1、外外國國成成語語精精選選:1. bat an eye (show surprise, fear, or interest) 眨一下眼睛 （表示驚訝、恐懼等）注 也作 bat an eyelash。該成語通常用于否定句中，表示不露聲色。例：Bill told his story without batting an eye, although not a world of it was true.雖然沒有一句話是真的，比爾編造故事卻面不改色。2. be all fingers and thumbs ( be very awkward and clumsy in handling things)

2、做事笨手笨腳例：She could not undo the string of the parcel - she was all fingers and thumbs. 她怎么也解不開包袱上的繩子 - 真是笨手笨腳。3. be born with a silver spoon in ones mouth (born with inherited privilege or wealth) 門第高貴；出生富豪注 銀具是富裕人家身份的象征之一，生在富貴人家的孩子多用銀匙 (silver spoon) 喂食。同義語有be born in (或to) the propel; beraddled in

3、purple.例：When does he know about hardship - he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.他根本就不知道什么叫艱難 - 他出生在富貴人家。4. be in sth. up to ones neck (be very much and very seriously involved in) 深陷于.中例：She said she knew nothing about the robbery, but Im sure shes in it up to her neck.她說她對這起搶劫案一無所知，不過我敢肯定她

4、深深卷入其中。5. bite the hand that feeds one (be very ungrateful) 忘恩負義；以怨報德例：She felt that her protg had bitten the hand that fed him by making unkind remarks about her in public.她覺得她的被保護人在公開場合講有損她的話是忘恩負義。6. bite off sbs nose (scold sb. severely; disagree with sb. in a bad manner) 氣勢洶洶地回答某人；聲色俱厲地訓斥某人注 也作s

5、nap off sbs head。該成語最早出現于16世紀。到了18世紀，有人用動詞 snap 替換該成語中的 bite 一詞。例：She bites off his nose on the faintest provocation. 不管有事無事，她動不動就聲色俱厲地訓斥他。7. break the back of sth. (complete the heaviest or most difficult part of sth. hurt the most import part) 門第高貴；出生富豪注 銀具是富裕人家身份的象征之一，生在富貴人家的孩子多用銀匙 (silver spoon)

6、 喂食。同義語有be born in (或to) the pruple; be radled in purple.例：Now that youve broken the back of the job, have a rest. 你既然已經完成了這項工作的主要部分，那就休息一下吧。8. bury ones head in the sand (deliberately ignore sth. that is obvious but unpleasant) 逃避現實；拒絕承認現實注 鴕鳥遇到危險時，總是把頭埋在沙里，自己看不見敵人就認為敵人也看不見自己，由此產生這一成語。例：He had susp

7、ected for some months that his son was taking drugs, but he had buried his head in the sand and refused to admit it,even to himself.幾個月來，他一直懷疑自己的兒子在吸毒，但他卻采取鴕鳥政策，拒絕承認現實。9. carry a chip on ones shoulder (have rather an aggressive manner, as if always expecting to be insulted, ill-treated) 以挑釁的態度出現；像要跟

8、人家打架似的注 19世紀中葉美國中西部的居民尋釁打架時，常把一塊碎木片（chip）放在肩膀上，誰要與他打架就得先擊落這塊木片。例：He is very difficult to deal with - hes always carried a chip on his shoulder about his lack of education.他這個人很難對付-由于沒能受到良好的教育，他整天都像要跟人家打架似的。10. chance ones arm (do sth. risky; take a risk) 冒險一試；碰碰運氣注 該成語原出自拳擊運動，后被裁縫吸收為行話；從1890年起，又被士兵們

9、用來指“冒降級的險”例：The doctor decided to chance his arms and try to write a book on medicine.這個醫生決定碰碰運氣，試著寫一本關于醫藥的書。精精選選英英語語學學習習論論調調十十段段請請用用流流利利的的英英語語去去鼓鼓勵勵別別人人！1、What is language for? Some people seem to think its for practicing grammar rules and learning lists of wordsthe longer thewords the better. That

10、s wrong. Language is for the exchange of ideas, for communication.（語言到底是用來干什么的呢？一些人認為它是用來操練語法規則和學習一大堆單詞而且單詞越長越好。這個想法是錯誤的。語言是用來交換思想，進行交流溝通的！）2、The way to learn a language is to practice speaking it as often as possible.（學習一門語言的方法就是要盡量多地練習說。）3、A great man once said it is necessary to dill as much as p

