英语俗语

    The driver, his face a stream of rain. 他的脸上雨水直流。 9A"s7iJ)  
    My friends will be expecting me. |cU75 S1  
    Come here and reason with the young girl. 劝说 sE[`x^1'8  
    If you hammer on the door they'll let you in. 用力在门上敲打（打门一般用“at”） v#Rh:#7O%U  
    He looked as if he had the strength of a horse. 力大如牛 +Hu\b &g  
    I'll not lay a finger on you. 我不会动你一根毫毛。 gq?7O<  
    I'll tame you until you eat out of my hand the same as your aunt there. 完全顺从某人 *tUOTA 3L  
    Scratch her, and she shows her teeth. 她刚被触动一下就翻脸了。 -V}oFxk]q  
    You play with life and death. 玩命 P2'N4?2  
    the four winds四面八方 M^Sa{S*?  
    with their fingers in their ears用手指头堵上耳朵 uY.Ns ?8  
    Mary sat very still. 一动不动 p]mN)  
    took quick with his tongue太能说会道了 C+TB>~Gv`  
    The sudden direct attack took the woman by surprise.这一开门见山的突然提问 X84T F~2Y  
    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 fxd+0R;f  
    walk on air洋洋得意 `q36`Wn  
    some sound or signal动静 Vc9rc}  
    backwards and forwards前后 9f! M1  
    My name is Mary Yellan, if that means anything to you. 如果你想知道的话 ~X3g_<b_8  
    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。 |SOLC  
    He might be trying to make her talk. 他可能是在套她的话。 =Dq&lm,n  
    Mary laughed, in spite of herself. 不由自主地笑了起来。 VM%g QOo<  
    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。 e\V -L_  
    Aunt Patience make signs to her. 向……打手势 INA3^p'w  
    Have you lost your tongue? （吓得）说不出话来 )h}IZSm  
    keep close watch over密切注意 BH0m[9nU;  
    Tommorrow-well, tommorrow could take care of itself. 明天——哦，明天的事等明天再说吧。 @s1T|}AJ  
    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。 $Lp [i <O]  
    Mary had thrown trouble and responsibility to the winds. 已把……抛在脑后 G!6b )4L-  
    There's quality for you! 质量是没说的。 I0+6p8,  
    You'll be wet to the skin. 你会淋成落汤鸡的。 t5+p]7  
    What's done is done. 过去做的事现在说也没有用。 MDlH[PJ@i  
    play a double game耍两面派，两面三刀 $9`#p/V  
    He had turned the key on his friend. 他把他的朋友锁在里面。 wyy 1M+  
    Joss Merlyn knows these moors like the back of his hand. 对……了如指掌 ii?T:T@
 
    She was a woman, and for no reason in heaven or death she loved him. 明其妙地 W0f^!}f(  
    Mary was only playing with her food. 只是做样子的吃了几口 D6L+ mTN  
    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） Xfk DMh  
    You have too modest an apinion of yourself. 你有点妄自菲薄 i47LX;}  
    He has made his peace with Mr.Bassat. 同……言归于好 FaeKDbLJr  
    There is no longer any need for pretence between us. 我们之间不再需要遮遮掩掩了。 [#Qf#T%5h  
    Tomorrow may bring the world to you again. 明天你就会重见天日。 +4:eb)e  
    the world's end天涯海角 3&y-xZu]  
    Money makes the world go round. 金钱万能 G[>
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    I think, therefore I am. 我思故我在。 (xb2H~WrN  
    He who hesitates is lost. 当断不断，必受其患。 (u&x.J  
    I wish your sister a rapid recovery from her illness. 我祝愿你妹妹早日恢复健康。 hVF^"$  
    Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 敏于听而缓于言。 s`$}xukT  
    Time flies as swift as an arrow. 光阴似箭。 n<C] 6H  
    The customer is always right. 顾客是上帝。 yh E%X  
    have (gain, win, give sb.) an advantage over占（获得、赢得、给某人）优势 ["D!IqI:  
    take advantage of sb. 耍弄，捉弄 ?0; 2ct  
    take advantage of sth. 利用 8._uw A<[  
    to advantage使优点突出 ?h[HC"V/2  
    to sb's advantage (to the advantage of sb.)对某人有利 Cx2# 0$  
    turn sth. to advantage利用 (F&LN!Hn>p  
    We (were) at table when they called. 进餐，吃饭 )95k3xo  
    There is always a place for you at our table. 请你随时来吃便饭。 <iky ~iE  
    The hostess set the table for ten. 女主任摆餐桌供十人用饭。 zP44 Xhz  
    He worked his way through college by waiting at table. 当侍者 ]VjvG};  
    The cloisonne is a famous native product of China. 景泰蓝，中国特产 qSNCBn '  
    make an example of sb. 惩一儆百 ]Kt@F0U<o  
    now or never机不可失 t1hQ0B  
    out of breath上气不接下气 M KfK9>a  
    get wind of察觉，风闻 Vkg0C*L_  
    It's of no consequence-not the least. 不要紧的——毫无关系 $9X +dvu*  
    Keeping up with the Joneses. (means to spend money you can't spare buying things you can't afford, in order to spite people you don't like) 3Q$ 4`p;  
    through the back door (under the counter)走后门 MDF_Xr-hZ  
    If you have to ask, you can't afford it. LTe ({6l0  
    a mom-and-pop operation个体户杂货铺 =Ydrct  
    That was when the shit hit the fan. }&vD(hX  
    shitting in their own nest }i8y/CA  
    a good telling off好好地教训一顿 T_D3WHp  
    to mend bad with worse拆东墙补西墙 *\XOQWrF  
    It was imperative that there should be no fiasco. 只准成功，不准失败。 ^s{Ff+]W  
    Let a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend. 百花齐放，百家争鸣。 1b~21n  
    She is clever and always gets what she wants by playing office politics. 靠耍手腕 E
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    As luck would have it. 很走运，真倒霉。 32z4G =l  
    These young scientists are talented, and ambitious and they will go a long way. 大有作为 p-iFe\+  
    It's no use crying over spilt milk. 覆水难收。 P* 6m~`"5  
    More haste, less speed. 欲速则不达。 jC'h54,Mr  
    Look before you leap. 三思而后行。 h^ Cm
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    He who laughs last laughs best. 笑到最后才算笑得最好。 xqX3uq  
    Theory is something but practice is everything. 理论固然重要，实践尤其重要。 M G$+
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    There is no end to learning. 学无止境。 V*@aE  
    Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者事竟成。 'V?FeWp  
    It never rains it pours. 祸不单行。 T_S3_-|{==  
    Man proposes. God disposes. 谋事在人，成事在天。 j,.M!q]  
    survival of the fittest适者生存 -~]H5er`  
    might is right强权即公理 K ) }1;  
    flash in the pan昙花一现 G?}?> O  
    on the ropes战战兢兢地 O.+J%],  
    Here is an example, which I heard at a nurse's convention, of a story. tpGT~Y(  
（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）