英文写作手册中文翻译(9)

a straw in the wind the apple of one’s eye

蛛丝马迹 掌上明珠 like a fish out of water like a fish in of water

不自在 如鱼得水 in a world of one’s own 不管他人、我行我素

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Prep.+n. 介词+名词

in kind on the air at length 以物交易 广播中 详细 (come off/through)with flying colors 彩旗招展

3．V.+n.动词+名词

won’t hold water slip one’s mind 站不住脚 不留神忘了 kill two birds with one stone go to the dogs 一石二鸟 大不如前 4．As…as…

as big as life as easy as pie/ABC 千真万确 小菜一碟、易如反掌 as different as night and day/black and white 天壤之别、截然不同

as poor as a church mouse as innocent as an angel 一贫如洗、家徒四壁 像天使一样纯洁 as wise as Solomon as cunning as a fox/an ape 像所罗门一样聪明 像狐狸/猿猴一样狡猾 as greedy as a Jew/bear as cruel as a tiger 像犹太人/熊一样贪婪 残暴如虎

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as stubborn as a bear/mule as hard as rock/stone 其犟如熊/骡子 铁石心肠 as steady as iron as round as a ball 稳如铁 圆如球 as light as air/a feather as red as rose 轻如鸿毛 红如玫瑰

as silent as the Sphinx as rich as a millionaire 沉默如雕塑 非常富有

as soft as silk as white as snow as cold as ice 软如缎 白如雪 冷若冰霜 as dark as coal/pitch/ink as proud as a peacock/rooster 伸手不见五指 像孔雀/公鸡一样骄傲 as cool as cucumber as heavy as lead 头脑冷静 重如铅 as swift as an antelope/wind as mute as a fish 快如羚羊/风 默不作声 as merry as a lark/cricket/king/prince 非常快活

as silly as an ass/a goose as strong as a horse/an ox 蠢极了，呆头鹅 壮如牛

as nimble as a goat as clear as crystal 身手灵活，举动敏捷 水落石出

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as brave as a lion as blind as a bat as good as gold 勇猛如狮 有眼无珠 很乖、规规矩矩 as scarce as chicken teeth as busy as a bee 少得可怜 忙的团团转 as slippery as an eel as firm as rock 圆滑 坚如磐石 as timid as a hare/rabbit as fit as a fiddle 胆小如鼠 非常健康、精神很好 5.Pairs of words

(to stand)wear and tear high and dry 磨损、消耗 船搁浅；人孤立无助 touch-and-go Tweedledum and Tweedledee 结果未明 难以区分的两个人、两件事;半斤八两 neither fish nor flesh 不伦不类

(to have sth. done)in black and white hither and thither 白纸黑字、把……记录下来 到处 safe and sound fair and square vim and vigor 安然无恙 公平合理 精力、活力 fair or foul pots and pans odds and ends 好坏 锅碗瓢盆 七零八碎 weal and woe thicks and thins at sixes and sevens

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