11、ossible, and the more you apply it in real situations, the more natural it willbecome.（一位偉人曾說，反復操練是非常必要的，你越多地將所學到的東西運用到實際生活中，他們就變得越自然。）4、Learning any language takes a lot of effort. But dont give up.（學習任何語言都是需要花費很多努力，但不要放棄。）5、Relax! Be patient and enjoy yourself. Learning foreign languages should be

12、 fun.（放松點！要有耐性，并讓自己快樂！學習外語應該是樂趣無窮的。）6、Rome wasnt built in a day. Work harder and practice more. Your hardworking will be rewarded by God one day. God is equal toeveryone!（冰凍三尺，非一日之寒。更加努力地學習，更加勤奮地操練，你所付出的一切將會得到上帝的報答，上帝是公平的。）7、Use a dictionary and grammar guide constantly. Keep a small English diction

13、ary with you at all time. When you see a new word, lookit up. Think about the worduse it, in your mind, in a sentence.（經常使用字典和語法指南。隨身攜帶一本小英文字典，當你看到一個新字時就去查閱它，想想這個字然后去用它，在你的心中，在一個句子里。）8、Try to think in English whenever possible. When you see something, think of the English word of it; then think abou

14、t the word in asentence.（一有機會就努力去用英文來思考。看到謀事時，想想它的英文單詞；然后把它用到一個句子中去。）9、Practice tenses as much as possible. When you learn a new verb, learn its various forms.（盡可能多地操練時態。學習一個動詞是，要學習它的各種形態。）10、I would also like to learn more about the culture behind the language. When you understand the cultural back

15、ground（文化背景）, you can better use the language.（我想學習和了解更多關于語言背后的文化知識，當你理解了文化背景，你就能更好地運用語言。）英英漢漢類類同同成成語語的的翻翻譯譯有相當一部分英語成語和漢語里的成語或詞組相通，其用法和表達方式幾乎完全一樣，可以逐詞對譯出來；這類成語比較容易為我們所接受，特別適合于初涉英語成語的同志學習，我們搜集整理了一部分。（1）bad egg壞蛋，歹徒。Trust him nothing；he is a bad egg。別信他，他是個壞蛋。（2）crocodile tears鱷魚的眼淚，假慈悲。Dont weep croc

16、odile tears with his misfortune. I know you have alwaysdetested him and are only too happy to see him get into trouble。別假惺惺地為他的不幸難過了，我知道你一直討厭他，看到他倒霉，心里可高興哩！（3）cry wolf呼喊“狼來了”，發假情報。That politician cries wolf in every speech he makes。那個政治家在他的每篇演說中都發假警報。（4） （that is） easier said than done說起來容易做起來難。Easi

17、er said than done，lets pay more attention to practice.說起來容易做起來難，讓我們多注意些實踐吧！（5）fish in troubled waters混水摸魚，乘人之危。Hes always been good at fishing in troubled waters; he made a lotof money by buying houses that were bombed in the war.他總是善于乘人之危大撈一把，他靠購買在戰爭中遭過轟炸的房屋而賺了大量的錢財。（6）fish out of water離水之魚，不得其所。Sh

18、e felt like a fish of water at the evening party because she knewno one. 她在晚會上感到很局促，因為她一個人也不認識。（7）gives someone an inch and he will take an ell得寸進尺。If you give those people an inch，theyll take an ell；we told themthey might use our side path to reach their garden，now they have fencedin the path so th

19、at we cannot use it ourselves.那些人就是得寸進尺；我們對他們說，他們可以經過我們的小道進他們的花園，現在他們已在小道上修起了籬笆，以致我們自己也無法走這條小路過去了。（8）go west上西天，死，失敗。Poor John was one of those who went west in the explosion.可憐的約翰是在這次爆炸中魂歸西天的人物之一。（9）in a word一句話，簡而言之I have no time to tell you the whole story, in a word, they becomehostile to each other。我沒時間把全部經過告訴你，一句話，他們相互成了仇敵。（10）lose face丟臉；失面子。Certain country often loses face in regard to its relations with smallweak countries on account of its dirty tricks某個國家在與弱小國家交往中因其使用卑鄙手段而總是丟臉。（11）odds an