1、实用英语集锦clock in 打卡 Dont forget to clock in, otherwise you wont get paid. 别忘了打卡，否则领不到钱。come on to 对.轻薄；吃豆腐 Tanya slapped Bill after he came on to her. Tanya 在 Bill 对她轻薄之后打了他一巴掌。come easily 易如反掌 Languages come easily to some people. 语言学习对有些人来说易如反掌。dont have a cow 别大惊小怪 Dont have a cow! Ill pay for the
2、damages. 别大惊小怪的！我会赔偿损失的。 push around 欺骗 Dont try to push me around! 别想耍我！keep ones shirt on 保持冷静 Keep your shirt on. He didnt mean to offend you. Thats just the way he talks. 保持冷静。那只是他说话的惯常方式，他并非有意要冒犯你。cool it 冷静一点 Cool it. You are making me mad. 冷静一点。你快把我逼疯了。 joy ride 兜风 Lets go for a joy ride. 让我们
3、去兜兜风。rap 说唱乐 Do you like rap music? I have trouble understanding the words. 你喜欢说唱音乐吗？我听不太懂其中的歌词。red-letter day 大日子 This is a red-letter day for Susan. She made her first sale to a very important client. 今天是 susan 的大日子。她和一个非常重要的客户做成了第一笔生意。go up in smoke 成为泡影Peters vacation plans went up in smoke when
4、 a crisis arose in the office. 办公室出了问题，peter的假期泡汤了。hit the road 上路 We should probably hit the road. Its going to take us two hours to get home. 我们可能该上路了吧？到家的两个小时呢！shape up 表现良好，乖Youd better shape up if you want to stay on. 如果你还想留下来的话最好乖一点儿。scare the 脏话,已过滤 out of someone 吓死某人了 Dont sneak up behind m
5、e like that. You scared the 脏话,已过滤 out of me. 不要那样从后面突然吓我。你吓死我了。 pull strings 运用关系（源于 “拉木偶的线”） He pulled some strings and managed to get us front row seats for the concert. 他运用关系替我们拿到音乐会前排的位子。come again 再说一遍 Come again? I didnt quite understand what you said. 再说一遍好吗？你刚说的话我不明白。 come clean 全盘托出，招供 The
6、 criminal decided to come clean. 罪犯决定供出事实。spring for 请客 Let me spring for dinner. 我来请客吃饭吧。spill the beans 泄漏秘密 Dont spill the beans. Its supposed to be a secret. 别说漏了嘴，这可是个秘密哦！stick in the mud 保守的人 Cathy is such a stick in the mud. She never wants to try anything new. Cathy 真保守，她从不想尝试新事物。john 厕所 I h
7、ave to go to the john. Wait for me in the car. 我要去厕所。在车里等我一下。 keep in line 管束 He needs to be kept in line. Hes too wild. 他太野了，要好好管束一下。jump the gun 草率行事 Dont jump the gun. We have to be patient for a while. 不要草率行事。我们应该耐心等一会儿。jump to conclusion 妄下结论 Dont jump to conclusion. We have to figure it out fi
8、rst. 不要妄下结论，先把事情搞清楚。lemon 次 This car is a real lemon. It has broken down four times.这辆车真次，已经坏了四次了！fishy 可疑的 His story sounds fishy. We should see if its really true. 他的故事听起来可疑。我们应该看看到底是不是真的。 flip out 乐死了 Chris flipped out when I told him that we won the game. 我告诉克里斯我们赢了比赛时，他乐歪了。fix someone up 撮合某人 I
9、 think Xixi and Macaulay would make a perfect couple. Lets fix them up. (Haha,just kidding 我想习习和 macaulay 会是理想的一对，我们来撮合他们吧。（呵，开个玩笑，习习和 macaulay 不会生气吧？：）take a shine to 有好感 He really likes you. There are very few people he takes a shine to right away. 他真的喜欢你。他很少对人一见面就有好感的。third wheel 累赘，电灯泡 You two g
10、o on ahead. I dont want to be a third wheel. 你们两个去好了，我不想当电灯泡。 ripoff 骗人的东西 What a ripoff! The new car I bought doesnt work! 真是个骗人货！我买的新车启动不了！rock the boat 找麻烦 Dont rock the boat! Things are fine just the way they are. 别找麻烦了，事情这样就够好了。blow it 搞砸了，弄坏了 I blew it on that last exam. 我上次考试靠砸了。in hot water
