禮拜五；復活節(jié)前之禮拜五（神職人員于此日著黑裝）。Monday morning feeling , Monday feeling——美國人在周末休假后星期一不想工作的那樣一種心情。不能以外表來判斷本質(zhì)。惰能致貧。 a thief to catch a thief。444猜疑傷害莫逆之交。當?shù)氐娜藗兙桶选吧侥反笫濉碑敵擅绹木b號，并逐漸流傳開來。Jack of all trades and master of ，樣樣稀松。這種說法始于20世紀60年代美國鄉(xiāng)村。這里的plain是“不惹人注目的，樸素的”，而Jane是一般女人名，plain與Jane合轍押韻。但for mercy39。s sake語氣最強，其次是for Pete39。s sake?(我已經(jīng)說對不起了，拜托，你還想叫我怎樣啊?)類似的表達方式還有for Christ sake，for heaven39。如：One million? JeezLouise!You get any of that?(一百萬？老天！有你的份嗎？)Jeez Louise, don39。Do you know jack shit? 意思就是問別人, “你知不知道什么叫無知? 在美國的口語中，jack shit 算是一句粗話，意思是什么也沒有。 refers to a man who is not extremely different from everyone Average意思是“平均的，一般水平的”，而Joe又是一個極其常見的名字，所以人們就用average Joe來表示很普通的一個人。 means 39。他也許是個鄉(xiāng)巴佬，但至少是可以信得過的?？墒牵S著城鎮(zhèn)的發(fā)展和農(nóng)業(yè)機械化，美國農(nóng)民的人數(shù)現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)下降到只占總?cè)丝诘陌俜种c二。二十年前他來紐約之前，只不過是勘薩斯州種玉米的鄉(xiāng)巴佬。住在像紐約這種大城市的居民往往把鄉(xiāng)下人看成是一些土里土氣、腦子很簡單，而且容易上當受騙的人。222 低調(diào)英語怎么說今天介紹的是low profile，意思是不引人注目的形象，做事不愛引起他人太多的注意。s just dangling a carrot in front of ，如果我工作表現(xiàn)出色，明年加工資就有商量了。 about sth.（not to know）:not to know anything about ，一竅不通 don39。s bananas!那家伙真是瘋了！*注意：to go bananas: bee ，神經(jīng)錯亂39。s 。s shirt on 保持冷靜 ride 兜風 up in smoke 成為泡影 up 表現(xiàn)良好 strings 運用關系 clean 和盤托出 for 請客 in the mud 保守的人 the gun 草率行事 out 樂死了 wheel 電燈泡；累贅 the boll rolling 開始 on the ball 用心做 with the punches 逆來順受 around 討論；多考慮一下 one39。 as a bat 看不見 the buck 推卸責任 the cat out of the bag 泄露秘密 out 因害怕而放棄 say boo to a goose 非常膽怯；膽小如鼠 elephant 昂貴而無用之物 sb to the lions / wolves 犧牲他人 the cat 替別人冒險 and skittles 吃喝玩樂 and wane 盛衰 and woe 禍福 off than some, better off than many 比上不足，比下有余 night 不眠之夜 pleased by external gains, not saddened by personal losses 不以物喜，不以己悲 discord, no concord 不打不成交 brings wealth 和氣生財 bygones be bygones 既往不咎 can39。 water is noisy, there are no fish in 。（不要過早樂觀。 s fingers(由于多管閑事或愚蠢行為而吃苦頭) one39。 line is makes the heart grow the brought you hear? 什么風把你吹來了？ so ？ up 振作些 the ceiling 大發(fā)雷霆 of you keyhole 不準偷看 was something that happens once in the 。 the might hear a pin 。 is the fuss? 吵什么？ 39。s ，后車之鑒。 you confer a benefit, never remember it。 who plays with fire gets 。 is not fit to mand others that cannot mand 。 a dog a bad name and hang ，何患無詞。 others39。 without learning is better than learning without ，勝于有學問而無經(jīng)驗。 a pig and you39。 grease gives the best ，鐵杵磨成針。 reveals what soberness 。39。 an author as you choose a 。 be the head of a dog than the tail of a ，不作獅尾。, unacpanied by virtue, is as a flower without 。 little neglect may breed great 。 friend in need is a friend 。If you can hold something up and put it down, it is called weightlifting。Happiness is not about being immortal nor having food or rights in one39。）24． From small beginning e great things.（偉大始于渺小。）17． Better late than never.（遲做總比不做好；晚來總比不來好。）9． God helps those who help themselves.（天助自助者。] 4． Storms make trees take deeper roots.（風暴使樹木深深扎根。母親節(jié)快樂。s Day！Roses are red, violets are card on Mother’s Day is especially for ，紫羅蘭是藍色的。s Day！Mother’s Day is a time when mothers discover how well their children can prepare e 。s Day！To the world’s number one mom!給世界上最好的媽媽!You are the best mom that a son ever 。Thank you for everything over the years, ！媽媽，謝謝您這些年來所做的一切。This is the day that we appreciate all the things that moms do for ，我們感謝媽媽為我們所做的一切。This card es from the whole Mother’s 。]? 2． While there is life, there is hope.（有生命就有希望/留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒。] 7． All things are difficult before they are easy.（凡事必先難后易。）14． Constant dropping wears the stone.（滴水穿石。）21． Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.（無熱情成就不了偉業(yè)。One is always on a strange road, watching strange scenery and listening to strange one day, you will find that the things you try hard to forget are already ，不