English Idioms

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1、EnglishIdiomsIntroductoryThesimpledefinitionofEnglishidioms:special/differentmeaning,thesinewoflanguage,reflect…eg.Lily’sgrandpahaskickedthebucket.(kickedthebucket=died)Caneveryonefindafatcat?(fatcat=therich)CharacteristicsSemanticallyopaqueFunctionasasingleuni

2、tofmeaningStructuralinvariabilitySemanticallyopaqueeg.Metaphoricalratherthanliteralafeatherinsb.’scab(anhonorandsuccess)drawablank(tofailtodiscoversth.aftersearchinghard)FunctionasasingleunitofmeaningComplete&uniquemeaningeg.flyintheointment(asmallannoyancethat

3、spoilsanotherwisepleasantsituation)StructuralinvariabilityForm:fixedeg.Lily’sgrandpahaskickedthebucket.kickthebigbucketkickbucketkickthepailXXXSourcesofEnglishIdiomsLife:everydaylife,agriculturallife,nauticalandmilitarylife,businesslife…tokeepone’sshirtonSports

4、andentertainmentactivitiestokeeptheballrollingTheBibletheappleofone’seyeLiteraryworksofmasterstohoistwithone’sownPetard（咎由自取）Shangri-La(世外桃源）Fables,mythsandlegendstoactthepartofaTrojanHorse(里应外合）ClassificationofEnglishIdiomsPhraseidiomsClauseidiomsSentenceidiom

5、sPhraseidioms(惯用短语)VerbphraseidiomsNounphraseidiomsAdjectivephraseidiomsPrepositionalphraseidiomsAdverbialphaseidiomsVerbphraseidiomsav+anadvlookup,putasideav+aprepmakefor,getthroughav+anadv+aprepdoawaywithPhrasalverbs(动词词组)NouncompoundsfunctionNouncompounds(名词

6、复合字)Agangofthievesdidabreak-inlastnight.Thepilotmadeasmoothtake-off.n闯入n起飞NounphraseidiomsDeterminer限定词adjectivenounPrep.phraseatheathehardlamelast/finallightredcashduckstrawrelieftapeboltsaltfromtheskyoftheearthFunctionsAsthedirectobjectofaclause(直宾)Hehatedred

7、tape(繁文缛节)Asthecomplementofaclause（补语）Astheobjectofapreposition（介词宾语）Idon’thavethatmuchmoneyonme–notinhardcash(现金)anywayAdjectivephraseidiomsadv.Modifier（修饰语）adjectiveprep.phrase/infinitive/clauseallallasas(almost)(very)(very)setsquarecrossbroadbareeasyfull（for

8、sth./tososth）(withsb.)asabearwithasoreheadasit’slongofsthontheeyeofbeansAscomplementofaclauseeg.Ihavejustreturnedhisloan,soI’mallsquarewithhimatlast.FunctionPrepositionalphr