1、高考英语俗语表达（一）全力以赴或索性放弃：fish or cut bait怪人：an odd/queer fish浑水摸鱼：fish in troubled waters坚定的人；坚强的人：tough cookie青涩时光；少不更事的时光：salad days改天吧：take a rain check下雨天；贫苦穷困时期：rainy day完全令人满意；一切顺利；身体健康；毫无问题：right as rain无论发生什么：rain or shine, 祸不单行：When it rains, it pours.酒肉朋友：fair-weather friends身体不适；微恙：under the
2、weather渡过难关：weather the storm小题大做；大惊小怪：a storm in a teacup乐不可支；欣喜若狂：on cloud nine做白日梦：chase rainbows逍遥法外：at large傀儡：cats paw激励的话；鼓舞士气的话：pep talk阅历丰富的人 ；老练的人：man of the world观点相同的人；趣味相投的人：man after ones own heart守信用的人：man of ones word无足轻重的人或事：small potatoes; small beer电视迷；喜欢看电视的人：couch potato棘手的事；烫手山
3、芋：hot potato最重要/基本的部分：meat and potatoesadj: meat-and-potatoes最基本的让某人没面子/有面子：make sb. Look bad/good挽回面子：save face你是不是傻/你是不是脑子进水了？Are you smoking?烟瘾大；抽烟很凶: smoke like a chimney烟瘾大的人：chain smoker; heavy smoker确凿的证据；实锤：smoking gun化为泡影；化为乌有：go up in smoke虚幻或欺骗行为：smoke and mirrors一败涂地；遭受滑铁卢：meet ones Wate
4、rloo扯平：call it even木已成舟；已成定局：The die is cast.安全裤：safety pants/knickers让自己不开心的工作：dirty work可以被忽略的/忘记的：dead and buried行尸走肉：dead meat爱吹牛的人；胡说八道的人：Spanish athlete、big talker、blowhard不值钱；到处可见：be ten a penny廉价商品；杂货店：five-and-ten（二）Eara flea in ones ear：讥讽、刺耳的话give sb a box on the ear：给某人一记耳光be all ears：全神
5、贯注地倾听somebody cant make a silk purse out of a sows ear：朽木不可雕；劣才难成器chew (ones) ear(s) off：训斥、责备cute as a bugs ear/cute as a button：形容小孩或人非常可爱be head over ears in (something)：全神贯注于(某事)lend an ear (to)：倾听be grinning from ear to ear：笑得合不拢嘴Foothave/keep a foot in both camps：同时跟对立的两派都有联系；脚踏两条船be caught on
6、 the wrong foot：出师不利；措手不及foot the bill：负担费用，付帐have a heavy foot/have a lead foot：飙车，开车太快have one foot in the grave：风烛残年；行将就木have/get a foot in the door：设法加入，涉足（某组织、行业等）find ones feet：已适应新环境have a hand like a foot：笨手笨脚Handa game in hand：胜券在握a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush：一鸟在手胜过二鸟在林someon
7、e is a dab hand at sth：巧手；行家；能手live from hand to mouth：勉强糊口with a high hand：用高压手段be in safe hands：安然无恙go cap in hand：毕恭毕敬bear a hand：帮忙Eyeall eyes are on：所有目光都聚集在上; 所有人都在关注an eye for an eye：以眼还眼the apple of ones eye：指极珍贵或极宝贵的人或物,掌上明珠get a birds-eye view of：鸟瞰give sb a black eye：打某人一顿give a black eye
8、 to：使丧失信誉；使丢脸a private eye：私家侦探a feast for the eyes：大饱眼福；视觉盛宴keep an eagle eye on：密切关注Moutha motor mouth：话匣子a shut mouth catches no flies/a closed mouth gathers no feet：闭口无祸事be all mouth and no trousers：光说不做be down in the mouth：无精打采，垂头丧气a loudmouth：说话大声大气的人；喋喋不休的人born with a silver spoon in ones mou
9、th：出生在富贵人家by word of mouth：口头地dont look a gift horse in the mouth：获人赠马，休看马口，表示对别人送的礼物或恩惠不要吹毛求疵、挑三拣四bad mouth sb：说某人坏话；恶意中伤a big mouth：夸夸其谈的人Nosea nose of wax：耳根软的人；没主见的人；容易受人左右的人a brown nose：马屁精follow ones nose：直走；凭直觉做事blow ones nose：擤鼻涕by a nose：几乎；以些微之差pay through the nose (for sth)：花高价钱买；被敲竹杠；被勒索
10、nose out：比略胜一筹have a nose for：对敏感，善于察觉nose to nose：面对面Hairhave a bad hair day：倒霉的一天；糟糕的一天a hair of the dog：解宿醉的酒（少量的）be out of (ones) hair：不再烦某人例：Ive gotten the kids out of my hair for a few hours so I can go and get a relaxing massage by myself.get into ones hair：惹恼某人by a hairs breadth：间不容发；险些儿；以细微
11、之差get gray hair from sb/sth：为操心not have a hair out of place：比喻某人的外表形象非常干净、利索，衣冠整洁hang on by a hair：比喻情况万分危急或异常要紧；千钧一发；命悬一线Head(keep) a cool head：头脑清醒；保持冷静(build up/work up/pick up) a head of steam：初见成效，开始获得成功a head start：先行一步的优势bite ones head off：大发脾气；把某人骂的狗血淋头bring sth to a head：使某事达到高潮；形容事情到了紧要关头,非常紧急,需要迅速做出决定,当机立断bury ones head in the sand：逃避现实3
