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英语知识讲座;1. Steven,where can I find Tom? ----Oh ,he is in the John;英语习语的特点;★英语中有许多关于船和水的习语.如比喻花钱浪费，大手大脚，英语是spend money like water，而汉语是“挥金如土”。如to rest on one’s oars（暂时歇一歇），to keep one’s head above water（奋力图存），all at sea（不知所措）等等。;★ 汉语 “狐朋狗党”、“狗急跳墙”、“狼心狗肺”、“狗腿子”等 ★ 英语 You are a lucky dog（你是一个幸运儿），Every dog has his day（凡人皆有得意日），Old dog will mot learn mew tricks（老人学不了新东西）等等。 形容人“病得厉害”用sick as a dog，“累极了”是dog-tired。 ;中国：佛教 。如“借花献佛”、“闲时不烧香，临时抱佛脚”等。 英美：信奉基督教，相关的习语如Good helps those who help themselves（上帝帮助自助的人），Go to hell（下地狱去）。;★如“东施效颦”、“名落孙山”、“叶公好龙”等等 ★英语典故习语多来自《圣经》和希腊罗马神话，如Achilles’ heel（唯一致命弱点）、 meet one’s waterloo（一败涂地）、 Penelope’s web（永远完不成的工作）、 a Pandora’s box（潘多拉之盒指灾难、麻烦、祸害的根源） ;1．be red-handed  The pickpocket was caught red-handed. 2．be in the green That girl student is in the green. 3．be green with jealousy / envy If you buy that car, you’ll make your friends green with envy. 　　 4. look / feel blue 　　 ;1．pull someone’s leg 　You’re pulling my leg! Do you really expect me to believe such nonsense? 　　2．to make one’s blood boil” 　　 It makes my blood boil to see how people are ruining the countryside. 　　 3．to keep body and soul together 　When I left home, work was difficult to find, and I earned hardly enough to keep body and soul together.  ; 1．be Greek to somebody 　　 I read an article about American football in the magazine, but it’s all Greek to me. 2．Indian ink 　　The boy tried to paint a picture in Indian ink.  3 ． take French leave 4．English disease 　　The child has got the English disease. ;1．I wish you break a leg. 2. call somebody names 　　It’s impolite of you to call him names even if he is wrong. . 3．eat one’s words 　 As soon as I’ve proved I’m not what he thinks, he’ll have to eat his words. 　　 4．not worth one’s salt 　　As a secretary, she is not worth her salt; as a mother of three children, she is great. 　 5．dead to the world 　　When the