英语习语、俚语、谚语、外来语.docVIP

PAGE PAGE 3 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 知识回顾 1) Walls have ears. 隔墙有耳 2) Call a spade a spade. 有啥说啥；直言不讳 3) happy money. 供零花的钱 4) A lion’s skin is never cheap. 好货不便宜。 5) Gone With The Wind 《 乱世佳人》 9. If you confera benefit，never remember it； If you receive one，remember it always. 【译文】施恩勿记，受恩勿忘。 直译法 a die-hard、think tank、time frame、the hot line、paper tiger、armed to the teeth、comfort woman、to burn one’s boats、to fan the flame(s)、to turn a deaf ear to、to have a well-oiled tongue、a gentleman’s agreement 死硬派、思想库、时间框架、热线、纸老虎、武装到牙齿、慰安妇、破釜沉舟、扇风点火 充耳不闻、油腔滑调、君子协定 an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth以眼还眼，以牙还牙 Long absent, soon forgotten. 久别情疏。 Add fuel to the fire. 火上加油。 Run with the tail between the legs.夹着尾巴逃跑。 二、套译法 to go through fire and water赴汤蹈火 to laugh off one’s head笑掉牙齿 to praise to the skies 捧上天去 the apple of the eye掌上明珠 Life is but an empty dream.人生如梦。Give him an inch and he’ll take an ell.得寸进尺。 A lame traveler should get out bedtimes.笨鸟先飞。 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder[bih?uld?] .情人眼里出西施。 An idle youth，a needyadj. 贫困的,生活艰苦的 age.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。 While there is life, there is hope.留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。 to cross the Rubicon做出（采取）无可后悔的决定（行动）；破釜沉舟 to meet one’s Waterloo 遭到惨败；败走麦城 to open Pandora’s box 打开潘多拉盒子（引起疾病、罪恶、疯狂等各种祸患） to pull the wool over one’s eyes掩人耳目 to take French leave 不辞而别；擅自行动 意译法 to break the ice 打破沉默 to dog-ear a book 折书角 to hold one’s horse 忍耐 to know the rope 内行 under the counter (table)鬼鬼祟祟 Care killed a cat. 忧虑伤身。 to beat a dead horse枉费心机、白费功夫 a backseat driver 因瞎指挥而坏事的人 to bring down the house赢得满堂喝彩 baby kisser为竞选而到处笼络人心的政客 Beyond the mountains there are people to be found. 山外有山，天外有天。 from the egg to the apple.自始至终 to beat about (around) the bush拐弯抹角 Call a spade a spade. 有啥说啥；直言不讳 At breakfast, eat like a king. 早饭吃饱。 At lunch, eat like a prince. 中饭吃好。 At supper, eat like a pauper. 晚饭吃少。