有趣的英語(yǔ)俚語(yǔ)

1、有趣的英語(yǔ)俚語(yǔ)有趣的英語(yǔ)俚語(yǔ)a bird in the hand is worth two the bush一鳥(niǎo)在手，勝似二鳥(niǎo)在林a blank slate干凈的黑板（新的一頁(yè)，新的開(kāi)始）a bone to pick可挑剔的骨頭（爭(zhēng)端，不滿）a cat nap打個(gè)盹兒a chip off the old block大木頭上砍下來(lái)的小木片（子肖其父）a chip on ones shoulder肩頭的木片（自卑感，因?yàn)樽员岸鴲?ài)找別人麻煩；喜歡向人挑釁）a ouch potato躺椅上的馬鈴薯（懶鬼）a cake walk走去吃糕（易事）a headache頭痛（麻煩事）a knock out擊倒

2、（美得讓人傾倒）a load off my mind心頭大石落地a nut 傻子，瘋子a pain in the neck脖子疼（苦事）a piece of cake 一塊蛋糕（小菜一碟，易事一件）a pig 豬玀a shot in the dark盲目射擊（瞎猜）a short fuse引線短（脾氣火爆）a sinking ship正在下沉的船a slam dunk灌籃（輕而易舉的事）a slap in the face臉上挨了一耳光（公然受辱）a smoke screen煙幕a social butterfly社交蝴蝶（善于交際，會(huì)應(yīng)酬的人）a stick in the mud爛泥中的樹(shù)枝

3、a thick skin厚臉皮a thorn in someones side腰上的荊棘（芒刺在背）a turn coat反穿皮襖的人（叛徒）an uphill battle上坡作戰(zhàn)（在逆境中求勝）a weight off my shoulders放下肩頭重?fù)?dān)ace 得滿分（得到完美的結(jié)果）all ears全是耳朵（洗耳恭聽(tīng)）all thumbs滿手都是大拇指（笨手笨腳）an ace up my sleeve袖里的王牌an open and shut case明顯的事件ants in ones pants褲襠里有螞蟻（坐立不安）back in the saddle重上馬鞍（重整旗鼓）back

4、on track重上軌道（改過(guò)自新）backfire逆火（弄巧成拙，適得其反）ball and chain鐵球鐵鏈，甜蜜的枷（老婆）beat a dead horse鞭打死馬令其奔馳（徒勞）beaten by the ugly stick被丑杖打過(guò)（生得難看）beggar cant be choosers討飯的談不上挑三揀四bet on it下這一注穩(wěn)贏（有把握，無(wú)疑）bet your life把命賭上（絕對(duì)錯(cuò)了）有趣的英語(yǔ)俚語(yǔ)better half我的另一半between a rack and a hard place進(jìn)退維谷（前有狼后有虎）big headed大腦袋（傲慢，自大）bigge

5、r fish to fry有更大的魚(yú)要炸（有更重要的事要辦）bite off more than one can chew貪多嚼不爛bite the bullet咬子彈（強(qiáng)忍痛苦）birds of a feather flock together羽毛相同的鳥(niǎo)總飛成一群（物以類聚）blow up in you face在眼前爆炸（事情完全弄砸了）bologna胡說(shuō)，瞎說(shuō)break a let折斷一條腿（表演真實(shí)，演出成功）break the ice破冰（打破僵局）bright 聰明，靈光brown nose討好，諂媚bug somebody 使人討厭bull in a china shop 瓷器

6、店里的蠻牛（笨拙的人，動(dòng)輒弄壞東西的人）bump into 撞上（巧遇）burn brides燒橋（過(guò)河拆橋）burst your bubble扎破泡泡（打破人的幻想，煞風(fēng)景）bury ones head in the sand把頭埋在沙里（自欺欺人）butterfingers奶油手指（抓不穩(wěn)東西的人）butterflies in my stomach 肚里有只蝴蝶（心里緊張，七上八下）buy the farm買下農(nóng)場(chǎng)（歸道山，死了）call it a night 一日事畢，可以睡覺(jué)了cant teach an old dog new tricks老狗學(xué)不會(huì)新把戲cash in my chip

