漢譯英難點(diǎn)解析5例

形形色色的人一根筋兒onetrack-minded.別跟他較勁了。他一根筋，你還不知道？Stopreasoningwithhim.Don’tyouknowheisonetrack-minded?2.出眾的人alulu要說(shuō)漂亮，我們公司新來(lái)的秘書(shū)可算是個(gè)相貌出眾的女孩子了。Talkingaboutbeingpretty,ourcompany’snewsecretaryisindeedalulu.3.兩面派two-faced我知道怎樣對(duì)付兩面派，而且一眼就能看出誰(shuí)是一貫兩面討好的人。Iknowhowtohandletwo-facedpeopleandcaneventellatthefirstglancewhoareinthehabitofrunningwiththehareandhuntingwiththehounds.(注：runwiththehareandhuntwiththehounds指人兩面討好，不得罪任何一方的做法。)4．傻大個(gè)兒alummox聽(tīng)說(shuō)那個(gè)傻大個(gè)兒把他們公司的買(mǎi)賣(mài)搞得一團(tuán)糟。Itissaidthatthelummoxhaslouseduptheircompany’swholebusiness.5.收破爛兒的人aragman那些收破爛兒的人走街串戶，有時(shí)也能掙不少錢(qián)。Thoseragmengoingfromdoortodoorsometimesmayalsoearnquiteahandsomesumofmoney.6.鄉(xiāng)巴佬ahayseed她說(shuō)她決不會(huì)嫁給一個(gè)鄉(xiāng)巴佬，不管他多有錢(qián)。Sheinsistedthatshewouldnotmarryherselfofftoahayseed,nomatterhowrichhewas.7.不三不四的人riff-raffs老張的家里總來(lái)些不三不四的人，可想而知老張不是什么好東西。Therearealwaysriff-raffshangingaroundinLaoZhang’shome,whichgivesyouthefeelingthatLaoZhangisnotagoodguy.8.受氣包兒doormat她天生就是個(gè)受氣包兒，什么事都不敢說(shuō)個(gè)不字She’sborndoormat,afraidofgoingagainstanything.9.面無(wú)表情的人adeadpan和那些面無(wú)表情的人在一起工作真讓人憋氣。Youfeelchokedtoworkwiththosedeadpans.10.掃帚星ajinx有人說(shuō)那個(gè)女人是個(gè)掃帚星，誰(shuí)跟她結(jié)婚誰(shuí)倒霉。She’ssaidtobeajinx,whowouldbringbadlucktowhoevershemarries.第二篇能力與智慧海量haveahollowleg你像灌醉他？他可是海量，從來(lái)沒(méi)有醉過(guò)。Wanttodrinkhimunderthetable?Well…youcanneverdo.Hegotahollowleg,youknow.2.略勝一籌beanotchabove論油畫(huà)，張先生比劉先生畫(huà)得好。但是，談到水彩畫(huà)，劉先生可就比張先生略勝一籌了。Inoilpainting,Mr.ZhangpaintsbetterthanMr.Li.Butwhenitcomestowatercolors,Mr.LiuappearstobeanotchaboveMr.Zhang.3.有頭腦beabrain他可是個(gè)有頭腦德人，決不會(huì)相信你的那一套。He’sabrain,whowouldn’tbefooledintobelievingyourbabbling.4.很能干tohavealotontheball我知道李明很能干，但我懷疑他是否真的愿意到我們這兒來(lái)工作。IknowLiMinghasalotontheball.ButI’mnotsureifhelikestoworkhere.5.有名無(wú)實(shí)apoorapology你剛才提到的那個(gè)作家不過(guò)是個(gè)有名無(wú)實(shí)的人。他的作品太沒(méi)意思了。Themanyou’vejustmentionedisbutapoorapologyforawriter.Hiswritingsaretedious.6.絞盡腦汁torackone’sbrain他已經(jīng)絞盡腦汁了，可是仍未找到問(wèn)題的答案。Hehadrackedhisbrain,buthadn’tbeenabletoworkouttheanswertotheproblem.7.沒(méi)骨氣havenoguts.真沒(méi)想到小高那么沒(méi)骨氣，竟然嫁給了坑害過(guò)她父親的人。I’msurprisedtolearnthatXiaoGaohadmarriedthemanwhohadoncedoneherfatherin.Sherallyhasnoguts.8.真了不起reallysomething他真了不起，竟然一個(gè)人對(duì)付了那么多的對(duì)手。Heoverwhelmedsomanyofhisopponentsalone.He’sreallysomething.9.曇花一現(xiàn)aflashinthepan那個(gè)歌星也只是曇花一現(xiàn)，出了幾張唱片就銷(xiāo)聲匿跡了。Thatsingerwasonlyaflashinthepan.Hedisappearedintotheairafterhavingmadeoneortworecords.10.寡不敵眾beoutnumbered她很勇敢，但終因寡不敵眾，被那幫人打暈過(guò)去Thegirlwasbraveenough,butasbeingoutnumbered,shewasfinallyknockedintothemiddleofnextweekbythegang.11.單槍匹馬playalonehand在投資時(shí)，他總喜歡單槍匹馬的去干Wheninvestinginabusiness,healwayslikestoplayalonehand.12.出師不利getoffonethewrongfoot他的主意不錯(cuò)，可一開(kāi)始就出師不利。Hisideawasgood,buthegotoffonthewrongfootwhenhestarteddoingit.13.口才thegiftofgab我?guī)缀鯖](méi)見(jiàn)過(guò)像莉莉這樣有口才的女孩子。SeldomhaveImetagirlwho’shadsuchagiftofgablikeLeeLee’s.14.還嫩點(diǎn)兒stillwetbehindtheears想陷害我？你還嫩點(diǎn)兒Attempttodomein?Youarestillwetbehindtheears.(bewetbehindtheears的字面意思是“像剛生下來(lái)的嬰兒一樣，耳朵后的根毛還是濕的那)15.糊涂蟲(chóng)anitwit你真是個(gè)糊涂蟲(chóng)，怎么能當(dāng)他的面講他女朋友的壞話那？You’rearealnitwit.Whyshouldyoubadmouthhisgirlfriendinhisface?16.飯量小eatlikeabird她的飯量特別小，有一小塊面包就足夠了。