常见英语习语idioms

数字篇

1. He was one too many for me. 我不是他的对手
2. Two heads are better than one. 三个臭皮匠胜过诸葛亮
3. Three scores and ten. 古稀之年
4. Four eyes see more than two.两人总比一人想得周到。
5. go fifty-to fifty 二一添作五
6. be at sixes and sevens. 乱七八糟
7. Eight behind the eight ball. 处境危险，无可救药
8. a nine day's wonder. 轰动一时即被遗忘的人或物
9. ten to one 只有八九
10. at the eleventh hour 在最后一刻

直译篇

1. eye for eye, tooth for tooth. 以眼还眼，以牙还牙
2. to add fuel to the fire. 火上浇油
3. walls have ears. 隔墙有耳
4. strike while the iron is hot. 趁热打铁
5. to fish in troubled waters. 浑水摸鱼
6. laugh and grow fat. 心宽体胖
7. all roads lead to Rome. 条条大路通罗马
8. Pain is forgotten where gain follows. 一朝得了利，痛苦便忘记
9. Poverty is the mother of health. 贫穷是健康之母
10. Rome was not build in a day. 罗马非朝夕建成
11. So many countries, so many customs. 国家不一，风俗各异
12. Soon learnt, soon forgotten. 学得快，忘得快
13. Take honor from me and my life is done. 没有了名誉也就没有了生命
14. “The grapes are sour”,as the fox said when he could not reach them. 狐狸吃不到葡萄，就说葡萄酸
15. The lazy man's the beggar's brother. 懒鬼是乞丐的兄弟

意译篇

1. to face the music 临危不惧
2. as mute as a fish 噤若寒蝉
3. neither fish nor flesh 不伦不类
4. to come like a dog at a whistle 一呼即来
5. to flog a dead horse 徒劳无益
6. a leap in the dark 轻举妄动
7. to put all one's eggs in one basket 孤注一掷
8. to turn over a new leaf 改过自新
9. to mind one's P's and Q's 谨言慎行
10. to be dead drunk 烂醉如泥
11. He is not my cup of tea. 他不是我喜欢的
12. I'll pick up the tab. 我来付账