11、有麻烦 He is in hot water with his girlfriend recently. 近段时间他跟女友的关系有点僵。put ones foot in ones mouth 祸从口出 Wally is always saying such stupid thing. He has a real talent for putting his foot in his mouth. 沃力尽说这种蠢话。他真有惹是生非的本事。 flop （表演、电影等）不卖座，失败 The movie was a flop. Nobody went to see it.这部电影卖座率奇低，没有人去看。
12、 drop in/by/over 随时造访 Feel free to drop in anytime. Im usually home and Id love the company. 欢迎随时来坐坐。我通常在家，也喜欢游人做伴。 drop a line 写信 Drop me a line! 给我写信！duck 躲闪，突然低下头 Remind little Bobby to duck his head when he crawls under the table so he wont hit his head. 提醒小波比爬到桌下时要低头才不会受伤。go with the flow 随从大家的
13、意见 Sharon is an easy-going person. She just goes with the flow. 沙伦是个随和的人。人家怎么说，她就怎么做。 act up 胡闹，出毛病 The children started to act up as soon as the teacher left the room. 老师一离开教室，孩子们就闹起来了。ad lib 即兴而作，随口编 The comedian ad libbed most of his routine. 那个喜剧演员大多是即兴表演。blah-blah-blah 说个不停 All she does is go “
14、blah-blah-blah“ all night. 她整夜说个不停。hit it off 投缘，一见如故 They hit it off instantly and have been good friends ever since. 他们一见面就很投缘，从此成了好朋友。zit 青春痘 Why is it that every time I have a hot date, I break out with a big zit on my face? 为什么每次我有重要约会时，脸上都会冒出一个很大的青春痘呢？ put someone on the spot 让某人为难 Dont put me
15、 on the spot like this. You know I cant give you confidential information. 别这样让我为难，你知道我不能给你机密资料的。racket 非法行业，挂羊头卖狗肉 The police are determined to break up the racket. 警方决定打击这个非法行业。have it good 享受得很 She really has it good. Everybody caters to her every need. 她真是享受得很，大家都依着他。dont knock it 不要太挑剔 Don;t kn
16、ock it! You wont be able to find another job that pays so well. 别挑剔了！你未必可以找到另外一个待遇这么好的工作！pig out 狼吞虎咽 We pigged out on potato chips and cookies until our bellies ached. 我们大吃薯条和曲奇，吃到肚子撑到痛为止。down in the dumps 垂头丧气 The players were down in the dumps after their team lost the championship game. 球员输掉决赛哪一
17、场后个个垂头丧气。horse around 嬉闹 Weve horsed around long enough. Its time to get to work. 我们闹够了，该去工作了。pass something up 放弃某事物 You cant pass up this job. This kind of opportunity comes only once in a lifetime. 你不可错过这个工作。这种机会一辈子才有一次。go whole hog 全力以赴 She went whole hog in planning he New Years Eve party. 她全心全
18、力筹办新年晚会。shoo-in 长胜将军 Theres no way he can lose. Hes a shoo-in. 他不会输的，他是位长胜将军。 get the ball rolling 开始 Lets get the ball rolling. 让我们开始吧。get on the ball 用心做 If you hope to keep your job, youd better get on the ball and meet the deadline. 如果你还想要你的那份工作，你最好用心做，赶上最后期限！lady-killer 帅哥 Hes a real lady-kille
19、r. 他是个不折不扣的帅哥。lay off 停止，解雇 Lay off! I dont need you to tell me what to do! 别再讲了!我不需要你告诉我怎么去做！knock it off=cut it off 停止 Knock it off! Im trying to get some sleep. 别吵了！我正想睡觉呢！have a passion for 钟爱I have a passion for blue dresses. 我钟爱蓝色的衣服。pep talk 打气，鼓励的话The coach gave his team a pep talk at half t
20、ime, hoping to lead them to victory.教练在半场时候给球员们打起，希望将他们引上胜利之途。pick someones brains 请教某人I dont understand any of this medical terminology. Do you mind if I pick your brains since youre so knowledgeable in this area? 我对医学术语一无所知。你在这方面如此在行，我能不能请教你一下？pass out 醉倒了He passed out after three beers. 喝了三杯啤酒后他就
