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高考英语俗语表达1,Pacea change of pace改变步调;变手法,换口味[A variationin routineor activity]_例]I cantwait to go to the beachnext week—I reallyneed achangeofpace!at aglacial pace/at asnaiT space慢条斯理地;极慢地at akilling pace速度很快;以惊人的速度go throughones paces显示自己的本领;显示才能[例]You11probably have togothrough yourpaces at this interview一the companyreallylikes tomake surethat applicantscan handlethe stressof the job.pace aroundhot porridgelike acat形容拐弯抹角【原本是瑞典的俗语】[例]Dont pacearoundhot porridgelike acat一just tellme thetruth,pace backand forth来回踱步mend onespace加快步伐;放快步子keep pacewith someone跟上某人的步伐
2.Pricea pearlof greatprice无价之宝a priceon somebody5s head缉拿某人的赏金be worththe priceof admission物有所值drive aprice down压低价格everyone hastheir price有钱能使鬼推磨[例]Come onnow,everyone hastheir price一slip theguy atwenty and Im surehe11let youinto theclub.pay theprice付出代价;得到报应[例]If youget caughtcheating onyour exam,you11havetopay theprice一whichcould includeexpulsion.price someone or somethingout ofmarket要价过高而无人购买[例]You area verygood singer,but youragent haspriced youout of the market.
3.Egga badegg坏蛋;坏人;缺乏道德的人a chicken-and-egg problem因果难定的问题a curatesegg瑕瑜互见之物;好坏参半[例]Our vacationwas abit of a curatesegg;the firstfew dayswere sunny,but therestof theweek wasruined by the heavyrain andflooding.a hardegg tocrack难对付的人或事dont putall youreggs inone basket不要孤注一掷don,t teachyour grandmotherto suckeggs不要班门弄斧have egg on onesface某人出丑,某人丢脸[例]The CEOreally hadeggonhis faceafter hewent on stage todemonstrate thenewproduct andcouldnt getit to work.kill thegoose thatlays thegolden egg杀鸡取卵walking oneggs谨慎小心,如履薄冰[例]The littlestthing tendsto anger my mother,so I feel like I haveto walkon eggswheneverIm ather house.
4.Shortas thick as a short plank形容十分愚蠢[例]You rethickas a shortplank ifyou thinkyou canswim acrossthat river.ashortcut捷径have ashort fuse易怒be in short supply供应不足;短缺[例]Those toyshave beeninshortsupply eversince that website featuredthem.be shortand sweet说话简短扼要[例]The filmis shortand sweet,telling itsstory whilenever outstayingits welcome.have someoneby theshort hairs任意摆布某人;完全控制某人[例]After scoringa thirdgoal in the lastquarter,the hometeam reallyhad theiropponentsbytheshort hairs.give shortshrift to对漠不关心;很快解决[例]Despite itsurgency,ministers aregiving theissue shortshrift inparliament.
5.Longhave/draw/pul1/wear a long face哭丧着脸;板着脸[例]Jill hadsuch a long faceyesterday aftershe learnedthat shefailed herexam.a long row to hoe麻烦的工作,艰巨的任务[例]I knowfinishing thisthesis willbe alongrowtohoe,but Imactually lookingforwardtothechallenge.along leash形容被给予很大的自由,未受到严格的监管/牵制[例]Her parentsgiver herquite alongleash,so itdoesnt surpriseme thatshe getsupto as much troubleas shedoes.along shot形容成功的可能性不大;不大会成功的尝试[例]Her candidacywas alongshotfrom thebeginning,and herlandslide defeatwasno surprise.be longin thetooth指年纪大;尤指年纪太大而无法做某事[例]Our poorcat isso longin thetooth thathe strugglesjust walkingaround thehousethese days.cast along shadow形容影响深远[例]Cancer hascast along shadowover almostevery familyin the country.
