2014年公共英语五级考试:口语语法(2)

2014-03-04 22:18:40来源:网络

  不管张三李四。

  Every Tom, Dick and Harry. *举出常用的男孩名,表示“不论谁都……”、“不管张三还是李四”。虽然没有女孩名,但男女都可用。

  My daughter had a homestay in America. (我女儿为体验当地生活,去美国了。)

  So did every Tom, Dick and Harry. (不管谁都能去啊。)

  I like sexy girls. (我喜欢性感的女人。)

  So does every Tom, Dick and Harry. (无论谁都是这样的。)

  一波未平一波又起。

  Out of the frying pan into the fire. *frying pan “平底炒菜锅”,直译是菜从锅里炒出来又掉进了火里。

  舍名求实。

  I live to eat.

  Pudding rather than praise. *不太常用的说法。

  瞎猫碰上了死耗子。

  Every dog has his day.

  Bob won the lottery. (鲍勃中了头彩。)

  Every dog has his day. (瞎猫碰上了死耗子。)

  Everyone has good days.

  Everyone gets lucky sometimes. (谁都会有走运的时候。)

  A flying crow always gets something. *不太常用的说法。

  说曹操,曹操到。

  Speak of the devil. *“说到恶魔,恶魔就来”。源自谚语Speak of the devil and he will appear。

  Speak of the devil.常用于口语中。

  Here comes John! (约翰来了。)

  Speak of the devil. (真是说到曹操,曹操到。)

  情人眼里出西施。

  Love is blind. *直译是“爱情是盲目的”。表示人们一旦谈恋爱,就会失去正确的判断能力,无法冷静地看待事物。

  一举两得。

  Kill two birds with one stone. *直译是“一石可以打中两只鸟”,即“一举两得”。

  不闻凶讯便是吉。

  No news is good news.

  I haven't heard from John lately. (好久没有约翰的消息了。)

  Well, no news is good news. (是啊,不闻凶讯便是吉。)

  光阴似箭。

  Time flies. *表示时间像飞一样地过去了。Tim flies是Time flies when you are having fun.的省略说法。即“越高兴时间过得越快”。

  时间就是金钱。


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