六级汉译英分项指导

六级汉译英分项指导 形形色色的人 1.一根筋儿 one track-minded. 别跟他较劲了。他一根筋，你还不知道, Stop reasoning with him. Don?t you know he is onetrack-minded? 2.出众的人 a lulu 要说漂亮，我们公司新来的秘书可算是个相貌出众的女孩子了。 Talking about being pretty, our company?s new secretary is indeed a lulu. 3.两面派 two-faced 我知道怎样对付两面派，而且一眼就能看出谁是一贯两面讨好的人。 I know how to handle two-facedpeople and can even tell at the first glance who are in the habit of running with the hare andhunting with the hounds.(注:run with the hare and hunt with the hounds指人两面讨好，不得罪任何一方的做法。) 4(傻大个儿 a lummox 听说那个傻大个儿把他们公司的买卖搞得一团糟。 It is said that the lummox has loused up their company?s whole business. 5.收破烂儿的人 a rag man 那些收破烂儿的人走街串户，有时也能挣不少钱。 Those rag men going from door to door sometimes may also earn quite a handsome sum ofmoney. 6.乡巴佬 a hayseed 她说她决不会嫁给一个乡巴佬，不管他多有钱。 She insisted that she would not marry herself off to a hayseed, no matter how rich he was. 7.不三不四的人riff-raffs 老张的家里总来些不三不四的人，可想而知老张不是什么好东西。 There are always riff-raffs hanging around in LaoZhang?s home, which gives you the feeling thatLao Zh ang is not a good guy. 8.受气包儿 doormat 她天生就是个受气包儿，什么事都不敢说个不字 She?s born doormat ,afraid of going against anything. 9.面无表情的人 a deadpan 和那些面无表情的人在一起工作真让人憋气。 You feel choked to work with those deadpans. 10.扫帚星 a jinx 有人说那个女人是个扫帚星，谁跟她结婚谁倒霉。 She?s said to be a jinx, who would bring bad luck to whoever she marries. 能力与智慧 1.海量 have a hollow leg 你像灌醉他,他可是海量，从来没有醉过。 Want to drink him under the table? Well…you cannever do. He got a hollow leg, you know. 2.略胜一筹 be a notch above 论油画，张先生比刘先生画得好。但是，谈到水彩画，刘先生可就比张先生略胜一筹了。 In oil painting, Mr.Zhang paints better than Mr.Li.But when it comes to water colors,Mr.Liuappears to b e a notch above Mr.Zhang. 3.有头脑 be a brain 他可是个有头脑德人，决不会相信你的那一套。 He?s a brain, who wouldn?t be fooled into believing your babbling. 4.很能干 to have a lot on the ball 我知道李明很能干，但我怀疑他是否真的愿意到我们这儿来工作。 I know Li Ming has a lot on the ball. But I?m not sure if he likes to work here. 5.有名无实 a poor apology 你刚才提到的那个作家不过是个有名无实的人。他的作品太没意思了。 The man you?ve just mentioned is but a poor apology for a writer. His writings are tedious. 6.绞尽脑汁 to rack one?s brain 他已经绞尽脑汁了，可是仍未找到问题的答案。 He had racked his brain, but hadn?t been able to work out the answer to the problem. 7.没骨气 have no guts. 真没想到小高那么没骨气，竟然嫁给了坑害过她父亲的人。 I?m surprised to learn that XiaoGao had married the man who had once done her father in. Sherally ha s no guts. 8.真了不起really something 他真了不起，竟然一个人对付了那么多的对手。 He overwhelmed so many of his opponents alone. He?s really something. 9.昙花一现 a flash in the pan 那个歌星也只是昙花一现，出了几张唱片就销声匿迹了。 That singer was only a flash in the pan. He disappeared into the air after having made one ortwo recor ds. 10.寡不敌众 be outnumbered 她很勇敢，但终因寡不敌众，被那帮人打晕过去 The girl was brave enough, but as being outnumbered, she was finally knocked into the middleof nex t week by the gang. 11.单枪匹马 play a lone hand 在投资时，他总喜欢单枪匹马的去干 When investing in a business, he always likes to play a lone hand. 12.出师不利 get off one the wrong foot 他的主意不错，可一开始就出师不利。 His idea was good, but he got off on the wrong foot when he started doing it. 13.口才 the gift of gab 我几乎没见过像莉莉这样有口才的女孩子。 Seldom have I met a girl who?s had such a gift of gab like Lee Lee?s. 14.还嫩点儿 still wet behind the ears 想陷害我,你还嫩点儿 Attempt to do me in? You are still wet behind the ears. (be wet behind the ears 的字面意思是“像刚生下来的婴儿一样，耳朵后的根毛还是湿的那) 15.糊涂虫 a nitwit 你真是个糊涂虫，怎么能当他的面讲他女朋友的坏话那, You?re a real nitwit. Why should you badmouth his girlfriend in his face? 16.饭量小 eat like a bird 她的饭量特别小，有一小块面包就足够了。 She eats like a bird. A small piece of bread will be enough for her. 脾气和性格 1.偷懒耍滑头 goof-off 小王总是偷懒耍滑头。上班时不是去打电话就是跑到医务室去看病。 XiaoWang?s always goofing-off----either making phone calls or going to the clinic to see doctors during office hours. 2.大动肝火 be up in arms 由于公司最近几个月销售业绩不佳，老板正在大动肝火 The boss is up in arms about the company?s poor sales record in the past few months. 3.保持冷静keep cool 即使在十分气愤的情况下她也能保持冷静 She can keep cool even under heavy pressure of anger. 4.说话兜圈子 beat about the bush 5.心怀叵测 have an ax to grind 她总是心怀叵测，对她说的话你得多留神 。 