Sheeatslikeabird.Asmallpieceofbreadwillbeenoughforher.17.痛失良機(jī)Letsomethingslipthroughone’sfingers你真蠢！這樣一個(gè)發(fā)大財(cái)?shù)臋C(jī)會(huì)千載難逢，你怎能眼睜睜的讓他跑掉那？Youcan’tbemorestupid!Howcouldyouletsuchagoldenopportunitytomakebigmoneyslipthroughyourfingers?Itwasanopportunitythatcomesonceinabluemoon.18.抓住機(jī)會(huì)jumpatthechance這樣的好機(jī)會(huì)，你應(yīng)該抓住Youshouldhavejumpatsuchagoodchance.19.嘴硬neversayuncle那個(gè)孩子的嘴特別硬，打死他都不肯認(rèn)錯(cuò)Thatboyneversaysuncle.Hewouldn’tadmithe’swrongforthelifeofhim.20.有門(mén)道havethemeansof在掙錢(qián)方面，張先生可有門(mén)道了Mr.Zhanghasalwayshadthemeansofmakingmoney.21.找到竅門(mén)getthehangof我已經(jīng)找到學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞的竅門(mén)了。I’venowgotthehangoflearningEnglishverbs.22.占上風(fēng)gaintheupperhand比賽一開(kāi)始，我們隊(duì)占上風(fēng)?？傻阶詈髤s失利了Atthebeginningofthegameourteamgainedtheupperhand.Butbyandby,welostourstrength.23.有資格beinaposition.你沒(méi)有資格對(duì)他那樣講話，他是那兒的老板You’renotinapositiontotalktohimlikethat;He’sthebossthere.24.恭維話blarney只有傻瓜才會(huì)相信你的花言巧語(yǔ)。Onlyafoolwillbelieveyourblarney.25.上圈套risetoabait趙先生又上了那幫人的圈套了Mr.Zhaoagainrosetothebaitsetbytheguys.26.頭腦有點(diǎn)不正常haveafewbuttonsmissing能說(shuō)那種話的人頭腦肯定有點(diǎn)不正常。Anyonewhosaysthatmusthaveafewbuttonsmissing.27.見(jiàn)機(jī)行事playtothescore到那兒，你要見(jiàn)機(jī)行事，千萬(wàn)不要由性子來(lái)。Whenyouaretherewiththem,playtothescore.Neveractonimpulse.28唆使putsomebodyupto肯定有人唆使他去干那件事Theremustbesomeonewhohadputhimuptothat.29.心有余而力不足Thespiritiswilling,butthefleshisweek.不是他不愿意幫你，而是他心有余而力不足30.轟動(dòng)全世界settheworldonfire他吹噓果找到這個(gè)問(wèn)題的答案，其成果就會(huì)轟動(dòng)全世界Heboastedthatifhecouldfindthesolutiontotheproblem,theresultofitwouldsettheworldonfire.31.盲從followlikesheep她們根本不知道什么是時(shí)尚，只不過(guò)是在盲從而已Theyactuallyknownothingaboutwhatfashionis.They’reonlyfollowingotherslikesheep.32.聽(tīng)其自然letthingsslide事到如今，我們也只好聽(tīng)其自然了Withthingsassuch,we’llhavetoletthingsslide.脾氣和性格偷懶?；^goof-off小王總是偷懶?；^。上班時(shí)不是去打電話就是跑到醫(yī)務(wù)室去看病。XiaoWang’salwaysgoofing-off----eithermakingphonecallsorgoingtotheclinictoseedoctorsduringofficehours.2.大動(dòng)肝火beupinarms由于公司最近幾個(gè)月銷(xiāo)售業(yè)績(jī)不佳，老板正在大動(dòng)肝火Thebossisupinarmsaboutthecompany’spoorsalesrecordinthepastfewmonths.3.保持冷靜keepcool即使在十分氣憤的情況下她也能保持冷靜Shecankeepcoolevenunderheavypressureofanger.4.說(shuō)話兜圈子beataboutthebush5.心懷叵測(cè)haveanaxtogrind她總是心懷叵測(cè)，對(duì)她說(shuō)的話你得多留神。Shealwayshasanaxtogrind.Youshouldtakewhatevershesayswithapinchofsalt.6.心數(shù)不正nothaveone’sheartintherightplace他的心數(shù)不正，動(dòng)不動(dòng)就在別人的背后捅刀子。Hedoesn’thavehisheartintherightplace.Hewouldfindeveryopportunitytostabinthebackofothers.7.背后捅刀子stabintheback我萬(wàn)萬(wàn)沒(méi)想到張某會(huì)在背后捅我一刀。我過(guò)去太信任她了。Iwastakenabackanddidn’tthinkZhangwouldstabmeintheback.Iplacedtoomuchtrustinher.8.說(shuō)某人的壞話badmouthsomebody我從來(lái)沒(méi)說(shuō)過(guò)任何人的壞話。I’veneverbadmouthedanyone.9.傻笑grinlikeaCheshirecat她真是個(gè)傻帽，時(shí)常無(wú)緣無(wú)故的就傻笑起來(lái)。She’sarealnitwit.ShewouldnowandthenburstoutgrinninglikeaCheshirecarfornoreasonatall.(Cheshire是英國(guó)的郡名：柴郡。據(jù)說(shuō)此地有一種貓，常常會(huì)無(wú)緣無(wú)故地咧開(kāi)嘴對(duì)主人笑。后來(lái)人們便以此來(lái)形容傻笑地的人10．厚著臉皮去干havethegalltodo你怎么能厚著臉皮去抱怨說(shuō)別人不勤快？Howcanyouhavethegalltocomplaintaboutotherpeople’sbeinglazy?11.大獻(xiàn)殷勤danceattendance小李在老板面前可會(huì)獻(xiàn)殷勤了。Xiaoliissogoodatdancingattendanceonherboss.12.血口噴人smitewiththetongue千萬(wàn)別得罪她，她經(jīng)常血口噴人。Takecarenottooffendher.Shealwayssmiteswiththetongue.13.