【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 art One 216。 I had only recently seen John in a news of his death came as a bolt from the blue 216。 She found the keys she had lost last month, which was like a bolt from the blue A bolt from the blue 216。 Meaning：A plete surprise, like a bolt of lightning from a blue Origin：This has the feel of a Shakespearian or Biblical phrase, but it isn39。t as old as it are several forms of it: 39。out of the blue39。, 39。a bolt out of the blue39。, earliest citation is Thomas Carlyle, in The French Revolution, 1837: “Arrestment, sudden really as a bolt out of the Blue, has hit strange victims.” 216。 It is unpleasant to hear him speak on national topics, for he is a bird of ill 叫他談?wù)搰率遣挥淇斓?，因為他常出不吉之言。a bird of ill omen 216。 中國有句老話:“夜貓子進宅，無事不來”，可見貓頭鷹是種不吉利的象征。它往往和黑暗、神秘甚至死亡聯(lián)系起來。然而在日本，貓頭鷹卻是吉利和幸福的代表。216。 奧運會的吉祥物216。 雕像、掛鐘、水壺、牙簽盒，甚至還有女士佩戴的胸針216。 They were only crying crocodile tears at the old man39。s funeral because nobody had really liked 在老人的葬禮上，他們在假裝慈悲，因為他們之中沒有誰喜歡過他。216。 We need not hope for lower taxes in the future ─ that would be crying for the 我們不應(yīng)抱任何希望將來會降低稅收，這是根本不可能的事?！安豢赡堋?，“沒門”的譯法 216。 No way/There is no way!216。 Impossible!216。 Out of the question/That39。s out of the question!216。 Not a chance!216。 Hopeless!216。 Pigs might fly!216。 The sun might rise in the west!216。 Never/Never ever ever!216。 You are crying for the moon!Street Arabs are produced by slums and not by original 流浪兒是貧民窟的產(chǎn)物，而不是原始罪惡的產(chǎn)物。John is ashamed of his humble is his Achilles39。 約翰因出身卑賤而自慚形穢，這是他的致命弱點。216。 Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own。in pain and sickness it would still be 在我看來，你身上的每一個細胞都像我自己的細胞一樣親，即使你痛苦你有病，也還是一樣親。216。 I39。ll play old Gooseberry with the office, and make you glad to buy me out at a good high 我要在工作上故意搗蛋，使你不得不付出高價收買我。216。 play gooseberry(British humorous)216。 to be with two people who are having a romantic relationship and who would prefer to be “Best be off to bed, my boy ─ ho, ho!” “No, know a trick worth two of won’t go home till morning, till day light does appear!”216。 “孩子，最好上床睡吧——嗬，嗬！”“不，不，你不必跟我們玩那一套。不到明天，不到天大亮我們不歸家。216。 216。 216。 216。 216。 216。 216。 216。 216。 216。 216。 216。 216。 216。 216。 216。 216。216。 216。 216。 216。 know a trick worth two of that: 有更好的辦法What you suggest is very listen to know a trick worth two of the well39。s dry, we know the worth of 39。ll never know the worth of water till the well go never know the worth of water till the well is gave her heart to one who could not know its one know the worth of woman39。s love till he sue for know a trick or two after twenty years in class made him monitor, which amounts to setting the fox to keep the ，這等于是引狼人室 set a fox to keep one39。s geese： 引狼人室Yes, I went there the night before last, but she was quite on the high ropes about something, and was so grand and mysterious that I couldn’t make anything of ，前天晚上我到那兒去過，也不知道她為何異常得意洋洋，又威風 又神秘，弄得我莫名其妙 be on the high ropes：興高采烈, 得意 The Squire broke in, “Don’t think that I’ll have any humble pie eaten to that fellow Bellew!“ 鄉(xiāng)紳插嘴道：“別以為我會向貝魯這種人低聲下氣?！盓at humble pie(British, American amp。 