She always has an ax to grind. You should take whatever she says with a pinch of salt. 6.心数不正 not have one?s heart in the right place 他的心数不正，动不动就在别人的背后捅刀子。 He doesn?t have his heart in the right place. He would find every opportunity to stab in the back of others. 7.背后捅刀子 stab in the back 我万万没想到张某会在背后捅我一刀。我过去太信任她了。 I was taken aback and didn?t think Zhang would stab me in the back. I placed too much trust in her. 8.说某人的坏话 badmouth somebody 我从来没说过任何人的坏话。 I?ve never badmouthed anyone. 9.傻笑 grin like a Cheshire cat 她真是个傻帽，时常无缘无故的就傻笑起来。 She?s a real nitwit. She would now and then burst out grinning like a Cheshire car for no reason at all.(Cheshire是英国的郡名:柴郡。据说此地有一种猫，常常会无缘无故地咧开嘴对主人笑。后来人们便以此来形容傻笑地的人 10(厚着脸皮去干 have the gall to do 你怎么能厚着脸皮去抱怨说别人不勤快, How can you have the gall to complaint about other people?s being lazy? 11.大献殷勤dance attendance 小李在老板面前可会献殷勤了。 Xiao li is so good at dancing attendance on her boss. 12.血口喷人 smite with the tongue 千万别得罪她，她经常血口喷人。 Take care not to offend her. She always smites with the tongue. 13.假惺惺的说speak with one?s tongue in one?s cheek 我特别讨厌她。她说话总是假惺惺地。 I feel sick of her. She always speaks with her tongue in her cheek. 14.这山望着那山高 The grass is always greener on the other hill. 人都是这山望着那山高，对自己的状况没有满意的时候。 Almost all people see that the grass is greener on the other hill. They never feel satisfied with what they?ve already got. 15.上瘾get into one?s blood 说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。 It?s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood. 16.特别爱生气 be quick to take offense 17.发牢骚 beef 他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。 I?m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing. 18.等不及了 champ at the bit 咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。 Let?s shake the leg. The kids are champing at the bit. 19.点头哈腰bow and scrape 从她在老板前点头哈腰地那个模样，你就知道她是个什么人了。 From the way she?s bowing and scraping in front of the boss, you?ll know what sort of person she is. 20.疯疯癫癫go gaga 对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。 Don?t take what he says so seriously. He?s always going gaga. 21.说话不算数go back on one?s words 他那个人说话从不算数,我们可不能依靠他。 We cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words. 22.废话连篇beat one?s gums 谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇, Who would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums? 23.恩将仇报 bite the hand that feeds one 你难道不知道她是个恩将仇报的人, Don?t you know she?s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her? 24.不忍心not have the heart to do 如果我是你，我可不忍心把孩子们就在家里没人照看 If I were you, I wouldn?t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for. 25.勤快an eager beaver 他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。 He?s an eager beaver, never staying idle. 情感和态度 1.犹豫不定be of two minds 我打算买辆汽车，可心里一直犹豫不定，不知道买那个牌子的好。 I?m thinking of buying a car, but I?m still of twominds .I can hardly decide as to which brand Ishould t ake. 2.心事重重 some thing weighs heavily on one?s mind 老板这几天沉默寡言，看起来好像是心事重重的 The boss is quite down these days. He seems tohave something weighing heavily on his mind. 3.埋头苦干 keep one?s nose to the grindstone 这年头，只会埋头苦干的人是挣不了大钱的 These years those who?re keeping their nose to the grindstone can?t make bundles. 4.心凉了半截 cool one?s ardor 莉莉深深爱上了公司的老板并打算嫁给他，但是当她听说他玩弄过几个女孩子之后，她的心都凉了半截。 Lily was head over heels in love with their company?s boss and was thinking of marrying him,but the n ews that he had taken several girls for a ride cooled her ardor. 5.使人大为激动make one?s spine tingle 小李答应与他结婚使他大为激动 XiaoLi?s promise to marry him made his spine tingle. 6.怀恨在心 bear somebody a grudge 千万别得罪他，他会对你怀恨在心的 Take care not to offend him, or he?ll bear you a grudge. 7.感到四肢无力 feel wobbly and rough. 8.受冷落feel left out 在这样的场合上，谁愿意受到冷落那, Who would like to feel left out at such a function? 9.不容易 no cinch. 我是挣了钱，但这钱挣得太不容易了 I know I?ve made some money, but it was no cinch to get it. 10(为难 be in a pickle 我真的很为难，我本应该给他买件皮衣，可我没有那么多的钱 I?m really in a pickle. I?m supposed to buy him a fur coat, but I don?t have enough money for such an item.