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的男孩。一百年前,美國有百分之四十二的人生活在農(nóng)村。那是格林先生。美國的城里人和鄉(xiāng)下人也會互起貶低對方的稱呼。s guilty of the crime ,he sure as cool as a ,卻還是那么鎮(zhèn)定自如。ll talk about a salary increase next I think he39。Bean(豆) brain :idiot 白癡,笨蛋 is such a bean 。Banana(香蕉)(to be):to be crazy 發(fā)瘋的,神經(jīng)錯(cuò)亂的 guuy39。re paring apples and oranges.第五篇:英語諺語 is the apple of her father39。t have a one39。 you don’t enter a tiger’s den, you can’t get his ,焉得虎子。 to the sea, if you would fish ,焉得虎子。)’t count your chickens before they’re ,先別數(shù)小雞。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。 is the pain on 。 my 。他打扮得帥極了,因?yàn)樗麅A心已久的那位金發(fā)美女終于同意跟他出去約會了。 is good to learn at another man39。 we cannot get what we like, we have to like what we can 。 who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find his ,何患無辭。s vengeance is slow but ,疏而不漏。 ye rosebuds while ye 。s haste is no 。 for eye and tooth for ,以眼還眼。 man is the son of his own ,種豆得豆。 to live, but not live to ,但生存不是為了吃飯。stone by stone the walls are ,壘石誅高墻。t have thy cloak to make when it begins to 。by conversation we polish ,談話使其更臻完美。 an open enemy than a false ,暗箭難防。s 。 little of everything, nothing at ,結(jié)果將一事無成。 fool may give a wise man ,必有一得。我敢說我們的友誼會與世長存。For a congenial friend a thousand toasts are too few。The true friendship seeks to give, not take。they make the latitudes and 。A man knows his panion in a long journey and a little , 日久見人心。Between friends all is 。Between friends all is 。The smell of coin is often the knell of 。For a congenial friend a thousand toasts are too few。Old friends and old wine are , 老友情深。Of our mixed life two quests are given control: food for the body, friendship for the , 有兩點(diǎn)要牢記:為生存需要吃飯, 而心靈需要友誼。It is well that there is no one without a fault, for he would not have a friend in the , 你就沒有朋友。The friendship of a gentleman is insipid as 。A bosom friend afar brings a distant land , 天涯若比鄰。It is only the greathearted who can be true friends。The best that we find in our travel is an honest is a fortunate voyager who finds 。The friendship of a gentleman is insipid as 。in a disagreeable conversation one word more is too ,話不投機(jī)半句多。The true friendship seeks to give, not take。Life without a friend is , 雖生猶死。Old friends and old wine are , 老友情深。I like a simple friend, who holds my faults like a looking glass before my , 他對我的缺點(diǎn)就像照鏡子一樣直言不諱。他們組成了經(jīng)緯度。to help, not to be helped。in a disagreeable conversation one word more is too ,話不投機(jī)半句多。In the hours of distress and miser, the eyes of every mortal man turn to friendship。 friend in need is a friend 。 little neglect may breed great 。, unacpanied by virtue, is as a flower without 。 be the head of a dog than the tail of a ,不作獅尾。 an author as you choose a 。39。 reveals what soberness 。 grease gives the best ,鐵杵磨成針。 a pig and you39。 without learning is better than learning without ,勝于有學(xué)問而無經(jīng)驗(yàn)。 others39。 a dog a bad name and hang ,何患無詞。 is not fit to mand others that cannot mand 。 who plays with fire gets 。 you confer a benefit, never remember it。s ,后車之鑒。 is the fuss? 吵什么? 39。 the might hear a pin 。 line is makes the heart grow the brought you hear? 什么風(fēng)把你吹來了? so ? up 振作些 the ceiling 大發(fā)雷霆 of you keyhole 不準(zhǔn)偷看 was something that happens once in the 。 s fingers(由于多管閑事或愚蠢行為而吃苦頭) one39。(不要過早樂觀。 water is noisy, there are no fish in 。 as a bat 看不見 the buck 推卸責(zé)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(xiǎn) 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(cái) bygones be bygones 既往不咎 can39。s shirt on 保持冷靜 ride 兜風(fēng) up in smoke 成為泡影 up 表現(xiàn)良好 strings 運(yùn)用關(guān)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。s 。s bananas!那家伙真是瘋了!*注意:to go bananas: bee ,神經(jīng)錯(cuò)亂39。 about sth.(not to know):not to know anything about ,一竅不通 don39。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。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。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(dāng)受騙的人。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??墒?,隨著城鎮(zhèn)的發(fā)展和農(nóng)業(yè)機(jī)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(diǎn)二。他也許是個(gè)鄉(xiāng)巴佬,但至少是可以信得過的。 means 39。 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(gè)極其常見的名字,所以人們就用average Joe來表示很普通的一個(gè)人。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。如:One million? JeezLouise!You get any of that?(一百萬?老天!有你的份嗎?)Jeez Louise, don39。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(dá)方式還有for Christ sake,for heaven39。s sake語氣最強(qiáng),其次是for Pete39。但for mercy39。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。這種說法始于20世紀(jì)60年代美國鄉(xiāng)村。Jack of all trades and master of ,樣樣稀松。當(dāng)?shù)氐娜藗兙桶选吧侥反笫濉碑?dāng)成美國的綽號,并逐漸流傳開來。444猜疑傷害莫逆之交。 a thief to catch a thief。惰能致貧。不能以外表來判斷本質(zhì)。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。Black Friday——不幸的禮拜五,即有任何災(zāi)難發(fā)生的禮拜五;復(fù)活節(jié)前之禮拜五(神職人員于此日著黑裝)。Choose a wife on a Saturday rather than a ,不宜選妻。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。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。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 futu