英語習語

2024年3月23日發(作者：專利保護范圍)

1. Have a nice day. 祝你今天愉快

2. So far, so good. 目前為止一切都好

3. Take it or leave it. 要就要，不要就拉倒

4. Keep it up! 繼續努力，繼續加油

5. Good for you. 好啊！做得好！

6. Time flies！時光如梭

7. Time is money. 時間就是金錢

8. That's life. 這就是人生

9. Now you're talking. 這才對嘛

10. have butterflies in one's stomach 緊張

11. You asked for it. 你自找的

12. read between the lines 字里行間的言外之意

13. The rest is history. 眾所皆知

14. A little bird told me. 我聽說的

15. It never rains but it pours. 禍不單行

16. Mind your own business. 不關你的事兒

17. Hang in there. 堅持下去

18. could be wor 可能更糟

19. Money talks. 金錢萬能

20. count me out 不要算我

21. Over my dead body! 想都別想（除非我死了）

22. go fifty-fifty on sth. 平分

23. You can say that again! You said it! 你說的沒

錯；你說對了

24. Look who's talking! 看看你自己吧！

25. It's Greek to me. 這我完全不懂

26. take my word for it 相信我的話

27. not one's cup of tea 不感興趣；不合胃口

28. Get real ! 別鬧了；別開玩笑了

29. head over heels 深陷；完全地

30. Suit yourlf. 隨你高興

31. What's the catch? 有什么意圖？

32. let the cat out of bag 泄漏秘密

33. sth. is touch and go 危險的情況；驚險的；一觸

即發的

34. beat a dead hor 白費勁

35. The sky's the limit. 沒有限制

36. once in a blue moon 千載難逢；難得一次

37. Be prepared. 準備好

38. It's easier said than done. 說的比做的簡單

39. have cond thoughts 考慮一下；猶豫

40. behind someone's back 在某人背后；背著某人

41. Better luck next time. 下次運氣更好

42. come in handy 派得上用場

43. rains cats and dogs 傾盆大雨

44. First come, first rved. 先來先招待；捷足先

登

45. It's not my day! 今天運氣真糟

46. That's news to me. 這可是新聞呢

47. There's no way to tell. 沒辦法知道

48. read sb. like an open book 清楚某人心里的想法

49. You've got me there. 你考到我了

50. Easy does it. 慢慢來；小心一點；別生氣了

51. on the tip of one's tongue 差一點就說出口；差

一點就記起來的

52. The more, the merrier. 越多越好

53. let someone off the hook 讓某人擺脫麻煩、解脫

困境

54. beside the point 離題的；不是重點

55. burn the candle at both ends 白天晚上都要忙；

花費很多精力

56. meet a deadline 截稿

57. out of sight, out of mind 眼不見為凈；離久情

疏

58. rub someone the wrong way 惹惱某人

59. stop on one's toes 觸怒到某人

60. be fed up with 對……感到厭煩

61. give credit where credit is due. 稱贊該被贊美

的人

62. go from bad to wor 每況愈下

63. hit the jackpot 中大獎，走運

64. It all depends on what one means by sth. 看某

人對于……是指什么意思

65. accidentally/on purpo 不小心/故意

66. in one's book 在某人的字典里；對……而言

67. No pains, no gains 一份耕耘，一份收獲

68. You ain't en nothing yet. 你還沒看過更好（爛）

的

69. to give a rain check 改天的邀請

70. That's what friends are for. 這就是好朋友啊

71. It's a pain in the neck. 很討厭而難避免

72. It's the thought that counts. 心意最重要

73. the tip fo the iceberg 冰山一角；危險的細微的

征兆

74. jump down someone's throat 粗暴地回答某人；無

理地打斷某人的話

75. save sth. for a rainy day 以備不時之需

76. behind the scenes 在幕后；在黑暗中

77. by the skin of one's teeth 剛好，勉強，僥幸

78. Don't rock the boat. 不要破壞現狀、搗亂

79. worth its weight in gold 很有價值的

80. speak fo the devil 說曹操曹操到

81. right up/down someone's alley 某人的專長

82. You never know what you can do until you try.

不試試看，就不知道自己的潛力

83. You scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours. 你

幫我，我也幫你

84. A penny saved is a penny earned. 省一分就是賺

