英语习语Englishidioms.doc

1 Idioms 1. Strike while the iron is 2. Many hands make light work. 人多好办事 3. Haste makes waste. More haste, less speed. 欲速则不达 4. Out of sight, out of mind. 眼不见,心不烦 5. Birds ofa feather flock together. 物以类聚,人以群分 6. Look before you 7. Two heads are better than 8. To carry coals to Newcastle 运煤到纽卡索多此一举 9. Jack of all trades and master ofnone 杂而不精的人 Jack of all trades 10. Know something of everything and everything of something. 专一长而通百艺一专多能 11. If you run after two hares, you will catch neither. 脚踏两头船,必定落空 To run after two hares 12. It’sno use crying over spilt milk 作无益的后悔 To cry over spilt milk 13. When the cat ’s away, the mice will play. 猫儿不在, 鼠儿成精 When the cat ’s away 14. A stitch in time saves nine. 及时缝一针,可以省掉九针 The stitch in time 15. Where there ’s smoke, there ’s There isno smoke without fire. 16. Where there ’s will there ’sa way. 有志者事竟成 17. Give a person a dose of his own medicine. 以其人之道还治其人之身 18. All good things e to an end. 天下没有不散的宴席 19. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. 越是不见越想见 20. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 常吃苹果少得病 21. You can ’t have your cake and eat it too. 两者不可兼得 22. Let sleeping dogs 23. You can ’t teach an old dog new tricks. 年过花甲不堪教 24. It took two to make a quarrel. 一个巴掌拍不响 25. A miss is as good asa mile. 错一点点和错一英里都是错/错无大小,其错一也 26. Gilding the lily画蛇添足 27. Life begins at forty. 人到四十五,正如出山虎 28. Be