英语俗语

    The driver, his face a stream of rain. 他的脸上雨水直流。 "{"745H5  
    My friends will be expecting me. L92vb zP  
    Come here and reason with the young girl. 劝说 fA{t\   
    If you hammer on the door they'll let you in. 用力在门上敲打（打门一般用“at”） .tH[A[/1 a  
    He looked as if he had the strength of a horse. 力大如牛 .\:{ 6_  
    I'll not lay a finger on you. 我不会动你一根毫毛。 B(B77SOb  
    I'll tame you until you eat out of my hand the same as your aunt there. 完全顺从某人
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    Scratch her, and she shows her teeth. 她刚被触动一下就翻脸了。 gOL-b9W  
    You play with life and death. 玩命 |QcE5UC  
    the four winds四面八方 7;x}W-`iF  
    with their fingers in their ears用手指头堵上耳朵 %MH!L2|  
    Mary sat very still. 一动不动 CPt62j8  
    took quick with his tongue太能说会道了 1b4/   
    The sudden direct attack took the woman by surprise.这一开门见山的突然提问 $zv&MD!&h  
    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 nTQ&nu!  
    walk on air洋洋得意 $2'Q'Mx[gd  
    some sound or signal动静 v3]mZ}W$  
    backwards and forwards前后 wi$,Y.:  
    My name is Mary Yellan, if that means anything to you. 如果你想知道的话 ^DH*\ee  
    I deserve black looks for looking at you as I did. 象我刚才那样看你，理应遭到你的白眼。 czu?]9;^ Z  
    He might be trying to make her talk. 他可能是在套她的话。 W34_@,GD  
    Mary laughed, in spite of herself. 不由自主地笑了起来。 .&2Nm&y$K  
    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。 .5K }R<  
    Aunt Patience make signs to her. 向……打手势 ;r.0=Uo9]  
    Have you lost your tongue? （吓得）说不出话来 DL]\dD   
    keep close watch over密切注意 >3&Oe  
    Tommorrow-well, tommorrow could take care of itself. 明天——哦，明天的事等明天再说吧。  L$Yg*]\  
    We join it lower down and miss two or three miles of it.  我们往前再走一点，这样可以少走二三英里。 Tw+V$:$$  
    Mary had thrown trouble and responsibility to the winds. 已把……抛在脑后 tX@G`Mr(  
    There's quality for you! 质量是没说的。 R7Z 7o4jg  
    You'll be wet to the skin. 你会淋成落汤鸡的。 }I>h<O  
    What's done is done. 过去做的事现在说也没有用。 b^q8s4(  
    play a double game耍两面派，两面三刀 i}E&mv'  
    He had turned the key on his friend. 他把他的朋友锁在里面。 3Eu;_u_  
    Joss Merlyn knows these moors like the back of his hand. 对……了如指掌 $l+DkR+  
    She was a woman, and for no reason in heaven or death she loved him. 明其妙地 +\/1V`  
    Mary was only playing with her food. 只是做样子的吃了几口 `m7w%J.>n  
    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） ~H~iKl}|7  
    You have too modest an apinion of yourself. 你有点妄自菲薄 Iq["(!7E5  
    He has made his peace with Mr.Bassat. 同……言归于好 Z0#&D&2sV  
    There is no longer any need for pretence between us. 我们之间不再需要遮遮掩掩了。 nC2e^=^  
    Tomorrow may bring the world to you again. 明天你就会重见天日。 $3c9iVK~_  
    the world's end天涯海角 o7=#ye&P  
    Money makes the world go round. 金钱万能 aTU[H~dTU  
    I think, therefore I am. 我思故我在。 R?L?6~/q  
    He who hesitates is lost. 当断不断，必受其患。 7+;$_,Xo<  
    I wish your sister a rapid recovery from her illness. 我祝愿你妹妹早日恢复健康。 f<;w1sM\  
    Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 敏于听而缓于言。 -lqsFa W  
    Time flies as swift as an arrow. 光阴似箭。 c[<>e#s+;  
    The customer is always right. 顾客是上帝。 8o%g2 P9.  
    have (gain, win, give sb.) an advantage over占（获得、赢得、给某人）优势 &8x wR   
    take advantage of sb. 耍弄，捉弄 3<R8_p  
    take advantage of sth. 利用 lGZf_X)gA^  
    to advantage使优点突出 V(c>1xLlz  
    to sb's advantage (to the advantage of sb.)对某人有利 =%Z5"];  
    turn sth. to advantage利用 A\:u5(  
    We (were) at table when they called. 进餐，吃饭 |zCT~#  
    There is always a place for you at our table. 请你随时来吃便饭。 4157!w'\y  
    The hostess set the table for ten. 女主任摆餐桌供十人用饭。 %`)lCK)2  
    He worked his way through college by waiting at table. 当侍者 Yx3ivjX.>  
    The cloisonne is a famous native product of China. 景泰蓝，中国特产 -.!+i8d>  
    make an example of sb. 惩一儆百 :pXY/Pa  
    now or never机不可失 KMll8X  
    out of breath上气不接下气 }|u>b!7_.  
    get wind of察觉，风闻 *-\qO.4\  
    It's of no consequence-not the least. 不要紧的——毫无关系 3$f+3/l  
    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) G<:gNWXd\  
    through the back door (under the counter)走后门 V ah&)&n  
    If you have to ask, you can't afford it. 
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    a mom-and-pop operation个体户杂货铺 1<;RI?R[9  
    That was when the shit hit the fan. R>T9H0  
    shitting in their own nest CAa&,ZR  
    a good telling off好好地教训一顿 PP&9ORG  
    to mend bad with worse拆东墙补西墙 [x8_ax}w  
    It was imperative that there should be no fiasco. 只准成功，不准失败。 )\RG NJMC  
    Let a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend. 百花齐放，百家争鸣。 M'|?*aNK  
    She is clever and always gets what she wants by playing office politics. 靠耍手腕 !=bGU=^  
    As luck would have it. 很走运，真倒霉。 ^Gwpx+  
    These young scientists are talented, and ambitious and they will go a long way. 大有作为 [MXyOE  
    It's no use crying over spilt milk. 覆水难收。 5hj _YqQ7  
    More haste, less speed. 欲速则不达。 Ny` =]BA  
    Look before you leap. 三思而后行。 C/#?S=w`4  
    He who laughs last laughs best. 笑到最后才算笑得最好。 tV"Jh>Z  
    Theory is something but practice is everything. 理论固然重要，实践尤其重要。 ?XllPnuKt%  
    There is no end to learning. 学无止境。 M.3ULt8  
    Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者事竟成。 JA2oy09G  
    It never rains it pours. 祸不单行。 7KJ%-&L^  
    Man proposes. God disposes. 谋事在人，成事在天。 ^@HWw@GA  
    survival of the fittest适者生存 31&;3?3>  
    might is right强权即公理 -^ R?O  
    flash in the pan昙花一现 )K!!Zq3;|  
    on the ropes战战兢兢地 iiLDl  
    Here is an example, which I heard at a nurse's convention, of a story.
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（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）