(pickle作“困境”解) 11(苦苦哀求 press one?s suit 她苦苦哀求丈夫再给她一次机会 She pressed her suit and asked her husband to give her another chance. (苦苦哀求:press one?s suit. suit 指“乞求或恳求”) 12. 闲得无聊twiddle one?s thumbs 这些娘们儿都闲得无聊,不是坐在那里说长道短，就是三五成群的谈论别人家的“丑闻” These “old girls”network are twiddling their thumbs , sitting there either gossiping or forming into groups talking about other families? “skeletons” 13.推卸责任 pass the buck 当老板问起是谁把消息说出去的时候，他们两个人相互推卸责任。 When the boss was asking who had disclosed the news ,the two of them began to pass the buck to each other. 14.承担后果 face the music 这件事是他们三个人一起干的，可是现在谁也不愿意承担后果 It was done by the three of them. But none of them want to face the music now. 15.真烦人a pill 她真烦人，整天唠唠叨叨的 She?s really a pill, spending whole day harping and complaining. 16.饶不了某人not put anything past somebody 如果他胆敢给我使坏，我就饶不了他。 If he dare hit me below the belt, I won?t put anything past him. 17.一门心思have one?s heart set on 他的女儿一门心思想嫁给一个日本人 His daughter has had her heart set on marrying a Japanese man. 18.心烦意乱 nerves on edge 这几天不知是什么事把我搞得心烦意乱的 I don?t know what has set my nerves on edge these days. 19.那可不行nothing doing 又要用我的车,那可不行～ Want to use my car again? Nothing doing. 20.容易极了Nothing to it 你能说服我爸爸么, Can you convince my father? 说服你爸爸,那太容易了 Convince your dad? Nothingto it! 21.到了极点one for the books 他的表演简直棒极了 His performance was really one for the books. 22.觉得可疑了smell a rat 当他们同意把那批货以那样的价格卖给你的时候，你难道没有感到有些可疑么? Didn?t you smell a rat when they agreed to sell you the goods at such a price? 23.敬而远之give a wide berth to 对他那号人，你还是敬而远之为好 You?d better give a wide berth to a guy of his sort. 24.稍微……就行了give ……a once,over 车子不很脏，稍微擦擦就行了 The car?s not very dirty, a once-over will do. 25.无聊 be for the birds 他特别无聊，不是讲下流笑话，就是谈论别人的婚姻。 He? s plain for the birds. He would either crack a blue joke or talk about other people?smarriages. 26.合口味to one?s taste 这种音乐很符合他的口味 This sort of music is quite to his taste. 27.心里特别难受 be sick at heart 看到她受到那般伤害我心里特别难受 I felt sick at heart when I saw how much she was hurt. 28.别往心里去not take …to heart 不要往心里去，她不是有意要伤害你的 Don?t take it too much to heart. She didn?t mean to hurt you. 工作,机会和运气 1.前途远大 have the world before one 你们的前途都很远大，但仍需努力工作 You all have the world before you .But you?ll stillneed to work hard. 2.好险 a narrow squeak 昨晚好险哪。老板同一个女职员在办公室里动手动脚的，差点让他的妻子给撞上了。 The boss had a narrow squeak last night in his office: his spooning with a girl clerk was almostfound o ur by his wife. 3.手气好 have the Midas touch 王先生的手气特别好，干什么都挣钱。 Mr. Wang has the Midas touch: everything he does turns to gold. (此语源自希腊神话。据说神给一个叫Midas的人一种特殊的力量，任何东西只要被他的手一碰就会变成黄金.后来， Midas touch便用来喻指“有发财的运气或技能”了) 4.走运be on the gravy train 这几年他一直很走运 He?s been on the gravy train these years. 5让人给骗了be ripped off 我又被那个家伙给骗了 I was ripped off again by that guy. 6(不入虎穴焉得虎子 Nothing venture ,nothing have. 7.白费力气plough the air. 你再劝他也只是白费力气 Any attempt tot let him change will only be ploughing the air. 8.命好lead a charmed life 他的命真好。爸爸是政府高级官员，妈妈是公司的总经理，自己通过了托福考试并获得美国一所大学的奖学金。 His father is a senior government official, his mother is the general manager of a large companyand h e himself had passed the TOFEL test and got a scholarship from an American university.He must have been leading a charmful life! 9.倒霉get in the neck 在家里，如果孩子们打架被父母发现了，倒霉的总是年龄大的孩子。 In the family, if the kicks-up are found out by the parents , it?s always the oldest of the childrenwho?ll get in the neck. 10.背黑锅hold the bag 在任何的情况下，我从没有让任何人为我背黑锅 Under no circumstances have I made anyone hold the bag for me. 11. 有利可图的事an angle 无利可图的事，那家伙是从来不会干的 That guy never does anything unless there?s an angle in it. 12.吃苦头burn one?s fingers 以前，我为了帮那个家伙吃了一些苦头 I burned my fingers in helping that guy before. 13.被开除be sacked 他因为玩忽职守被开除了 He got sacked for falling asleep at the switch. 14.因祸得福a blessing in disguise 他遭遇车祸反而因祸得福了:住院时和一个漂亮的护士相爱了 He had an accident and it turned out to be a blessing in disguise: a pretty nurse fell in loverwith hi m during his stay in the hospital. 15.