英语俗语

    The driver, his face a stream of rain. 他的脸上雨水直流。 1AE/ILGo  
    My friends will be expecting me. %\~;I73  
    Come here and reason with the young girl. 劝说 :VN<,1s9p^  
    If you hammer on the door they'll let you in. 用力在门上敲打（打门一般用“at”） sF+0v p  
    He looked as if he had the strength of a horse. 力大如牛 4 >&%-BhN  
    I'll not lay a finger on you. 我不会动你一根毫毛。 o95O!5 h
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    I'll tame you until you eat out of my hand the same as your aunt there. 完全顺从某人 A^,(Vyd  
    Scratch her, and she shows her teeth. 她刚被触动一下就翻脸了。 2zFdKs,  
    You play with life and death. 玩命 a+{g~/z;,Q  
    the four winds四面八方 b V9Z[[\  
    with their fingers in their ears用手指头堵上耳朵 t C6c4j  
    Mary sat very still. 一动不动 ,Qyz2- w  
    took quick with his tongue太能说会道了 ys#M* {?  
    The sudden direct attack took the woman by surprise.这一开门见山的突然提问 c+a f=ac  
    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 izFu&syv)  
    walk on air洋洋得意 TdKl`"Iy  
    some sound or signal动静 _D,8`na>K  
    backwards and forwards前后
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    My name is Mary Yellan, if that means anything to you. 如果你想知道的话 "[[fQpe4@  
    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。 :m&`bq  
    He might be trying to make her talk. 他可能是在套她的话。 +=k?Dp[  
    Mary laughed, in spite of herself. 不由自主地笑了起来。 ~Y'e1w$`  
    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。 {6%uNT>|  
    Aunt Patience make signs to her. 向……打手势 CCEx>*E6c  
    Have you lost your tongue? （吓得）说不出话来 ~|uCZ.;o  
    keep close watch over密切注意 !FSraW2  
    Tommorrow-well, tommorrow could take care of itself. 明天——哦，明天的事等明天再说吧。 W77JXD93  
    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。 ZC2C`S\xr  
    Mary had thrown trouble and responsibility to the winds. 已把……抛在脑后 H&03>.b  
    There's quality for you! 质量是没说的。 G4x.''r&Sl  
    You'll be wet to the skin. 你会淋成落汤鸡的。 fykN\b  
    What's done is done. 过去做的事现在说也没有用。 K6Gc)jp:b  
    play a double game耍两面派，两面三刀 J`RNik*>  
    He had turned the key on his friend. 他把他的朋友锁在里面。 xh-[]Jz(
 
    Joss Merlyn knows these moors like the back of his hand. 对……了如指掌 ,xTbt4J  
    She was a woman, and for no reason in heaven or death she loved him. 明其妙地 }2NH>qvY  
    Mary was only playing with her food. 只是做样子的吃了几口 raqLXO!j  
    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） w:
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    You have too modest an apinion of yourself. 你有点妄自菲薄 SAH\'v0  
    He has made his peace with Mr.Bassat. 同……言归于好 E<\\'VF  
    There is no longer any need for pretence between us. 我们之间不再需要遮遮掩掩了。 ;*Rajq  
    Tomorrow may bring the world to you again. 明天你就会重见天日。 }qK eX4\-  
    the world's end天涯海角 oVq@M  
    Money makes the world go round. 金钱万能 v,D_^?]@  
    I think, therefore I am. 我思故我在。 {Y0I A97,  
    He who hesitates is lost. 当断不断，必受其患。 Y43#];  
    I wish your sister a rapid recovery from her illness. 我祝愿你妹妹早日恢复健康。 ';ZJuJ.  
    Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 敏于听而缓于言。 B8_l+dXO  
    Time flies as swift as an arrow. 光阴似箭。 mSj
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    The customer is always right. 顾客是上帝。 8fe"#^"sR  
    have (gain, win, give sb.) an advantage over占（获得、赢得、给某人）优势 WHNb.>  
    take advantage of sb. 耍弄，捉弄 ^1~/FU  
    take advantage of sth. 利用 _O!D*=I  
    to advantage使优点突出 4|2$b:t  
    to sb's advantage (to the advantage of sb.)对某人有利 !r LHP
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    turn sth. to advantage利用 )F~>  
    We (were) at table when they called. 进餐，吃饭 'nT#3/rL  
    There is always a place for you at our table. 请你随时来吃便饭。 $AXz/fGV  
    The hostess set the table for ten. 女主任摆餐桌供十人用饭。 Vbj?:29A  
    He worked his way through college by waiting at table. 当侍者 .\d0lJSr  
    The cloisonne is a famous native product of China. 景泰蓝，中国特产 /6q/`vx @  
    make an example of sb. 惩一儆百 ?ft_  
    now or never机不可失 grfF\_[:  
    out of breath上气不接下气 cEqh|Q  
    get wind of察觉，风闻 ]~K&mNo  
    It's of no consequence-not the least. 不要紧的——毫无关系 J:(Shd'4D  
    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) )K?GAj]Pq  
    through the back door (under the counter)走后门 `S~u4+y]  
    If you have to ask, you can't afford it. 8m1zL[.8g  
    a mom-and-pop operation个体户杂货铺 he+[  
    That was when the shit hit the fan. x.^vWka(  
    shitting in their own nest XS!ZTb>[  
    a good telling off好好地教训一顿 |wLQ)y*  
    to mend bad with worse拆东墙补西墙 F}AbA pTv  
    It was imperative that there should be no fiasco. 只准成功，不准失败。 :mJM=FeJ  
    Let a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend. 百花齐放，百家争鸣。 J,D{dYLDD  
    She is clever and always gets what she wants by playing office politics. 靠耍手腕 W^Rb~b^?  
    As luck would have it. 很走运，真倒霉。 T^nX+;:|  
    These young scientists are talented, and ambitious and they will go a long way. 大有作为 |
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    It's no use crying over spilt milk. 覆水难收。 pbzbh&Y  
    More haste, less speed. 欲速则不达。 ?s?uoZ /2  
    Look before you leap. 三思而后行。 aDOH3Ri0K!  
    He who laughs last laughs best. 笑到最后才算笑得最好。 eXOFAd]>u  
    Theory is something but practice is everything. 理论固然重要，实践尤其重要。 =TP>Y"  
    There is no end to learning. 学无止境。 OeAPBhTmFj  
    Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者事竟成。 P9>C!0 -x  
    It never rains it pours. 祸不单行。 ; zvnDox  
    Man proposes. God disposes. 谋事在人，成事在天。 D/:)rj14b  
    survival of the fittest适者生存 X* JD  
    might is right强权即公理 ,Tz ,)rY  
    flash in the pan昙花一现 {``}TsN  
    on the ropes战战兢兢地 7S1!|*/ I  
    Here is an example, which I heard at a nurse's convention, of a story. XB Y"7}  
（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）