7、s 兌換籌碼（睡覺(jué)，就寢）chicken 雞（膽小鬼）circle the wagons把篷車圍成一圈（嚴(yán)陣以待）clean up ones act自我檢點(diǎn)，自我改進(jìn)come down in bucket 傾盆大雨come down in sheets 整片整片地下（傾盆大雨）cool your lips 冷靜下來(lái)cost someone an arm and a leg要花上一條胳膊一條腿（代價(jià)昂貴）count on something /doing something這事靠得住count your chickens before they hatch蛋還沒(méi)孵化，先數(shù)小雞crock 破瓦片（

8、無(wú)用之物，廢話）cross the line 跨過(guò)線（做得太過(guò)分了）cross that bridge when we come to it到了橋頭就過(guò)橋（船到橋頭自然直）cry over spilled milk 為潑了牛奶而哭（為過(guò)去的失敗而懊喪）cushion the blow給墊著點(diǎn)兒（說(shuō)話綿軟一點(diǎn)，以免打擊太重）cut to the chase 抄捷徑去追獵物（不繞圈子，開(kāi)門見(jiàn)山，單刀直入）daily grind例行苦事，每天得干的苦工days are numbered來(lái)日無(wú)多dead center正當(dāng)中dead-end street 死路，死巷子有趣的英語(yǔ)俚語(yǔ)dog狗（丑八怪）do

9、mino effect骨牌效應(yīng)dont hold your breath別憋著呼吸（別期望太高）dont look a gift horse in the mouth贈(zèng)馬不看牙（收人禮物別嫌好道歹）down to the wire最后關(guān)頭down under南邊（常指面半球的澳洲）downhill from here從此都是下坡路（自此每況愈下）drop the ball掉了球（失職）empty nest空巢（兒女長(zhǎng)大離家）every cloud has a silver lining烏云也有銀邊（禍兮福所倚，塞翁失馬）fall into place落實(shí)，就緒fender bender撞彎保險(xiǎn)

10、杠的車禍（小車禍）fight tooth and nail爪牙并施，拚命抵抗fine line 細(xì)線（微妙的差別）fish out of water如魚(yú)離水flash in the pan淘金盆里的反光（空歡喜一場(chǎng)，好景不長(zhǎng)）fork in the road岔路fox狐貍（并無(wú)貶意）framed 被陷害，遭栽贓full throttle加足馬力get a foot in the door一腳已經(jīng)進(jìn)了門里（獲得立足點(diǎn)，占一份）get hitched拴起來(lái)（結(jié)婚）get off on the wrong foot起步便錯(cuò)（第一印象不佳）get the ball rolling 讓球滾起來(lái)（動(dòng)起手來(lái)

11、）get/give the green light綠燈亮了（獲準(zhǔn)行動(dòng)）get up on the wrong side of the bed起床下錯(cuò)邊give the shirt off ones back連襯衫都肯脫給人（慷慨成性）go one step too far 多走了一步（做得太過(guò)分了）go out on alimb爬高枝（擔(dān)風(fēng)險(xiǎn)）go overboard過(guò)火go to hell in a hand basket坐著吊籃下地獄（一壞不可收拾）go to ones head 上頭上臉，沖昏頭腦go under沉沒(méi)（破產(chǎn)）goose bumps雞皮疙瘩grasp for straws抓

12、稻草（絕望中的掙扎，快要淹死的人連漂浮的稻草也抓）guts膽子hot惹火have ones cake and eat it too既想留著蛋糕，又想吃（既要魚(yú)，又要熊掌）hindsight is 20/20事后的先見(jiàn)之明hit stride腳步走順了hit the books撞書(shū)（用功）hit the hay倒在稻草上（睡覺(jué)、就寢）hit the jackpot中了頭彩hit the road上路有趣的英語(yǔ)俚語(yǔ)hold a candle to給他拿蠟燭都不配（元不能相比）hold the key to my heart掌管我心靈的鑰匙hold your horses勒住你的馬（慢來(lái)）hang

