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爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog. 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing. 比上不足，比下有余 "worse off than some, better off than many; to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start. 不眠之夜 white night 不以物喜，不以己悲 not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses 不遗余力 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best 不打不成交 "No discord, no concord. 拆东墙补西墙 rob Peter to pay Paul 辞旧迎新 bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new 大事化小，小事化了 try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all 大开眼界 open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener 国泰民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace 过犹不及 going too far is as bad as not going far enough; beyond is as wrong as falling short; too much is as bad as too little 功夫不负有心人 Everything comes to him who waits. 好了伤疤忘了疼 once on shore, one prays no more 好事不出门，恶事传千里 Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide. 和气生财 Harmony brings wealth 活到老，学到老 One is never too old to learn. 既往不咎 let bygones be bygones 金无足赤,人无完人 Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect. 金玉满堂 Treasures fill the home 脚踏实地 be down-to-earth 脚踩两只船 sit on the fence 君子之交淡如水 the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green 老生常谈，陈词滥调 cut and dried, cliché 礼尚往来 Courtesy calls for reciprocity. 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧 "Where there is life, there is hope." 马到成功 achieve immediate victory; win instant success 名利双收 gain in both fame and wealth 茅塞顿开 be suddenly enlightened 没有规矩不成方圆 Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards. 每逢佳节倍思亲 On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away. It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most. 谋事在人，成事在天 "The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. " 弄巧成拙 be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself. 拿手好戏 masterpiece 赔了夫人又折兵 throw good money after bad 抛砖引玉 a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale 破釜沉舟 cut off all means of retreat； burn one‘s own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end 抢得先机 take the preemptive opportunities 巧妇难为无米之炊 If you have no hand you can't make a fist./ One can't make bricks without straw. 千里之行始于足下a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step 前事不忘,后事之师 Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future. 前人栽树,后人乘凉 One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests. One sows and another reaps. 前怕狼,后怕虎 fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something 强龙难压地头蛇 Even a dragon (from the outside) finds it hard to control a snake in its old haunt - Powerful outsiders can hardly afford to neglect local bullies. 强强联手 win-win co-operation 瑞雪兆丰年 A timely snow promises a good harvest. 人之初,性本善 Man's nature at birth is good. 人逢喜事精神爽 Joy puts heart into a man. 人海战术 huge-crowd strategy 世上无难事，只要肯攀登 "Where there is a will, there is a way. " 世外桃源 a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world; 死而后已 until my heart stops beating 岁岁平安 Peace all year round 上有天堂，下有苏杭 "Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth." 塞翁失马，焉知非福 Misfortune may be an actual blessing. 三十而立 "A man should be independent at the age of thirty. At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself." 升级换代 updating and upgrading (of products) 四十不惑 Life begins at forty. 