2023届高考英语写作俗语表达汇总讲义

高考英语俗语表达 （一） 全力以赴或索性放弃：fish or cut bait 怪人：an odd/queer fish 浑水摸鱼：fish in troubled waters 坚定的人；坚强的人：tough cookie 青涩时光；少不更事的时光：salad days 改天吧：take a rain check 下雨天；贫苦穷困时期：rainy day 完全令人满意；一切顺利；身体健康；毫无问题：right as rain 无论发生什么：rain or shine, … 祸不单行：When it rains, it pours. 酒肉朋友：fair-weather friends 身体不适；微恙：under the weather 渡过难关：weather the storm 小题大做；大惊小怪：a storm in a teacup 乐不可支；欣喜若狂：on cloud nine 做白日梦：chase rainbows 逍遥法外：at large 傀儡：cat’s paw 激励的话；鼓舞士气的话：pep talk 阅历丰富的人 ；老练的人：man of the world 观点相同的人；趣味相投的人：man after one’s own heart 守信用的人：man of one’s word 无足轻重的人或事：small potatoes; small beer 电视迷；喜欢看电视的人：couch potato 棘手的事；烫手山芋：hot potato 最重要/基本的部分：meat and potatoes adj: meat-and-potatoes最基本的 让某人没面子/有面子：make sb. Look bad/good 挽回面子：save face 你是不是傻/你是不是脑子进水了？Are you smoking? 烟瘾大；抽烟很凶: smoke like a chimney 烟瘾大的人：chain smoker; heavy smoker 确凿的证据；实锤：smoking gun 化为泡影；化为乌有：go up in smoke 虚幻或欺骗行为：smoke and mirrors 一败涂地；遭受滑铁卢：meet one’s Waterloo 扯平：call it even 木已成舟；已成定局：The die is cast. 安全裤：safety pants/knickers 让自己不开心的工作：dirty work 可以被忽略的/忘记的：dead and buried 行尸走肉：dead meat 爱吹牛的人；胡说八道的人：Spanish athlete、big talker、blowhard 不值钱；到处可见：be ten a penny 廉价商品；杂货店：five-and-ten （二） Ear a flea in one's ear：讥讽、刺耳的话 give sb a box on the ear：给某人一记耳光 be all ears：全神贯注地倾听 somebody can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear：朽木不可雕；劣才难成器 chew (one's) ear(s) off：训斥、责备 cute as a bug's ear/cute as a button：形容小孩或人非常可爱 be head over ears in (something)：全神贯注于(某事) lend an ear (to)：倾听 be grinning from ear to ear：笑得合不拢嘴 Foot have/keep a foot in both camps：同时跟对立的两派都有联系；脚踏两条船 be caught on the wrong foot：出师不利；措手不及 foot the bill：负担费用，付帐 have a heavy foot/have a lead foot：飙车，开车太快 have one foot in the grave：风烛残年；行将就木 have/get a foot in the door：设法加入，涉足（某组织、行业等） find one's feet：已适应新环境 have a hand like a foot：笨手笨脚 Hand a game in hand：胜券在握 a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush：一鸟在手胜过二鸟在林 someone is a dab hand at sth：巧手；行家；能手 live from hand to mouth：勉强糊口 with a high hand：用高压手段 be in safe hands：安然无恙 go cap in h