1、高考英语俗语表达（一）分类1.Homea home truth：老生常谈；令人不快的真实情况；逆耳的老实话a home bird：喜欢呆在家里的人be home and dry【英式】/be home and hosed【澳式】：大功告成；胜券在握be in the home stretch：进入最后冲刺阶段be eaten out of house and home：被吃穷；倾家荡产bring home the bacon：养家糊口；获得成功come home to roost：自食其果例：Id be careful before making any rash decisions beca
2、use they always come home to roost.East or West, homes best：金窝银窝，不如自家的狗窝；在家千日好,出门时时难hammer home sth/hammer sth home：再三强调到彻底了解；给以深刻印象2.Roof(like) a cat on a hot tin roof：热锅上的蚂蚁，急得团团转；紧张不安的人a sparrow in the hand is better than the pigeon on the roof：一鸟在手胜过百鸟在林a roof over your head：栖身之所go through the r
3、oof：（尤指价格）飞涨live under (ones) roof：住在某人的家里live under the same roof：生活在同一个屋檐下lift/raise the roof：高声喧闹；闹翻天3.Bridgebridge the gap：缩短差距burn (ones) bridges：破釜沉舟；背水一战cross a bridge when one comes to it：既来之则安之；船到桥头自然直water under the bridge/water over the dam：无法改变的事be like painting the Forth Bridge：形容一件永远都做
4、不完的工作4.Beda bed of roses：称心如意的境遇；轻松愉快的工作例：Life is not a bed of rosesa bed of nails/be a bed of thorns：极难受之处境As you make your bed so you must lie on it.自食其果。bed and breakfast：欧洲的一种简易旅馆，与家庭旅馆相似，缩写B&Bget up on the wrong side of the bed：一早起来就心情不好go to bed with the sun：日落而息，指睡觉很早put to bed with a shovel：
5、把.埋葬put something to bed：完成了某件事5.Boneto the bone: 到极点；彻骨地chill (one) to the bone：冷得刺骨be bred in the bone：与生俱来的；根除不了的 (adj: bred-in-the-bone)bone in the throat：如鲠在喉be all bones/a bag of bones 骨瘦如柴的人：骨瘦如柴be as dry as a bone：干燥极了be bone idle：懒到家了、懒到极点了be close to the bone：（说话或写文章）尖刻，太过直白，入木三分6.Tonguea
6、slip of the tongue：口误A still tongue makes a wise head：寡言者智a silver/smooth tongue：指能言善辩；伶牙利嘴bite (ones) tongue：忍住冲动，保持沉默；忍住不说keep a civil tongue：说话彬彬有礼；措词谨慎get a tongue-lashing：挨骂have an ox on the tongue：守口如瓶（通常指收了好处，为他人保守秘密）sharp tongue：说话刻薄7.Toothas clean as a hounds tooth：非常干净(as) rare as hens tee
7、th：特别稀有have a sweet tooth：喜欢吃甜食an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth：以眼还眼，以牙还牙fight tooth and claw：绝不屈服，拼死拼活be long in the tooth：年纪大with a fine-tooth comb：（检查）仔细take the bear by the tooth：比喻不必要的冒险、铤而走险、虎口拔牙8.Arma shot in the arm：强心针；比喻振奋人心的因素；刺激因素keep sb at arms length：跟某人保持距离work at arms length：在不
8、利的条件下工作；吃力地工作chance ones arm：冒险一试arm to the teeth：全副武装（例：Before we storm the city, we better arm to the teeth against the insurgents.）cost an arm and a leg：价格昂贵；付出过高的代价give ones right arm for：不惜代价9.Wateras dull as ditchwater：枯燥乏味(as) weak as water：弱不禁风；意志薄弱blow sb.out of the water：把打得落花流水；(绝对性地)击溃对手
9、bread and water：粗茶淡饭 (live on bread and water：过着粗茶淡饭的生活)get into hot water/ be in hot water：陷入困境；遭遇麻烦blood runs/is thicker than water：血浓于水be like oil and water：水火不容；形容关系不好；格格不入；截然不同的东西(be) water unde the bridge：不可改变的既成事实 ；已成往事10.Fireadd fuel to the fire：火上浇油baptism of fire：严峻的考验a burnt child dreads
10、the fire：一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳a ball of fire：精力充沛的人；很能干的人carry fire in one hand and water in the other：嘴上一套，心里一套；两面派build a fire under (someone)：催促某人fire and brimstone：炼狱之苦jump from the frying pan into the fire：出了泥坑，又进火坑11.Winda straw in the wind：苗头，迹象(be) all piss and wind：空话；夸夸其谈beat the wind：白费力气；徒劳cast st
11、ones against the wind：做无用功bend with the wind：没有主见，顺着一时的形势办事between wind and water：在船的吃水线；在要害处(get) a second wind：恢复的精力；重新振作be scattered to the four winds：四散开来；散布在各处12.StormAny port is a good refuge in a storm：饥不择食；寒不择衣a storm in a teacup：小题大做after a storm comes a calm：雨过天晴calm before the storm：暴风雨前的
12、平静ride out/weather the storm：渡过难关take by storm：强夺；完全征服 【take the world by storm：名震四海】take something by storm：比喻某个人或事物掀起一阵风暴，即大获成功perfect storm：祸不单行；屋漏偏逢连夜雨13.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：
13、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 mouth：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14.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 o
14、nes 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nose out：比略胜一筹have a nose for：对敏感，善于察觉nose to nose：面对面15.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 rel
15、axing 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16.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 star
16、t：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17.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、
17、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18.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 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h
18、ave 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19.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someone 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
19、 safe hands：安然无恙go cap in hand：毕恭毕敬bear a hand：帮忙20.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 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
20、切关注（二）综合无足轻重的人或事：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
21、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 Waterloo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祸不单行
22、，雪上加霜：a double whammy大笔退休金：golden handshake随时待命：be at ones beck and call是某人离职/退休:put sb out to pasture改过自新；重新做人：turn over a new leaf模仿（成功的人）：take a leaf from/out of sbs book（因自己失败或错误）吃亏：burn/get ones fingers burnt对某人展开攻势：make/put a move on sb谋生：earn ones keep贵得要命：cost an arm and a leg血汗钱：hard-earned
23、 money复印文本：hard copy（美国俚语）行为卑鄙、不择手段：play hard一言不发；保持安静：bite ones lip；hold ones tongue诈骗钱财的骗子：confidence man得力助手:man Friday忠于公司，愿为公司做出一切的人：company man明白事理；精明能干；精通：know a thing or two （about sth）神情疲惫；神色不佳：Friday face吃闭门羹：be to a locked door胡说八道：shoot from the hip各奔东西：drift apart全力以赴或索性放弃：fish or cut b
24、ait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 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 word6
