英语一日一成语

暂缺《英语一日一成语》简介

暂缺《英语一日一成语》作者简介

    i 丛书总序
   ii 前言
    eat one's head off
    hide/bury one's head in the sand
    keep one's head above water
    lose/keep one's head
    make head or tail of something
    put their heads together
    turn one's head
    beat one's brains
    pick someone's brains
    let one's hair down not turn a hair
    keep an eye on
    pnll the wool over one's eyes
    see eye to eye
    throw dust in one's eyes
    turn a blind eye with half an eye
    forty winks
    all ears/all eyes play it by ear
    turn a deaf ear up to one's ears
    wet behind the ears
    poke one's nose into something
    thumb one's nose
    a big mouth by word of mouth
    pay lip-service to
    at the tip of one's tongue
    bite one's tongue off
    lose one's tongue
    with one's tongue in one's cheek
    cold shoulder rub shonlders with
    catch someone red-handed
    come in handy
    eat out of one's hand
    get the upper hand of hand in glove
    have one's hands full lend a hand
    live from hand to mouth
    throw up one's hands
    wash one's hands of all thumbs
    rnle of thumb bnrn one's fingers
    cross one's fingers
    have a finger in the pie
    have . at one's fingertips
    wind someone round one's finger
    pnll one's leg Achilles' heel
    cool one's heels
    drag one's fee/heels toe the line
    splite one's sides a bag of bones
    skeleton in the cupboard/doset
    bleed one white sore spot
    heart and soul cross one's mind
    have a good mind read one's mind
    mind one's own business
    ?sixth sense
    in high/low spirits
    mend one's manners
    at one's wit's end
    above/below par face value
    hold the purse string a pretty penny
    be well off
    spin a yarn birthday snit
    catch somebody with his pants down
    where the shoe pinches
    pull one's socks up after a fashion
    wash one's dirty linen in public
    wet blanket
    one s cup of tea another cup of tea
    know which side one's bread is buttered(on)
    baker's dozen eat humble pie
    apple-pie order apple of discord
    apple of one's eye polish the apple
    full of beans sour grapes
    a hard nut to crack
    to put it in a nutshell open sesame
    beef up a red herring
    cnrry favour the salt of the earth
    worth one's salt sngar the pill
    bite off more than one can chew
    be fed up with take pot luck
    keep the pot boiling
    born with a silver spoon in one's mouth
    hit the ceiling/roof
    darken one's door/doorway
    mend one's fences sit on the fence
    back to the wall
    build castles in the air
    bring the house down
    miss the boat/bus
    pnt the cart before the horse
    upset the applecart
    put a spoke in someone's wheel
    steer clear of give (free) rein to
    on the spur of the moment
    blind alley around the comer
    cut corners tnrn the corner
    beaten track lose/keep track
    blaze a trail come a long way
    meet someone half-way
    get somewhere
    burn one's bridges/boats (behind one)
    drive home ?bring home
    at sea
    between the devil and the deep blue sea
    in hot water in the same boat
    full steam ahead plain sailing
    paddle one's own canoe shipshape
    give someone/something a wide berth
    have an axe to grind
    get down to brass tacks
    hit the nail on the head
    nail someone down
    take the edge off
    by hook or by crook
    know the ropes without a hitch
    pull strings/wires
    at the end of one's tether
    call a spade a spade
    square peg in a round hole
    get the sack
    turn the scale
    sponge on
    slip of the pen/tongue
    mind one's p's and q's
    break one's word
    have words with someone
    mince one's words
    weigh one's words
    read between the lines
    tnrn over a new leaf compare notes
    in one's good/bad books
    an open/a closed book
    teach someone a lesson
    with flying colonrs
    show one's colonrs
    black and blue be green with envy
    green/red light red tape
    a red letter day
    roll out the red carpet white lie
    put two and two together
    at sixes and sevens
    a nine-day wonder
    at the eleventh hour
    against time/the clock
    round/around the clock
    call it a day carry/win the day
    face the music (as) fit as a fiddle
    play second fiddle
    blow one's own trumpet out of step
    put one in the picture draw a blank
    draw a line finishing touches
    play the game play (it) safe
    below the belt pull one's punches
    throw up the sponge/towel
    come to grips with
    keep the ball rolling jump the gun
    by leaps and bounds
    pull one's weight
    go down like ninepins
    ace in the hole
    a card up one's sleeve follow suit
    The die is cast
    cross swords with
    lock, stock and barrel the all-clear
    bear the brunt gain ground
    half the battle
    meet one's Waterloo
    Dutch treat take French leave
    be Greek to on the Greek calends
    carry coals to Newcastle
    call someone names
    Hobson's choice
    Jack of all trades
    before one can say Jack Robinson
    keep up with the Joneses
    Judas kiss rob Peter to pay Paul
    Gordian knot Pandora's Box
    the seventh heaven ask for the moon
    once in a blue moon
    a bolt from the blue out of the blue
    steal one's thnnder
    a storm in a tea-cup
    air one's knowledge beat the air
    clear the air in the air
    put on airs
    tread/walk on air/donds
    a stone's throw
    leave no stone unturned
    a blot on the landscape
    sit on a volcano break the ice
    hold water throw cold water on
    add fuel to the flame
    burn the midnight oil
    go up in smoke
    see the light throw light on
    beat about the bush gild the lily
    rest on one's laurels a bed of roses
    can't see the wood for the trees
    bee in one's bonnet
    butterflies in one's stomach
    play ducks and drakes with
    kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
    talk turkey a feather in orie's cap
    crocodile tears fish ont of water
    a pretty kettle of fish
    a bull in a china shop
    a red rag to a bull
    take the bnll by the horns
    green horn
    last straw that breaks the camel's back
    bell the cat
    let the cat out of the bag
    rub up the wrong way
    connt one's chickens before they are hatched
    dog in the manger
    go to the dogs
    Let sleeping dog lie top dog
    bark up the wrong tree pass the buck
    white elephant dark horse
    ride one's high horse
    straight from the horse's mouth
    a mare's nest lion's share
    buy a pig in a poke play possum
    smell a rat black sheep
    cry wolf
    be neither here nor there
    beg the question
    come thick and fast
    far cry cnt a good/poor figure
    cut it/things fine
    cut a long story short
    cut someone/something short
    cut both/two ways cut to the quick
    cut and run / die hard
    be dying for/to fall flat
    find fault with
    get out of bed from the wrong side
    get to the bottom of go far
    have it oat with
    can't have it both ways
    jump the queue keep company
    keep up appearances
    leave in the lurch lord it over
    make do make it
    make a point of make shift with
    make short work of pass muster
    play fast and loose play havoc with
    play truant/hooky ring a bell
    rub it in serve one right
    start from scratch up to scratch
    stay put stretch a point
    talk big take a back seat
    take for granted take shape
    take something lying down
    take things/it easy give-and-take
    spick-and-span touch-and-go
    at large at a losse end
    behind the scenes beside oneself
    beside the point
    few and far between
    hard and fast in the long run
    in/out of one's element in store for
    on the spot through thick and thin
    anybody's guess false alarm
    part and parcel tall story/tale
    tall order
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