英语成语与文化4.pptVIP

* 1. Crocodile tears 字面意思：鳄鱼的眼泪。 Translation She dropped a few crocodile tears over her husbands death then got his insurance money and married again two weeks later. Key Insincere tears or sorrow. 假悲哀；不是真心悲哀而流眼泪；猫哭耗子假慈悲。 2. A pretty kettle of fish 字面意思：一壶鱼。 Translation His six-year-old daughter played with her fathers computer. The father worried that it might be a pretty kettle of fish if he lost his documents. Key A state of confusion, disorder or trouble. 混乱无秩序的局面；一团糟。变体：A fine kettle of fish. 说明：在野外，大家七手八脚，抢吃煮好的鱼，比喻混乱的场面。 3. Drink like a fish 字面意思：像鱼一样能喝。 Translation He drinks like a fish, smokes like a chimney and eats like a pig; I can not stand him any more. Key Drink a lot of alcohol regularly. 经常喝酒，而且喝的很多。说明：此处的drink多指喝酒。 4. Fish for compliments 字面意思：勾引赞美的话。 Translation When he showed me his third new mobile phone, I could tell that he was fishing for a compliment. Key Look for praise. 寻求别人的夸奖。说明：Fish作动词用，指钓鱼。这条成语类似汉语的沽名钓誉，但一般来说fish for compliments只是表示希望得到别人的口头赞许或认可而已。Compliment 也可用单数。 5. Have other fish to fry 字面意思：还有其它鱼要炸（煎）。 Translation Dont ask me to do this and that. I have other fish to fry. Key Have other more important things to do. 有其它更重要的事情要做。 6. Neither fish, flesh nor fowl 字面意思：非鱼，非肉，也非家禽。 Translation The building has a strange design, its neither fish, flesh nor fowl. Key Of an uncertain nature, neither one thing nor the other. 特点不明确；不伦不类；非驴非马；四不像。变体：Neither fish, flesh nor good red herring（好的红鲱鱼）。 7. Teach fish how to swim 字面意思：教鱼如何游泳。 Translation Dont teach fish how to swim, because he has been using a computer for more than 20 years. Key Tell other more experienced and better qualified experts what to do. 教更有经验的专家如何做业内的事。教关云长如何耍大刀。 8. Throw in a red herring 字面意思：扔进来一条红鲱鱼。 Translation He is not really interested in what we are discussing, and several times he tried to upset our discussion by throwing in a red herring. Key Brought up something to distract peoples attention in an argument; introduce a subject which has nothing to do with