英语成语 mouth.doc

MOUTH be all mouth (BrE also) be all mouth and (no) trousers (informal) if you say someone is all mouth, you mean that they talk a lot about doing something, but are, in fact, not brave enough to do it 说说而已；雷声大，雨点小；口说一大套，没有勇气去做到 De be scared of her. She won’t hurt you — she’s all mouth. 不要怕她。她不会伤害你 — 他只是说说而已。 He said that anyone caught trespassing on his land would be taken to police, but he was all mouth to scare away the trespassers. 他说任何人闯入他的土地被抓住要被送往警察，但他只是说说而已目的是要吓走那些私闯者们。 be born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth be born into a very rich family 生在富贵人家；生来富贵 He is a perfectly well bred man whose conduct is deserving of highest praise and he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. 他是个有完好教养的人，他的品行应受到高度称颂，而他是生在富贵人家。 They had both been born with silver spoons in their mouths, and never had to worry about money. 他们俩都是生来富贵，从不为钱发愁。 butter wouldn’t melt in one’s mouth (spoken) a person looks very innocent, but probably is not; a person is very nice to people, but is not sincere; acts very polite and friendly, but does not really care 虚情假意；花言巧语；看来老实；其实安然 She looks as if butter wouldn’t melt in her mouth, but don’t be fooled by first impression. 她看来好像很老实而其实不然，不要被她给你第一印象所愚弄。 He was always marked his anger with a cheerful smile and pretended to be polite and respectful to people without sincerity — the looked as if butter wouldn’t melt in his mouth. 他总是以动人的微笑掩盖他的愤怒，他装着以礼待人和尊纵别人而毫无诚意 — 都是虚情假意。 be word of mouth in spoken, not written words Note: A humorous way to refer to communication through modern methods, such as e-mail or chat rooms, is “by word of mouse” (= a computer mouse) 口头（并非书面）通知 一种幽默的方式指通过现代化方法通讯，例如电子邮件或聊天室等，是“鼠标文字” “by word of mouse” 4.1 The news spread by word of mouth. 这一消息由口头传播开了。 4.2 The news got around by word of mouse. 这一消息由网上传播开了。 4.3 It’s often a secret way to pass down the instruction of a higher leading body to grass — root units by word of mouth. 常见的秘密方式把上级的指示口头传达到各个基层。 4.4 …after attempting several letters, and fa