一举成名be vaulted to fame 老张就是个一夜成功，一举成名的典型例证 Lao Zhang was vaulted to fame, a classic example of overnight success. 16.千载难逢 once in a blue moon 这可是个千载难逢的好机会阿 This is a chance once in a blue moon. 17.十拿九稳it?s dollar to buttons 他肯定能通过这次的考试，这是十拿九稳的了 I bet he will pass the exam. Its dollars to buttons. 18.没门～No way! 19.好日子不多了one?s days are numbered 他意识到自己好日子没几天了，不禁感到一阵凄凉和恐慌。 He felt a rush of chilled feeling of anxiety when herealized that his days were numbered. 20.有点玄乎 a bit iffy 依我看，他们的成功有点玄乎 As far as I can see, their success is a bit iffy. 21.走上坡路be on the up grade 走上坡路比走下坡路要难得多 It?s much more difficult to be on the up grade than on the down grade. 22.受某人恩宠be in somebody?s grace 他们家的孩子都很受人恩宠 Every child in his family is in good graces of other people. 23.开门红get off to a flying start 我们公司一成立就来了个开门红:在开业后的第一周就得到了三笔大宗订单 Our company got off to a flying start when it opened to business: we got three big ordersduring the fir st week of opening. 24.跟白给的一样便宜 be a steal/be for a song 这部车他只花了300美元，跟白拣的一样。 He spent only 300 dollars in the car, which was simply a steal. 25.坐失良机miss the boat 他说他为错过那样好的机会而感到非常遗憾 He said that he was very much regretted about having missed the boat. 26.一帆风顺pan out 你不能期望事情总是一帆风顺的呀～ You can?t always expect things to pan out each time, can you? 27.碰钉子get the cheese 他没想到在那个公司会碰钉子 He didn?t expect to get the cheese in that company. 28.在火葬场工作work as a funeral furnisher 老李已经在火葬场工作了二十多年了 Lao Li?s been working as a funeral furnisher for more than 20 years. 29.吊儿郎当play around 我可不喜欢让我的孩子整天吊儿郎当的，一点正经事都不干。 I don?t want my children to play around all day and do nothing useful. 30.棘手的问题a ticklish question 面对那些棘手的问题他也显得束手无策了。 He seemed to be at his wits end before those ticklish questions. 31.难办的事sticky business 他发现这件事特别难办，同意不好，不同意也不好 He found it a sticky business: he could neither agree nor disagree. 32.稳扎稳打play for safety 在这种情况下，我们应该稳扎稳打，切勿操之过急 Under such circumstances we should play for safety against making haste. 33.干苦差事hold the baby 为什么把这个苦差事留给我一个人干, Why should I be left holding the baby alone? 34.饭碗儿one?s bread and butter 我不能放弃教书，那是我的饭碗 I can?t give up teaching, for it?s my bread and butter. 35.忙得不可开交 have one?s hands full 王燕白天上班，下班后还要照顾家里，简直是忙得不可开交。 Wang Yan has her hands full with working full time during the day and taking care of the familythe res t of the time. 36.没那回事 nothing of the sort! 别听他们胡说八道，根本就没那回事。 Don?t be fooled by their babbling. Nothing of the sort! 赞同与反对 1.大吵大闹 yell bloody murder 如果我的妻子知道我为他们花了多少钱，她一定会大吵大闹的。 My wife will certainly yell boldly murder when shelearns how much I have spent for them. 2. 很像 the spitting image of 小李真象他的爸爸，在老婆面前象条虫似的。 Xiao Li is plain the spitting image of his father, whobehaves just like a lamb in front of his wife. 3. 绝交信Dear John 贝克收到他女朋友的绝交信的那天简直都气疯了。 Beck went plain crazy with anger on the day when he received his Dear John from hisexgirlfriend. 4.不能轻信take something with a grain of salt 他说的话你可不能全信，他是个说谎不带脸红的人。 You must always take what he says with a grain of salt. He?s a born liar. 5. 告发，检举 blow the whistle 据说检举这件事的政府官员也被调职了。 It?s said that those government officials who had blown the whistle also got transferred. 6. 指控 charge somebody with 他被指控犯有强奸罪而被逮捕了 He was charged with raping and got arrested. 7.刮目相看sit up and take notice 他最近出了几本十分畅销的书，这使得很多人对他刮目相看 He has published a number of books and they all become best-sellers, the fact of which makesmany p eople sit up and take notice. 8.挺不错的 be hunky-dory 他的女朋友挺不错的，跟谁都合得来。 His girlfriend is hunky-dory, getting on nicely with almost everyone. 9.已经……了 be over 电影已经完了 The film is over. 10.断断续续be off and on 我断断续续学了12年的英语了。 I have been learning English off and on for 12 years. 11.亏你说得出来 I like that! 你是说男人应该娶几个老婆,亏你说得出来～ Did you say that a man should have several wives? I like that! 12.闭上嘴 button one?s lip/zip ones lips 闭上嘴～难道你看不出来人家不爱听么, Zip your lips. Can?t you see they?re annoyed? 13.真的阿 you don?t say 我已经和丽玲结婚了。 Li ling and I are married. 真的阿～你真幸运 。 You don?t say! You are lucky. 14.再合适不过了 suit somebody to a T 这个颜色对你再合适不过了。 This color suits you to a T. 15.