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1．He has a weakness for smoking 他有抽烟的癖好 2．A cat is a cleanly animal. 猫是喜爱清洁的动物 3．He is dead，as I live 他的确死了。 4．His English leaves nothing to be desired 他的英语无可挑剔 5．I would rather have his room than his company 我宁愿他不在。 6．Your loss is nothing to mine 你的损失和我的（损失）比较起来算不了什么。 7．The patient is waiting to cross the Styx 这个病人已经等死了 8． The headmaster made an example of the boy. 校长惩罚这个孩子，目的在于警告他人 9．不见不散 be there or be square 10．9.11事件 Sept. 11 attacks/ the tragedy of Sept.11/ 9.11 11．The Disney management is stressing this tradition in an apparent response to suggestions that is culturally insensitive 迪斯尼管理强调，这一传统显然是有人对迪斯尼管理在文化传统方面麻木不仁的态度所提出的种种建议。 1.It rains cats and dogs. 2.The Milky Way 3.the apple of my eye 4.Lie on one’s back 5.Lie down on the job 磨洋工 5.Hold one’s horse 不要急躁 6.Black books 失宠 7.大地the great land / the earth 8.白酒white wine / liquor , spirits 9.街道妇女street woman / women in the neighbourhood 10. 我们应使中央委员会领导年轻化。 We should bring younger people into the Central Committee 1．A brewer’s wife may drink of a tun. 近水楼台先得月。 2.He had one foot in the grave. 他已经是风烛残年。 3.He was only a cock of the dunghill. 他只是个井底之蛙。 4.A burned child dreads the fire. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。 5.Rats desert a falling house. 树倒猢狲散。 ：“Each of us has his carrot and stick. In my case, the stick is my slackening physical condition, which keeps me from beating opponents at tennis whom I overwhelmed two years ago. My carrot is to win. ” ( C. Tucker: Fear of Death) 【译文】我们人人都有自己的压力和动力。就我而言，这压力就是我日趋衰弱的身体状况，两年前还是我手下败将的网球对手，现在却打不过了。我的动力就是想赢球。 The first time I saw her, half of my life ago, she nearly took my breath away. 【译文】那还是半辈子前的事，我第一次看见她，她差点把我的魂都勾走了。 身壮如牛As strong as a horse 如鱼得水Like a duck to water 蠢得像猪As stupid as a goose 胆小如鼠As timid as a rabbit 害群之马Black sheep 挥金如土To speng money like water 吹牛Talk horse 瘦得像猴As thin as a shadow 一贫如洗as poor as a church mouse 热锅上的蚂蚁like a cat on a hot tin roof 烂醉如泥drunk as a sailor 画蛇添足gild the lily 海底捞针to