谁言寸草心，报得三春晖 "Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. " 水涨船高 When the river rises, the boat floats high. 时不我待 Time and tide wait for no man. 杀鸡用牛刀 break a butterfly on the wheel 实事求是 seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts 说曹操,曹操到 Talk of the devil and he comes. 实话实说 speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is 实践是检验真理的唯一标准 Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth. 山不在高，有仙则名 "No matter how high the mountain is, its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy; " 韬光养晦 hide one's capacities and bide one's time 糖衣炮弹 sugar-coated bullets 天有不测风云 Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue 团结就是力量 Unity is strength. “跳进黄河洗不清” "eve if one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not wash oneself clean--there's nothing one can do to clear one's name " 歪风邪气 unhealthy practices and evil phenomena 物以类聚，人以群分 Birds of a feather flock together. 往事如风 "The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past." 望子成龙 hold high hopes for one's child 屋漏又逢连阴雨 Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours. 文韬武略 military expertise; military strategy 唯利是图 draw water to one's mill 无源之水,无本之木 water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots 无中生有 make/create something out of nothing 无风不起浪 There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire. 徇私枉法 bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends 新官上任三把火 a new broom sweeps clean 虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后 Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind. 蓄势而发 accumulate strength for a take-off 心想事成 May all your wish come true 心照不宣 have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding 先入为主 First impressions are firmly entrenched. 先下手为强 catch the ball before the bound 像热锅上的蚂蚁 like an ant on a hot pan 现身说法 warn people by taking oneself as an example 息事宁人 pour oil on troubled waters 喜忧参半 mingled hope and fear 循序渐进 step by step 一路平安，一路顺风 speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest 严以律己,宽以待人 be strict with oneself and lenient towards others 鱼米之乡 a land of milk and honey 有情人终成眷属 "Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well." 有钱能使鬼推磨 Money makes the mare go. Money talks. 有识之士 people of vision 有勇无谋 use brawn rather than brain 有缘千里来相会 Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination. 与时俱进 advance with times 以人为本 people oriented; people foremost 因材施教 teach students according to their aptitude 欲穷千里目，更上一层楼 "to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther; Would eye embrace a thousand miles? Go up, one flight." 欲速则不达 Haste does not bring success. 优胜劣汰 survival of the fittest 英雄所见略同 Great minds think alike. 冤家宜解不宜结 Better make friends than make enemies. 冤假错案 "cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases" 一言既出，驷马难追 A real man never goes back on his words. 招财进宝 Money and treasures will be plentiful 债台高筑 become debt-ridden 致命要害 Achilles' heel 众矢之的 target of public criticism 知己知彼,百战不殆 Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat. 纸上谈兵 be an armchair strategist 纸包不住火 Truth will come to light sooner or later. 左右为难 between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place
