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泛读教程---英语习语、谚语

Unit 1

1) Burn the midnight oil

熬夜读书，开夜车 To

study or work until late at night.

2) Hit the books

用功读书，与熬夜无关 To

study, especially with particular intensity

3) Do back-breaking work

劳累至极腰酸背痛的工作 To

do some physically difficult work and makes you

very tired.

4) Work like a dog

拼命工作 To

work very hard.

5) Fall down on the job

敷衍了事，没做好工作 Be

incapable for a work.

6) Work one’s fingers to the bone

非常努力的工作 To

work very hard.

Unit 2

1) Be a breeze

像一缕清风一样很容易做 A thing

that is easy to do.

2) Have a green thumb

擅长园艺 To be

good at gardening.

3) Be easy as pie

小菜一碟，小事一桩 To be

very easy.

4) Have a golden touch

点石成金，无所不能 It means

that you can do anything that you want to do.

5) Have two left feet

笨手笨脚 To be

very awkward in your movements, especially

when you are dancing or playing a sport.

6) Have a nose for something

善于发现某物，有洞察力 To be

perspective and good at discovering.

Unit 3

1) Down to earth

脚踏实地，实事求是 To do

something with no illusions or pretensions,

sensible and practical.

2) Think one is god’s gift to mankind

自以为了不起，自负 To think

oneself is really something in some areas;

conceited.

3) Show off

炫耀 To show

one’s ability with pride to anyone.

4) Put someone in someone’s place

安分守己 To make

someone do his own duty and abide by the law.

5) Put on airs

摆架子，摆谱 It means

someone is conceited in order to show his identity.

6) Blow one’s own horn

自吹自擂，自我吹嘘 To brag

about oneself.

Unit 4

1) Bury the hatchet

言归于好，和解，摒弃前嫌 To stop being

unfriendly and become friends again.

2) Button one’s lips

一言不发，守口如瓶 To refuse to talk

and be silenced.

3) Flow with the tide

跟风，紧随潮流 To keep following

someone or the trend.

4) Hold one’s tongue

保持沉默，不开口 To say nothing

about something and stay silent.

5) Let sleeping dogs lie

别无事生非，招惹麻烦 To avoid

mentioning a subject or something that happened

in the past, in order to avoid any problems or

arguments.

6) Mind one’s own business

少管闲事，管好自己 To concern oneself

only with what is of interest to oneself and not

interfere in the affairs of others.

7) Rock the boat

捣乱 To do something

that upsets a situation and causes problems.

8) See eye to eye

看法完全一致，完全同意 To share the same

views as somebody about something.

Unit 5

1) Face up to something

勇敢的面对 To accept and

deal with something that is difficult or unpleasant.

2) Point one’s finger at someone

指责某人 To accuse

somebody .

3) Leave someone high and dry

使某人很无助 To leave

someone unsupported and unable to maneuver; to

leave someone helpless.

4) Shoulder the responsibility

能够承担责任 To take

responsibility.

5) Pass the buck

推卸责任 To shirk the

responsibility.

6) Worm out of something

推卸摆脱某事 To get rid of

something

Unit 6

1) All or nothing

孤注一掷的，没有商量余地 A situation

which will end either in complete success or

complete failure

Having no middle position or compromise

available

2) Meet someone halfway

向某人妥协 To

compromise to somebody

3) Give-and-take

妥协，互让，互相迁就 To have an

exchange of views on some topic in order to make

mutual concessions

4) Middle-of-the-road

折中的办法，折中之计 A

compromising solution that can be accepted by

most people

5) Stick to one’s guns

固执己见 To maintain

one’s position or viewpoint when faced with

opposition

6) Find middle ground

寻求找到一个中间立场 A set of

opinions and decisions that two or more groups

who oppose each other can agree on

Unit 7

1) Go through with

经历困难而完成，把事情坚持到底 To do

something even though it may be very unpleasant

or difficult for you

2) Hang in there

坚持，不气馁，不畏困难 To maintain a

course of action despite negative outlook; to

persist; to subsist while keeping high spirits

3) Give up

放弃 To stop

trying to do something

4) Stick with

坚持做某事 To continue

or persist; to stick to

5) Sweat out

努力的忍耐以达到某个目的 To work

very hard to achieve something

Unit 8

1) Be a copycat

模仿别人 To imitate or

copy others

2) Cut the apron strings

摆脱依赖，独立生活 To be or

become impossible to manage or to control

3) Be a yes-man

唯唯诺诺的人 To be a

person who always agrees with people in authority

in order to gain their approval.

4) Have a mind of one’s own

自有主见，能够独立思考 To have one’s

own idea and think independently

5) Be on one’s own

独立自主，不依靠他人 To be

independent

6) Lead someone by the nose

牵着别人的鼻子走，完全控制别人 To have a full

control of somebody

7) Stand on one’s own two feet

独立自主，自力更生 To be

independent

Unit 9

1) Be as cool as a cucumber

表示非常冷静，毫不紧张。 To be very calm

and controlled, especially in a difficult situation

2) Go to pieces

崩溃，心碎 A person who is so

upset or afraid that you cannot manage to live or

work normally

3) Be as tough as nails

1、冷酷无情 2、坚定不移 Very strong and

able to deal successfully with difficult conditions

or situations

Not feeling or showing any emotion

4) Hold one’s head up

高傲，昂头，扬眉吐气. To be proud of or

not feel ashamed about something that you have

done

5) Keep one’s chin up

不灰心，不气馁，不屈服 To tell somebody

to try to stay cheerful even though they are in a

difficult or unpleasant situation

6) Fall apart

崩溃瓦解破碎 To be in very bad

condition so that parts are breaking off.

7) Pull oneself together

振作起来 To become

mentally focused after a period of being unfocused

Unit 10

1) Be hot-headed

急躁，容易发怒的 To be a

person who often acts too quickly, without

thinking of what might happen.

2) Blow up

爆炸，大怒，大发脾气 To get angry

with somebody

3) Count to ten

控制情绪使自己冷静 To keep

one’s emotions under control

4) Grit one’s teeth

咬牙切齿 To clench

one's teeth together tightly because of pain or

anger or frustration

5) Reach the boiling point

受够了，达到忍耐的极限后大怒 The point at

which anger or excitement breaks out into violent

expression.

6) Hold one’s temper

捺住性子 To control

one’s tempt

Unit 11

1) Be cool toward someone

对某人漠视无情 To

leave somebody in the cold

2) Icy stare

冰冷的眼神

3) Give someone the cold shoulder

对人冷漠，冷待某人 To treat

somebody in an unfriendly way

4) Turn one’s back on someone

不愿意帮助某人，不提供帮助给某人 Be

unwilling to help somebody

5) Turn one’s nose up at someone

拒绝某人 To

refuse somebody or someone’s suggestions

6) Welcome someone with open arms

非常欢迎某人 To

welcome someone warmly and happily

Unit 12

1) Be a loner

字面意识为成为孤家寡人，寓意为不合作 To

prefer to be alone rather than with a group of

people

2) Brainstorm

集体研讨，集思广益 A

spontaneous group discussion to produce ideas

and ways of solving problems

3) Join forces

联合力量 To

work together in order to achieve a shared aim

4) Pool one’s resources

集资，集合资源 To

collect

5) Go it alone

独立的，单边的，不听别人意见 To do

something without help from anyone

6) Put heads together

一起讨论问题 To

think about or discuss something as a group

7) Lend a hand

帮忙，助一臂之力 To

help somebody

8) Two heads are better than one

人多智慧大。三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮。 To say

that two people can achieve more than one person

working alone