英语趣味惯用语PDF电子书下载

Conduct and Behaviour品格及行为 1

1 bite the hand that feeds one 1

2 the black sheep of the family 2

3 blow one's own trumpet 4

4 blow the coals 5

5 break the eggs in somebody's pocket 6

6 cook someone's goose 7

7 a dog in the manger 8

8 get somebody by the short hair 9

9 give somebody the edge of one's tongue 10

10 have clean hands 11

11 have a finger in the pie 12

12 keep someone at an arm's length 13

13 keep a straight face 15

14 let the cat out of the bag 16

15 make an ass of oneself 17

16 make somebody's hair stand on end 18

17 make something out of thin air 19

18 mend one's way 20

19 pull someone's 21

20 put the saddle on the wrong side 22

21 shed crocodile's tears 23

22 show someone the back door 24

23 stand in somebody's light 25

24 step on someone's toes 26

25 take a back seat 27

26 take a leaf out of somebody's book 28

27 throw dirt at somebody 29

28 throw a wet blanket on somebody 30

29 turn over a new leaf 31

30 a wolf in sheep's clothing 32

31 up with the lark 33

Work and Managing Matters工作及处事 34

32 be on the bench 34

33 bite the tongue 35

34 break a fly on the wheel 37

35 bring down the house 38

36 count one's chicken before they are hatched 39

37 flog a dead horse 40

38 give someone the green light 41

39 go up in the world 42

40 have a bee in one's bonnet 43

41 have something black and white 44

42 have too many irons in the fire 45

43 have two strings to one's bow 46

44 hold a candle to the sun 47

45 kill two birds with one stone 48

46 let a person stew in his own juice 50

47 lick somebody's boot 51

48 like a hen on a hot girdle 52

49 make bricks without straw 53

50 make soneone redundant 54

51 one's fingers are all thumbs 55

52 pay lip service 56

53 pay somebody back in his own coin 57

54 play one's trump card 58

55 play second fiddle 59

56 pull one's socks up 60

57 pull one's punches 61

58 put all one's eggs in one basket 62

59 put one's foot down 63

60 put one's shoulder to the wheel 64

61 put the cart before the horse 65

62 roll one's sleeves up 66

63 sit on the fence 67

64 stick to one's gun 69

65 straight from the horse's mouth 70

66 strike while the iron is hot 71

67 take the bread out of someone's mouth 72

68 up to one's ears in work 73

69 vote with one's feet 74

70 wet behind the ears 75

Trouble and Difficulties烦恼及困难 76

71 bark up the wrong tree 76

72 be Greek to someone 77

73 be in the clouds 78

74 between the devil and the deep blue sea 79

75 break the ice 80

76 bury one's head in the sand 81

77 cry on somebody's shoulder 82

78 cry over spilt milk 84

79 fish in the troubled waters 85

80 get hold of the wrong end of the stick 86

81 a hard nut to crack 87

82 have butterflies in one's stomach 89

83 have one's heart in one's mouth 90

84 have something on the tip of one's tongue 91

85 lie in a bed of thorn 92

86 live on one's own fat 93

87 look for a needle in a bundle of hay 94

88 make the feathers fly 95

89 paint oneself into a corner 96

90 pour oil on the fire 97

91 pour oil on troubled waters 98

92 put the cat among the pigeons 99

93 sugar the pill 101

94 take the bull by the horns 102

95 wake up a sleeping dog 103

Money and Wealth金钱及财富 104

96 be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth 104

97 burn a hole in one's pocket 105

98 cut one's coat according to one's cloth 106

99 grind thd faces of the poor 107

100 keep one's head above water 108

101 live from hand to mouth 109

102 a pig in a poke 110

103 play ducks and drakes 111

104 tighten one's belt 112

Miscellaneous杂类 113

105 the apple of one's eye 113

106 beat somebody black and blue 115

107 burn the midnight oil 116

108 cast pearls before swine 117

109 catch somebody red-handde 118

110 every cloud has a silver lining 119

111 fight tooth and nail 120

112 go at it hammer and tongs 121

113 keep one's fingers crossed 122

114 let sleeping dogs lie 124

115 look before you leap 125

116 once in a blue moon 126

117 pat someone on the back 127

118 rain cats and dogs 128

119 roll out the red carpet 129

120 a rolling stone gathers no moss 130