假惺惺的說(shuō)speakwithone’stongueinone’scheek我特別討厭她。她說(shuō)話總是假惺惺地。Ifeelsickofher.Shealwaysspeakswithhertongueinhercheek.14.這山望著那山高Thegrassisalwaysgreenerontheotherhill.人都是這山望著那山高，對(duì)自己的狀況沒(méi)有滿意的時(shí)候。Almostallpeopleseethatthegrassisgreenerontheotherhill.Theyneverfeelsatisfiedwithwhatthey’vealreadygot.15.上癮getintoone’sblood說(shuō)來(lái)也怪，很多不好的事往往會(huì)使人上癮。It’sastoundinglyfunnythatmanyharmfulthingsusuallygetintoourblood.16.特別愛(ài)生氣bequicktotakeoffense17.發(fā)牢騷beef他坐在那里什么事也不干，總是發(fā)牢騷，真煩死人。I’mreallyboredstiffwithhissittingtheredoingnothingbutbeefing.18.等不及了champatthebit咱們快點(diǎn)吧，孩子們都等不及了。Let’sshaketheleg.Thekidsarechampingatthebit.19.點(diǎn)頭哈腰bowandscrape從她在老板前點(diǎn)頭哈腰地那個(gè)模樣，你就知道她是個(gè)什么人了。Fromthewayshe’sbowingandscrapinginfrontoftheboss,you’llknowwhatsortofpersonsheis.20.瘋瘋癲癲gogaga對(duì)他的話不要太在意了，他總是瘋瘋癲癲的。Don’ttakewhathesayssoseriously.He’salwaysgoinggaga.21.說(shuō)話不算數(shù)gobackonone’swords他那個(gè)人說(shuō)話從不算數(shù),我們可不能依靠他。Wecannotaccountonhim.Healwaysgoesbackonhiswords.22.廢話連篇beatone’sgums誰(shuí)喜歡坐在那里聽(tīng)你的廢話連篇？Whowouldenjoysittingtherelisteningtoyourbeatingyourgums?23.恩將仇報(bào)bitethehandthatfeedsone你難道不知道她是個(gè)恩將仇報(bào)的人？Don’tyouknowshe’stheonethatwouldbitethehandthatfeedsher?24.不忍心nothavethehearttodo如果我是你，我可不忍心把孩子們就在家里沒(méi)人照看IfIwereyou,Iwouldn’thavethehearttotleavethekidsathomeuncaredfor.25.勤快aneagerbeaver他特別勤快，從來(lái)沒(méi)有閑著的時(shí)候。He’saneagerbeaver,neverstayingidle.26.太不象話了Theideaofsomebody’sdoing你太不象話了，竟然罵自己的母親Theideaofyourcallingyourmumdamned!27.懶透了bebone-idle她懶透的了，連自己的襪子都不洗。She’sbone-idle.She’seventiredofwashingherownsocks.28.好客keepopenhouse我們的鄰居特別好客Ourneighborkeepsopenhouse.29.待客周到keepagoodhouse.Shekeepsagoodhouseandalwaysmakesherguestsfeelcontentandsatisfied.30.正直beontheupandup她是個(gè)正直的姑娘，因此我相信她不會(huì)干出那種事。She’salwaysbeenontheupandupandIdon’tthinkshewouldhavedonesuchathing.31.偷雞摸狗beonthesly我們這兒的人都知道他是個(gè)愛(ài)偷雞摸狗的人Everyonearoundhereknowsthathe’samanonthesly.32.與……不合beatoddswith不要把他們兩個(gè)分在一個(gè)組里，他倆不合Don’tputtheminthesamegroup.Thetwoofthemareatoddswitheachother.33.巴結(jié)buddyup她可會(huì)巴結(jié)當(dāng)官的了。She’ssogoodatbuddinguptoshoesinauthorities34.裝傻playpossum我知道你當(dāng)時(shí)只不過(guò)是裝傻而已Iknowyouwereonlyplayingpossum.35.省吃儉用pinchandscrape她一向省吃儉用，從未浪費(fèi)過(guò)一分錢(qián)She’salwaysbeenpinchingandscrapingwithouteverwastingasinglecent.36.花言巧語(yǔ)doasnowjob他花言巧語(yǔ)的哄騙那個(gè)女孩，說(shuō)自己是某個(gè)部長(zhǎng)的兒子。Hedidasnowjobonthegirlbysayingthatheisthesonofaminister.37.哪壺不開(kāi)提哪壺touchthetenderspot你真是哪壺不開(kāi)提哪壺。她就怕別人提起第三者插足的話題Youwereplaintouchingthetenderspot.Shewasmostsensitivetothetopicof“thethirdperson”,whocutinbetweenacouple.38.腳踩兩條船servetwomasters我可不想腳踩兩條船，也不樂(lè)意兩面討好。Idon’twanttoservetwomasersatthesametimenordoIliketorunwiththehareandhuntwiththehounds.39.吃醋bejealous40.不當(dāng)一回事assoondo…aslookat…他根本就不把得罪人當(dāng)回事Hewouldjustassoonoffendotherpeopleaslookatthem.41.說(shuō)到做到betheequalofone’swords他說(shuō)到做到，從不食言He’stheequalofhiswords,nevergoingbackonthem.42.不依不饒takeofftheglovesto你不必對(duì)他如此的不依不饒Youdon’tneedtotakeoffyourglovestohimlikethat.43.貪吃gluttonous我從來(lái)沒(méi)有見(jiàn)過(guò)像他那樣貪吃的人I’venevermetamanasgluttonousashim.44.很乖asgoodasgold他的小女兒很乖，從不像別的孩子那樣不聽(tīng)話。Hislittledaughterisasgoodasgold.She’sneverbeenasrebelliousasotherchildren.45.十分嫉妒begreenwithenvy王先生的成功使得周?chē)芏嗳硕技刀蔒r.Wang’ssuccesshasmademanypeoplearoundhimgreenwithenvy.46.