让人看不下去an eye-sore 看那两个年轻人在那里又搂又吻的真让人看不下去。 The two young guys? caressing and spooning thereare plain an eye-sore. 16.不能用了 be done for 这件大衣不能穿了。买件新的吧。 Buy yourself a new coat. This one is already done for. 17. 不理不睬not even give a tumble 小李三番五次的说他喜欢小刘，可是小刘对他不理不睬 Xiao Li says that he likes Xiao Liu but she doesn?t even give him tumble. 18.拒绝某人的求婚give somebody the mitten 她说她的求婚被拒绝了。 She said that she had been given the mitten. 19.为……说句好话put in a good word for 你可以去找老王，让他在老板面前为你说句好话。 You may go to Lao Wang and ask him to put in a good word for you in front of the boss. 20.怎么也不…… can?t for the life of one. 我怎么也想不起他的电话号码了 I can?t for the life of me remember his telephone number. 21.绝对没有I?d eat my hat if I had… 我绝对没有把那个消息告诉她。 I?d eat my hat if I had disclosed the news to her. 22.算了吧call it quits 算了吧。他既然已有新欢，我也就不打算和他复婚了 I?d call it quits, and I would not remarry him for that he?s already had his new woman. 23.合格be up to grade 他们的新产品基本上都是合格的。 Their new products are near up to grade. 24.我同意I?ll drink to it. 你是说我们今晚到饭馆去吃么,这个我同意 Did you say we?d eat out tonight? I?ll drink to that. 25. 严加训斥give somebody a dressing down 老板听到那个消息后严厉训斥了参与此事的职员。 On hearing the news, the boss gave a dressing down to all those clerks that were involved inthe busin ess. 26.一个字也不说not breathe a word 她的嘴很紧，直到现在对那件事她也没有吐露一个字。 She „s tight-mouthed .So far she has not breathed a word about that. 金钱,爱情,婚姻,家庭 1.跟别人要钱 mooch off someone 我最讨厌跟别人要钱得人了。 I feel sick of those who mooch off others. 2.钱挣海了 coin money 这几年老张的钱挣海了。谁也没料到他会发这么大的财。 Lao Zhang is coining money these few years. Who can ever expect he would be able to make bundles like this! 3.钱多得花不完 have money to burn 老李的钱多得花不完，要不他敢这么挥霍, Lao Li has money to burn. Otherwise, how could he splash his money about like anything? 4.钱能生钱 money begets money 钱能生钱。没本钱又怎能挣大钱那, Money begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles? 5. 没钱 be broke 我手头没钱了，咱们别到外面去吃了 I don?t want to eat out today. I?m broke. 6.钱来之不易 money doesn?t grow on trees 你不应该如此挥霍。钱来之不易阿～ You should not splash your money about like this. Money doesn?t grow on trees. 7.敲竹杠 a clip joint 那可是一家漫天要价，大敲竹杠的商店阿 That shop is plain a clip joint! 8. 生活很富裕be well fixed 自从中国对外开放以后，有些农民也成了企业家，而且大部分农民的生活都富裕起来了。 Since China opened to the outside world, some farmers have become entrepreneurs and many are well-fixed, living a much more comfortable life. 9.吃了上顿没下顿 not know where the next meal comes 虽然很多人都已经富裕起来了，可是人有些人吃了上顿没下顿 In spite the fact that many have now become well-fixed, some people still remain in a state that they do not know where the next meal comes. 10.发财 rake it in 它在海南挣了很多钱，真没想到他会发财 He made bundles in Hai Nan. He was unexpectedly raking it in. 11.太宰人了 cost an arm and a leg 这个饭馆太宰人了，一个白菜豆腐汤也得要上几十元。 Eating in this restaurant will cost you an arm and a leg. You? ll have to pay tens of yuan for even a soup of cabbage and beancurd 12.跟别人比阔 keep up with the Joneses 我可不像你，老是和别人比阔 I?m not your sort who like to keep up with theJoneses. 13.养家糊口bring home the bacon 一个家里总得有个养家糊口的人 Some one has to bring home the bacon in the family. 14.与……私通 have an illicit love affair with 据说那个法官与一个电影明星私通。 The judge is said to have an illicit love affair with a film star. 15.婚外恋 a double life 我们这儿的人都感觉到他有婚外恋 People around here all feel that he?s leading a double life. 16.深深爱上be head over heels in love with 听说小丽爱上一个比她大三十岁的老头子。爱情这个东西真是难琢磨。 I hear Xiao Li is head over heels in love with an old man who is 30 years older than her. Love isreally a mystery. 17.与门第比自己低的人结婚marry with the left hand 皇太子放弃了王位，与比自己门第低的人结了婚并到国外度蜜月去了 The son of the Emperor gave up his stewardship as King and married with the left hand. He?snow on their honeymoon abroad. 18.嫁妆marriage portion 离婚时，她要求男方把她结婚时的全部嫁妆还给她。 On the point of their divorce, she demanded on his returning to her all the lot she has broughtas her marriage portion. 19.外快side money 在过去的几年中老张挣了一大笔外快 Lao Zhang has made a huge sum of side money in the past few years. 20(买得便宜 buy something on the cheap 他的那部车买得可真便宜 He bought that car on the cheap. 