英文成语的奥秘PDF电子书下载

1.有关娱乐的成语 2

a）打扑克牌 2

ace up one's sleeve 2

bad deal （hand） good（fair） deal （hand） 3

follow suit 5

force one's hand 5

hold（get）all the cards be in the cards without a card to play 6

lay（put） one's cards on the table 8

play one's cards close to the vest（chest） 9

shuffle reshuffle 10

trump card 11

b）Other Entertainment（其他娱乐） 13

jump on the bandwago 13

merry-go-round 14

musical chairs 15

orchestrate 15

party is over 16

play second fiddle 17

pull out all the stops 18

pull the strings 19

run the show 19

set the stage 20

strings attached 21

2.有关动物的成语 24

make sheep's eyes 24

bone of contention 24

cat-and-mouse game 25

clip one’s wings 26

cool one’s heels 27

hornets’ nest 28

lame duck 29

lick one’s wounds 30

lion’s share 31

maverick 32

pecking order 33

pussyfoot 33

flog（beat）a dead horse 34

rat race 35

rub～the wrong way 36

sitting duck 37

3．有关建筑物、家俱的成语 39

go through the ceiling 39

go through the floor 39

in a〔tight〕corner 40

lobby 41

pull the rug 〔out〕from under 42

roll out the red carpet 43

take a back seat 44

under the table above board 45

4．有关衣着的成语 48

bigwig 48

come apart at the seams 48

fill someone’s shoes 49

fringe 50

hat 51

roll up one’s sleeves in one’s shirt sleeves 52

shoestring 53

skirt 54

tighten one’s belt 54

5．有关自己动手做的成语 57

go against the grain 57

hit the nail on the head 58

paint oneself into a corner 59

paper over 60

patch up patch together paste together 61

tighten the screws 62

6.有关农场的成语 65

beef up 65

brand 66

drop in the bucket 67

have （put） all one’s eggs in one basket 68

mend one’s fences 69

prime the pump 70

pump～into 71

pump up 71

run into a brick wall stonewall 72

sit on （ straddle） the fence 73

chicken scratches 74

7.有关食物、烹饪的成语 77

bite off more than one can chew 77

bread and butter 78

brew 79

cold shoulder 80

food for thought 81

hot potato 81

put （keep） on the back burner 82

simmer 〔down〕 83

sugar-coat 85

warm over 86

8.有关健康、医药的成语 89

booster shot shot in the arm medicine pill 89

come to a head fester sore 90

suffer wounds bind up （ heal） the wounds aggravate the wounds add salt to the wounds 91

9.有关人体的成语 94

a）手臂和手 94

get（ have）the upper hand 94

keep at arm’s length 95

knuckle under 95

rule of thumb 96

tight-fisted 97

turn thumbs down 98

twist one’s arm 99

b）脸 101

close shave razor thin by a whisker 101

hardnosed 102

pay lip service 103

raise one’s eyebrows 104

tight-lipped 105

tongue-lashing 105

c）脚 108

dig one’s heels in 108

drag one’s feet 109

in step out of step sidestep 110

put one’s foot down 111

put one’s foot in one’s mouth 112

d）头和身体 114

bow out 114

do an about-face 114

head above water up to one’s neck over one’ s head （depth） 115

take a low profile 117

when one’s back is turned 118

10.有关自然现象的成语 120

a）地面和天空 120

avalanche 120

bonanza 120

bridge the gap 121

in the dark 122

moonlight 123

volcano 124

rain check 125

whirlwind 126

b）冷热 129

break the ice 129

damp down（dampen） throw（dash）cold water on fizzle 130

fan the fire smoulder flare up 131

in hot water lukewarm 133

in the cold 134

play it cool 135

snowball 135

tip of an iceberg 136

c）科学 139

acid test litmus test 139

fallout 140

pick up steam let off steam run out of steam 141

put （keep） the lid on blow （take） the lid off 143

tarnish （polish） the image 144

11.有关植物的成语 147

hard （tough） nut to crack 147

in a nutshell 148

mushroom 149

nip in the bud 150

out of the woods 150

out on a limb 151

slim pickings 152

weed out 153

12．有关运动的成语 155

across-the-board 155

beat around the bush 156

call the shots 157

down to the wire 157

field 〔the〕 questions 158

game isn't over yet 159

in the bag 160

no holds barred 161

on one's （own） home turf 162

pull one's punches 163

score （rack up） points 164

start from scratch 165

dark horse 166

13.有关时间和金钱的成语 169

around the clock 169

time is running out eleventh hour 170

wheeling and dealing 171

14.有关交通的成语 174

a）陆地方面 174

green light 174

light at the end of the tunnel 175

on the track off the track sidetrack 177

pave the way 179

steer clear 180

b）海上方面 182

even keel 182

in the wake of 183

keep afloat 184

lower the boom 184

rock the boat 185

shipshape 186

sink or swim 187

smooth sailing rough sailing 188

15.有关武器、防御的成语 191

come under fire 191

fuse defuse short-fused 192

go off half-cocked 193

last-ditch 194

loophole 195

on target wide of the mark 196

stab～in the back 197

take a shot at 198

top brass 199

16.出自圣经的成语 201

new wine in old bottles 201

gird up ones loins 201

babel 202

be a law unto oneself 203

break bread 204

by（with）the skin of one’s teeth 204

cast pearls before swine 205

clear as crystal 206

eat one’s heart out 207

hide one’s light under a bushel 208

live on （off） the fat of the land 209

parting of the ways 210

promised land 210

put one’s hand to the plough 211

raise Cain 212

set one’s teeth on edge 213

wash one’s hands of 214

索引 216