滿口臟話swearlikeatrooper那個(gè)家伙的嘴特別臟，整天滿口臟話罵罵咧咧的。Thatguyhasafoulmouth.Healwaysswearslikeatrooper.47.神經(jīng)過(guò)敏thin-skinned我看這些人都有點(diǎn)神經(jīng)過(guò)敏Inmyeyesthey’reallsortofthin-skinned.48.性子過(guò)急betooquickonthetrigger要不是因?yàn)槟愕男宰舆^(guò)急，你也不至于失去那筆買(mǎi)賣(mài)Ifyouwerenottooquickonthetriggeryouwouldn’thavelostthedeal.49.撒嬌playthewoman她可會(huì)在男人面前撒嬌了。She‘ssogoodatplayingthewomanbeforemen.50.占人便宜loadthediceagainst你最好別和她打交道，她總愛(ài)占別人的便宜You’dbetternottogetinvolvedwithher.shealwaysloadsthediceagainstothers.51.為自己撈油水beonthetake近幾年來(lái)，很多官員都在為自己撈油水。有誰(shuí)會(huì)把國(guó)家的利益當(dāng)回事哪？Inrecentyearsmanyofficialsarereadilyonthetake.Whowouldgivemuchheedtotheinterestofthecountry?情感和態(tài)度猶豫不定beoftwominds我打算買(mǎi)輛汽車(chē)，可心里一直猶豫不定，不知道買(mǎi)那個(gè)牌子的好。I’mthinkingofbuyingacar,butI’mstilloftwominds.IcanhardlydecideastowhichbrandIshouldtake.2.心事重重somethingweighsheavilyonone’smind老板這幾天沉默寡言，看起來(lái)好像是心事重重的Thebossisquitedownthesedays.Heseemstohavesomethingweighingheavilyonhismind.3.埋頭苦干keepone’snosetothegrindstone這年頭，只會(huì)埋頭苦干的人是掙不了大錢(qián)的Theseyearsthosewho’rekeepingtheirnosetothegrindstonecan’tmakebundles.4.心涼了半截coolone’sardor莉莉深深愛(ài)上了公司的老板并打算嫁給他，但是當(dāng)她聽(tīng)說(shuō)他玩弄過(guò)幾個(gè)女孩子之后，她的心都涼了半截。Lilywasheadoverheelsinlovewiththeircompany’sbossandwasthinkingofmarryinghim,butthenewsthathehadtakenseveralgirlsforaridecooledherardor.5.使人大為激動(dòng)makeone’sspinetingle小李答應(yīng)與他結(jié)婚使他大為激動(dòng)XiaoLi’spromisetomarryhimmadehisspinetingle.6.懷恨在心bearsomebodyagrudge千萬(wàn)別得罪他，他會(huì)對(duì)你懷恨在心的Takecarenottooffendhim,orhe’llbearyouagrudge.7.感到四肢無(wú)力feelwobblyandrough.8.受冷落feelleftout在這樣的場(chǎng)合上，誰(shuí)愿意受到冷落那？Whowouldliketofeelleftoutatsuchafunction?9.不容易nocinch.我是掙了錢(qián)，但這錢(qián)掙得太不容易了IknowI’vemadesomemoney,butitwasnocinchtogetit.10．為難beinapickle我真的很為難，我本應(yīng)該給他買(mǎi)件皮衣，可我沒(méi)有那么多的錢(qián)I’mreallyinapickle.I’msupposedtobuyhimafurcoat,butIdon’thaveenoughmoneyforsuchanitem.(pickle作“困境”解)11．苦苦哀求pressone’ssuit她苦苦哀求丈夫再給她一次機(jī)會(huì)Shepressedhersuitandaskedherhusbandtogiveheranotherchance.(苦苦哀求：pressone’ssuit.suit指“乞求或懇求”)12.閑得無(wú)聊twiddleone’sthumbs這些娘們兒都閑得無(wú)聊,不是坐在那里說(shuō)長(zhǎng)道短，就是三五成群的談?wù)搫e人家的“丑聞”These“oldgirls”networkaretwiddlingtheirthumbs,sittingthereeithergossipingorformingintogroupstalkingaboutotherfamilies’“skeletons”13.推卸責(zé)任passthebuck當(dāng)老板問(wèn)起是誰(shuí)把消息說(shuō)出去的時(shí)候，他們兩個(gè)人相互推卸責(zé)任。Whenthebosswasaskingwhohaddisclosedthenews,thetwoofthembegantopassthebucktoeachother.14.承擔(dān)后果facethemusic這件事是他們?nèi)齻€(gè)人一起干的，可是現(xiàn)在誰(shuí)也不愿意承擔(dān)后果Itwasdonebythethreeofthem.Butnoneofthemwanttofacethemusicnow.15.真煩人apill她真煩人，整天嘮嘮叨叨的She’sreallyapill,spendingwholedayharpingandcomplaining.16.饒不了某人notputanythingpastsomebody如果他膽敢給我使壞，我就饒不了他。Ifhedarehitmebelowthebelt,Iwon’tputanythingpasthim.17.一門(mén)心思haveone’sheartseton他的女兒一門(mén)心思想嫁給一個(gè)日本人HisdaughterhashadherheartsetonmarryingaJapaneseman.18.心煩意亂nervesonedge這幾天不知是什么事把我搞得心煩意亂的Idon’tknowwhathassetmynervesonedgethesedays.19.那可不行nothingdoing又要用我的車(chē)？那可不行！Wanttousemycaragain?Nothingdoing.20.容易極了Nothingtoit你能說(shuō)服我爸爸么？Canyouconvincemyfather?說(shuō)服你爸爸？那太容易了Convinceyourdad?Nothingtoit!21.到了極點(diǎn)oneforthebooks他的表演簡(jiǎn)直棒極了Hisperformancewasreallyoneforthebooks.22.覺(jué)得可疑了smellarat當(dāng)他們同意把那批貨以那樣的價(jià)格賣(mài)給你的時(shí)候，你難道沒(méi)有感到有些可疑么?Didn’tyousmellaratwhentheyagreedtosellyouthegoodsatsuchaprice?23.