【正文】 Blow 老百姓，普通人。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。He’s a real doubting Thomas — he simply wouldn’t believe I’d won the car until he saw it with his own —在沒有看到之前他就是不相信我贏得那輛車。該篇講到耶穌復活后出現(xiàn)在眾人面前，十二門徒之一托馬斯沒有親眼見到，聲稱除非看到他手上的釘痕，用手探入他的肋旁，否則不信他已復活。7 a doubting Thomas 生性多疑的人。但for mercy39。s sake，以及for pity39。s sake和for God’sake多為男性使用。另外，在使用時，男女有別。s sake語氣最強，其次是for Pete39。所以for Christ39。但在重大事件的場合是可以使用的，不受限制。s sake和for God39。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。s sake，stop making so much noise．(哎呀，天哪！別弄出那么討厭的聲音啦!)此外，它還應用于其他種種不同的場合。常在懇求或請求他人時使用。6 For Pete’s sake 感嘆詞，用以強烈表達情緒，意為“哎呀，天哪”，有些地方也譯作“看在上帝面上；千萬；務必”等。如：One million? JeezLouise!You get any of that?(一百萬？老天！有你的份嗎？)Jeez Louise, don39。奉公守法的人）。叫賣小販），honest John（誠實的人。在美語中，John “普通人，民眾”。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。而I don’t know Jack的意思就是“我什么也不知道”。t know jack about fishing意思就是I don39。not know Jack about 對某事一無所知。 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。 is a mon male 39。, and 39。 or 39。 means 39。a normal person.39。333平常人，普通人。t do much better than a newborn baby!是的，一個油滑的城是的，一個油滑的城里人在像紐約這種地方看起來都很精明。他也許是個鄉(xiāng)巴佬，但至少是可以信得過的。例如：Yep, I told Susie not to go out with any of them city slickers with their smooth talk and fancy she has to go out, look for a farm may be a hick, but she can trust him a whole lot ，我告訴蘇琦不要和那些圓嘴滑舌、衣著講究的城里人出去玩。Slick這個字的意思是很滑溜。可能正是因為這個原因，鄉(xiāng)下人用來貶低城里人的名詞很有限?？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。美國農(nóng)民的人數(shù)現(xiàn)在越來越少了。t have a stop light, a building with an elevator or a movie 。他們說，去年他通過買進賣出 股票就賺了一千萬美元。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。they say he made ten million dollars last year trading in the stock 。例如：See that welldressed man across the room? That39。這些城里人經(jīng)常把鄉(xiāng)下人稱為：hick。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。鄉(xiāng)巴佬、土包子、官迷、大爺......這些個稱呼都帶有明顯的貶義色彩。You should keep a low profile until the trouble ，你做事要保持低調(diào)。s hard because I just love ，對我來說很難，因為我喜歡被關(guān)注。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。corn :,overemotional drama情節(jié)劇；感情表現(xiàn)夸張的戲劇 a bunch of corn!這一連串的情節(jié)劇真精彩?。?情節(jié)劇的；夸張的 movie was so corny!這部電影表現(xiàn)得太夸張了！cornball: 荒唐的，可笑的 did you buy that cornball hat?你從哪兒買來那頂滑稽的帽子？ cucumber（黃瓜，胡瓜）cool as a cucumber（to be）:to be calm and posed 十分冷靜，鎮(zhèn)定自如 he39。t always a bowl of 。Cauliflower（花椰菜，菜花）cauliflower ears:swollen ears usually resulting from a boxing match[拳擊運動員因多次受擊而腫起的]開花耳朵 boxer has cauliflower 。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。carrot（胡蘿卜）carrot in front of someone（to danglea） tempt someone with an unobtainable offer開空頭支票[以實踐不了的諾言誘惑某人] boss told me lf I perform well on the job ,we 39。Beet（甜菜） red（to be）:to be extremly red from blushing ,embarrassment,etc.[因窘迫，羞愧等]臉紅 was so embarrased she turned beet 。*注意：此詞語只有否定形式，“to know beans about sth.”這種說法不存在。 about sth.（not to know）:not to know anything about ，一竅不通 don39。s（the）top banana in this 。 second banana（to）:to be second choice第二選擇，次要人物 always play second banana to 。m going ，都快發(fā)瘋了。s bananas!那家伙真是瘋了！*注意：to go bananas: bee ，神經(jīng)錯亂39。4.“How do you like the apples?”：“What do you think of that ?” *注：這是對某種冒犯性行為做出報復后說的話。re paring apples and 。 apples and oranges（to）:to pare two things that simply cannot be 39。s 。s you39。s guilty of the crime ,he sure as cool as a ，卻還是那么鎮(zhèn)定自如。t always a bowl of 。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(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。 bullets 糖衣炮彈 in past, is green han 生手 said than ，做起來難 the pink 身體健康；精力充沛 John letter 絕交信 speak louder than in 打卡 on to sb 吃豆腐39。 of the devil and he 。t be ，人無完人 downtoearth 腳踏實地 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 。 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。 swallow does not make a 。） speck of mouse dung will spoil a whole pot of ，壞了一鍋粥。） 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。 water is noisy, there are no fish in 。） offer to teach fish to ?！痶 be a dog(lying)in the 。 does not eat 。（不要過早樂觀。（人未出名時看起來都差不多。（不愿吃苦的人成不了大事業(yè)。s feet(特別走運；化險為夷) bird is known by its note, and a man by his ，聞言識人。 s fingers(由于多管閑事或愚蠢行為而吃苦頭) one39。s head 笑破肚皮 a sleeping dog 招惹是非 pearls before swine 對牛彈琴 poor as job 家貧如洗 coals to Newcastle 多此一舉 all thumbs 笨手笨腳 fly in the ointment 美中不足之處 a lame dog over a stile 雪中送炭 an axe to grind 別有用心 of the eye(掌上明珠，寶貝) to the teeth(全副武裝)39。 s hairs stands on end 毛骨悚然 in the air 白費力氣 drop in the ocean 滄海一栗 out at elbows 捉襟見肘 heads together 集思廣益 sth like the back of one39。 ask for the boat 破釜沉舟 by a hair 千鈞一發(fā) sb39。 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 。s up in the 。 on both 。t get high 。 the might hear a pin 。 。t play 。 done to a long 。 is the fuss? 吵什么？ 39。s admired for so ，但是昨晚我簡直沒認出他來。 shared with others are more ，其樂無窮。 is no use crying over spilt 。s ，后車之鑒。 is as well to know which way the wind 。s right hand, and frugality her ，節(jié)儉是幸福的左手。 you have no hand, you cannot make a 。 you confer a benefit, never remember it。 am caught between the devil and the deep blue 。 am not now that which I have been.(I am not what I used to be.)今日之我已非昔日之我。 heart cannot be pure whose tongue is not 。 who plays with fire gets 。 who does not a