美国idioms习语

《美国idioms习语》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在行业资料-天天文库。

1、AAbouttime:Nearlytime,hightime."It'sabouttimeyouboughtanewcar!"Absencemakestheheartgrowfonder:Proverbthatmeansthatourfeelingforthoseweloveincreaseswhenweareapartfromthem.(To)acthighandmighty:Toactproudlyandarrogantly.Actionsspeaklouderthanwords:Proverbmeaningthat'sit'sbettertodosomethingaboutaprob

2、lemthantotalkaboutit.(To)actone'sage:Tobehaveinamorematureway.Frequentlysaidtoachildorteen.ex."Bill,stopthrowingrocks!Actyourage!"(To)addfueltothefire:Tomakeabadproblemevenworse.(To)addinsulttoinjury:Tomakeabadsituationevenworse.Againsttheclock:Toattempttodosomething"againsttheclock"istoattempttod

3、osomethingasfastaspossibleusuallybeforeadeadline.All-out:Complete.Verystrong."Theydidanall-outsearchforthemissingboyandtheyfoundhim."Allset:Ready(togo)."Allset?"Allthumbs:Awkward.Clumsy.Alittlebirdtoldme:Whensomeonesays"alittlebirdtoldme"itmeanstheydon'twantyoutoknowwhotoldthem.Allinaday'swork:Typ

4、ical.Normal.Expected.ex."Talkingtofamouscelebritiesisallinaday'sworkforsomeHollywoodreporters."(From)allwalksoflife:(From)allsocial,economic,andethnicgroups.ex."Peoplefromallwalksoflifevotedforhim,buthestilllostthepresidentialelection."Appleofsomeone'seye:Someone'sfavoriteperson(andsometimesthing)

5、.ex."SarahwastheappleofTom'seyeforquitealongtime.Hewasverymuchinlovewithher."Armedtotheteeth:Heavilyarmed.ex."Therebelswerearmedtotheteeth."Atallhours(ofthenight):Verylateatnight,throughoutthenight.ex."Herboyfriendwouldcallheratallhoursofthenight."Ateachother'sthroats:Fightingorarguingheavily.ex."

6、Theywereateachother'sthroats.Theargumentsneverstopped."Atthisstage:Atthispoint.ex."Atthisstage,it'sdifficulttosaywhowillwintheelection."B(a)ball-parkfigure:Aroughestimate."Canyougivemeaball-parkfigureofwhatthisprojectwillcost?"(Togetonthe)bandwagon:Tobegintolikesomething/startdoingsomethingbecause

7、it'spopular,"hip",oreveryoneelseisdoingit.(To)bankonsomething:Tocountorrelyonsomething.(To)barkupthewrongtree:Toaskthewrongperson.Tomakethewrongchoice.ex."Thegangstertoldthecopstheywerebarkingupthewrongtreeinthin