敬而遠(yuǎn)之giveawideberthto對(duì)他那號(hào)人，你還是敬而遠(yuǎn)之為好You’dbettergiveawideberthtoaguyofhissort.24.稍微……就行了give……aonce－over車(chē)子不很臟，稍微擦擦就行了Thecar’snotverydirty,aonce-overwilldo.25.無(wú)聊beforthebirds他特別無(wú)聊，不是講下流笑話，就是談?wù)搫e人的婚姻。He’splainforthebirds.Hewouldeithercrackabluejokeortalkaboutotherpeople’smarriages.26.合口味toone’staste這種音樂(lè)很符合他的口味Thissortofmusicisquitetohistaste.27.心里特別難受besickatheart看到她受到那般傷害我心里特別難受IfeltsickatheartwhenIsawhowmuchshewashurt.28.別往心里去nottake…toheart不要往心里去，她不是有意要傷害你的Don’ttakeittoomuchtoheart.Shedidn’tmeantohurtyou.29.死也不同意overone’sdeadbody她說(shuō)她死也不會(huì)跟你結(jié)婚的Shesaidthatshewouldmarryyouoverherdeadbody.30.頭痛得快炸了asplittingheadache我的頭痛得快炸了Ihaveasplittingheadache.31.受到良心的譴責(zé)getone’sconsciencesmitten如果你拋棄你的妻子和孩子，你遲早會(huì)受到良心的譴責(zé)的You’llgetyourconsciencesmittensoonerorlaterifyouhavethehearttoabandonyourwifeandchildren.32.忐忑不安have(acaseof)thejitters自從那家人搬到我們這兒，我們就感到忐忑不安33.垂頭喪氣singtheblues我不知道為什么這幾天她總是垂頭喪氣的Idon’tknowwhyshe’ssingingthebluesthesedays.34.嚇得直打哆嗦tremblelikealeaf聽(tīng)到那個(gè)消息，他嚇得直打哆嗦Hewastremblinglikealeafatthenews.35.不再登某人家的門(mén)notdarkenthedoorof你放心把，我今后決不會(huì)再登你家的門(mén)了YoucanbeassuredthatIwillneverdarkenyourdooragain.36.美顛顛的walkonair當(dāng)他聽(tīng)說(shuō)那個(gè)女孩子喜歡他時(shí)，他樂(lè)得美顛顛得37．疼得難忍bekilling我的牙疼得夠戧，我真受不了了。Mytoothiskillingme.Ican’tstandit.38.熱情得讓人受不了killsomeonewithkingness她那熱情簡(jiǎn)直讓人受不了She’dkillpeoplewithkindness.39.樂(lè)意takekindlyto看來(lái)她不樂(lè)意接受我們的建議Shedidn’tseemtotakekindlytooursuggestions.40.頂牛beatloggerheads他們倆經(jīng)常為某些事頂牛兒。Thetwoofthemarealwaysatloggerheads.(此語(yǔ)源于中世紀(jì)得“潑柏油戰(zhàn)法”。據(jù)說(shuō)loggerhead是中世紀(jì)人們用來(lái)熔解柏油的用具。在海戰(zhàn)中，敵對(duì)的兩只船相互用loggerhead潑柏油)41.無(wú)論怎么樣也不notdo…forloveormoney無(wú)論怎么樣我也不能和她那號(hào)人合作Iwouldn’tdothingstogetherwithhersortforloveormoney.42.感到心里不好受getalumpinone’sthroat我一看悲劇電影就不好受IgetalumpinmythroatwheneverIseeatragicmovie.43.感到不舒服feelundertheweather別去打擾她。她這幾天感到身體有點(diǎn)不舒服Don’tdisturbher.She’sfeelingundertheweatherthesedays.44.放下不管leavesomeoneinthelurch你怎么能忍心放下兩個(gè)孩子不管自己去旅游那？Howcouldyouhavethehearttoleavethekidsinthelurchandwentouttravelingyourself?45.臨走時(shí)說(shuō)的一句氣話apartingshot他說(shuō)了一句氣話就沖出了屋子。Withapartingshothestormedoutofthehouse.(一個(gè)人和別人發(fā)生爭(zhēng)吵后，常會(huì)在臨走時(shí)說(shuō)一句發(fā)泄憤怒的話，叫apartingshot)46讓過(guò)去的事過(guò)去吧letbygonesbebygones別再提它了，讓過(guò)去的事過(guò)去吧Don’tmentionit.Letbygonesbebygones.47.煩透了besickandtiredof…她沒(méi)完沒(méi)了的抱怨真把我給煩透了Igotsickandtiredofherendlesscomplaints.48.欣然的withagoodgrace他欣然的接受了這項(xiàng)工作Heacceptedthejobwithagoodgrace.49.你……好不好？I’llthankyouto…閉上你的臭嘴好不好？I’llthankyoutoshutupyourfoulmouth?50.忙得脫不開(kāi)身betiedupwith我們經(jīng)理忙得脫不開(kāi)身，您還是明天再來(lái)吧。Ourmanager’stiedupnow.Willyoucometomorrow?51.不要求特殊照顧asknoodds即使在特別困難得情況下，他也從未要求過(guò)特殊照顧。52．感情不好beontheouts自從她從美國(guó)會(huì)來(lái)以后，她和丈夫的關(guān)系就一直不好。She’sbeenontheoutswithherhusbandsinceshecamebackfromtheUS.53.滿不在乎likewateroffaduck’sback老板在會(huì)上嚴(yán)厲的批評(píng)了他，可他卻滿不在乎Thebosscriticizedhimatthemeeting,butitwasjustlikewateroffaduck’sback.54.站在某人一邊sidewithsomeone但我和爸爸發(fā)生爭(zhēng)執(zhí)時(shí)，姐姐總是站在爸爸那一邊。Mysisteralwayssideswithmyfatheragainstmeinmyargumentwithhim.55.不要聲張behush-hush這件事可不要聲張，千萬(wàn)別向任何人吐露一個(gè)字。Thisbusinessishush-hush.Neverbreatheawordtoanyoneaboutit.56.置若罔聞turnadeafearto他對(duì)老板的話置若罔聞，根本不把它當(dāng)回事Heturnsadeafeartowhatthebosssays,nevertakingitseriously.