useful idioms inlistening 3

flyingty

电影
aisle seat----过道旁的座位
go to the movies/go to a movie(冠词不可少)
row----排

音乐
receive a standing ovation

成语
like peas and carrots--形影不离
I’ll miss you twenty-four seven.(24 hours and 7 day)
Break one’s leg--大获全胜
With flying colors--大获全胜
Leave sth. well alone/leave it at that不要画蛇添足


人际

gang up on sth. 联合起来对付某人
--They always gang up on me.
Quite a person = somebody--是个人物Come to the point----进入正题
Gild the lily.--多此一举
Get out of the wrong side of the bed.--发脾气
Go to bed with chickens--规律地睡眠
Since you make your bed, you must lie on it.
--= take one’s medicine--自食其果
have a word with sb. about sth.--讨论问题
have words with sb. about sth. --吵架
I’d never get enough of it.----玩不够
I’ve got enough of it.--受够了
Don’t get me wrong.--别误会我
Don’t get on my nerve.--别惹我心烦
What a nerve--真不要脸
I don’t have a nerve(heart).--没有勇气
Spend money like water.
Head over heels in love with sb.--拜倒在…
●--A good life is imspired by love and guided by knowledge.
I was born in a dradon year.出生在龙年

请客
this is my treat.
Let me treat you to sth.
Let me pay the bill.
The bill is on me.
Go dutch--aa制
Spilt the check.

健忘
going one ear and out of the other.
Have a short(poor) memory.
Have a memory like a sieve.


Ins and outs= details--细节
Ups and downs----生活中的起伏和波折
Odds and ends----鸡毛蒜皮的小事

对话中的肯定
And how.
By all means.
Go ahead.
How right you are.
I am behind you.
I am for it.
I am with you.
I don’t wonder.
No abjection.
No wonder.
Right on.
Small wonder.
So be it.
Yes, indeed.

对话中的否定
How can we do that?
How did she know?
That’s not saying very much.
Who told you that.
You don’t say so.

语气词
oh,nuts=bother(他妈的)
boy=man(好家伙，表示惊讶)
my gosh=my god
whoopee 表示兴奋


DO的一些用法
do the bed------叠被子
do one’s face----洗脸
do one’s teeth--刷牙
do the washing--洗衣
do the cook----做饭
do the windows--擦窗
do the kitchen--收拾厨房

take的一些用法
take for granted
take into account--仔细考虑
take my breath away--惊险的
take with a grain of salt
take the plunge--采取步骤/尝试
take one’s medicine--自食其果
take after --长的很像

各种费用
dues--俱乐部的会费
fare--车费
fee----费用的总称
fine--罚款
tip----小费
toll--过路过桥费--tollbooth 收费站
tution--学费

break 的用法
broke--a.没钱的
break up--分手
give sb. a break 放一马

天气
1.好天气--fine/nice/mild/clear/seasonable
2.坏天气--harsh/severe
3.热天气--warm/hot/sweltering/scorching/muggy/sticky/close
4.冷天气--cold/chilly/freezingly/biting/icecold/icy
5.雾天气--foggy/smuggy/misty/hazy/cloudy/overcast
------It’s covered gray coluds.
6.雨天气--drizzle/light rain/heavy rain/cloudburst/rainstorm/thouderstrom/shower
------It’s pouring down.
------It’s raining cats and dogs.
------It’s a fine day for ducks.
7.雪天气--sleet/slight/blizzard/snowstorm
8.风----breezy/gusty/hurricane/flurry/cyclone/typhoon
9.冰雹----hail

餐馆
take one’s order--上菜
a table for two 两人桌
menu--菜单
recipe--菜谱
have a good taste on sth.--对…有品味
first come, first serve.--先来先服务

fit
keep fit 保持健康
as fit as fiddle
fill
fill in
fill sb. in ons’sth. 告诉某人某事

spare=extra
spare parts--零部件
spare no effects 不遗余力

笑
smile 微笑
chuckle--吃吃的笑
giggle----傻笑
guffaw----狂笑
beam----微笑
simper----痴笑
grin----露齿笑
snigger
titter
smirk----假笑
burst into laughter
from ear to ear

穿着
appropriate 得体----casual 随意
formal situation: graduation ceremony, cocktail, presetation, wedding,etc.穿suit, jacket, tie.
Informal situation: picnic, barbeque, cook-out
穿 T-shirt, jeans, sweeter, sneaker

get
get at 意思指的是
get around to 找出时间作某事
get rid of
get over 痊愈、接受
get off on the ground 落实
get off on the wrong foot. 出师不利

put
put away/up
put out
put up with 容忍
put forward 提出
stay put 停留不走
put you through 接通电话
put into effect 付诸实施
put one’s shoulders on the wheel 齐心协力作某事
put the cars before the house--本末倒置
put our heads together--集思广益
put one’s heart and sole into sth.

商店
Does this shirt come in small/medium/large?
--有小/中/大号的吗？
Are you being served? 有人照料您吗？

交通
the roads are clear.
The traffic is light.
拥挤：heavy/stuck/blocked

成绩
grade/score/mark
passing grade/falling grade--不及格
full marks/perfect grade--满分
graduate with honors--以优异成绩毕业
pass the exam with flying colors--以优异成绩通过考试


修理场景
drawer/window/door---stuck
shutters---loose
faucet---leaky
sink---clogged/blocked
stereo/type player---doesn’t work
refrigerator/washing machine---can’t get parts for it

technician/preparing person/maintenance crew/plumber


track
lose track of没有把握好...
keep track of掌握好...
at the right track方向正确