21.输得精光be taken to the cleaners 那帮人合伙欺负他，结果让他输得精光。 The guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners. 22.调情 make a pass at someone 当一个陌生男子开始向我调情时，我瞪了他一眼就离开了。 When I found that a stranger began to make a pass at me, I gave him a stern look and left. 23.花费 outgoings 他一个月才挣300多块钱，怎么能支付得起家里所有的花费那, He gets about 300 yuan a month .How could he possibly balance his family?s outgoings withsuch a small income? 评价、疑虑和问询 1.崭新的 brand new. 他买了一台崭新的轿车 He bought a brand new car. 2.太便宜了 be dirt cheap 这块手表才花了30美元，真是太便宜了。 You bought this watch only for 30 dollars? It?s dirtcheap. 3.费事儿 take a lot of doing 做鱼特别费事儿，我可不愿意洗阿，淹阿，钝阿什么的。 It takes a lot of doing to cook a fish. I wouldn?t like to spend a lot of time washing, salting,stewing and whatnots for the cooking of it. 4.知道底细 have someone?s number 别跟我瞎吹了，我又不是不了解你的底细。 No big talk with me, I have your number. 5.精品 the choicest goods 这家商店卖的手表都是精品，而且种类还特别多。 This shop sells a wide range of watches, all of which are the choicest. 6.了解一下情况 get the lay of the land 经理说他想让我们先去海南了解一下那里的情况，然后再决定投资的事。 The manager said that he would like us to go to Hai Nan and get the lay of the land there beforedecidi ng on the investment. 7.掌上明珠 the apple of someone?s eye 玲玲是她爷爷的掌上明珠 Ling Ling is the apple of her grandpa?s eye. 8.让人恶心turn one?s stomach / make one sick 听她讲话，看她和男人讲话的那股劲头儿真让我恶心。 Listening to her and seeing the way of her talking with men really turns my stomach. 9.惹麻烦了 be in a jam 小张这次可惹麻烦了，昨天他又让警察给逮着了。 Xiao Zhang?s in a jam now. He was copped out again by the police yesterday. 10(关系很好 be on good terms with 据说老张和那个部长的关系特别好 It?s said that Lao Zhang is on very good terms with the minister. 11.甜头儿 sugar plum 如果不尝到点甜头儿，她是不会干那种事的 She wouldn?t do that if she hadn?t got sort of sugar plum. 12.什么都敢赌 can bet one?s bottom dollar 她绝对不会和他结婚的，这个我什么都敢赌。 I can bet my bottom dollar that she won?t marry him for anything. 13.美中不足a fly in the ointment 我喜欢那套房子，但美中不足的是离上班的地方太远。 I like the house, but there?s a fly in the ointment: I have to commute so far to work. 14(蹩脚货/次品 a lemon 几天以后他才发现他买的车是个蹩脚货。 Not until several days later did he find the car he bought was a lemon. 15.小道消息 through the grapevine 不要听任何小道消息，现在传闲话的人越来越多了。 Don?t believe anything through the grapevine. There are more and more gossipers. 16.其丑无比 have a face that would stop a clock 我真不敢想象象李同这样英俊的小伙子竟然和奇丑无比的孙丽结了婚 You can hardly imagine that a handsome man like LiTong would get married with a girl like Sun Li who has a face that would stop the clock. 17.体型匀称 be well-proportioned 杰克体型匀称，个头适中，一双大眼睛炯炯有神，成了许多女孩追求的目标。 Lack, with a body well-proportioned, about the middling, a pair of intense big eyes, has becomethe target of many pretty girls. 18. 做得太过火了 overplay one?s hand 你一定时做得太过火了， 否则她不会对你如此不依不饶的。 You must have overplayed your hand or she wouldn?t have taken off her gloves to you like that! 19.正中下怀 play into someone?s hands 你同意到外地出差正中老板下怀，至于原因，还是留给你自己去思考吧 Your agreeing to take the business trip in another city well played into the hands of the boss.As for th e reason, you put it in the pipe and smoke it. 20/轻松的工作 a cushy job 他想干个轻松的工作，可又怕挣钱太少了。 He hope to take a cushy job but at the same time, worries about pay he gets from such a job. 21.多的不得了 a jillion 千万别让你的丈夫去那个城市出差，那里的妓女多得不得了 Never allow your husband to take a trip to that city. There are a jillion streetwalkers there. 22.争论的原因 a bone of contention 我想，分利不均才是他们争吵的真正原因。 I think the inequality in splitting the profits is their real bone of contention. 23.仍在……着 be still on 现在已经是深夜12点了，可是他办公室的灯还在亮着。 It?s already 12:00 o?clock midnight, yet, the light in his office is still on. 24.有点生疏 go a bit rusty A:你能讲法语么,B:过去学过，可几年不用有点生疏了。 Can you speak French? I learned it, but I haven?t used it for a long time so it has got a bitrusty. 25.喝多了 have one too many 看他那个样子肯定是喝多了，你最好把他送回家 He must seem to have had one too many. You?d better walk him home. 26.事情的真相 what?s what 如果你弄清事情的真相，就马上打电话告诉我 Give me a buzz and tell me as soon as you?ve got the what?s what. 27.真惨 a bad scene 这次考试真惨。十道题我只答对了两道，其他的全错了。 