英 語 中 的 習 慣 用 語 （一）

1、a bad apple 壞蛋

A：Oh, my God! What happened? Why are you black and blue?
B：I got beaten by Peter』s brother
A：That』s a bad apple! Let』s think up a way and teach him a lesson
甲：噢，天哪！怎麼啦？你身上怎麼青一塊紫一塊的？
乙：彼得的弟弟把我給打了。
甲：這壞蛋，咱們來想個法來教訓教訓他。

2、a dog in the manger 占著茅坑不拉屎的人；佔有有利條件卻不會利用的人

A：Give the skates to me!
B：You shut up!
A：If you don』t know how to skate, why don』t you give the skates to me? Don』t be a dog in the manger.
甲：把冰鞋給我！
乙：你閉嘴！
甲：你若不知道怎麼滑冰，幹嗎不把冰鞋給我？別占著茅坑不拉屎了！

3、a gay dog 快活的人

A：It』s strange they should get along so well!
B：That』s nothing unusual.
A：You don』t know much about the couple. One likes to be alone, but the other is a bit of a gay dog.
甲：他們居然能處得這麼好，太奇怪了。
乙：沒什麼不尋常的。
甲：你不了解這倆口子，一個喜歡獨處，另一個卻喜歡熱鬧。

4、a hard nut 冥頑不化的人；無知無覺的人

A：Bob refused all his classmate』s invitations.
B：I really couldn』t understand him.
A：He』s surely a hard nut, nobody likes approaching him.
B：We』d better also leave him alone.
甲：鮑勃拒絕了班上所有人的邀請。
乙：他這個人我真不明白。
甲：他真是個腦子不開竅的人，沒人願意靠近他。
乙：我們最好也別惹他。

5、a hen-pecked husband 妻管嚴；怕老婆的男人

A：Aunt is scolding uncle again.
B：Don』t worry. Your uncle won』t utter a word back.
A：I didn』t know my uncle is a hen-pecked husband
B：He isn』t. He thinks it』s not necessary to quarrel with women.
甲：嬸嬸又在罵叔叔了。
乙：別著急，你叔叔不會還口的。
甲：我還不知道我叔叔是個妻管嚴。
乙：他不是。他覺得和女人吵架沒必要。

6、big shot 要人

A：Do you know Mr. Smith?
B：No, but I know of him. He』s a big shot in the local politics.
A：I』m told he』s only a yes-man.
B：Yes, I hate that. At present, what we want is a strong, independent leader, not a bunch of yes-man.
甲：你認識史密斯先生嗎？
乙：不認識，但我知道這人，他在本地政界是個舉足輕重的人物。
甲：我聽說他是個和事佬。
乙：沒錯兒，我就恨這個。現在，我們要的是強有力的、有主見的領導人，可不是和事佬兒。

7、fat cat 大款

A：Where』re those popular actresses in our school time?
B：Get into marriage.
A：Can everyone find a fat cat?
B：Everyone wants to, but not everyone succeeds.
甲：咱們上學時的那些女影星都哪去了？
乙：結婚了唄！
甲：人人都能找到大款嗎？
乙：人人都想，可並不是人人都能找到。

8、bosom friends 知心朋友

A：Is Jack a friend of yours?
B：Yes. He is one of my bosom friends.
A：He』s a nice guy as far as I know
B：You can be certain of that.
甲：傑克是你的朋友嗎？
乙：是，他是我的一個知心朋友。
甲：我也知道他是一個好人。
乙：這點毫無疑問。

9、con artist 大騙子手

A：Is this your first visit to this city?
B：Yes, why?
A：Perhaps I should warn you that this city is full of con artists.
B：Thanks for telling. I』ll take care.
甲：這是你第一次遊覽這個城市嗎？
乙：是呀，怎麼了？
甲：也許我該提醒你這座城市有許多騙子手。
乙：謝謝，我會小心的。

10、the long and short of it 概括地說

A：Do you know why John left our company?
B：It』s a complicated story but the long and short of it is that he transferred a large sum of money wrongly.
A：Who should be responsible exactly?
B：A crook took advantage of him. Our boss would never forgive such a stupid act.
甲：你知道為什麼約翰離開我們公司了嗎？
乙：這事很複雜，但概括地說，他錯轉了一大筆資金。
甲：確切說誰應負責呢？
乙：一個騙子騙了他。我們的老闆永遠也不會原諒這樣愚蠢的行為。

學習。

A bosom friend afar brings distant land near。

I wish we all can be bosom friends.

thank you.

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