英语俗语

    The driver, his face a stream of rain. 他的脸上雨水直流。 d  <zD@ z  
    My friends will be expecting me. ClufP6'  
    Come here and reason with the young girl. 劝说 B)dd6R>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”） zLPCWP.u  
    He looked as if he had the strength of a horse. 力大如牛 Xd.y or
 
    I'll not lay a finger on you. 我不会动你一根毫毛。 Ds@K%f(.?w  
    I'll tame you until you eat out of my hand the same as your aunt there. 完全顺从某人 .5tXwxad"  
    Scratch her, and she shows her teeth. 她刚被触动一下就翻脸了。 -L2?T ap  
    You play with life and death. 玩命 ssmJ?sl  
    the four winds四面八方 |aj]]l[@S  
    with their fingers in their ears用手指头堵上耳朵 r l;Y7
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    Mary sat very still. 一动不动 cca]@Ox]  
    took quick with his tongue太能说会道了 V'9OGn2v  
    The sudden direct attack took the woman by surprise.这一开门见山的突然提问 2\gbciJ[{(  
    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 mA #^Pv*  
    walk on air洋洋得意 xscR Bx  
    some sound or signal动静 swMR+F#u*  
    backwards and forwards前后 "V,dH%&j  
    My name is Mary Yellan, if that means anything to you. 如果你想知道的话 ncpA\E;ff^  
    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。  h}}7_I9  
    He might be trying to make her talk. 他可能是在套她的话。 @@}muW>;T  
    Mary laughed, in spite of herself. 不由自主地笑了起来。 QRF:6bAxsL  
    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。 [P]M)vJ**  
    Aunt Patience make signs to her. 向……打手势 G#='*vOtO  
    Have you lost your tongue? （吓得）说不出话来 5 U*${  
    keep close watch over密切注意 &m{~4]qWpM  
    Tommorrow-well, tommorrow could take care of itself. 明天——哦，明天的事等明天再说吧。 J+`gr_&  
    We join it lower down and miss two or three miles of it.  我们往前再走一点，这样可以少走二三英里。 s}DNu<"g  
    Mary had thrown trouble and responsibility to the winds. 已把……抛在脑后 "*KOU2}
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    There's quality for you! 质量是没说的。 [7[$P.MS{  
    You'll be wet to the skin. 你会淋成落汤鸡的。 la
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    What's done is done. 过去做的事现在说也没有用。 i6i;{\tc  
    play a double game耍两面派，两面三刀 [?da BXS  
    He had turned the key on his friend. 他把他的朋友锁在里面。 R5 EC/@  
    Joss Merlyn knows these moors like the back of his hand. 对……了如指掌 v'Up& /(  
    She was a woman, and for no reason in heaven or death she loved him. 明其妙地 `g{eWY1l  
    Mary was only playing with her food. 只是做样子的吃了几口 \P
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    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） }(WUZ^L  
    You have too modest an apinion of yourself. 你有点妄自菲薄 :4pO/I ~  
    He has made his peace with Mr.Bassat. 同……言归于好 1M[|9nWUC  
    There is no longer any need for pretence between us. 我们之间不再需要遮遮掩掩了。 OQDx82E  
    Tomorrow may bring the world to you again. 明天你就会重见天日。 r)<n)eXeD  
    the world's end天涯海角 -CPLgT  
    Money makes the world go round. 金钱万能 YT@N$kOg_  
    I think, therefore I am. 我思故我在。 ]agd Vr^  
    He who hesitates is lost. 当断不断，必受其患。 u@zT~\ h*  
    I wish your sister a rapid recovery from her illness. 我祝愿你妹妹早日恢复健康。 5yp  
    Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 敏于听而缓于言。 UYpln[S  
    Time flies as swift as an arrow. 光阴似箭。 M[e{(iQ:  
    The customer is always right. 顾客是上帝。 Ae<;b Of
 
    have (gain, win, give sb.) an advantage over占（获得、赢得、给某人）优势 SQk5 SP  
    take advantage of sb. 耍弄，捉弄 rNgAzH  
    take advantage of sth. 利用 wD@ wOC  
    to advantage使优点突出 qLB(Th\&'  
    to sb's advantage (to the advantage of sb.)对某人有利 _b &Aa%  
    turn sth. to advantage利用 % F<3_#Y  
    We (were) at table when they called. 进餐，吃饭 7 /\SN04l  
    There is always a place for you at our table. 请你随时来吃便饭。 NNRKYdp,  
    The hostess set the table for ten. 女主任摆餐桌供十人用饭。 N
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    He worked his way through college by waiting at table. 当侍者 ])WIw'L!  
    The cloisonne is a famous native product of China. 景泰蓝，中国特产 :k~ p=ko  
    make an example of sb. 惩一儆百 + Cq&~<B  
    now or never机不可失 6X$\:>  
    out of breath上气不接下气 /|<0,ozoJ  
    get wind of察觉，风闻 iT1HbAT]  
    It's of no consequence-not the least. 不要紧的——毫无关系 u7-0?  
    Keeping up with the Joneses. (means to spend money you can't spare buying things you can't afford, in order to spite people you don't like) jQ(%LYX$  
    through the back door (under the counter)走后门 \d w["k  
    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 x/ P\qI  
    That was when the shit hit the fan. :m("oC@}  
    shitting in their own nest C+gu'hD  
    a good telling off好好地教训一顿 ]`}EOS-Q  
    to mend bad with worse拆东墙补西墙 prxmDI  
    It was imperative that there should be no fiasco. 只准成功，不准失败。 5zt5]zl'  
    Let a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend. 百花齐放，百家争鸣。 [VOw:|Tt  
    She is clever and always gets what she wants by playing office politics. 靠耍手腕 ^.Q/iXgh  
    As luck would have it. 很走运，真倒霉。 h5))D!  
    These young scientists are talented, and ambitious and they will go a long way. 大有作为 hia
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    It's no use crying over spilt milk. 覆水难收。  M|>-q  
    More haste, less speed. 欲速则不达。 y|WOw(#  
    Look before you leap. 三思而后行。 pf0uwXo  
    He who laughs last laughs best. 笑到最后才算笑得最好。 ,UD5>Ai  
    Theory is something but practice is everything. 理论固然重要，实践尤其重要。 P?y{9H*  
    There is no end to learning. 学无止境。 m h|HEkM  
    Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者事竟成。 uJ,I6P~9  
    It never rains it pours. 祸不单行。 eh3CVgH91;  
    Man proposes. God disposes. 谋事在人，成事在天。 B_%O6  
    survival of the fittest适者生存 b~K-mjJI  
    might is right强权即公理 a0 w  
    flash in the pan昙花一现 1$"wN z  
    on the ropes战战兢兢地 KpO%)M!/Z#  
    Here is an example, which I heard at a nurse's convention, of a story. {dV!sQD  
（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）