This exam was really the bad scene! I miss all the ten questions but two. 28.不能再……了can?t be adjective+er 这个价格不能再低了 The price can?t be any lower. 29.彻头彻尾的 out and out 他是个彻头彻尾的口头革命派。 He?s an out and out armchair revolutionary. 30.打扮得特别漂亮be dressed to the nines 每次去参加舞会，她都打扮得特别漂亮。 Every time she went to a dance, she would always be dressed up to the nines. 31.空头支票 lip-service 他对我们的许诺不过是个空头支票而已。 What he promised us is but a lip-service. 32.害人反害己 harm set, harm get 他吃苦果既是我们常说的“害人反害己”的最好例证 the bitter fruit he has got can be a very good example of what we call “Harm set, harm get.” 33.到底 on earth 你到底想怎么着, What on earth do you want ? 34.活见鬼 The Deuce! 真见鬼了～你不告诉他他怎么会知道我们俩在做这个买卖那, The Deuce! How could he possibly know what business we are doing without telling him? 35.你好好琢磨琢磨吧 Put that in your pipe and smoke it. 你好好琢磨琢磨吧。他凭什么对你那样慷慨那, Why should he be so generous to you like that? Put it in your pipe and smoke it. 36.那有怎样,So what? 我说了，那有怎样, I said it .So what? 37.完蛋了 the jig is up. 这回他完蛋了，警察在他的提箱里发现了大麻。 The jig is up this time. The police found marijuana in his briefcase. 38.添油加醋 spice up 我没有添油加醋，我说的都是事实。 I didn?t spice up. All I said is true. 39.要命的东西 the kiss of death 千万别得罪他，得罪他可是个要命的事。 Never offend him. That?ll be the kiss of death. 40.逼真 true to life 他的那张画画的真逼真。 This painting of his is true to life. 41(睡得像死猪一样 sleep like a log 那些工人睡得像死猪一样，老板什么时候来的都不知道。 The workers were all sleeping like a log, even without knowing when the boss gad arrived. 42.仅次于 be next only to 从人口数量方面讲，印度仅次于中国。 Talking about the size of population, India is next only to China. 43.幸亏 thank God 当时幸亏警察赶到了，要不他非得被那帮人打死。 Thank God the police had arrived or he might be killed by the gang. 44.喧宾夺主 steal the show 我可不愿意在这些领导面前喧宾夺主。 I wouldn?t like to steal the show before these leading personnels. 45.你这样做人家会怎么说那, What will Mrs. Grundy say? 你说要像他们一样以那种方式去挣钱。如果你真的那样做，别人又会怎么说呢, You said that you would go to make money the way as they do. But if you have done the same, what will Mrs. Grundy say? 46.使……逊色 put …in the shade 在任何舞会上，只要她一露面，就显不着其他人了。 She would put everyone else in the shade at whatever party she appears. 47.多么……阿Talk about…! 多么漂亮的女人阿～ Talk about a beautiful woman! 48.今后的麻烦 the devil to pay 你可以把那笔钱要回来，但是考虑到今后的麻烦，我劝你还是不要的好 You can certainly get the money back. But when coming to think of the devil to pay, I advise you to give it up. 49.实在该……了 it?s high time …did… 你实在该考虑你的婚姻问题了。 It?s high time you thought about getting married. 50. 无风不起浪 Where there?s smoke there?s fire. 无风不起浪，我想她肯定做过那种事。 She must have done that sort of thing. Where there?s smoke there?s fire. 51.沉重的包袱 a millstone around one?s neck 他一直打算出国留学，可是年迈的老母亲以及妻子和孩子成了他的沉重包袱。 He?s been thinking of furthering his studies abroad but, his aged mother, his wife and the children all become a millstone around his neck. 52.理亏 be in the wrong 他承认那是他的不是，而且也向你表示了歉意，你为什么还要对他如此的不依不饶呢, He admitted he was in the wrong and had already expressed his apology. But why should you still come down on him like a ton of bricks? 53.除非太阳打西边出来 till gigs can fly 想让我嫁给他那号人, 除非太阳打西边出来。 Want me to marry a person of his sort? Till pigs can fly. 54.宽容大度 turn the other cheek 当你得知别人在背后说了你的坏话时，要做到对这个人宽容大度是很难的。 When you know that someone spoke evil of you behind your back, it would be very difficult to turn the other cheek to him. 55.赞扬某人sing someone?s praises. 你为什么老是赞扬那个家伙,我认为他不值得你称赞 Why should you always sing that guy?s praises? I don?t think he deserves all your praise. 56.接受某人的观点take someone?s point 我接受了你的观点，但是这不等于我完全同意你的看法。 I took your point , but it doesn?t mean I totally agree with you. 57.恰到好处 fit like a glove 你对他的批评恰到好处，如果你说得再过点儿头，他也许就接受不了了。 Your criticism of him fitted just like a glove. If you had have made it a bit hotter, he could not have possibly accepted them. 58.完美无缺 nothing left to desire 他的生活已经是完美无缺了 He had nothing left to desire in life. 59.平易近人common touch 他当了部长以后，仍未失去平易近人的作风。 Even after becoming a minister, he still keeps his common touch with people. 60.听天由命 resign to fate 他试了几次都失败了，所以现在也只能听天由命了 He failed all his attempts and now he has to resign to his fate. 61.