6.Carda cardup onessleeve暗中留着的一手;秘而不宣的计划[例]I figuredthe defenseattorney hada cardup hersleeve,and hereit is一a neweye-witness.a fewcards shyof afull deck比喻人的智力或精神状态不太正常[例]He sayshes going to starta businessselling beesas pets—I thinkhe maybea fewcards shyofafull deck.a houseof cards筹划不周难以成功的计划;不牢靠的计划[例]So yourplan isto justcram andmiraculously getgood gradeson allof yourexamsThat soundslike a real houseof cardsto me!be in the cards某事可能发生;有把握[例]If youkeep performingatthislevel,I thinka promotionis in the cards.go inwith goodcards大有成功的可能[例]I studiedso hardfor thisexam that I feellike Imgoing inwith goodcards foronce.keep onescards close to onesvest守口如瓶;秘而不宣[例]We reall curiousabout what the bosshas beendiscussing in those meetingswiththe lawyers,but she,s keepingher cardsclosetoher vest.show onescards摊牌;吐露自己的真实打算【近义词lay onescards onthe table;tip/show oneshand;have ashowdown]
7.Fightbare-knuckle fight残酷的斗争[例]We alwaysknew it would bea bare-knuckle fightto getthis legislationapproved,so were preparedto dowhatever ittakes.a straightfight一对一的竞选an uphillfight艰难的博弈couldnt fightones wayout ofa wetpaper bag形容某人软弱无力[例]You candefinitely beatthat scrawnykid一come on,he couldntfight hisway outofa wetpaper bag!fight toothand nail/claw竭尽全力或激烈斗争[例]The senatorvowed tofight theproposal toothand claw.fight alosing battle进行一场毫无成功希望的斗争fight firewith fire以毒攻毒;以其人之道还治其人之身fight the good fight为正义而战[例]Theyve beenfighting thegood fightfor positivechange in the companyssexistculture.
8.Papera paper tiger纸老虎[例]The newmanagement teamtries tocommand respectthrough lotsof blusteryspeeches,but allof usworkers justsee itas a papertiger.apapertrail书面记录cant carrya tunein apaper sack形容在音乐方面没有天赋_例]I thinkits lovelythat Georgewants to be inhis churchchoir,but thatboy can,t carrya tunein apaper sack!give somebodytheir walkingpapers解雇某人[例]After messingup thataccount,Im terrifiedthat myboss isgoing togive memywalking papers.look goodon paper从理论上看起来合理实际不然[例]Your idealooks goodon paper,but Idont thinkitwouldwork in areal-worldenvironment.
9.Wetas madas a wet hen形容异常愤怒a wet blanket扫兴的人或物throw a wetblanket over something对泼冷水使扫兴[例]The courtsdecision throwsa wetblanketoverthe presidentsplans forhealthcarereform.get onesfeet wet开始尝试某事[例]Im confidentthat you11be ableto drivea stickshift一you justneed togetyour feetwet first.have aface like a wetweekend形容不开心、一脸沮丧或痛苦[例]Poor Colinhas aface like awetweekend becausehis girlfrienddumped him.wet oneswhistle解渴;润喉;喝酒-例]If you,re lookingfor Barney,hes downatthepub wettinghis whistle.wet firecracker令人失望或没有达到期望的人或事[例]The filmgot alot ofhype,but Ithought itwas abit ofawetfirecracker.
10.Fisha coldfish冷漠的人a bigfish大人物a fish story无稽之谈,滔天大谎[例]Im sureGrandpa isjust tellingyou afishstory一there5s noway allof thatstrue!a/the fishrots from the headdown鱼臭先臭头;上梁不正下梁歪,领导不力导致下层7昆舌L[例]The boardhas toget ridof theCEO forthegoodof the company.I mean,a fishobviouslyrots fromthe headdown.fish forcompliments沽名钓誉;求取赞赏;讨别人的恭维[To attemptto elicitpraise fromsomeone,typically bysaying negativethings aboutoneself.]fish out of water离水之鱼,不得其所;形容某人在新环境中感到不自在[例]When Carlatransferred toa newschool,she feltlikeafish out of waterbecauseshe didn,t knowanyone there.teach aman tofish授人以渔a kettleof fish一塌糊涂;尴尬、艰难的境地
11.Housea halfwayhouse折中方案;为吸毒者设立的戒瘾治疗中心;旅途上的旅馆[例]To preventus frombecoming tootired onthe longdrive,we decidedto stopata halfwayhouse toget somerest.basket house指音乐表演者表演并获得报酬的工作场所(酒吧、咖啡屋)be eaten outofhouse andhome形容吃得很多[例]Tims friendsfrom collegestayed withus fora week.We wereeatenoutof houseandhome bythe endof theirvisit!be onthe house免费赠送bring thehouse down博得全场喝彩live ina glasshouse居于脆弱地位,易成为受到攻击和评论的对象[例]Now thatr vebecome avegan,IfeellikeIlive ina glasshouse—I constantlyhaveto heareveryones opinionon veganism.likea house on fire形容非常迅速[例]Out ofnowhere,this crazedbull startedcharging atus likeahouseonfire!
