非常有用的俚语、句子&格言

　　[俚语]

　　Level with someone /跟…老实说

　　Kick something around /思考某事

　　Smoker's hack/经常吸烟者的毛病

　　Lose one's shirt/一文不值

　　Get the drift/了解;明白

　　Out of the question/决无可能

　　Wet one's whistle/解渴

　　On the tip of one's tongue/话到嘴边

　　Give one the cold shoulder/冷淡

　　Four-letter word/低俗的字眼

　　Have a soft spot for/偏爱

　　Break down/故障

　　Let one in on/分享

　　In seventh heaven/欢天喜地

　　Put someone on/骗某人

　　Wear out one's welcome/客人逗留太久

　　The last straw/忍耐的极限

　　Out of whack/坏掉

　　[句子]

　　on top of the world/高兴极了

　　I think they're onto something.我想他们已经有解决方法了。

　　He's developing a green thumb. 他的园艺活越来越精湛。

　　Don't play the goat/不要胡闹

　　got taken for a ride/被愚弄了

　　To hedge your bets/两面下注

　　That's close to the bone./真话难免有些刺耳(忠言逆耳)。

　　Let's jump to it/就这样决定吧

　　Blazed a trail/行业先驱

　　She made her mark./她出名了

　　Do you have any plan for your career? /你对未来有什么计划吗?

　　Joking aside/言归正传

　　She had other fish to fry./她还有其他的事要做。

　　She put her finger on it。/她明确地指出了这件事。

　　The game isn't worth the candle。/做这件事得不偿失。

　　Where's the produce section?/储鲜柜在什么地方?

　　Don't paint the lily./不要画蛇添足。

　　A fault confessed is half redressed. /错误能承认，一半已改正。/浪子回头金不换。

　　[格言]

　　Constant dropping wears away a stone. 滴水穿石

　　In doing, we learn. 经一事，长一智。

　　Knowing something of everything and everything of something. 通百艺而专一长

　　Kill two birds with one stone. 一箭双雕

　　All things in their being are good for something. 天生我才必有用。

　　Cut your coat according to your cloth. 量布裁衣(量入为出)

　　He who knows most speaks least. 识多者寡言。

　　A man cannot whistle(v.吹口哨) and drink at the same time. 一心不能两用。

　　For man is man and master of his fate. 人就是人， 是自己命运的主人。

　　Business comes before pleasure. 吃苦在先，享乐在后。

　　The darkest hour is that before the dawn. 黎明之前最黑暗。

　　Good courage breaks bad luck. 勇气可以改变厄运。

　　[短语]

　　Let bygones be bygones/既往不咎

　　Rob Peter to pay Paul/借东还西

　　To stand on one's own two feet/独立自主

　　beat one's brains out/绞尽脑汁

　　up to one's ears/埋首于，专心于

　　On a shoestring(budget)/低成本

　　Set one's teeth on edge/厌烦

　　Be out of one's head/疯狂的

　　Sitting pretty/处境可羡

　　Get wind of/探出

　　Big deal/小题大做

　　Know a thing or two about/精明的

　　Stick around/在附近逗留

　　[谚语]

　　It is easier to go up the hill than to run down.上山容易，下山难。

　　Never offer to teach fish to swim. 不要班门弄斧.