有失身份beneath one?s dignity 如果你也那样做，那可就有失身份了 I would be beneath your dignity if you?d follow suitand do the same. 62.错过他人 bark up the wrong tree 也可能是我错怪了她，不过她确实经常和一个男人出去。 I may have been barking up the wrong tree, but shedoes go our a lot with a man. 63.跃跃欲试be itching for a chance to do… 你为什么不给他一次机会呢,他正跃跃欲试，想向你 证实一下他的能力。。 Why don?t you give him a chance? He?s itching for a chance for show you his abilities. 64.胸怀大志 hitch one?s wagon to a star 胸怀大志是件很好的事情，但是光有大志是不够的。 It?s great to hitch your wagon to a star, but that alone is not enough. 65.留一条退路 hedge one?s bets 他没有把全部打算都告诉对方，为的是给自己留一条退路。 In order to hedge his bets he didn?t tell the other party all of his plan. 66.不公平的待遇 a raw deal 我真搞不懂她遭遇不公平待遇却不敢吭声 I can?t understand why she got a raw deal and could not be up in arms. 策略、手段和做法 1.敷衍搪塞 give someone the runaround 别拿话儿搪塞我们，我们只是想知道你到底是同意还是不同意。 Don?t give us the runaround. We?d just like to knowwhether you agree or not. 2.哭穷 to poor-mouth 别跟我哭穷了，我还不知道你的底细, Don?t poor-mouth to me. I have your number. 3.白吃白喝 a freeloader 我可不愿白吃白喝别人。我不是那种爱占便宜的人。 I wouldn?t freeload .I?m not a freeloader. 4.牵线搭桥 pull the strings 听说你公司有个空位，我很想去试一试。但你能先为我牵线搭桥么, I hear there?s an opening in your company and I would like to fill it. But will you pull somestrings for me? 5.甩掉 palm of f 他让你赶紧把手中的次品都甩掉。 He urged you palm off all the shoddy goods immediately. 6.得罪某人get in Dutch with someone 张名得罪了他的上司，几个月后就被开除了。 Zhang Ming got in Dutch with his boss and in a few months he was sacked. 7.说别人的闲话dish the dirt about… 她特别喜欢说别人的闲话，是我们这出了名的长舌妇。 She is a notorious gossiper here, who is very fond of dishing the dirt about others. 8.挂个电话 give a buzz 在来之前请先给我挂个电话，以免让你扑空。 Give me a buzz before coming so that you won?t come to a locked door. 9.写封信 drop me a line 有空了给我写封信 Drop me a line when you have time. 10.榨干血汗 bleed one white 他们是在设法榨干你身上所有的钱。 They are trying to bleed you white. 11.结伙对付某人 gang up on somebody 一些较大的贸易公司纠结在一起来对付我们，打算把我们从该行业中排挤出去。 Some fairly large trading companies ganged up on us, trying t force us out of that business. 12.无言以对 not find one?s tongue 起初他还挺硬，可是当警察出示经他篡改的文件并问他是怎么一回事的时候，他却无言以对了。 He was arrogant at the beginning, but the moment when the police showed the hehad doctored and asked him what the matter was, he could not find his tongue. 13.把人逼疯send somebody the loony bin 别再问了～ 你想把你妈妈逼疯么, Don?t ask her! Do you want to send your mum tothe loony bin. 14.反手一击turn the tables 他们给她来了个反击。 They turned the tables on her. 15(瞧一眼 give someone the once-over 听说那位演员来了，大家都想出去瞧一眼。 Hearing that the actress had arrived everyone went out and gave her the once-over. 16.对牛弹琴cast pearls before swine 你给他们讲解人体语言在交际中的重要性简直是对牛弹琴。 Trying to explain to them the importance of body language in communication is just likecasting pearls before swine 17.拆了东墙补西墙 rob Peter to pay Paul 你从张家借钱还李家有什么意义,那只是拆了东墙补西墙 what?s the sense in borrowing from Zhang just to pay Li,That?s meant to rob Peter to payPaul. 18.我只是私下跟你随便说说。Only between you and me and the gatepost. 我只私下跟你随便说说，听说经理跟那个女孩的关系可不大一般。 It?s only between you and me and the gatepost, I hear that the manager is on very familiarterms with that girl. 19.参与某事 have a finger in the pie 我可不喜欢你参与那件事，你没有那个能力 I don?t like you to have a finger in the pie, You are no good at such a deal. 20.顺手牵羊to walk away with… 那天聊完天以后，他就顺手牵羊把我的钢笔和打火机都拿走了。 That day after our chat, he walked away with both my pen and the lighter. 21.把……打发走 to fob off 不用着急，你丈夫知道怎么样把那帮人打发走。 There?s no need to worry, for your husband knows how to fob the gang off. 22.偷看make a stealthy glance at… 他偷看那个女孩儿一样就装模做样的看起报纸来了 He made a stealthy glance at the girl and put on sort of airs of starting to read. 23.刁难某人make it hot for someone 我不想刁难你，但如果你不还给我那封信，我就不会告诉你那件事的实情。 I don?t want to make it hot for you. But I won?t tell you the true story of that till you return theletter to me. 24.横穿马路 jaywalk 在这条街上横穿马路是要被罚款的 Anyone who jaywalks in this street will be fined. 25.咬紧牙关bite the bullet 董事长让董事会要紧牙关顶住这场危机。 The president asked the board to bite the bullet to the crisis.