第五篇工作，機(jī)會(huì)和運(yùn)氣前途遠(yuǎn)大havetheworldbeforeone你們的前途都很遠(yuǎn)大，但仍需努力工作Youallhavetheworldbeforeyou.Butyou’llstillneedtoworkhard.2.好險(xiǎn)anarrowsqueak昨晚好險(xiǎn)哪。老板同一個(gè)女職員在辦公室里動(dòng)手動(dòng)腳的，差點(diǎn)讓他的妻子給撞上了。Thebosshadanarrowsqueaklastnightinhisoffice:hisspooningwithagirlclerkwasalmostfoundourbyhiswife.3.手氣好havetheMidastouch王先生的手氣特別好，干什么都掙錢(qián)。Mr.WanghastheMidastouch:everythinghedoesturnstogold.(此語(yǔ)源自希臘神話。據(jù)說(shuō)神給一個(gè)叫Midas的人一種特殊的力量，任何東西只要被他的手一碰就會(huì)變成黃金.后來(lái)，Midastouch便用來(lái)喻指“有發(fā)財(cái)?shù)倪\(yùn)氣或技能”了)4.走運(yùn)beonthegravytrain這幾年他一直很走運(yùn)He’sbeenonthegravytraintheseyears.5讓人給騙了berippedoff我又被那個(gè)家伙給騙了Iwasrippedoffagainbythatguy.6．不入虎穴焉得虎子Nothingventure,nothinghave.7.白費(fèi)力氣ploughtheair.你再勸他也只是白費(fèi)力氣Anyattempttotlethimchangewillonlybeploughingtheair.8.命好leadacharmedlife他的命真好。爸爸是政府高級(jí)官員，媽媽是公司的總經(jīng)理，自己通過(guò)了托?？荚嚥@得美國(guó)一所大學(xué)的獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金。Hisfatherisaseniorgovernmentofficial,hismotheristhegeneralmanagerofalargecompanyandhehimselfhadpassedtheTOFELtestandgotascholarshipfromanAmericanuniversity.Hemusthavebeenleadingacharmfullife!9.倒霉getintheneck在家里，如果孩子們打架被父母發(fā)現(xiàn)了，倒霉的總是年齡大的孩子。Inthefamily,ifthekicks-uparefoundoutbytheparents,it’salwaystheoldestofthechildrenwho’llgetintheneck.10.背黑鍋holdthebag在任何的情況下，我從沒(méi)有讓任何人為我背黑鍋UndernocircumstanceshaveImadeanyoneholdthebagforme.11.有利可圖的事anangle無(wú)利可圖的事，那家伙是從來(lái)不會(huì)干的Thatguyneverdoesanythingunlessthere’sanangleinit.12.吃苦頭burnone’sfingers以前，我為了幫那個(gè)家伙吃了一些苦頭Iburnedmyfingersinhelpingthatguybefore.13.被開(kāi)除besacked他因?yàn)橥婧雎毷乇婚_(kāi)除了Hegotsackedforfallingasleepattheswitch.14.因禍得福ablessingindisguise他遭遇車(chē)禍反而因禍得福了：住院時(shí)和一個(gè)漂亮的護(hù)士相愛(ài)了Hehadanaccidentanditturnedouttobeablessingindisguise:aprettynursefellinloverwithhimduringhisstayinthehospital.15.一舉成名bevaultedtofame老張就是個(gè)一夜成功，一舉成名的典型例證LaoZhangwasvaultedtofame,aclassicexampleofovernightsuccess.16.千載難逢onceinabluemoon這可是個(gè)千載難逢的好機(jī)會(huì)阿Thisisachanceonceinabluemoon.17.十拿九穩(wěn)it’sdollartobuttons他肯定能通過(guò)這次的考試，這是十拿九穩(wěn)的了Ibethewillpasstheexam.Itsdollarstobuttons.18.沒(méi)門(mén)！Noway!19.好日子不多了one’sdaysarenumbered他意識(shí)到自己好日子沒(méi)幾天了，不禁感到一陣凄涼和恐慌。Hefeltarushofchilledfeelingofanxietywhenherealizedthathisdayswerenumbered.20.有點(diǎn)玄乎abitiffy依我看，他們的成功有點(diǎn)玄乎AsfarasIcansee,theirsuccessisabitiffy.21.走上坡路beontheupgrade走上坡路比走下坡路要難得多It’smuchmoredifficulttobeontheupgradethanonthedowngrade.22.受某人恩寵beinsomebody’sgrace他們家的孩子都很受人恩寵Everychildinhisfamilyisingoodgracesofotherpeople.23.開(kāi)門(mén)紅getofftoaflyingstart我們公司一成立就來(lái)了個(gè)開(kāi)門(mén)紅：在開(kāi)業(yè)后的第一周就得到了三筆大宗訂單Ourcompanygotofftoaflyingstartwhenitopenedtobusiness:wegotthreebigordersduringthefirstweekofopening.24.跟白給的一樣便宜beasteal/beforasong這部車(chē)他只花了300美元，跟白揀的一樣。Hespentonly300dollarsinthecar,whichwassimplyasteal.25.坐失良機(jī)misstheboat他說(shuō)他為錯(cuò)過(guò)那樣好的機(jī)會(huì)而感到非常遺憾Hesaidthathewasverymuchregrettedabouthavingmissedtheboat.26.一帆風(fēng)順panout你不能期望事情總是一帆風(fēng)順的呀！Youcan’talwaysexpectthingstopanouteachtime,canyou?27.碰釘子getthecheese他沒(méi)想到在那個(gè)公司會(huì)碰釘子Hedidn’texpecttogetthecheeseinthatcompany.28.在火葬場(chǎng)工作workasafuneralfurnisher老李已經(jīng)在火葬場(chǎng)工作了二十多年了LaoLi’sbeenworkingasafuneralfurnisherformorethan20years.29.吊兒郎當(dāng)playaround我可不喜歡讓我的孩子整天吊兒郎當(dāng)?shù)?