13、somebody out to dry把晾起來(lái)了（把坑苦了）in ones back pocket在某人褲子后口袋里（是某人的囊中之物）in the dark在黑暗中（茫然，什么也不知道）in the lime light站在聚光燈圈里（出風(fēng)頭）in the spotlight站在聚光燈圈里（出風(fēng)頭）its Greek to me希臘文（天書(shū)）in the middle of nowhere周圍什么也沒(méi)有（前不見(jiàn)村，后不著店）joined at the hip連體嬰（死黨，從不分開(kāi)的兩個(gè)人）jump the gun槍未響先偷跑（搶先）just what the doctor ordered正是

14、大夫說(shuō)的（對(duì)癥下藥）keep an ear to the ground一耳貼地（注意新動(dòng)向）keep ones fingers crossed/cross ones fingers把手指交叉成十字架（暗祈上蒼保佑）kick the bucket踢水桶（翹辮子）kill two birds with one stone一 箭雙雕，一舉兩得kiss up to討好kitty corner小貓的角落（斜對(duì)角）knuckle sandwich 指節(jié)骨三明治（飽以老拳）landslide 山崩（壓倒性的勝利）last straw最后一根稻草left a bitter taste in ones mout

15、h留下滿嘴苦味（留下不愉快的回憶）left hanging被晾起來(lái)了（被掛起來(lái)，懸而不決）let sleeping dogs lie 別驚動(dòng)睡著的狗（別無(wú)事生非，過(guò)去的事不要再提）let the cat out of the bag放出袋中貓（泄密，說(shuō)漏嘴）light a fire under your butt在屁股下點(diǎn)一把火（促其行動(dòng)）light at the end of the tunnel隧道末端的光（一線希望）like hot cakes 象剛出爐的蛋糕（很受歡迎的東西，搶手貨）like looking for a needle in a haystack如同在稻草堆里找一根針（大

16、海撈針）like pulling hens teeth跟拔母雞的牙一樣（艱苦不堪）like shooting fish in a barrel桶里射魚(yú)（甕中捉鱉）like stealing candy from a baby娃娃手里騙糖（易事）ling winded長(zhǎng)舌，碎嘴loose cannon 松動(dòng)的大炮（一觸即發(fā)的脾氣）lose ones marbles 瘋了，神智不清low blow 不正當(dāng)?shù)墓?，下流手段make a mountain out of a molehill把小土堆說(shuō)成大山（小題大作）make him and break the mold上帝造了他以后就把模型砸了（再?zèng)]

17、有跟他一樣的人了）Monday morning quarterback星期一早晨的四分衛(wèi)（馬后炮）monkey business猢猻把戲（胡鬧）monkey on ones back背上的猴子（難以擺脫的負(fù)擔(dān)）more than you can shake a finger at屈指難數(shù)more than one way to skin a cat剝貓皮各有巧妙不同（另有辦法）有趣的英語(yǔ)俚語(yǔ)music to my ears愛(ài)聽(tīng)的話my old man我的老頭（我父親）nail in the coffin棺材釘子（致使的一擊，決定成敗的最重要因素）neck and neck馬脖子靠著馬脖子（齊頭

18、并進(jìn)，不分軒輊）no sweat 不出汗（沒(méi)什么大不了）not dealing with a full deck腦子里少幾張牌（頭腦不正常）nothing will leave these walls話不傳出這四堵墻之外（言不入六耳）off the charts好得沒(méi)治了off the deep end 暴跳如雷o(hù)ff the fop of ones head臨時(shí)一想，隨口一說(shuō)on a good note盡歡而散on a roll做得很順，勢(shì)如破竹on cloud nine九霄云上on fire著火了（紅火，手氣旺）on my nerves惹我心煩on pins and needles 如坐針

19、氈，坐立不安on tap桶裝啤酒（現(xiàn)成的，預(yù)備好的）on the back burner 擱在靠后的爐子上（靠邊站）on the ball 看球看得準(zhǔn)（做事有準(zhǔn)備，有把握）on the edge of my seat坐在椅子前沿（專心地看和聽(tīng)）on the rocks觸礁，擱淺；加冰塊on the same page 在同一頁(yè)上（進(jìn)度相同）on the tip of my tongue話到舌尖，呼之欲出once in a blue moon 出藍(lán)月亮的時(shí)候（稀罕，少見(jiàn)）one foot in the grave一腳已經(jīng)入了墳（入土三尺）one of a kind獨(dú)一無(wú)二one step ahe

