lecture 11-13 idioms and proverbs.ppt

3. 骨鲠在喉 --- to have an opinion that one cannot suppress To have a bone in one’s throat ---to avoid one’s opinion known 4. 同舟共济 ---to cooperate and help each other in order to ride out a difficulty To be in the same boat ---to be in the same difficult situation or dangers 5. 怒发冲冠 ---to bristle with anger, to fly into a rage, to be in violent danger To make one’s hair stand on end ---to fill one with fright or horror 6. 翻天覆地 ---epoch-making, earth-making To move heaven and earth ---do do one’s best 7. 蜀犬吠日 ---to make a fuss about something that one alone finds strange, un-called for a