21、醉倒了。way back 好久以前Weve been friends since way back. 我们老早就是好朋友了。hit someone with a problem 让某人面对问题Im sorry to hit you with this problem. I dont know who else to turn to. 很抱歉把这个问题抛给你，我不知道还可以找谁求助。have it bad for 狂恋He really has it bad for her, but she has no ideas.他狂恋着她，而她却不知道。hung over 宿醉未醒Dont disturb
22、 him. Hes still hung over from last night.别吵醒他，他宿醉仍未醒。has-been 过时的人或物Lisa is a has-been. No one will hire her any more. 丽莎已经过时了。没人会再雇佣她。have a bone to pick with 有账要算I have a bone to pick with you. You still owe me the fifteen dollars you borrowed. 我有账跟你算。你向我借的十五美金还没还呢sheep（n.羊, 绵羊, 羞答答的人 , 胆小鬼, 信徒。）
23、一词在英语里常有一种 “受害者”、“软弱之辈”、“没有抗拒能力的人”的意思，从下面这些习语和谚语中我们就能感觉出： a wolf in sheeps clothing 披着羊皮的狼, 口蜜腹剑的人a black sheep 害群之马; 拒绝参加罢工的工人a lost sheep 迷途羔羊, 迷失正道的人a sheep among wolves 落入狼群; 落在一群恶汉手中的善良人as a sheep among the shearers 仿佛落在剪羊毛工人手里的绵羊count sheep 数羊 (心里计数以求入睡)follow like a sheep 盲从return to ones she
24、ep muttons 回到本题separate the sheep from the goats 区别好人和坏人sheep and goats 善人与恶人 (来自圣经)sheep that have no shepherd 乌合之众 A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy. 懒羊自觉羊毛重。As soon goes the young lambs skin to the market as the old ewes. 老羊皮上了市，小羊皮也跟着来。As well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb. 偷大羊或偷小羊反正都得挨绞刑
25、; 一不做二不休Carrion crows bewail the dead sheep and then eat them. 乌鸦吃死羊，先要哭一场；猫哭老鼠假慈悲。Every time the sheep bleats it loses a mouthful. 羊每叫一次，就少吃一口。If one sheep leap over the dyke, all rest will follow. 一羊跳过沟，众羊跟着跳。If the beard were all,the goat might preach. 如果长胡就好，山羊也可讲道。It is a foolish sheep that mak
26、es the wolf his confessor. 蠢羊才向狼忏悔。Make sheeps eyes at somebody 愚笨地向某人献殷勤One butcher does not fear many sheep. 屠夫不怕羊多。One scabbed sheep infects the whole flock. 一只羊生癣，群羊受害。The dust raised by the sheep does not choke the wolf. 羊踩起的灰尘挡不住狼。The life of the wolf is the death of the lamb. 有活的狼就有死的羔羊。There
27、 is a black sheep in every flock. 到处都有害群之马。（摘自新东方英语第 15 辑）鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利: two dogs fight for a bone, and a third runs away with it.玉不琢，不成器: C: A piece of jade unless cut forms no article of vertu. / E: An uncut gem goes not sparkle. / The finest diamond must be cut. / Unpolished pearls never shine.十年树木，百
28、年树人: C: It takes ten years to grow a tree and a hundred years to bring up a generation of good men. / E: It takes three generations to make a gentleman.学无止境: C: knowledge is infinite / E: progress sometimes uses a comma, but never a full stop.此地无银三百两: never try to prove what nobody doubts.严师出高徒: C:
29、Good pupils are to be brought up by strict teachers. / E: It is the bridle and spur that makes a good horse.得不偿失: give a lark to catch a kite.对症下药: a disease known is half the cure.君子之交淡如水: a hedge between keeps friendship green.化干戈为玉帛: bury the hatchet.家和万事兴: he is happiest, be he king or peasant,