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真正的大全！！ English slangs美国俚语美国口语俚语（1） 1.clock in 打卡 Don't forget to clock in,otherwise you won't get paid. 别忘了打卡，否则领不到钱。 2.come on to 对...轻薄；吃豆腐 Tanya slapped Bill after he came on to her. Tanya在Bill对她轻薄之后打了他一巴掌。 3.come easily 易如反掌 Languages come easily to some people. 语言学习对有些人来说易如反掌。 4.don't have a cow别大惊小怪 Don't have a cow! I'll pay for the damages. 别大惊小怪的！我会赔偿损失的。 5.push around 欺骗 Don't try to push me around! 别想耍我！ 美国口语俚语（2） 1.keep one's shirt on保持冷静 Keep your shirt on. He didn't mean to offend you. That's just the way he talks. 保持冷静。那只是他说话的惯常方式，他并非有意要冒犯你。 2.cool it冷静一点 Cool it. You are making me mad. 冷静一点。你快把我逼疯了。 3.joy ride兜风 Let's go for a joy ride. 让我们去兜兜风。 4.rap说唱乐 Do you like rap music? I have trouble understanding the words. 你喜欢说唱音乐吗？我听不太懂其中的歌词。 5.red-letter day大日子 This is a red-letter day for Susan. She made her first sale to a very important client. 今天是susan的大日子。她和一个非常重要的客户做成了第一笔生意。 美国口语俚语（3） 1.go up in smoke成为泡影 Peter’s vacation plans went up in smoke when a crisis arose in the office. 办公室出了问题，peter的假期泡汤了。 2.hit the road上路 We should probably hit the road. It’s going to take us two hours to get home. 我们可能该上路了吧？到家的两个小时呢！ 3.shape up表现良好，乖 You’d better shape up if you want to stay on. 如果你还想留下来的话最好乖一点儿。 4.scare the shit out of someone吓死某人了 Don’t sneak up behind me like that. You scared the shit out of me. 不要那样从后面突然吓我。你吓死我了。 5.pull strings运用关系 （源于“拉木偶的线”） He pulled some strings and managed to get us front row seats for the concert. 他运用关系替我们拿到音乐会前排的位子。 美国口语俚语（4） 1.come again 再说一遍 Come again? I didn't quite understand what you said. 再说一遍好吗？你刚说的话我不明白。 2.come clean 全盘托出，招供 The criminal decided to come clean. 罪犯决定供出事实。 3.spring for 请客 Let me spring for dinner. 我来请客吃饭吧。 4.spill the beans 泄漏秘密 Don't spill the beans. It's supposed to be a secret. 别说漏了嘴，这可是个秘密哦！ 5.stick in the mud 保守的人 Cathy is such a stick in the mud. She never wants to try anything new. Cathy真保守，她从不想尝试新事物。 美国口语俚语（5） 1.john厕所 I have to go to the john. Wait for me in the car. 我要去厕所。在车里等我一下。 2.keep in line管束 He needs to be kept in line. He's too wild. 他太野了，要好好管束一下。 3.jump the gun草率行事 Don't jump the gun. We have to be patient for a while. 不要草率行事。我们应该耐心等一会儿。 4.jump to conclusion妄下结论 Don't jump to conclusion. We have to figure it out first. 不要妄下结论，先把事情搞清楚。 5.lemon次 This car is a real lemon. It has broken down four times. 这辆车真次，已经坏了四次了！ 美国口语俚语（6） 1.fishy 可疑的 His story sounds fishy. We should see if it's really true. 他的故事听起来可疑。我们应该看看到底是不是真的。 2.flip out 乐死了 Chris flipped out when I told him that we won the game. 我告诉克里斯我们赢了比赛时，他乐歪了。 3.fix someone up 撮合某人 I think Xixi and Macaulay would make a perfect couple. Let's fix them up. (Haha,just kidding:) 我想习习和macaulay会是理想的一对，我们来撮合他们吧。（呵，开个玩 笑，习习和macaulay不会生气吧？：） 4.take a shine to 有好感 He really likes you. There are very few people he takes a shine to right away. 他真的喜欢你。他很少对人一见面就有好感的。 5.third wheel 累赘，电灯泡 You two go on ahead. I don't want to be a third wheel. 你们两个去好了，我不想当电灯泡。 美国口语俚语（7） 1.ripoff 骗人的东西 What a ripoff! The new car I bought doesn't work! 真是个骗人货！我买的新车启动不了！ 2.rock the boat 找麻烦 Don't rock the boat! Things are fine just the way they are. 别找麻烦了，事情这样就够好了。 3.blow it 搞砸了，弄坏了 I blew it on that last exam. 我上次考试靠砸了。 4.in hot water 有麻烦 He is in hot water with his girlfriend recently. 近段时间他跟女友的关系有点僵。 5.put one's foot in one's mouth 祸从口出 Wally is always saying such stupid thing. He has a real talent for putting his foot in his mouth. 沃力尽说这种蠢话。他真有惹是生非的本事。 美国口语俚语（8） 1.flop （表演、电影等）不卖座，失败 The movie was a flop. Nobody went to see it. 这部电影卖座率奇低，没有人去看。 2.drop in/by/over 随时造访 Feel free to drop in anytime. I'm usually home and I'd love the company. 欢迎随时来坐坐。我通常在家，也喜欢游人做伴。 3.drop a line 写信 Drop me a line! 给我写信！ 4.duck 躲闪，突然低下头 Remind little Bobby to duck his head when he crawls under the table so he won't hit his head. 