英语俗语

    The driver, his face a stream of rain. 他的脸上雨水直流。 [N0/">c  
    My friends will be expecting me. qY*
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    Come here and reason with the young girl. 劝说 )sqp7["-  
    If you hammer on the door they'll let you in. 用力在门上敲打（打门一般用“at”） 8M".o n  
    He looked as if he had the strength of a horse. 力大如牛 0{U]STj  
    I'll not lay a finger on you. 我不会动你一根毫毛。 >uP{9kDm  
    I'll tame you until you eat out of my hand the same as your aunt there. 完全顺从某人 F1{?]>G  
    Scratch her, and she shows her teeth. 她刚被触动一下就翻脸了。 t?Njw7  
    You play with life and death. 玩命 2 yi*eR  
    the four winds四面八方 S?,KgMVM  
    with their fingers in their ears用手指头堵上耳朵 y4)ZUv,}  
    Mary sat very still. 一动不动 @4W\RwD  
    took quick with his tongue太能说会道了 n;S0fg  
    The sudden direct attack took the woman by surprise.这一开门见山的突然提问 |)|vG_  
    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 Sh~ 8jEk  
    walk on air洋洋得意 @SF")j|  
    some sound or signal动静 S+Yy  
    backwards and forwards前后 1%]{0P0?[  
    My name is Mary Yellan, if that means anything to you. 如果你想知道的话 WNF=NNO-R  
    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。 (F4dFh  
    He might be trying to make her talk. 他可能是在套她的话。 )Bm^aMVl3  
    Mary laughed, in spite of herself. 不由自主地笑了起来。 'aSZ!R  
    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。 vMW -gk   
    Aunt Patience make signs to her. 向……打手势 &\WkJ}&PnA  
    Have you lost your tongue? （吓得）说不出话来 z$8e6*  
    keep close watch over密切注意 M;S-ESQ  
    Tommorrow-well, tommorrow could take care of itself. 明天——哦，明天的事等明天再说吧。 }R(0[0NQe-  
    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。 1A)wbH)  
    Mary had thrown trouble and responsibility to the winds. 已把……抛在脑后 ^=-*
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    There's quality for you! 质量是没说的。 0IT20.~  
    You'll be wet to the skin. 你会淋成落汤鸡的。 >ji}j~cH  
    What's done is done. 过去做的事现在说也没有用。
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    play a double game耍两面派，两面三刀 ino7!T`  
    He had turned the key on his friend. 他把他的朋友锁在里面。 $@ T6g  
    Joss Merlyn knows these moors like the back of his hand. 对……了如指掌 o%N0K  
    She was a woman, and for no reason in heaven or death she loved him. 明其妙地 H;b
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    Mary was only playing with her food. 只是做样子的吃了几口 gOES2 4$2  
    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） R"8})a gw  
    You have too modest an apinion of yourself. 你有点妄自菲薄 ]/<Qn-BbU  
    He has made his peace with Mr.Bassat. 同……言归于好 K\Y6 cj  
    There is no longer any need for pretence between us. 我们之间不再需要遮遮掩掩了。 ya*q;D  
    Tomorrow may bring the world to you again. 明天你就会重见天日。 ^)%wq@Hi  
    the world's end天涯海角 @'NaA SB  
    Money makes the world go round. 金钱万能 !)51v {  
    I think, therefore I am. 我思故我在。 I2Or& _  
    He who hesitates is lost. 当断不断，必受其患。 <Vr]2mw  
    I wish your sister a rapid recovery from her illness. 我祝愿你妹妹早日恢复健康。 |~=?vw<W  
    Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 敏于听而缓于言。 Hjo:;s  
    Time flies as swift as an arrow. 光阴似箭。 Gr"2G,,VI  
    The customer is always right. 顾客是上帝。
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    have (gain, win, give sb.) an advantage over占（获得、赢得、给某人）优势 ^~YmLI4  
    take advantage of sb. 耍弄，捉弄 6U,U[MWJ  
    take advantage of sth. 利用 Js^r]=\F'  
    to advantage使优点突出 tswG"1R  
    to sb's advantage (to the advantage of sb.)对某人有利 f4aD0.K.g|  
    turn sth. to advantage利用 2\iD;Z#gM  
    We (were) at table when they called. 进餐，吃饭 x9{Sl[2&  
    There is always a place for you at our table. 请你随时来吃便饭。 Xx9~  
    The hostess set the table for ten. 女主任摆餐桌供十人用饭。 ^c [CyZ:a  
    He worked his way through college by waiting at table. 当侍者 r,Y/4(.c7U  
    The cloisonne is a famous native product of China. 景泰蓝，中国特产 (`uC"MLk  
    make an example of sb. 惩一儆百 ;|2;kvf"w  
    now or never机不可失 T^=Ee?e  
    out of breath上气不接下气 c-3YSrY  
    get wind of察觉，风闻 u1pYlu9IW  
    It's of no consequence-not the least. 不要紧的——毫无关系 UmP?}Xw6  
    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) 4%c7#AX[T  
    through the back door (under the counter)走后门 nHhD<a!  
    If you have to ask, you can't afford it. u[6` Jr~  
    a mom-and-pop operation个体户杂货铺 Y+PvL|`O  
    That was when the shit hit the fan. Fm[?@Z&wP  
    shitting in their own nest
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    a good telling off好好地教训一顿 6
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    to mend bad with worse拆东墙补西墙 -c<1H)W  
    It was imperative that there should be no fiasco. 只准成功，不准失败。 +=29y@c  
    Let a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend. 百花齐放，百家争鸣。 7:R{
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    She is clever and always gets what she wants by playing office politics. 靠耍手腕 ?XTg%U  
    As luck would have it. 很走运，真倒霉。 NNREt:+kr  
    These young scientists are talented, and ambitious and they will go a long way. 大有作为 |]]pHC_/W  
    It's no use crying over spilt milk. 覆水难收。 3Oig/KZ  
    More haste, less speed. 欲速则不达。 ke;*uS  
    Look before you leap. 三思而后行。 NGb!7Mu9  
    He who laughs last laughs best. 笑到最后才算笑得最好。 |Z^c#R  
    Theory is something but practice is everything. 理论固然重要，实践尤其重要。 !tFU9Zt  
    There is no end to learning. 学无止境。 @gl%A&a  
    Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者事竟成。 1+PNy d  
    It never rains it pours. 祸不单行。 \PtC  
    Man proposes. God disposes. 谋事在人，成事在天。 u_/OTy  
    survival of the fittest适者生存 _>:=<xyOq  
    might is right强权即公理 E6wST@r  
    flash in the pan昙花一现 {]/Jk07  
    on the ropes战战兢兢地 aBA#\
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    Here is an example, which I heard at a nurse's convention, of a story. v,x%^gv0  
（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）