英语俗语

    The driver, his face a stream of rain. 他的脸上雨水直流。 B*&HQW *u  
    My friends will be expecting me. }2.0e5[  
    Come here and reason with the young girl. 劝说 s_4y^w]aX  
    If you hammer on the door they'll let you in. 用力在门上敲打（打门一般用“at”） *RJ
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    He looked as if he had the strength of a horse. 力大如牛 D]NJ^.X  
    I'll not lay a finger on you. 我不会动你一根毫毛。 Ck>{7Gw  
    I'll tame you until you eat out of my hand the same as your aunt there. 完全顺从某人 [email protected]}  
    Scratch her, and she shows her teeth. 她刚被触动一下就翻脸了。 1dl(`=^X  
    You play with life and death. 玩命 L.Tu7+M4  
    the four winds四面八方 UJ7{FN=@t  
    with their fingers in their ears用手指头堵上耳朵 Kw87 0n<  
    Mary sat very still. 一动不动 %[WOQ.Sh  
    took quick with his tongue太能说会道了 |}D5q| d@n  
    The sudden direct attack took the woman by surprise.这一开门见山的突然提问 Yc2dq e>  
    What has the barred room at the end of the passage to do with the wheels that stop outside Jamaica Inn by night? 与……有关 kX "*kD  
    walk on air洋洋得意 6)[gF1  
    some sound or signal动静 fp?cb2'7  
    backwards and forwards前后 HC(7,3  
    My name is Mary Yellan, if that means anything to you. 如果你想知道的话 A#Ne07d  
    I deserve black looks for looking at you as I did. 象我刚才那样看你，理应遭到你的白眼。 mJ
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    He might be trying to make her talk. 他可能是在套她的话。 YlJ_$Q[  
    Mary laughed, in spite of herself. 不由自主地笑了起来。 K %.>o  
    There came a fine cold morning when for a change the sun shone in a cloudless sky. 一天早上，天气很冷，天空忽然放晴，阳光灿烂，万里无云。 \kEC|O)8  
    Aunt Patience make signs to her. 向……打手势 ~ U+W4%f8  
    Have you lost your tongue? （吓得）说不出话来 jSdW?IH  
    keep close watch over密切注意 q:<vl^<j  
    Tommorrow-well, tommorrow could take care of itself. 明天——哦，明天的事等明天再说吧。 z#Db~  
    We join it lower down and miss two or three miles of it.  我们往前再走一点，这样可以少走二三英里。 ?5<x$YI  
    Mary had thrown trouble and responsibility to the winds. 已把……抛在脑后 @@"abhT  
    There's quality for you! 质量是没说的。 Yx':~  
    You'll be wet to the skin. 你会淋成落汤鸡的。 ,lb  >  
    What's done is done. 过去做的事现在说也没有用。 0;Z] vl/|  
    play a double game耍两面派，两面三刀 PsO>&Te2  
    He had turned the key on his friend. 他把他的朋友锁在里面。 rtC:3fDy  
    Joss Merlyn knows these moors like the back of his hand. 对……了如指掌 6~tj"34_  
    She was a woman, and for no reason in heaven or death she loved him. 明其妙地 *_H^]wNJG  
    Mary was only playing with her food. 只是做样子的吃了几口 gtRVXgI  
    What is more,（尤其） if the murderer had known that he had attacked （冒犯）you, he would have had a strong enough reason to kill the pedlar twice over. （碎尸万段） 8[L]w^  
    You have too modest an apinion of yourself. 你有点妄自菲薄 ykD-
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    He has made his peace with Mr.Bassat. 同……言归于好 Tu&W7aoX5  
    There is no longer any need for pretence between us. 我们之间不再需要遮遮掩掩了。 6L,"gF<n  
    Tomorrow may bring the world to you again. 明天你就会重见天日。 ?F/)<r  
    the world's end天涯海角 !eA6Ejf  
    Money makes the world go round. 金钱万能 Y[.f`Ei2  
    I think, therefore I am. 我思故我在。 M%v 6NxN  
    He who hesitates is lost. 当断不断，必受其患。 bmI6OIWl  
    I wish your sister a rapid recovery from her illness. 我祝愿你妹妹早日恢复健康。 bA02)?L  
    Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 敏于听而缓于言。 > K s.  
    Time flies as swift as an arrow. 光阴似箭。 ;&`6b:ug  
    The customer is always right. 顾客是上帝。 *yqke<o9)  
    have (gain, win, give sb.) an advantage over占（获得、赢得、给某人）优势 4
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    take advantage of sb. 耍弄，捉弄 bBgy L
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    take advantage of sth. 利用 >TG#  
    to advantage使优点突出 `9 mc+  
    to sb's advantage (to the advantage of sb.)对某人有利 e {805^X}  
    turn sth. to advantage利用 T07 AH  
    We (were) at table when they called. 进餐，吃饭 wOn*QO[  
    There is always a place for you at our table. 请你随时来吃便饭。 >gf,8flgj  
    The hostess set the table for ten. 女主任摆餐桌供十人用饭。 1HBWOV7z.?  
    He worked his way through college by waiting at table. 当侍者 h)h%y )1  
    The cloisonne is a famous native product of China. 景泰蓝，中国特产 Z7J4rTA  
    make an example of sb. 惩一儆百 W-<`V o'  
    now or never机不可失 Q=h37]U+  
    out of breath上气不接下气 N?><%fra  
    get wind of察觉，风闻 RW|Xh8.O  
    It's of no consequence-not the least. 不要紧的——毫无关系 1a_
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    Keeping up with the Joneses. (means to spend money you can't spare buying things you can't afford, in order to spite people you don't like) nUScDb2|  
    through the back door (under the counter)走后门 ;uN&yj<}a  
    If you have to ask, you can't afford it. 4GG0jCNk  
    a mom-and-pop operation个体户杂货铺 3"LT''  
    That was when the shit hit the fan. d:JP935  
    shitting in their own nest X]c>clk ,  
    a good telling off好好地教训一顿 _WN \9<  
    to mend bad with worse拆东墙补西墙 m_h$fT8 _  
    It was imperative that there should be no fiasco. 只准成功，不准失败。 r:--DKt  
    Let a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend. 百花齐放，百家争鸣。 U$Od)  
    She is clever and always gets what she wants by playing office politics. 靠耍手腕 CS\8ej}y  
    As luck would have it. 很走运，真倒霉。 Z
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    These young scientists are talented, and ambitious and they will go a long way. 大有作为 NuR3]Ja\0  
    It's no use crying over spilt milk. 覆水难收。 w-P;E!gTt  
    More haste, less speed. 欲速则不达。 Z=9gok\  
    Look before you leap. 三思而后行。 XVzsqi*Z  
    He who laughs last laughs best. 笑到最后才算笑得最好。 EqF>=5*  
    Theory is something but practice is everything. 理论固然重要，实践尤其重要。 LX{mr{  
    There is no end to learning. 学无止境。 K8{e f  
    Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者事竟成。 Nn-Et
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    It never rains it pours. 祸不单行。 9=.7[-6i9  
    Man proposes. God disposes. 谋事在人，成事在天。 _3zJ.%  
    survival of the fittest适者生存 :Ny^-4-N  
    might is right强权即公理 9{CajtN  
    flash in the pan昙花一现 9\!=
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    on the ropes战战兢兢地 ?e2G{0
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    Here is an example, which I heard at a nurse's convention, of a story. bA\(oD+:  
（这是我以前的学习笔记，大家看着玩吧。发到这，班门弄斧了，呵呵）