一分

85. get away from it all 遠離這一切

86. make a mountain out of a molehill 大驚小怪；

小題大做；言過其實

87. Two heads are better than one. 三個臭皮匠抵過

一個諸葛亮

88. get/ have cold feet 緊張

89. have someone's sight on sth. 看好了某樣東西；

決心要

90. Honesty is the best policy 誠實為上策

91. No sooner said than done. 說做就做

92. sleep like a log 睡得很沉

93. through thick and thin 共同經歷

94. all in the day's work 習以為常；不足為奇

95. Curiosity killed the cat. 好奇傷身

96. Great minds think alike. 英雄所見略圖

97. Some people never learn. 有些人總是學不乖

98. There's no place like home. 沒有比家更溫暖的

地方

99. You learn sth. new everyday. 你每天都會學到新

東西/知道新事情

100. wrap things up 把事情整理一番，做個結束

101. at the drop of a hat 立即，隨時

102. Beauty is only skin deep. 美麗是膚淺的

103. It takes two to tango. 一個巴掌拍不響

104. Never put off until tomorrow what you can do

today. 今日事，今日畢

105. Some people have all the luck. 有些人就是那

么幸運

106. Don't be such a poor lor. 不要輸不起

107. Don't cry over spilt milk. 覆水難收

108. It wouldn't hurt to ask. 問人又不會怎么樣

109. have one's head in the clouds 心不在焉

110. Never say die. 決不要灰心

111. eing is believing 眼見為實

112. Patience is a virtue. 耐心是一種美德

113. Talk is cheap. 光說沒有用

114. turn over a new leaf 重新開始

115. burn the midnight oil 挑燈夜戰

116. grin and bear it 默默忍受；忍耐著點

117. same to you 同樣祝福你

118. sth. is better than nothing 有總比沒有強

119. Opposites attract. 異性相吸

120. The feeling is mutual. 有同感

121. the calm before the storm 暴風雨前的寧靜

122. The early bird catches the worm 早起的鳥兒有

蟲吃

123. Better left unsaid. 最好還是不要說

124. Tomorrow is another day. 明天又是嶄新的一天 -

125. come out in the wash 真相大白；得到圓滿的結

果

126. Every dog has his day. 十年風水輪流轉

127. bury the hatchet 言歸于好；和好

128. A good man is hard to find. 好人難找

129. in the nick of time 及時

130. Don't speak too soon. 別說的太早

131. There's no such thing as a free lunch. 天下

沒有免費的午餐

132. without batting an eyelid 眼眨都不眨；泰然自

若

133. know the ropes 知道學習規則或內容

134. pay through the no 花很多錢

135. ll like hot cakes 很暢銷

136. What's done is done. 做了就做了

137. Look before you leap. 三思而后行

138. When the chips are down. 在重要關頭；到了關

鍵時刻

139. bet one's bottom dollar 確信無疑

140. Variety is the spice of life. 多樣化豐富生活

141. a wolf in sheep's clothing 披著羊皮的狼

142. Haste makes waste. 欲速則不達

143. like a bull in a china shop 笨手笨腳；莽撞行

事

144. someone is not out of the woods yet 還未脫離

危險

145. The best things in life are free. 生命中最好

的東西是金錢買不到的

146. Easy come, easy go. 來得快，去得快

147. I don't have a clue. 我不知道

148. Better safe than sorry. 寧愿安全（可靠）也不

要后悔

149. Practice makes perfect. 孰能生巧

150. for crying out loud 哎呀呀！拜托

151. on the spur of the moment 一時沖動；一時興起

152. Every little bit counts. 一點一滴都算

153. drive sb. to the wall 使某人發瘋/受不了；使

某人束手無策

154. get sth. off one's chest 傾吐心中的事；落下

心中的大石頭

155. Two wrongs don't make a right. 報復于事無補 -

156. the blind leading the blind 外行領導外行

157. in the same boat 同命相連

158. Appearances can be deceiving. 外表是會騙人的

159. only time will tell 只有時間會證明

160. Don't put all your eggs in one basket. 別孤

注一擲

