英语俗语

    The driver, his face a stream of rain. 他的脸上雨水直流。 kuWK/6l4  
    My friends will be expecting me. #.<*; rB  
    Come here and reason with the young girl. 劝说 NQDLI 1o  
    If you hammer on the door they'll let you in. 用力在门上敲打（打门一般用“at”） L@>^_p$  
    He looked as if he had the strength of a horse. 力大如牛 $7msL#E7  
    I'll not lay a finger on you. 我不会动你一根毫毛。 2(c<U6#C'l  
    I'll tame you until you eat out of my hand the same as your aunt there. 完全顺从某人 S 23S.]r  
    Scratch her, and she shows her teeth. 她刚被触动一下就翻脸了。 )m|X;eEo  
    You play with life and death. 玩命 @?<N +qdH>  
    the four winds四面八方 Vpug"aR&_  
    with their fingers in their ears用手指头堵上耳朵 *]{9K  
    Mary sat very still. 一动不动 1$:{ {%  
    took quick with his tongue太能说会道了 d%}crM-KTL  
    The sudden direct attack took the woman by surprise.这一开门见山的突然提问 T^/Gj|N*  
    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 j#*asGdp#J  
    walk on air洋洋得意 ^m6k@VM  
    some sound or signal动静 LL|_c4$Ky  
    backwards and forwards前后 } u(d'9u  
    My name is Mary Yellan, if that means anything to you. 如果你想知道的话 c*y$bf<  
    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。 qWRNHUd  
    He might be trying to make her talk. 他可能是在套她的话。 YWt" |  
    Mary laughed, in spite of herself. 不由自主地笑了起来。 ke3HK9P;  
    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。 el <<D  
    Aunt Patience make signs to her. 向……打手势 l(h;e&9x  
    Have you lost your tongue? （吓得）说不出话来 Fy}MXe"f  
    keep close watch over密切注意 1_Dn?G^H  
    Tommorrow-well, tommorrow could take care of itself. 明天——哦，明天的事等明天再说吧。 O, bfdc[g4  
    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。 ^/`#9]<%  
    Mary had thrown trouble and responsibility to the winds. 已把……抛在脑后 Q3B'-BZe  
    There's quality for you! 质量是没说的。 p{mxk)A  
    You'll be wet to the skin. 你会淋成落汤鸡的。 '_q: vj X  
    What's done is done. 过去做的事现在说也没有用。 ^4u3Q  
    play a double game耍两面派，两面三刀 uznoyj6g  
    He had turned the key on his friend. 他把他的朋友锁在里面。 @D.R0uM  
    Joss Merlyn knows these moors like the back of his hand. 对……了如指掌 8CHb~m@^$  
    She was a woman, and for no reason in heaven or death she loved him. 明其妙地 v YRt2({}Z  
    Mary was only playing with her food. 只是做样子的吃了几口 s=H/b$v  
    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） /3)YWFZZc  
    You have too modest an apinion of yourself. 你有点妄自菲薄 h]J&A  
    He has made his peace with Mr.Bassat. 同……言归于好 ATYQ6E[{MV  
    There is no longer any need for pretence between us. 我们之间不再需要遮遮掩掩了。 !A'
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    Tomorrow may bring the world to you again. 明天你就会重见天日。 *kX3sG$8  
    the world's end天涯海角 j33P~H~  
    Money makes the world go round. 金钱万能 |1dEs,z\  
    I think, therefore I am. 我思故我在。 6Nfof  
    He who hesitates is lost. 当断不断，必受其患。 WmT}t  
    I wish your sister a rapid recovery from her illness. 我祝愿你妹妹早日恢复健康。 OmTZ-*N  
    Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 敏于听而缓于言。 L Q I: ]d  
    Time flies as swift as an arrow. 光阴似箭。  At`1)  
    The customer is always right. 顾客是上帝。 1R5\GKF6o  
    have (gain, win, give sb.) an advantage over占（获得、赢得、给某人）优势 Bq$e|t)'  
    take advantage of sb. 耍弄，捉弄 hRuo,FS#:  
    take advantage of sth. 利用 ;4-pupK~%  
    to advantage使优点突出 f_i"/xC-/  
    to sb's advantage (to the advantage of sb.)对某人有利 AmT|%j&3  
    turn sth. to advantage利用 |QAeQWP+1  
    We (were) at table when they called. 进餐，吃饭 W (=Wg|cr  
    There is always a place for you at our table. 请你随时来吃便饭。 4
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    The hostess set the table for ten. 女主任摆餐桌供十人用饭。 2a._?(k_y  
    He worked his way through college by waiting at table. 当侍者 '8r8 ^g[  
    The cloisonne is a famous native product of China. 景泰蓝，中国特产 `nd#< w>  
    make an example of sb. 惩一儆百 \3n{w   
    now or never机不可失 8
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    out of breath上气不接下气 ,<uiitOo  
    get wind of察觉，风闻 <FUqD0sQ  
    It's of no consequence-not the least. 不要紧的——毫无关系 ooLnJY#  
    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) 2fj0 I  
    through the back door (under the counter)走后门 877EKvsiC  
    If you have to ask, you can't afford it. }5o~R~H  
    a mom-and-pop operation个体户杂货铺 ,6EZb[;g^  
    That was when the shit hit the fan. e'/  
    shitting in their own nest _V_ 8p)%  
    a good telling off好好地教训一顿 0@sr NuW  
    to mend bad with worse拆东墙补西墙 $L<_uqSk  
    It was imperative that there should be no fiasco. 只准成功，不准失败。 J'G`=m"-'  
    Let a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend. 百花齐放，百家争鸣。 C>w9 {h  
    She is clever and always gets what she wants by playing office politics. 靠耍手腕 SQ~N X)  
    As luck would have it. 很走运，真倒霉。 [p( #WM:  
    These young scientists are talented, and ambitious and they will go a long way. 大有作为 +!L_E6pyXE  
    It's no use crying over spilt milk. 覆水难收。 #q~3c;ec  
    More haste, less speed. 欲速则不达。 0p:ClM2O  
    Look before you leap. 三思而后行。 qrkRD*a  
    He who laughs last laughs best. 笑到最后才算笑得最好。 | Q1ubS  
    Theory is something but practice is everything. 理论固然重要，实践尤其重要。 \J,- <wF  
    There is no end to learning. 学无止境。 v GR \GFm  
    Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者事竟成。 @n~>j&Kp  
    It never rains it pours. 祸不单行。 DJ mQZ+{2  
    Man proposes. God disposes. 谋事在人，成事在天。 wZ]BY ;  
    survival of the fittest适者生存 CfkNy[}=  
    might is right强权即公理 RB lOTQjv  
    flash in the pan昙花一现 e_>rJWI}  
    on the ropes战战兢兢地 !OuTXa,IH  
    Here is an example, which I heard at a nurse's convention, of a story. X YNUss  
（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）