高中英语2024届高考作文俗语表达0416(共20组).doc
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1、高考英语作文俗语表达1.Weighta dead weight:阻止进步/前进的负担;累赘例:Youve been dead weight this entire road trip. Youve just sat there without driving or paying for gas or anything!a load/weight off somebodys mind:如释重负;减轻精神/心理上的负担例:Having a night out to talk over my problem with my close friend helped me get a weight of
2、f my mind.carry (ones) own weight:恪尽职守例:I know Ive been sick, but Ill carry my own weight on the project, dont worry.give weight to (something):重视某物例:Jonathan knew his parents never approved of his relationship with Michael, so when he decided to get married, he didnt give much weight to their objec
3、tions.punch above (ones) weight:以小博大;超常发挥取胜例:The small-town mayor has been punching above her weight recently, going head-to-head with federal lawmakers over the issue of immigration reform.【反义词:punch below (ones) weight:形容发挥失常】pull (ones) weight:做好分内的事例:If you dont pull your weight, our presentatio
4、n will never be finished on time.throw (ones) weight behind (sb or sth):(利用自己的权利/影响力)鼎力支持Measureby all measures/by every measure:无论如何desperate times call for desperate measures:非常时期用非常手段get/have/take the measure of somebody:摸清某人的底细例:Ive gotten the measure of the students, and I just dont think that
5、topic will hold their interest at an assembly.in no small measure/in large measure:在很大程度make something to measure:量身定做例:That shirt fits you perfectly. It looks like it was made to measure!Man is the measure of all things. 人是万物的尺度。measure twice and cut once:三思而后行measure up to (someones) expectations:
6、达到(某人的)期望例:Were letting you go, Sam. Im afraid you just didnt measure up to our expectations.2.Numberdo a number on (someone or something):伤害某人或某物例:Considering her pessimism toward marriage, her last break-up must have really done a number on her.a cushy number:一份清闲却高薪的工作,美差例:I get to work from home
7、 and spend a lot of time with my kids, so its certainly a cushy number.beyond number:数不胜数例:A great field greeted us with wildflowers beyond number, producing a redolence so strong as to nearly overwhelm us.have strength in numbers:在数量上占优make up the numbers:凑数例:I was excited that they wanted me on th
8、eir team, but I realized that I was just making up the numbers.number cruncher:指擅长处理和分析大量数据的人Hawkbetween hawk and buzzard:处在两个极端或者派别之间例:The settlers on the border of the two warring states found themselves caught between hawk and buzzard.have eyes like a hawk:善于观察的;观察力敏锐的例:Mom has eyes like a hawk,
9、so shell definitely notice if you sneak some of those cookies out of the kitchen.hawks and doves:指鹰派(强硬派)和鸽派(温和派)【鹰派:用以形容主张采取强势外交手段或积极军事扩张的人士、团体或势力。鸽派:用以形容主张采取柔性温和的态度及手段处理外交、军事等问题的人士、团体或势力。】know a hawk from a handsaw:有分辨能力例:Of course I know which twin is whichI know a hawk from a handsaw, after all!
