平时积累的一些有用的短语谚语。
发上来大家共享下。
1. treat sb. like dirt (idiom) 把某人看的一文不值
eg. Lisa should leave her boyfriend. He treats her like dirt.
2. bring sb. down (v.) 打击某人的信心
eg. No one likes to be around Patrick. He’s always bringing people down with his negative comments.
3. have a crush on sb. (idiom) 迷恋某人
eg. Annie has a crush on Philip. She’s always talking about him.
4. fix someone up with someone (idiom) 撮合某人与某人在一起
eg. Denise doesn’t have a date for the school dance. Let’s fix her up with someone.
5. stop and smell the rose (idiom) 暂停繁忙来享受生活
eg. Dale really enjoys life. Even when he’s busy, he takes time to stop and smell the rose.
6. on a regular basis (adv.) 固定地；规律地
eg. It’s important to exercise on a regular basis. Try to work out twice a week.
7. dead-end street (idiom) 死路
eg. Greed is a dead-end street. You will never find happiness when by trying to get rich.
8. let off steam (idiom) 发泄郁闷
eg. I like to play tennis to let off steam after a hard day at work.
9. come in handy (idiom) 派上用场
eg. I have to carry a lot of books to school every day. This book bag really comes in handy.
10. show one’s hand (idiom) 摊牌
eg. The boss won’t tell anyone his plans for the company. He doesn’t want to show his hand.
11. take sth. personally (v.) 将谋事视为针对个人而来
eg. Please don’t take this personally, but you should take a birth more often.
12. pass around sth. (v.) 传送；分发
eg. Unfortunately, this false rumor has been passed around as fact.
13. burn off sth. (v.) 一加热方式去除某样东西
eg. The children went to the park to run around and burn off some extra energy.
14. flip through sth. (v.) 草草翻阅
eg. Kate flipped through some magazines while she was waiting
to see the doctor.
15. live up to sth. (idiom) 实践或不辜负某事
eg. I hope tonight’s concert lives up to our expectations.
16. set one’s sights on sth. (idiom) 力求
eg. Jim has set his sights on studying abroad. He hope to go to a university in America next year.
17. chock-full of sth. (a.) 塞满了…的
eg. I like cookies chock-full of chocolate chips.
18. let sb. down (v.) 让某人失望
eg. I promised Paul I would meet him at noon, and I don’t want to let him down.
19. have money to burn (idiom) 钱多得花不完
eg. I just got my salary today, so I have some money too burn. Let’s go shopping.
20. apply oneself (v.) 使致力；使专心
eg. If you apply yourself, you can become an excellent English speaker.
21. single someone\sth. out (v.) 将某人某事挑出
eg. The teacher singled Andy out as being the best student in class.
22. have one’s eye on someone\sth. (idiom) 注意；留意
eg. The boss has his eye on the new employees. He’s watching to see if they do a good job.
23.one’s life passed before one’s eyes (idiom) 一生的画面在眼前飞逝而过
eg. As Brian fell front of the moving bus, his life passed before his eyes.
25. dip into sth. (idiom) 因需要而动用某物
eg. You’ll never save money if you’re always dipping into your savings.
25. back out (v.) 退出
eg. I’ve already told Michael I’ll be in his wedding. I can’t back out of it now.
26.talk about someone behind his\her back (idiom) 在背后讨论某人
eg. I feel sorry about Katherine. My classmates often talk about her behind her back.
27.stick to sth. (idiom) 忠于
eg. If I stick to my original plan, I’ll go to graduate school next year.
28.come about (v.) 发生
eg. How did this terrible tragedy come about?
29. take sth. to a whole new level (exp.) 将某事带到全新的水准、程度
eg. Jim took his love of winter sports to a whole new level when he began extreme skiing.
30. dig up (idiom) 找出;查出
eg. It took me three hours to dig up the information I was looking for.
31. love at first sight (idiom) 一见钟情
eg. When Mark met Laura, it was love at first sight. He immediately knew he wanted to marry her.
32. have sth. in common (idiom) 情趣相投
eg. Kyle and Rita don’t have much in common. Kyle likes being outdoors. Rita likes staying inside.
33. build someone up (v.) 称赞（某人）使有自信心
eg. Mr. Sampson builds his students up by encouraging them to do their best.
34. recipe for disaster (idiom) 灾难的根源
eg. Waiting until the night before a test to study is a recipe for disaster.
35. follow one’s head rather than one’s heart (idiom) 遵循理智而非感情
eg. Don’t do sth. foolish just because you’re in love. Follow your head rather than just your heart.
36. cover up sth. (v.) 掩饰；掩盖
eg. The government tried to cover up the truth about the missing documents.
37. get into the habit (v.) 养成习惯
eg. In college, Amy got into the habit of studying late at night.
38. fall for someone (v.) 迷恋上某人
eg. Luke has really fallen for Emily. But does Emily like Luke?
39. man of his word (idiom) 守信用的人
eg. James is a man of his word. If he says he will do sth. , he will do it.
40. follow through (v.) (将…)进行到底
eg. You should follow through your promises and do what you said you would.
41. at hand (idiom) 手边的
eg. Let’s first deal with the business at hand, then we’ll discuss other issues.
42. shoot the breeze (idiom) 漫谈；聊天
eg. We didn’t talk about sth. anything important. We were just shooting the breeze.
43.slip up (idiom) 不小心犯错
eg. There are some mistakes in this report. Where did we slip up?
44.put sth. behind one (idiom) 将某事置之脑后
eg. Jimmy is trying to put his problems behind him and move on with his life.
45. pay a visit (idiom) 拜访
eg. This afternoon Tim paid his Aunt Milly a visit.
46. model sth. after sth. (v.) 以…为模型
eg. Henry modeled his home after a house he saw in a magazine.
47. hold someone back (v.) 阻碍某人
eg. Sarah won’t let anything hold her back from improving her English.
48. in recognition of sth. (adv.) 以肯定或答谢某项成就
eg. The general was given a special reward in recognition of his 30 years of service.
49. put one’s heart into sth. (idiom) 努力成就某事
eg. You need to try harder. If you put your heart into your studies, you can succeed.
50. make the best of sth. (idiom) 在某种劣势中尽力而为
eg. Ellen doesn’t think she can find another job. So she’s making the best of her current one. |
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