提醒小波比爬到桌下时要低头才不会受伤。 5.go with the flow 随从大家的意见 Sharon is an easy-going person. She just goes with the flow. 沙伦是个随和的人。人家怎么说，她就怎么做。 美国口语俚语（9） 1.act up 胡闹，出毛病 The children started to act up as soon as the teacher left the room. 老师一离开教室，孩子们就闹起来了。 2.ad lib 即兴而作，随口编 The comedian ad libbed most of his routine. 那个喜剧演员大多是即兴表演。 3.blah-blah-blah 说个不停 All she does is go "blah-blah-blah" all night. 她整夜说个不停。 4.hit it off 投缘，一见如故 They hit it off instantly and have been good friends ever since. 他们一见面就很投缘，从此成了好朋友。 5.zit 青春痘 Why is it that every time I have a hot date, I break out with a big zit on my face? 为什么每次我有重要约会时，脸上都会冒出一个很大的青春痘呢？ 美国口语俚语（10） 1.put someone on the spot 让某人为难 Don't put me on the spot like this. You know I can't give you confidential information. 别这样让我为难，你知道我不能给你机密资料的。 2.racket 非法行业，挂羊头卖狗肉 The police are determined to break up the racket. 警方决定打击这个非法行业。 3.have it good 享受得很 She really has it good. Everybody caters to her every need. 她真是享受得很，大家都依着他。 4.don't knock it 不要太挑剔 Don;t knock it! You won't be able to find another job that pays so well. 别挑剔了！你未必可以找到另外一个待遇这么好的工作！ 5.pig out 狼吞虎咽 We pigged out on potato chips and cookies until our bellies ached. 我们大吃薯条和曲奇，吃到肚子撑到痛为止。 美国口语俚语（11） 1.down in the dumps垂头丧气 The players were down in the dumps after their team lost the championship game. 球员输掉决赛哪一场后个个垂头丧气。 2.horse around嬉闹 We've horsed around long enough. It's time to get to work. 我们闹够了，该去工作了。 3.pass something up放弃某事物 You can't pass up this job. This kind of opportunity comes only once in a lifetime. 你不可错过这个工作。这种机会一辈子才有一次。 4.go whole hog全力以赴 She went whole hog in planning he New Year's Eve party. 她全心全力筹办新年晚会。 5.shoo-in长胜将军 There's no way he can lose. He's a shoo-in. 他不会输的，他是位长胜将军。 美国口语俚语（12） 1.get the ball rolling开始 Let's get the ball rolling.让我们开始吧。 2.get on the ball用心做 If you hope to keep your job, you'd better get on the ball and meet the deadline. 如果你还想要你的那份工作，你最好用心做，赶上最后期限！ 3.lady-killer帅哥 He's a real lady-killer. 他是个不折不扣的帅哥。 4.lay off停止，解雇 Lay off! I don't need you to tell me what to do! 别再讲了!我不需要你告诉我怎么去做！ 5.knock it off=cut it off停止 Knock it off! I'm trying to get some sleep. 别吵了！我正想睡觉呢！ 美国口语俚语（13） 1.have a passion for钟爱 I have a passion for blue dresses. 我钟爱蓝色的衣服。 2.pep talk打气，鼓励的话 The coach gave his team a pep talk at half time, hoping to lead them to victory. 教练在半场时候给球员们打起，希望将他们引上胜利之途。 3.pick someone’s brains请教某人 I don’t understand any of this medical terminology. Do you mind if I pick your brains since you’re so knowledgeable in this area? 我对医学术语一无所知。你在这方面如此在行，我能不能请教你一下？ 4.pass out醉到了 He passed out after three beers. 喝了三杯啤酒后他就醉倒了。 5.way back好久以前 We’ve been friends since way back. 我们老早就是好朋友了。 美国口语俚语（14） 1.hit someone with a problem让某人面对问题 I’m sorry to hit you with this problem. I don’t know who else to turn to. 很抱歉把这个问题抛给你，我不知道还可以找谁求助。 2.have it bad for狂恋 He really has it bad for her, but she has no ideas. 他狂恋着她，而她却不知道。 3.hung over宿醉未醒 Don’t disturb him. He’s still hung over from last night. 别吵醒他，他宿醉仍未醒。 4． has-been过时的人或物 Lisa is a has-been. No one will hire her any more. 丽莎已经过时了。没人会再雇佣她。 4.have a bone to pick with有账要算 I have a bone to pick with you. You still owe me the fifteen dollars you borrowed. 我有账跟你算。你向我借的十五美金还没还呢！ 美国口语俚语（15） 1. let the cat out of the bag 泄漏秘密 I won't let the cat out of the bag. 我不会泄漏秘密的。 2.in the market for 想买，积极物色 People are always in the market for something new and different. 人们总想买点新奇的且与众不同的东西。
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