20、ad of you領(lǐng)先你一步out of the pan and into the fire跳出鍋里，掉進(jìn)火里（每況愈下）out of the picture不在畫(huà)面里out of this world人世所無(wú)，只應(yīng)天上有pale in comparison相形失色peas in a pod一 莢之豆（好哥兒們）pieces come together拼圖游戲湊成圖案（諸事順利，達(dá)成完美結(jié)果）play it by ear不 用看譜（隨機(jī)應(yīng)變）plenty of other fish in the sea海里的魚(yú)多得很（天涯何處無(wú)芳草）poker face撲克面孔（喜怒不形于色）pop the

21、question提出大問(wèn)題（求婚）pot calling the kettle black鍋嫌壺黑（五十步笑百步）pull oneself up by ones bootstraps拎著鞋帶把自己提起來(lái)（憑自己的力量重新振作起來(lái)）pull the rug out from underneath someone地毯從腳下被抽出（事出意外）punch your lights out揍得你兩眼發(fā)黑put all of ones eggs in one basket雞蛋都放在一個(gè)籃子里（孤注一擲）put ones foot in ones mouth把腳丫放進(jìn)嘴里（說(shuō)錯(cuò)話了）put ones nose

22、 to the grindstone鼻子沖著磨刀石（專心工作）有趣的英語(yǔ)俚語(yǔ)put the cart before the horse車在馬前（本末倒置）put up the white flag豎白旗（投降，放棄）rain on your parade游行時(shí)下雨（掃興，澆冷水）rain cats and dogs天上下貓，天上下狗（傾盆大雨）raise the bar提高橫竿（更上一層樓）read someone like a book對(duì)這個(gè)人一目了然red handed 趁著手上的血還沒(méi)洗凈時(shí)候抓住，在犯罪現(xiàn)場(chǎng)被逮 red tape （扎公文的）紅帶子，官樣文章（繁文縟節(jié)）right do

23、wn my alley恰是我的路（正能者多勞的胃口）rob the cradle劫搖籃（老牛吃嫩草）rock the boat晃船（無(wú)事生非，制造不安定）rumple my feathers逆指羽毛（逆批龍鱗）seamless天衣無(wú)縫secret weapon秘密武器see right through someone一眼看穿，洞燭其奸shoot for the stars sick and tired射星星（立志要高）sit shotgun厭煩six one way, half a dozen the other一邊六個(gè)，一邊半打（半斤八兩）skate on thin ice 在薄冰上滑冰（如

24、履薄冰，身歷險(xiǎn)境）skeleton in ones closet 壁櫥里的骷髏（不可告人的事）skin and bones皮包骨sleep on it睡在上面（考慮一晚上）small talk寒喧，閑聊smooth sailing一帆風(fēng)順snowball滾雪球，越滾越大snowballs chance in hell雪球進(jìn)了地獄（希望不大）spark 火星（來(lái)電）spineless沒(méi)脊梁（沒(méi)有骨氣）split hairs細(xì)分頭發(fā)（吹毛求疵）stab in the back 背后插刀（遭人暗算）stallion 千里駒（貌美體健的男人）stand someone up對(duì)方失約，讓人空等stick

25、 a fork in him, hes done用叉子戳他一下看看，他烤熟了吧stop and smell the roses停下來(lái)聞玫瑰（享受生活）straw that broke the camels back壓斷駱駝脊梁的稻草（最后致命的一擊）straight from the horses mouth聽(tīng)馬說(shuō)的（根據(jù)最可靠的消息來(lái)源）strike out三振出局stud 種馬（貌美體健的男人）swing for the fence打全壘打take a hike走路（滾蛋）take a rain check 因雨停賽時(shí)送給觀眾下次免費(fèi)來(lái)看的票（另一次機(jī)會(huì)）take off 動(dòng)身take one for the team為了全隊(duì)挨一下（為了集體利益，犧牲個(gè)人利益）take the word right out of someones mouth替我說(shuō)了（你所說(shuō)的正是我想要說(shuō)的）有趣的英語(yǔ)俚語(yǔ)the ball is in someones court球在你那邊（