编辑: 霜天盈月祭 | 2019-07-06 |
t let the cat out of the bag. 我不会泄漏秘密的. 2.in the market for 想买,积极物色 People are always in the market for something new and different. 人们总想买点新奇的且与众不同的东西. 3.meddle in 干涉,搅和 Harold asked his boss stop meddling in his personal life. 哈罗德要求老板别再干涉他的私生活. 4.screw loose脱线,神经不对头 Bill must have a screw loose somewhere;
he'
s acting really strangely. Bill一定是哪根筋不对,他的行动真奇怪. 5.sell someone on 以...说服某人 She sold me on her idea. I think it will work. 她用她的看法说服了我,我想那行得通. 成语 1.World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺,到处可逢君 Explanation: it is used when a person meets someone he knows or is in someway connected with him in a place where he would never have expected to do so. Example: Who would have thought I would bump into an old schoolmate on a trek up Mount Tai. The world is but a little place after all. 2. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. 入乡随俗 Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live. Example: I know you have egg and bacon for breakfast at home, but now you are on the Continent you will do as the Romans do and take coffee and rolls. 3. What you lose on the swings you get back on the roundabouts. 失之东隅,收之桑榆 Explanation: a rough way of starting a law of average;
if you have bad luck on one day you have good on another;
if one venture results in loss try a fresh one---it may succeed. Example: he may always possess merits which make up for everything;
if he loses on the swings, he may win on the roundabouts. 4.What are the odds so long as you are happy. 知足者常乐 Explanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy. Example: you complain so much, but you have a good family, parents, health, and money. What'
s the odd so long as you'
re happy. 5.Entertain an angel unawares. 有眼不识泰山 Explanation: to receive a great personage as a guest without knowing his merits. Example: in the course of evening someone informed her that she was entertaining an angel unawares, in the shape of a composer of the greatest promise 6.every dog has his day . 是人皆有出头日 Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn Example: they say that every dog has his day;
but mine seems a very long time coming. 7.every potter praises his own p........