as blind as a bat 有眼无珠an eye for eye and tooth for tooth 以眼还眼,以牙还牙cannot see beyond the length of one's nose 鼠目寸光make eyes at sb 向某人送秋波apple in one’s eyes 心肝宝贝A thron in the eye 眼中钉pull the wool over one’s eyes 哄骗the eagle eye 锐利的眼光fishy-eyed 狡猾的目光evil-eyed 狠毒的眼神green eye 眼红,嫉妒black eye 发青的眼圈pink eye 传染性角膜炎get off on the wrong foot . 出师不利get off on the right foot 开门红put one’s best foot forward想尽量给人好印象put one’s foot in one’s mouth讲话不得体说走了嘴have one's foot on the neck of another person 残暴的控制别人vote with feet(议会政治中)不予同意put one's foot down很坚定,采取严厉手段catch someone on the wrong foot令某人措手不及,出其不意,乘其不备The shoe is on the other foot形势已经完全不同了Jump in and get your feet wet到实践中去学习,取得经验To land on one's feet逢凶化吉cold foot 事到临头打退堂鼓,对原先有信心的事胆怯了。
Bring things to a head 使到摊牌的地步Lose head失去冷静Put heads together 集思广益Keep one’s head above water勉强糊口Head for 朝......前进Hold one’s head high 趾高气昂Bury one’s head in the sand逃避困难Take not a musket to kill a butterfly .小题大做You have butterflies in your stomach.做事情很紧张You were there to show me my first butterfly, and my first rainbow.是你在那里给我指明人生的第一只蝴蝶,看到人生的第一次彩虹。
Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? Lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.主耶和华要帮助我。
谁能定我有罪呢。
他们都像衣服渐渐旧了,为蛀虫所咬。
After work we all beetle off for a drink下班之后我们都急忙赶去喝几杯Beetle off! 快滚3. The water crisis becamea beetling problem of the sustainable development of the global .水资源危机已成为全球可持续发展的一个日益突出的问题。
小题大做Take not a musket to kill a butterfly做事情很紧张have butterflies in one’s stomach一直,总是has a bee in his bonnetBeetle off! 滚开!Straw man 无足轻重的人稻草人Act as if human life is not worth a straw 草菅人命The last straw (The straw that break the camel’ back )压死骆驼的最后一根稻草A weedy litter man 瘦弱矮小的男子Cut the weeds and dig up the roots (=romove out the source of the trouble )斩草除根Not let the grass grow under your feet 做事不拖拉Weed sb out 淘汰清楚Grasp at straw 抓住救命稻草No garden without its weeds.没有不长草的园子;人无完人the film must be a real dog 质量很差的物品dog eat dog 形容社会竞争激烈be dogged by something unpleasant 干扰,受影响dogged顽固的too dog 重要人物top dog 胜利者to pig oneself/pig out 大吃大喝,尤其吃不健康食品4 pig-headed固执,即使有错也不改Black sheep 害群之马Wolf down 饿狼扑食Throw to the wolves 出卖朋友的人Cry wolf 狼来了Wolf in sheep’ s clothing 披着羊皮的狼set the wolf keep the sheep 引狼入室A dark horse 不一定是马,而是指有本事而深藏不露的人Many of my students are dark horses : they have potentials that need only be exploited .我有很多「黑马」学生:他们具备无限潜能,只待发掘Gray mare(母马)喻指专权御夫的悍妇To talk horse 吹牛Get on the high horse 牛气冲天Bet on the wrong horse 表示判断失误A stupid cow 非蠢牛,而是英语世界内蠢女人的隐喻。
You stupid cow ! How could you tell such a naive lie !你这蠢人!这么幼稚的谎话怎么说得出口!bull 喻指强壮有力的人He has a strong bull back.Bull 喻指执拗顽固He’s completely bull-headed.bull 喻指有优势或恃强凌弱Let the bull come,Ben will teachthem a lesson they will never forget.Bull 喻指荒诞或吹牛的话He believes his lawyer’s bull.Bull 喻指闲聊、漫谈Some students of the economics department had a bull session last Sunday.Bull 喻指危险、困境We’ll have to take the bull by the horns and tackle the Medicare question.bull”喻指鲁莽的人She’s like a bull in a china shop when it comesto dealing with people’s feelings.cow 喻指愚蠢、笨拙的人Don’t explain it to him;it’s only playing the lute to a cow. crocodile tears 鳄鱼的眼泪比喻的是并非发自内心的哀伤, 假慈悲make a monkey out of somebody就是愚弄某人,让某人出丑。
monkey business 不道德或者不合法的事,见不得人的事Don’t monkey with the new computer.不要乱动新电脑。
in the wind 即将发生Get wind of something 听到风声,获得线索Take the wind out of one’s sails 先发制人,占据上风Windfall 意外之财,意外的好处Breeze through something 轻而易举做某事a hurricane of abuse 铺天盖地而来的谩骂a whirlwind of events 一个接一个发生的事情a rain of arrows 大量的箭头come rain , come shine 风雨无阻save something for a rainy day 未雨绸缪,提前做准备it never rains but it pours 祸不单行a shower of congratulations 大量的祝贺shower somebody with something 大量的给予a storm of protest 激烈的抗议Steal one’s thunder抢某人的风头He thundered against gambling他大声疾呼反对赌博。
This is a speech lacking fire.(他的演讲缺乏激情。
)The boy is full of fire and courage.(这个男孩充满了激情和勇气。
)Her eyes full of fire.(她的双眼充满了激情的火花。
)She's coming to her autumn. 她到了受报应的时候了churchabout church·As poor as a church mouse一贫如洗·Church is not over until the fat lady sings.不到黄河心不死·在教堂发出嘟嘟声的人坐着时却咂着舌头You will cross the bridge when you get to it船到桥头自然直。
Let every man praise the bridge he goes over.饮水思源.Don't cross the bridge till you get to it.不要杞人忧天。
Let's cross the bridge when we come to it. 既来之,则安之。
a bridge of gold .退路burn one's bridges破釜沉舟bridge over 克服·The snail slides up the tower at last though the swallow mounteth it sooner.燕子一飞就上塔,蜗牛悄悄爬,最后也上塔·A tower of strength 中流砥柱·Sent to the tower入狱·One never goes to the temple for no reason.无事不登三宝殿·Run a monk, not run as Temple跑得了和尚跑不了庙。