161. take the good with the bad 好的與壞的都要一

起接受

162. take the bull by the horns 當機立斷；大膽果

斷地解決問題

163. That's the last straw. 使人無法忍受的最后一

擊

164. You can't plea everyone. 你無法使每一個人

都滿意

165. An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. 以

眼還眼，以牙還牙

166. Money doesn't grow on trees. 金錢得來不易

167. cost sb. an arm and a leg 花大筆錢

168. have the upper hand 占優勢

169. everything but the sink 所有的東西

170. Boys will be boys. 男孩就是男孩

171. Not be able to get a word in edgewi. 插不

上話

172. go back to square one 回到原地

173. It's never too late to learn. 學習永遠不嫌晚；

亡羊補牢猶未晚

174. Leave well enough alone. 維持現狀；對現在已

經很滿意了，不用變更

175. on a first-name basis 直呼其名（很熟的)

176. Nothing to write home about. 沒什么值得說的；

不值得推薦

177. packed in like sardines 擠得要命

178. There are other fish in the a. 天涯何處無

芳草；還有別的機會

179. What you e is what you get. 你看到什么就是

什么

180. come out smelling like a ro 一枝獨秀

181. hear through the grapevine 聽到謠言

182. read you loud and clear 聽得很清楚；很了解你

183. have a sweet tooth 喜歡甜食（喜歡某物）

184. know sb. like the back of one's hand 很了解

某人

185. It's not the end of the world. 不是世界末日 -

186. come away empty-handed 一無所獲

187. breathe down someone's neck 緊跟在某人后面；

監督某人

188. cost sb. a pretty penny 很貴

189. fill someone's shoes 接替某人的職位

190. act the mustard 達到標準

191. like a dream come true 如夢成真

192. zero in on sth. 專注于；對準（兩個介詞并用，

奇怪）

193. put/ lay sth. on the line 坦白的說，冒……風

險

194. like a fish out of water 感到尷尬不適應

195. All systems are go. 準備好了。（這句話研究了

半天，居然不是語法錯誤？）

196. end of the road 終點；最后

197. just what the doctor ordered 正合需要

198. pull the wool over someone's eyes 欺騙；蒙蔽

某人

199. The first step is always the hardest. 萬事開

頭難

200. Time change, people change. 時間會變，人也會

變

201. Birds of a feather flock together. 物以類聚，

人以群分

202. give sb. an inch and he'll take a mile 得寸

進尺

203. Don't press your luck. 不用得寸進尺

204. saved by the bell （在緊要的關頭）得救

205. finders keepers 誰撿到就是誰的

206. by the book 按照規定

207. That's fair enough. 這樣很公平

208. rai one's eyebrows 吃驚

209. keep one's head above water 使……免于負債

210. bark up the wrong tree 精力用在不該用的地方；

錯怪人；目標錯誤

211. from the bottom of one's heart 由衷地

212. Love is blind. 愛情是盲目的

213. That's all, folks. 就這樣了，各位

214. feel sth. in one's bones 直覺到

215. It's sink or swim. 無論成功或失敗（全靠自己）

216. steal one's thunder 搶別人的功勞；竊取別人的

方法；搶別人的風頭

217. Where there's smoke, there's fire. 無風不起

浪事；事出有因

218. Bad news travels fast. 壞事傳千里

219. eat one's heart out 沮喪；傷心

220. stand the last of time 接受時間的考驗

221. a bed of ros 逞心如意的生活

222. Achilles' heel 一個人的弱點

223. go the distance 堅持到底；完成全部

224. Cleanliness is next to godliness. 清潔是一種

美德

225. Knowledge is power. 知識就是力量

226. Love will find a way. 愛會找到方法的

227. Mother knows best. 媽媽最清楚了

228. the bottom line 基本底線；最終結

果

229. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 情人眼

里出西施

230. Abnce makes the heart grow fonder. 距離產

生美；小別勝新婚

231. Forgive and forget. 不念舊惡

232. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably

is.