，一點(diǎn)正經(jīng)事都不干。Idon’twantmychildrentoplayaroundalldayanddonothinguseful.30.棘手的問(wèn)題aticklishquestion面對(duì)那些棘手的問(wèn)題他也顯得束手無(wú)策了。Heseemedtobeathiswitsendbeforethoseticklishquestions.31.難辦的事stickybusiness他發(fā)現(xiàn)這件事特別難辦，同意不好，不同意也不好Hefounditastickybusiness:hecouldneitheragreenordisagree.32.穩(wěn)扎穩(wěn)打playforsafety在這種情況下，我們應(yīng)該穩(wěn)扎穩(wěn)打，切勿操之過(guò)急Undersuchcircumstancesweshouldplayforsafetyagainstmakinghaste.33.干苦差事holdthebaby為什么把這個(gè)苦差事留給我一個(gè)人干？WhyshouldIbeleftholdingthebabyalone?34.飯碗兒one’sbreadandbutter我不能放棄教書(shū)，那是我的飯碗Ican’tgiveupteaching,forit’smybreadandbutter.35.忙得不可開(kāi)交haveone’shandsfull王燕白天上班，下班后還要照顧家里，簡(jiǎn)直是忙得不可開(kāi)交。WangYanhasherhandsfullwithworkingfulltimeduringthedayandtakingcareofthefamilytherestofthetime.36.沒(méi)那回事nothingofthesort!別聽(tīng)他們胡說(shuō)八道，根本就沒(méi)那回事。Don’tbefooledbytheirbabbling.Nothingofthesort!第六篇贊同與反對(duì)大吵大鬧yellbloodymurder如果我的妻子知道我為他們花了多少錢(qián)，她一定會(huì)大吵大鬧的。MywifewillcertainlyyellboldlymurderwhenshelearnshowmuchIhavespentforthem.2.很像thespittingimageof小李真象他的爸爸，在老婆面前象條蟲(chóng)似的。XiaoLiisplainthespittingimageofhisfather,whobehavesjustlikealambinfrontofhiswife.3.絕交信DearJohn貝克收到他女朋友的絕交信的那天簡(jiǎn)直都?xì)獐偭恕eckwentplaincrazywithangeronthedaywhenhereceivedhisDearJohnfromhisexgirlfriend.4.不能輕信takesomethingwithagrainofsalt他說(shuō)的話你可不能全信，他是個(gè)說(shuō)謊不帶臉紅的人。Youmustalwaystakewhathesayswithagrainofsalt.He’sabornliar.5.告發(fā)，檢舉blowthewhistle據(jù)說(shuō)檢舉這件事的政府官員也被調(diào)職了。It’ssaidthatthosegovernmentofficialswhohadblownthewhistlealsogottransferred.6.指控chargesomebodywith他被指控犯有強(qiáng)奸罪而被逮捕了Hewaschargedwithrapingandgotarrested.7.刮目相看situpandtakenotice他最近出了幾本十分暢銷(xiāo)的書(shū)，這使得很多人對(duì)他刮目相看Hehaspublishedanumberofbooksandtheyallbecomebest-sellers,thefactofwhichmakesmanypeoplesitupandtakenotice.8.挺不錯(cuò)的behunky-dory他的女朋友挺不錯(cuò)的，跟誰(shuí)都合得來(lái)。Hisgirlfriendishunky-dory,gettingonnicelywithalmosteveryone.9.已經(jīng)……了beover電影已經(jīng)完了Thefilmisover.10.斷斷續(xù)續(xù)beoffandon我斷斷續(xù)續(xù)學(xué)了12年的英語(yǔ)了。IhavebeenlearningEnglishoffandonfor12years.11.虧你說(shuō)得出來(lái)Ilikethat!你是說(shuō)男人應(yīng)該娶幾個(gè)老婆？虧你說(shuō)得出來(lái)！Didyousaythatamanshouldhaveseveralwives?Ilikethat!12.閉上嘴buttonone’slip/ziponeslips閉上嘴！難道你看不出來(lái)人家不愛(ài)聽(tīng)么？Zipyourlips.Can’tyouseethey’reannoyed?13.真的阿youdon’tsay我已經(jīng)和麗玲結(jié)婚了。LilingandIaremarried.真的阿！你真幸運(yùn)。Youdon’tsay!Youarelucky.14.再合適不過(guò)了suitsomebodytoaT這個(gè)顏色對(duì)你再合適不過(guò)了。ThiscolorsuitsyoutoaT.15.讓人看不下去aneye-sore看那兩個(gè)年輕人在那里又摟又吻的真讓人看不下去。Thetwoyoungguys’caressingandspooningthereareplainaneye-sore.16.不能用了bedonefor這件大衣不能穿了。買(mǎi)件新的吧。Buyyourselfanewcoat.Thisoneisalreadydonefor.17.不理不睬notevengiveatumble小李三番五次的說(shuō)他喜歡小劉，可是小劉對(duì)他不理不睬XiaoLisaysthathelikesXiaoLiubutshedoesn’tevengivehimtumble.18.拒絕某人的求婚givesomebodythemitten她說(shuō)她的求婚被拒絕了。Shesaidthatshehadbeengiventhemitten.19.為……說(shuō)句好話putinagoodwordfor你可以去找老王，讓他在老板面前為你說(shuō)句好話。YoumaygotoLaoWangandaskhimtoputinagoodwordforyouinfrontoftheboss.20.怎么也不……can’tforthelifeofone.我怎么也想不起他的電話號(hào)碼了Ican’tforthelifeofmerememberhistelephonenumber.21.絕對(duì)沒(méi)有I’deatmyhatifIhad…我絕對(duì)沒(méi)有把那個(gè)消息告訴她。I’deatmyhatifIhaddisclosedthenewstoher.22.算了吧callitquits算了吧。他既然已有新歡，我也就不打算和他復(fù)婚了I’dcallitquits,andIwouldnotremarryhimforthathe’salreadyhadhisnewwoman.23.合格beuptograde他們的新產(chǎn)品基本上都是合格的。