Australian)also eat crow(American)：Act submissively and apologetically, especially in admitting an ，賠禮道歉 我們原打算在媽媽生日那天給她意外驚喜，可他卻泄露了秘密。We had planned to give Mum a pleasant surprise on her birthday, but let the cat out of the bag To look like the cat that ate the canary形容一個人顯得非常滿足的樣子。rain cats and dogs傾盆大雨All cats are（或look）black（或gray）in the dark./We are in the same 。西方人也喜歡貓，并將貓養(yǎng)為寵物。但是黑貓卻讓西方人心生恐懼，尤其是英國人，他們將黑貓與女巫聯(lián)系在上起。如果是漆黑的星期五晚上碰上一只黑貓，便預(yù)示著此人會遭厄運。在英國古代的傳說中，人們認為妖魔常變成黑色的動物，尤其是黑貓，還有人說黑貓就是巫婆變的。黑貓有九命，巫婆有變九次的魔法。殺死一只黑貓，她還可以再變八次。所以英語的貓還含有”心地惡毒的女人，愛說人壞話的女人“等意思。216。 She is a cat（她是個包藏禍心的女人）216。 Mrs Smith is a perfect cat（史密斯太太是個地地道道的長舌婦）216。 The man and his wife live a cat and dog life, and both are miserable(他們夫妻倆經(jīng)常吵架，兩人都感到痛苦)216。 It‘s difficult to get a man to bell the cat（敢于在危險中挺身而出的人不容易找到）216。 A cat has nine lives（貓有九命/自有天相）216。 Cats hide their claws（貓總是藏起自己的爪子/知人知面不知心）216。 All cats are grey in the dark（黑暗處的貓都是灰色的/人未出名時看起來都差不多）216。 A gloved cat catches no mice（戴手套的貓抓不到老鼠/不愿吃苦的人成不了大事業(yè)）216。 The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream（掩耳盜鈴，自欺欺人）216。 There‘s more ways than one to kill a cat（有的是辦法）216。 like a cat on hot bricks（焦躁不安，如熱鍋上的螞蟻）216。 他決定不了究竟是上大學還是去找工作，可事實上他只能干一件，兩者不能兼得。216。 He can’t make up his mind whether to go to college or get a can39。t eat your cake and have it, To have one’s cake and eat it too ： 216。 216。 216。 216。 216。 216。 216。 216。 216。216。 216。 216。 216。 216。 216。 216。 216。 216。 216。 216。 216。（eat one’s cake and have it too or simply have one’s cake and eat it）”you can39。t have it both ways“ and ”you can39。t have the best of both worlds.“ 如果你在數(shù)學課堂上準備英語考試，那就好比是挖肉補瘡It is just like robbing Peter to pay Paul if you try to prepare for the English exam during a maths class rob Peter to pay Paul(拆東墻補西墻) take or borrow from one in order to give or pay something owed to another For example By borrowing money to meet the debt, you are just robbing Peter to pay Paul You borrow money from me to pay the bank is like robbing Peter to pay ，無處不有。There is a black sheep in every flock 餓了糠也甜，飽了蜜也咸。Hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings 我剛來，真是“丈二和尚——摸不著頭腦”！你的估計怎樣？Being new here, I39。m very much in the dark myself!Let’s hear your assessment of 。The puppet soldier was beaten black and blue by the villagers 我看見火車朝他們開來，還沒來得及喊，它已經(jīng)撞上了其中一人。I saw the train ing towards I could say Jack Robinson，it had hit on one of ran off before I could say Jack Robinson．As I walked into the kitchen the cat jumped out of the window before you could say Jack Robinson．她有一次解釋她為何嫁給比她矮小很多的人。她說：“他雖然矮一點, 但他不但仁慈而且精力充沛，工作又勤奮。所謂身小會文國家用，大漢空長做什么？ n She once explained why she married him so much shorter than her.“He may be a bit short,’’she said,” but he39。s not only kind, but very energetic and short and sweet than long and lax.”short and sweet: brief and to the point；without de lay 簡短扼要；不拖延The politician’s speech was surprisingly short and sweet；it only lasted ten minutes． The students appreciated the fact that the teacher made the exam short and sweet． 我平日和你說話，你全當耳邊風。But let whatever I say go in one ear and out the many times have I told you to get to work on