如果聽起來好像不是真的，也許就不是真的

233. Tho were the days. 那真是好時光

234. water under the bridge 過去式；無法挽回的過

去；過去的事了

235. Monkey e, monkey do. 有樣學樣

236. What one doesn't know won't hurt one. 不知道

不會怎樣

237. There's a time and a place for everything.

在適合的時候派上用場；適時做事

238. You can't win them all. 人不可能一直走運；人

不可能一帆風順

239. Different strokes for different folks. 人各

有所好

240. Customers are always right. 顧客第一

241. give sth. one's best shot 盡最大努力

242. If you can't stand the heat, get out of the

kitchen.

受不了壓力，就離開吧

243. If the shoe fits, wear it. 若這話說對了，就

接受意見吧

244. like two peas in a pod 膩在一起

245. point-blank 直接地

246. down in the dumps 心情跌入谷底

247. give sb. a piece of one's mind 教訓某人一頓 -

248. If you want a thing done well, do it yourlf.

你想要做好一件事，就要自己動手

249. Don't spend it all in one place. 不要全部用

在一個地方

250. go out on a climb to do sth. 冒著危險

251. There's no time like the prent. 沒有比現在

更合適的時候了

252. e/read the handwriting on the wall 預感不

祥之兆

253. Two's company, three is a crowd. 兩個人剛剛

好，三個人太多了

family has a skeleton in the clot. 家

家有本難念的經

255. hardly have time to breathe 沒有喘息的時間

256. keep your eyes on the ball 專心

257. leave no stone unturned 不遺余力；徹底

258. I mean it. 我是說真的

259. make one's hair stand on end 使人害怕；毛骨

悚然

260. The walls have ears. 隔墻有耳

261. bring home the bacon 維持生計；獲得成功

262. They lived happily ever after. 他們從此過著

幸福的生活

263. blow the whistle on sb./ sth. 揭發；制止某人

（某事）

264. Ignorance is bliss. 不知便是福

265. People who live in glass hous should't throw

stones.

自己有短處，就總揭發別人的短處

266. pull out all the stops 用盡一切的實力

267. take the wind out of one's sails 使某人頓時

泄氣，威風掃地

268. in the venth heaven 在無比的幸福快樂中

269. The end justifies the means. 為目的不擇手段 -

270. call a spade a spade 有話直說

271. A woman's work is never done. 家務永遠做不完

272. one's name will be mud 某人將聲名狼藉

273. play cond fiddle to sb. 充當副手

274. the rhird time's the charm 第三次總是幸運的 -

275. shape up or ship out 好自為之，不然就離開

276. Old dogs can't learn new tricks. 老人不容易

適應新事物

277. Life's full fo surpri. 人生充滿了驚喜

278. So quiet that you could hear a pin drop. 安

靜地連根針掉地上都聽得見

279. turn back the clock 時光逆轉

280. Fancy meeting you here. 怎么會在這里遇見你

281. bury one' head in the sand 鴕鳥心態；不正視

現實

282. You only live once. 人生只有一次

283. Home is where the heart is. 家總是讓人思念的

地方

284. Has the cat got your tongue? （貓把你舌頭叼

走啦？）為什么不說話？

285. When the cat's away. the mice will play. 閻

王不在，小鬼跳梁

286. Every cloud has a silver lining. 黑暗中總有

一絲曙光；否極泰來

287. for the record 正式地或明確地說；鄭重聲明

288. Good things come to him/ her who waits. 好酒

沉甕底

289. Where there's a will. there's a way. 有志者，

事竟成

290. sit like a bump on a log 坐著跟大木頭一般

291. That's the pot calling the kettle black. 烏

鴉罵豬黑

292. bang/beat one's head against a brick wall 做

徒勞無功的事

293. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 日食一

蘋果，醫生遠離我

294. To err is human, to forgive divine. 犯錯是人

之常情，原諒是超凡入圣

295. Don't count your chickens before they're

hatched.

如意算盤別打得太早

296. live and learn 活到老，學到老