Theirnewproductsarenearuptograde.24.我同意I’lldrinktoit.你是說(shuō)我們今晚到飯館去吃么？這個(gè)我同意Didyousaywe’deatouttonight?I’lldrinktothat.25.嚴(yán)加訓(xùn)斥givesomebodyadressingdown老板聽(tīng)到那個(gè)消息后嚴(yán)厲訓(xùn)斥了參與此事的職員。Onhearingthenews,thebossgaveadressingdowntoallthoseclerksthatwereinvolvedinthebusiness.26.一個(gè)字也不說(shuō)notbreatheaword她的嘴很緊，直到現(xiàn)在對(duì)那件事她也沒(méi)有吐露一個(gè)字。She‘stight-mouthed.Sofarshehasnotbreathedawordaboutthat.第七篇金錢(qián)，愛(ài)情，婚姻，家庭跟別人要錢(qián)moochoffsomeone我最討厭跟別人要錢(qián)得人了。Ifeelsickofthosewhomoochoffothers.錢(qián)掙海了coinmoney這幾年老張的錢(qián)掙海了。誰(shuí)也沒(méi)料到他會(huì)發(fā)這么大的財(cái)。LaoZhangiscoiningmoneythesefewyears.Whocaneverexpecthewouldbeabletomakebundleslikethis!錢(qián)多得花不完havemoneytoburn老李的錢(qián)多得花不完，要不他敢這么揮霍？LaoLihasmoneytoburn.Otherwise,howcouldhesplashhismoneyaboutlikeanything?錢(qián)能生錢(qián)moneybegetsmoney錢(qián)能生錢(qián)。沒(méi)本錢(qián)又怎能掙大錢(qián)那？Moneybegetsmoney.Withoutmoneyinhand,howcanyoumakebundles?沒(méi)錢(qián)bebroke我手頭沒(méi)錢(qián)了，咱們別到外面去吃了Idon’twanttoeatouttoday.I’mbroke.錢(qián)來(lái)之不易moneydoesn’tgrowontrees你不應(yīng)該如此揮霍。錢(qián)來(lái)之不易阿！Youshouldnotsplashyourmoneyaboutlikethis.Moneydoesn’tgrowontrees.敲竹杠aclipjoint那可是一家漫天要價(jià)，大敲竹杠的商店阿Thatshopisplainaclipjoint!生活很富裕bewellfixed自從中國(guó)對(duì)外開(kāi)放以后，有些農(nóng)民也成了企業(yè)家，而且大部分農(nóng)民的生活都富裕起來(lái)了。SinceChinaopenedtotheoutsideworld,somefarmershavebecomeentrepreneursandmanyarewell-fixed,livingamuchmorecomfortablelife.吃了上頓沒(méi)下頓notknowwherethenextmealcomes雖然很多人都已經(jīng)富裕起來(lái)了，可是人有些人吃了上頓沒(méi)下頓Inspitethefactthatmanyhavenowbecomewell-fixed,somepeoplestillremaininastatethattheydonotknowwherethenextmealcomes.發(fā)財(cái)rakeitin它在海南掙了很多錢(qián)，真沒(méi)想到他會(huì)發(fā)財(cái)HemadebundlesinHaiNan.Hewasunexpectedlyrakingitin.太宰人了costanarmandaleg這個(gè)飯館太宰人了，一個(gè)白菜豆腐湯也得要上幾十元。Eatinginthisrestaurantwillcostyouanarmandaleg.You’llhavetopaytensofyuanforevenasoupofcabbageandbeancurd跟別人比闊keepupwiththeJoneses我可不像你，老是和別人比闊I’mnotyoursortwholiketokeepupwiththeJoneses.養(yǎng)家糊口bringhomethebacon一個(gè)家里總得有個(gè)養(yǎng)家糊口的人Someonehastobringhomethebaconinthefamily.與……私通haveanillicitloveaffairwith據(jù)說(shuō)那個(gè)法官與一個(gè)電影明星私通。Thejudgeissaidtohaveanillicitloveaffairwithafilmstar.婚外戀adoublelife我們這兒的人都感覺(jué)到他有婚外戀Peoplearoundhereallfeelthathe’sleadingadoublelife.深深愛(ài)上beheadoverheelsinlovewith聽(tīng)說(shuō)小麗愛(ài)上一個(gè)比她大三十歲的老頭子。愛(ài)情這個(gè)東西真是難琢磨。IhearXiaoLiisheadoverheelsinlovewithanoldmanwhois30yearsolderthanher.Loveisreallyamystery.與門(mén)第比自己低的人結(jié)婚marrywiththelefthand皇太子放棄了王位，與比自己門(mén)第低的人結(jié)了婚并到國(guó)外度蜜月去了ThesonoftheEmperorgaveuphisstewardshipasKingandmarriedwiththelefthand.He’snowontheirhoneymoonabroad.嫁妝marriageportion離婚時(shí)，她要求男方把她結(jié)婚時(shí)的全部嫁妝還給她。Onthepointoftheirdivorce,shedemandedonhisreturningtoherallthelotshehasbroughtashermarriageportion.外快sidemoney在過(guò)去的幾年中老張掙了一大筆外快LaoZhanghasmadeahugesumofsidemoneyinthepastfewyears.20．買(mǎi)得便宜buysomethingonthecheap他的那部車(chē)買(mǎi)得可真便宜Heboughtthatcaronthecheap.21.輸?shù)镁鈈etakentothecleaners那幫人合伙欺負(fù)他，結(jié)果讓他輸?shù)镁?。Theguysgangeduponhimandtheytookhimtothecleaners.22.調(diào)情makeapassatsomeone當(dāng)一個(gè)陌生男子開(kāi)始向我調(diào)情時(shí)，我瞪了他一眼就離開(kāi)了。WhenIfoundthatastrangerbegantomakeapassatme,Igavehimasternlookandleft.23.花費(fèi)outgoings他一個(gè)月才掙300多塊錢(qián)，怎么能支付得起家里所有的花費(fèi)那？Hegetsabout300yuanamonth.Howcouldhepossiblybalancehisfamily’sout