30、who finds peace in his home.江山易改，本性难移: the leopard cannot change its spots.留得青山在，不怕没柴烧: where there is life, there is hope.狡兔三窟: the mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken.举一反三: half a tale is enough for a wise man.当局者迷，旁观者清: outsiders see more than insiders. / standers-by see more than gamest
31、ers.世上无难事，只怕有心人: dogged does it.笨鸟先飞: C: a slow sparrow should make an early start. / E: a lame traveler should get out betimes.冷暖自知: every man is best known to himself.有情人终成眷属: every jack has jill.宁为玉碎不为瓦全: better death than dishonor.情人眼里出西施: if jack is in love, he is no judge of jills beauty.拳不离手，
32、曲不离口: no day without a line.吃一堑，长一智: by falling we learn to go safely.塞翁失马: no great loss without some small gain.天无绝人之路: god tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.仁者见仁，智者见智: E: the donkey means one thing, and the driver another. / C: the benevolent see benevolence and the wise see wisdom. 师傅领进门，修行在个人:
33、 no man is his crafts master the first day.o love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.-Sydney Smith 爱人和被人爱是人生最大的幸福。 -悉尼。史密斯 All love is sweet, given or returned. Common as light is love, and its familiar voice wearies not ever.-Shelley 所有的爱都是甜蜜的，无论是给予还是回报。爱就像阳光一样无所不在，他那熟悉的嗓音永远不会消沉
34、。 -雪莱 A true friend is one soul in two bodies. -Aristotle 真正的朋友是异体同心。 -亚里士多德 Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue. -Mencius 友者也，友其德也。 -孟子 Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them. -Publius Syrus 富贵交友易，患难显真情。 -塞卤士 Publicity attracts friends, prosperity attaches friends, but adver
35、sity is the acid test of true friends.-Seneca 盛名招来朋友，成功来自朋友，而逆境乃真正友谊之试金石。 -塞涅卡 There is no man that impart his joys to his friends, but that he joy the more; and no man that impart his griefs to his friends, but he grieve the less. -Bacon 与朋友分享欢乐者，无不欢乐倍增；与朋友分享悲伤者，无不悲伤减半。 -培根 The friendship between g
36、entlemen appears indifferent but is pure like water; the friendship between mean men is as sweet as wine. -The book of rites 君子之交淡如水；小人之交甘若酒。 -礼记 To find a friend one must close one eye-to keep him, two. -Western Proverb 交朋友要睁一只眼闭一只眼-维持友谊则要闭上双眼。 -西方谚语 Hatred paralyzes life; love release it. Hatred c
37、onfuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darken life; love illuminates it. -Martin Luther King 恨使生活瘫痪无力，爱使他重获新生。恨使生活混乱不堪，爱是它变得和谐。恨使什么漆黑一团，爱使它光彩夺目。 -马丁。路德。金 In giving advice, seek to help, not to please, your friend. -Solon 提出忠告应该在帮助朋友而非取悦于朋友。 -梭伦 Its difficult to know at what moment love begins; it
38、is less difficult to know that it has begun. -H.W.Longfellow 知道爱情开始是困难的，但知道爱情已经开始则不那么困难了。 -H。W。朗费罗 If youd be loved, be worthy to be loved. -Ovid 要得到别人的爱，就必须要有值得爱的地方。 -奥维德 Love is ever matter of comedies, and how and then of tragedies. -Bacon 爱情常是喜剧，偶尔是悲剧。 -培根 Love lives in cottages as well as in co
39、urts. -George Herbert 爱在茅屋，亦在深宫。 -乔治。赫伯特 Human nature is so constructed that it gives affection most readily to those who seem least to demand it.-Bertrand Russell 人的天性就是如此，他最乐意将爱给予那些似乎最不强求爱的人。 -罗素 Love triumphs over everything. Love has no age, no limit and no death. -John Galsworthy 爱情战胜一切。爱情没有寿命，