12.Linea fineline一线之差[A verynarrow divisionbetween twodeceptively similarthings][例]As anew parent,you learnthat theresa fineline betweenlooking outfor yourchildswelfare andbeing overprotective.be outof line越界stay within the lines遵守规定/规则[例]That reporterwas outof linewhen heasked questionsabout mypersonal life.blow oneslines忘记台词[例]My mindwent completelyblank assoon as I steppedonstage,andItotally blewmylines.keep inline管束某人的行为[例]You vegot tokeep yourstaff inline ifyou wantyour departmentto hitits targets.line one,s ownpockets中饱私囊;以欺骗或非法手段敛财[例]He doesn,t careabout creatingsome digitalutopia一hes justtrying toline hisownpockets.take ahard line采取强硬的态度
13.Blueonce ina bluemoon千载难逢a bolt fromthe blue晴天霹雳;令人大吃一惊[例]We allthought Grandmawas healthyas canbe,so hercancer diagnosiscame likeaboltfromthe blue.between thedevil andthe deepblue sea左右为难;进退维谷【同义词be ina dilemma;between twofires;stand ata nonplus;be ina fix][例]I wasbetween thedevil andthe deepblue sea,for ifI didnttake outanotherloan一and godeeper intodebt一I couldnot payoff thedebts Ialready owed.black andblue青一块紫一块[例]r mprobably goingtobeblack andblue afterfalling downthe stepsthis morning.be bluearound the gills/pale around thegills呕吐的;喝醉的[例]After allthat drinkinglast night,I suream bluearoundthegills today.blue inthe face精疲力尽;气急败坏[Often usedinthephrase〃till oneis blueintheface.〃】[例]You cancomplain aboutit tillyoure blueintheface,but weregoingtoyourgrandmothers whetheryou likeit ornot.come outof theblue出人意料;突如其来[例]You needto workhard—opportunities dontjust comeoutoftheblue.
14.Pinkbe inthe pink形容身体健康;喝醉的[例]Jill ishappy tobe inthe pinkagain afterher hospitalstay.get a pink slip/get pinked被解雇[例]He wasin totaldisbelief whenhe gotapinkslip fromhis bosstoday,as hehadworked atthecompanyfor overa decade.pink elephants幻觉;不可能的事;离奇的事pink-collar一般由妇女从事的工作[例]There isnothing wrongwith womenfinding workinapink-collar profession.Theproblem isin expectingwomen一and onlywomen一toworkinthosetypes ofjobs.tickle someonepink让某人很开心[例]My familyloves mygirlfriend almostasmuchasIdo,so ittickled thempink tohearthatwere gettingmarried.
15.Seaa seachange剧变;翻天覆地的变化[例]The transitionfrom usingdesktop computersto mobiledevices representsa seachangein datamanagement withinthe fieldof informationtechnology.be atsea茫然;不知所措[例]I triedto dowell inthis class,but Ivebeen atsea sincewe started.follow the sea做海员;当水手[例]I alwaysassumed thatI wouldfollow thesea,like allofthemen inmy family,but Ijust didn,t havethe constitutionfor thatlife.get onessea legs习惯于船的颠簸;引申义适应新事物/新环境[例]Oh,youve onlybeen atyour newjob fora week一you,11get yoursea legseventually.high seas公海not theonly fish inthesea/there areplenty morefishinthesea天涯何处无芳草[例]rmpretty disappointedthatIdidnt getthejob,but Imtrying toremind myselfitsnot theonly fishinthesea.
16.Paleas pale asa ghost脸色苍白[例]She waspaleasaghostafter thatcar nearlyran intoher onthe sidewalk.be beyond the pale无法接受的;出格的[例]Disrupting myclass isbeyondthepale,young lady一go tothe principaTs office!pale atsomething害怕;担忧;厌恶某事或某物[例]I knowthat Davidpales atthe thoughtof flyingin anairplane.【同义词pale atthe notionof something;pale atthe thoughtof something]pale besidesomeoneorsomething在前相形见细;与相比略逊一筹[例]All ofmy siblingsare surgeons,so Ialways feellike mycareer inart palesbesidetheirs.pale by/in comparison与相比,黯然失色/相形见细[例]Though thatissue isindeed serious,it palesby comparisonwith thethreat ofdrugabuse thatis tearingthecountryapart.turn pale变得苍白脸色。