《美国英语成语俗语八十讲》求取 ⇩

目录1

1．Lock,Stock and Barrel1

2．Greasy Spoon and Potluck4

3．To Go in One Ear and out the Other and to Play by Ear7

4．Doggy Bag and Eggs10

5．In Hot Water and to Throw Cold Water13

6．To Hold Water andWater off a Duck's Back15

7．Blow up and Blow out18

8．To Pull Your Socks up and to Knock Your Socks off21

9．To Be Led by the Nose and Under Your Nose24

10．Poker Face and Close to the Vest27

11．The Shoe Is on the Other Foot and to Work Hand in Glove30

12．Follow the Nose and to Pay Through the Nose33

13．To Keep an Ear on the Ground and Up to One's Ears36

14．Sweeten the Pot and The Cards Are Stacked against You39

15．To Fly off the Handle and to Bark up the Wrong Tree42

16．Right on the Beam and to Fly by the Seat of One's Pants45

17．To Keep One's Shirt on and to Lose One's Shirt48

18．A Stuffed Shirt and to Give You the Shirt off His51

Back51

19．To Bail out and Nose Dive54

20．Up in Arms and at Arm's Length57

21．To Shake a Leg and to Pull My Leg60

22．To Twist Someone's Arm and To Charge Someone an Arm and a Leg63

23．Taking Candy from a Baby and a Piece of Cake66

24．Top Gun and Bottom Line69

25．Just for Laughs and to Laugh up One's Sleeve72

26．A Horse Laugh and the Last Laugh75

27．A Red Letter Day and Red Tape78

28．Black Sheep and White Lie81

29．Rain Check and It Never Rains But It Pours84

30．To Stick to One's Guns and Shooting the Breeze87

31．Green Thumb and Green Light90

32．Singing the Blue and Like a Bolt out of the Blue93

33．Apple Pie and Hot Potato96

34．To Put All His Eggs in One Basket and to Eat Crow99

35．Monkey Business and to Make a Monkey out of Somebody102

36．Hot Seat and Hot and Bothered105

37．To Break Your Neck and to Stick Your Neck out108

38．Pain in the Neck and Neck and Neck111

39．To Have a Heart and cross My Heart114

40．My Heart Stood Still and Heart-to-heart Talk117

41．To Go All out and to Go Through Hell or High Water120

42．To Go Broke and to Go Overboard123

43．To Put One's Best Foot Forward and to Land on One's Feet126

44．To Get off on the Wrong Foot and to Put Your Foot in Your Mouth129

45．Cold Feet and Jump in and Get Yom Feet Wet132

46．Ants in Your Pants and to Have Butterflies in One's Stomach135

47．To Bug Me and to Loue up138

48．To Get a Foot in the Door and to Be Dead on One's Feet141

49．To Stand on One's Two Feet and to Throw Oneself at Someone's Feet144

50．To Be Swept off One's Feet and Don't Let the Grass Grow Under One's Feet147

51．To Pull noPunches and Straight from the Horse's Mouth150

52．No Holds Barred and toLet One's Hair Down153

53．Loose Cannon and Blockbuster156

56．Peaches and Cream and Sour Grapes156

54．Bomb and to Drop a Bombshell159

55．Oddball and Odds and Ends162

57．Lemon and Going Banana168

58．To Shoot the Breeze and Through the Grapevine171

59．A Fish out of Water and to Teach a Fish How to Swim174

60．To Fish or Cut Bait and Cold Fish177

61．To Feast Your Eyes on and to Hit Between the Eyes180

62．Eyes Pop out and not Even Bat an Eye183

63．To Have One's Eyes Peeled and to Pull the Wool Over One's Eyes186

64．To Keep One's Eye on the Ball and EyeOpener189

65．Flea Market and to Clam up192

66．Baloney and Kickback195

67．To Get a Kick out of and to Kick the Bucket198

68．To Kick up One's Heels and to Kick off201

69．At the Drop of a Hat and to Talk Through One's Hat204

70．Hang on to Your Hat and to Keep Something Under Your Hat207

71．To Eat One's Hat and to Eat One's Heart out210

72．Nerd and Jock213

73．Wimp and Turkey216

74．To Throw One's Hat in the Ring and Stump219

75．Favorite Son and Sound Bite222

76．Blame Game and Negative Campaigning225

77．Swing Voters and to Come out Swinging228

78．Don't Change Horses in the Middle of the Stream and Jump on the Bandwagon231

79．Sleaze and Gridlock234

80．Lame Duck and Golden Parachute237

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