10、watch (someone or something) like a hawk:紧盯某人;密切监视某人/某物例:Ms. Finnegan was watching me like a hawk during that entire test. Did she think I was going to cheat?3.Silvera silver lining:一线生机;一线希望例:There could be a silver lining to getting laid offyou might find a job you actually like!Every cloud has a
11、silver lining. 否极泰来;守得云开见月明a silver/smooth tongue:形容能说会道be born with a silver spoon in (ones) mouth:生在富贵人家be given everything on a silver platter:不劳而获例:You cant just expect to be given everything on a silver platter in life. Youve got to work for the things you want.cross (ones) palm with silver:为得到
12、好处而给某人钱例:You will find that things happen much faster in hotels if you cross the staffs palms with silver fairly often.family silver:传家宝silver fox:有魅力的年长男性4.Goose(as) loose as a goose:形容非常放松/冷静例:I know the boss is under a ton of pressure, but he still seems loose as a goose.(as) silly as a goose:形容非
13、常愚蠢(go on/send on) a wild goose chase:通常指浪费时间和精力的事情;徒劳无功例:Ive been on a wild goose chase trying to find a bag of Dans favorite potato chips.cook (ones) goose:毁掉的前程;使丧失成功机会例:I cooked my own goose by not showing up on time.get goose pimples/give someone goose flesh/goose bumps:起鸡皮疙瘩例:The sound of the
14、scream was so chilling that it gave us all goose bumps!kill the goose that lays the golden egg(s):杀鸡取卵,竭泽而渔例:Firing the programmer who created your most successful app is like killing the goose that lays the golden egg.the goose hangs high:形势大好;前景光明例:Well, one month after moving, and so far the goos
15、e hangs high! Ive settled into my job, made some new friends, and I absolutely love this city.5.Pie(as) easy as pie:轻而易举;小菜一碟例:After so many years as an accountant, doing taxes is as easy as pie for me.apple pie order:井然有序;秩序井然例:Everything needs to be in apple-pie order before Grandma gets here!be p
16、ie-eyed:喝醉了的;睁大眼睛的例:Do you remember last night at the bar at all? You were pie-eyed!have a finger in every pie:形容爱管闲事,事事都要干预例:Monica wouldnt be so busy and stressed if she didnt have a finger in every pie.get a piece of the pie:分一杯羹pie in the sky:难以付诸实施的构想(或计划)例:He keeps talking about how hell move
17、to Los Angeles to be a famous actor, but its just pie in the sky if you ask me.Shut your pie hole! 闭上你的乌鸦嘴!eat humble pie:忍辱负重,忍辱含垢(承认错误并接受别人的批评)例:Ugh, now that my idea has failed, Ill have to eat humble pie in the board meeting tomorrow.6.Cupa storm/tempest in a teacup:小题大做例:I really think youre ma
18、king a storm in a teacup over this. Its just a tiny scratch on the car!in ones cups:醉醺醺地;酪酊大醉例:When youre in your cups, foolish ideas have a peculiar tendency of sounding like excellent ones.cup of tea:表示个人喜好或兴趣的隐喻just (ones) cup of tea:合乎某人的品味、喜好,是某人的菜例:Ive never enjoyed boring intellectual dramas,
19、 but a gore-filled monster movie? Now thats just my cup of tea.cup of coffee:短暂逗留7.Pantants in ones pants:坐立不安;形容某人因焦虑、兴奋或不耐烦而无法保持平静例:The kids really have ants in the pants today, so Im going to take them to the playground.a kick in the pants:(出乎意料的)非难;责备be caught with (ones) pants down:措手不及;陷入囧境例:W
20、e seriously underestimated our opponents on Saturday and were caught with our pants down.beat (ones) pants off:在比赛中大获全胜例:The final score was 171? Wow, we really beat their pants off!(fly) by the seat of (ones) pants:形容没有明确的计划或清晰的方向例:Pilots who are in fog and using only instruments are flying by the
21、seat of their pants.have lead in (ones) pants:行动迟缓;反应迟钝例:Do you guys have lead in your pants today? Pick up the pace!keep (ones) pants on:别生气,保持冷静Watcha watched kettle never boils:形容越心急,时间过得越慢be on the watch:保持警惕例:You need to be on the watch for suspicious people when youre out in the city this late
22、 at night.keep (a) (close) watch on (someone or something):密切注视(某人或某事)watch (someone or something) with an eagle eye:密切注视(某人或某事)the watches of the night:夜间焦虑不眠的时刻例:My poor wife was up in the silent watches of the night for two months before our daughter was born, plagued by restless legs and an achi
23、ng back.watch (ones) tongue/manner/mouth:注意言行例:After being threatened with expulsion for my vulgar remarks in class, I knew had to watch my tongue for the rest of the semester.bear watching:值得一看;大有前途例:This is a very serious disease, and it will bear watching for further developments.8.Hothot potato:
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