40、没有极限，没有死亡。 -约翰。高尔斯华 A man with few frinds is only half-developed;there are whole sides of his nature which are lockes up and never been expressed.He cannot unlock them himself,he cannot even discover them.Friends alone can stimulate him and open him.-randolph bourne 朋友寥寥无几的人成长不全，他的本性中有不少被封闭和从未显露的层面；
41、他自己无法开启，甚至不会发现，惟有友人才能激励他，启发他。-伦道夫。伯恩 Sweetest joy ,the wildest woe is love.-philip bailey 爱情是最甜蜜的欢乐，最强烈的痛苦。-菲利浦。贝利 There is hardly any activity,any enterprise ,which is started with such tremendous hopes and expectations,and yet which fails so regularly,as love.-erich fromm 几乎没有任何活动、任何事业如同爱情一般；开始时充满
42、着无限的希望与期待；而结束时却毫不例外地落空。-埃里克。弗洛姆 Mans love is of mans life a thing apart,Tis womans whole existence.-byron 爱情是男人生命中的一部分，却是女人生命的全部。-拜伦 Marriage is like life in this -that it is field of battle ,and not a bed of roses.-robert Stevenson 婚姻生活-乃战场而玫瑰花朵。-罗伯特。史蒂文森 Men are April when they woo,December when t
43、hey wed;maids are May when they are maids,but the sky changes when they are wives.-Shakespear 男人求婚时像四月天，婚后像十二月天；女人少女时像五月天，为人妻后就变天。-莎士比亚 It is hard for the human soul not to love something ,and our mind must of necessity be drawn to some kind of affection.-Jerome 要使人的灵魂不去爱是很难的，而我们的思想也有必要被某在种爱所吸引。-杰洛姆
44、 Advice is like snow,the softer it falls,the longer it dwells upon ,and the deeper it sinks into,the mind.-Samuel Coleridge 忠告就像雪花，飘落得越轻柔，就越能持久，也越能深深地潜入人心。-塞缪尔。柯尔雷基 If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances throufh life ,he will soon find himself aline .-Samuel Johnson 如果一个人在一生中不结交新朋友，他
45、很快就会发现自己很孤独。-塞缪尔。约翰逊 None but the brave desrves the fair.-John Dryden 英雄配美人。-约翰。德莱顿 One is easily fooled by that which one love. -Moliere 人容易被所爱的人愚弄。 -莫里衰 An immature person may achieve great success in a carreer but never in a marriage. -Benjamin Spock 不成熟的人或许在事业上有很大的成就，在婚姻上则不然。 -本杰明。史波克 The happie
46、st women, like the happiest nations, have no history. -George Eliot 最幸福的女人，像最幸福的民族一样，没有历史。 -乔治。艾略特 When success comes in the door, it seems, love often goes out the window. -Joyce Brothers 成功来到门前时，爱情往往就走出了窗外。 -乔伊斯。卜洛泽 Treasure is not always a friend , but a friend is always a treasure. -Bacon 财富不是永远
47、的朋友，朋友才是永远的财富。 -培根 Love should be a tree whose roots are deep in the earth, but whose branches extend into heaven. -Bertrand Russell 爱情之树应该深深扎根在泥土中，而起枝条则要伸展与广阔的天空。 -罗素 Loveliness, needs not the foreign aid of ornament, but is when unadorned, adorned the most. -James Thompson 可爱，并不需要外来的装饰，天然的可爱远比雕饰的更
48、可爱。 -詹姆斯。汤普森 As selfishness and complaint cloud the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision.-Helen Keller 自私和抱怨是心灵阴暗，愉悦的爱则使视野明朗开阔。 -海仑。凯勒 You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends. -Joseph Conrad 你可以通过一个人的朋友，也可以通过一个人的敌人来判断的为人。 -约瑟夫。康拉德 The spirit of rejection finds its support in theconsciousness of separateness; the spirit of acceptance finds its base in the consciousness of unity. -Tagore 拒人千里之外源于分裂的意识，对人宽容大度则源于统一和谐的意识。 -泰戈尔 Be of love a little more careful than of anything. -E.E.Cummings 对待
