2022年8月26日 星期五
2021年4月26日 星期一
English Idioms (01-50) USMG-TCG 金保羅 King Paul English Books
[A]
01/account for the milk in the cocoanut
Bring him here and ask him to account
for the milk in the cocoanut.
02/Achille's heel
Never say die! Find out his Achille's hill
and give it a fatal blow.
03/Adam's ale
I looked for a decent lunch.
But I found only sandwich and Adam's ale
on the table.
04/add fuel to the flames
He's in a fit of anger.
What you are going today will add fuel
to the flames.
05/after you
After you, Sir.
06/on the air
What's on the air this evening?
07/all bark and no bite
It isn't a surprise.
All bark and no bite is his way.
08/Don't believe what he says.
All his geese are swans.
09/all the go
Traveling is all the go.
10/all is fish that comes to his net
That old man is covetous of everything.
All fish that comes to his net.
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11/all is not gold that glitters
It seems reasonable to avoid hasty conclusions.
All is not gold that glitters.
12/all roads lead to Rome
You needn't take the same route with us.
You may take a bus or go by train
as on as you get there in time.
All roads lead to Rome.
13/all and sundry
After saying goodbye to all,
she set off for the north.
14/all your swans are geese
Look here! All your swans are geese.
You have to face the stark reality now.
15/all of a tremble
On finding he had been caught in a net,
the criminal was all of a tremble.
17/an ambulance chaser
The traffic casualties are soaring.
There is a promising prospect
for the ambulance chasers.
18/That's another pair of shoes/stories
You're talking of consequences.
That's another pair of shoes.
19/answer back
Be off and do what you are told.
I won't want you to answer back.
20/armed to teeth
Those robbers were all armed to teeth.
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[B]
21/ask after
I met Mr.Dunne on the street yesterday.
He asked after you.
22/babies and sucklings
They are just babies and sucklings.
I expect you to lend them a hand.
25/babysit
sally usually babysits for her neighbor
on weekend evenings.
26/bad workmen quarrel with their tools
There is nothing wrong with this machine.
You should blame yourself.
As the saying goes,
"Bad workmen quarrel with their tools."
28/a bag of bones
After the illness, she was a mere bag of bones.
31/bark up the wrong tree
You are simply barking the wrong tree.
You have nothing to do with the affair.
32/barking dogs don't bite
Don't be afraid. Barking dogs don't bite.
34/beat about the bush
Don't beat about the bush.
Just tell me all about it.
37/bell the cat
Well, gentlemen, all the suggestions are faultless.
But who's to bell the cat?
38/best seller
It is said his book is the best of the year.
39/bet one's bottom dollars on
He is going to bet his bottom dollars
on the new enterprise.
40/better be the head of an ass
than the tail of a horse
A friend of mine was a second mate
in a big ocean liner until last autumn
when he became the captain of a small coaster.
He said that the proverb "Better be the head
of an ass than the tail of a horse" could explain
his motive.
43/the big idea
What's the big idea?
44/big word
Big word makes no sense at all.
45/the biggest slice of the cake
All of us agree that Billy deserves
the biggest slice of the cake.
47/a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
I believe that a bird in hand is worth two
in the bush, because I am a realist.
48/birds of a feather flock together
We can judge one by the company he keeps.
Everyone knows birds of a feather flock together.
49/in one's birthday suit
He was caught in his birthday suit.
50/bite the hand that feeds one
So you have gone sp far as to bite the hand
that fed you when you were in deep waters.
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