英语俗语

    The driver, his face a stream of rain. 他的脸上雨水直流。 M#nlKj<  
    My friends will be expecting me. '.EO+1{a  
    Come here and reason with the young girl. 劝说 J/LsL k  
    If you hammer on the door they'll let you in. 用力在门上敲打（打门一般用“at”） ~I6N6T Z  
    He looked as if he had the strength of a horse. 力大如牛 GXC,p(vbE  
    I'll not lay a finger on you. 我不会动你一根毫毛。 txE=AOY5  
    I'll tame you until you eat out of my hand the same as your aunt there. 完全顺从某人 +`,;tz=?  
    Scratch her, and she shows her teeth. 她刚被触动一下就翻脸了。 ckGmwYP9  
    You play with life and death. 玩命 :^7>k
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    the four winds四面八方 2Pow-o*r  
    with their fingers in their ears用手指头堵上耳朵 cX7 O*5C  
    Mary sat very still. 一动不动 G?kK:eV  
    took quick with his tongue太能说会道了 /|q.q  
    The sudden direct attack took the woman by surprise.这一开门见山的突然提问 o3]Lrzh  
    What has the barred room at the end of the passage to do with the wheels that stop outside Jamaica Inn by night? 与……有关 >Q$ph=  
    walk on air洋洋得意 VWq]w5oQO  
    some sound or signal动静 h4Wt oE>i  
    backwards and forwards前后 dq,j?~ _}  
    My name is Mary Yellan, if that means anything to you. 如果你想知道的话 5EU~T.4C<  
    I deserve black looks for looking at you as I did. 象我刚才那样看你，理应遭到你的白眼。 UodBK7y  
    He might be trying to make her talk. 他可能是在套她的话。 JTIt!E}P  
    Mary laughed, in spite of herself. 不由自主地笑了起来。 {Y -~7@  
    There came a fine cold morning when for a change the sun shone in a cloudless sky. 一天早上，天气很冷，天空忽然放晴，阳光灿烂，万里无云。 Xii>?sA5Z"  
    Aunt Patience make signs to her. 向……打手势 @`
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    Have you lost your tongue? （吓得）说不出话来 "i#aII+T  
    keep close watch over密切注意 t:MSV?  
    Tommorrow-well, tommorrow could take care of itself. 明天——哦，明天的事等明天再说吧。 k/P.[
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    We join it lower down and miss two or three miles of it.  我们往前再走一点，这样可以少走二三英里。 "!+gA&  
    Mary had thrown trouble and responsibility to the winds. 已把……抛在脑后 wU6sU]P  
    There's quality for you! 质量是没说的。 3xg9 D.A  
    You'll be wet to the skin. 你会淋成落汤鸡的。 Z_W
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    What's done is done. 过去做的事现在说也没有用。 n,U?]mr  
    play a double game耍两面派，两面三刀 *5IB@^
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    He had turned the key on his friend. 他把他的朋友锁在里面。 }@eIO|  
    Joss Merlyn knows these moors like the back of his hand. 对……了如指掌 IjGPiC  
    She was a woman, and for no reason in heaven or death she loved him. 明其妙地 8Cs;.>75[  
    Mary was only playing with her food. 只是做样子的吃了几口 @}=(4%  
    What is more,（尤其） if the murderer had known that he had attacked （冒犯）you, he would have had a strong enough reason to kill the pedlar twice over. （碎尸万段） sYjhQN=Y*  
    You have too modest an apinion of yourself. 你有点妄自菲薄 o?Aj6fNY?  
    He has made his peace with Mr.Bassat. 同……言归于好 w4(L@1  
    There is no longer any need for pretence between us. 我们之间不再需要遮遮掩掩了。 28k=@k^q  
    Tomorrow may bring the world to you again. 明天你就会重见天日。 _Jy7` 4B.  
    the world's end天涯海角 /~MH]Gh  
    Money makes the world go round. 金钱万能 &&nbdu  
    I think, therefore I am. 我思故我在。 1U% /~  
    He who hesitates is lost. 当断不断，必受其患。 SQ_Je+X  
    I wish your sister a rapid recovery from her illness. 我祝愿你妹妹早日恢复健康。 J
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    Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 敏于听而缓于言。  ^M{,{bG  
    Time flies as swift as an arrow. 光阴似箭。 Kci. ,I  
    The customer is always right. 顾客是上帝。 > vdmN]  
    have (gain, win, give sb.) an advantage over占（获得、赢得、给某人）优势 y];-D>jk  
    take advantage of sb. 耍弄，捉弄 gg>QXui  
    take advantage of sth. 利用 e2f+Fv 9  
    to advantage使优点突出 wBcoh~ (y  
    to sb's advantage (to the advantage of sb.)对某人有利 ],_+J*  
    turn sth. to advantage利用 8Qo'[+4;  
    We (were) at table when they called. 进餐，吃饭 s1q8r!2\w  
    There is always a place for you at our table. 请你随时来吃便饭。 Aa=:AkrH  
    The hostess set the table for ten. 女主任摆餐桌供十人用饭。 q`,%L1c4  
    He worked his way through college by waiting at table. 当侍者 \?pyax8  
    The cloisonne is a famous native product of China. 景泰蓝，中国特产 fWZ(  
    make an example of sb. 惩一儆百 Y{D%v  
    now or never机不可失 LH)XD[  
    out of breath上气不接下气 3pg=9*{  
    get wind of察觉，风闻 QF)\\D[  
    It's of no consequence-not the least. 不要紧的——毫无关系 Fvf|m7  
    Keeping up with the Joneses. (means to spend money you can't spare buying things you can't afford, in order to spite people you don't like) AHRJ7l;
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    through the back door (under the counter)走后门 K>dB{w#gS  
    If you have to ask, you can't afford it. ia 7<AwV  
    a mom-and-pop operation个体户杂货铺 XeX"IhgS>E  
    That was when the shit hit the fan. D"rbQXR7$  
    shitting in their own nest vfc:ok1  
    a good telling off好好地教训一顿 ki?h7  
    to mend bad with worse拆东墙补西墙 #=t/wAE y:  
    It was imperative that there should be no fiasco. 只准成功，不准失败。 -8xf}v~u  
    Let a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend. 百花齐放，百家争鸣。 
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    She is clever and always gets what she wants by playing office politics. 靠耍手腕 4vEP\E3u<j  
    As luck would have it. 很走运，真倒霉。 fqhL"Ah   
    These young scientists are talented, and ambitious and they will go a long way. 大有作为 2 /FQ;<L  
    It's no use crying over spilt milk. 覆水难收。 l%T4:p4e  
    More haste, less speed. 欲速则不达。 jMgXIK\  
    Look before you leap. 三思而后行。 lDTHK2f  
    He who laughs last laughs best. 笑到最后才算笑得最好。 #~!"`B?#*  
    Theory is something but practice is everything. 理论固然重要，实践尤其重要。 yVII<ImqIH  
    There is no end to learning. 学无止境。 3V<@Vkf5  
    Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者事竟成。 E7t;p)x  
    It never rains it pours. 祸不单行。 
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    Man proposes. God disposes. 谋事在人，成事在天。 AH|gI2  
    survival of the fittest适者生存 ;h\T7pwwb  
    might is right强权即公理 CJ* D  
    flash in the pan昙花一现 #obRr#8  
    on the ropes战战兢兢地 HcgvlFb  
    Here is an example, which I heard at a nurse's convention, of a story. 8LbwEKl  
（这是我以前的学习笔记，大家看着玩吧。发到这，班门弄斧了，呵呵）