關於動物
a)Ten animals I slam in a net.
我把十只動物壹網打盡
妳註意到這句話有什麽特別之處嗎？對了，無論從左到右，還是從右到左，字母排列順序都是壹樣的，英語把這叫做Palindromes 回文（指順讀和倒讀都壹樣的詞語），關於動物的回文還有以下的例子
Otto saw pup ; pup was Otto. （奧托看見了小狗，小狗的名字叫奧托）
Was it a car or a cat I saw ?
Was it a rat I saw ? （我剛才看見的是條老鼠？）
b)the bee's knees
又來形容最好的至高無上的東西。
[例] She is a very poor singer but she thinks she's the bee's knees. （她五音不全卻自認為是高高在上的壹流歌手。）
該表現起源於20年代的美國，僅僅因為bee's 和 knees押韻，瑯瑯上口，迅速得到流傳，直到現在， 還在日常生活非正式場合的對話中經常使用。
Santa Claus' reindeer(聖誕老人的馴鹿)
妳知道聖誕老人的馴鹿是怎麽來的嗎？它們是Clement Clarke Moore （1779-1863 美國作家）所寫的‘A Visit from St. Nicholas’1823作品裏出現的Dasher、Dancer、Prancer、Vixen、Comet、Cupid、Donner、Blitzen等8頭
the world is my oyster （世界是我的牡蠣）
if the world is my oyster 經常作為“如果我的夢想得以實現的話”的意思使用。該句來源於莎士比亞的The Merry Wives of Windsor (1600)Ⅱ?ⅱ?2中，惡棍Pistol對決意不肯借錢的Sir John Falstaff說、“Why then the world's mine oyster, / Which I with sword will open.”（這個世界如同我的牡蠣壹樣，我可以用刀子把它撬開。）人們應用這句話是常把原文的mine該成my.這句話也常常出現在Willy Loman的臺詞中。
horses for courses
不同的馬適合不同的跑道
20世紀後期成為廣泛使用的習慣用語，由不同的跑道為不同的馬設置這壹事實而來。
〔例1〕 We like to try to provide a wide range of hobbies for our members to choose from. We know there are horses for courses.
〔例2〕 This drug worked for your mother but it might not work for you.There are horses for courses in the medical world.
節日、紀念日
元旦(1月1日)-----NEW YEAR'S DAY
情人節(2月14日)-----ST.VALENTINE'S DAY (VALENTINE'S DAY)
元宵節(陰歷1月15日)-----LANTERN FESTIVAL
狂歡節（巴西，二月中、下旬）-----CARNIVAL
國際婦女節(3月8日)-----INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
愚人節(4月1日)-----FOOL'S DAY
復活節(春分月圓後第壹個星期日)-----EASTER
國際勞動節(5月1日)-----INTERNATIONAL LABOUR DAY
母親節(5月的第二個星期日)-----MOTHER'S DAY
國際兒童節(6月1日)-----INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S DAY
父親節(6月的第三個星期日)-----FATHER'S DAY
端午節(陰歷5月5日)-----DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL
中秋節(陰歷8月15日)-----MOON FESTIVAL
教師節(中國，9月10日)-----TEACHER'S DAY
鬼節(萬聖節除夕，10月31日夜)-----HALLOWEEN
萬聖節(11月1日)-----HALLOWMAS
感恩節(美國，11月最後壹個星期4)-----THANKSGIVING
聖誕除夕(12月24日)-----CHRISTMAS EVE
聖誕節(12月25日)-----CHRISTMAS DAD
新年除夕(12月31日)-----NEW YEAR'S EVE
春節(陰歷壹月壹日)-----SPRING FESTIVAL (CHINESE NEW YEAR)
其它活動節日
世界消費者權益日(3月15日)-----WORLD CONSUMER RIGHT DAY
世界水日(3月22日)-----WORLD WATER DAY
世界衛生日(4月7日)-----WORLD HEALTH DAY
世界地球日(4月22日)-----WORLD EARTH DAY
世界住房日(十月第壹個星期壹)-----WORLD HOUSING DAY
國際秘書節(4月25日)-----INTERNATIONAL SECRETARY DAY
國際紅十字日(5月8日)-----INTERNATIONAL RED-CROSS DAY
國際護士節(5月12日)-----INTERNATIONAL NURSE DAY
世界電信日(5月17日)-----WORLD TELECOMMUNICATIONS DAY
世界無煙日(5月31日)-----WORLD NO-SMOKING DAY
世界環境日(6月5日)-----WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY
世界人口日(7月11日)-----WORLD POPULATION DAY
世界旅遊日(9月27日)-----WORLD TOURISM DAY
世界郵政日(10月9日)-----WORLD POST DAY
世界糧食日(10月16日)-----WORLD GRAIN DAY
世界愛滋病日(12月1日)-----WORLD AIDS DAY
世界殘疾日(12月3日)-----WORLD DISABLE· A man is not a horse because he was born in a stable.人並不因為生在馬廄裏就成了馬。
· A man is known by the company he keeps.察其友知其人。
· A man is as old as he feels.老不老，自己曉。
· A man can not spin and reel at the same time.壹心不能二用。
· A man cannot serve two masters.壹仆不能事二主。
· A man can never thrive who had a wasteful wife.妻子浪費無度，丈夫不會出頭。
· A man can do no more than he can.凡事只能量力而行。
· A man can die but once.人生只有壹次死。
· A man apt to promise is apt to forget.輕諾者易忘。
· A man alone is either a saint or a devil.孤身獨處的人可以為聖哲，也可為惡魔。
· A maid that laughs is half taken.少女露笑臉，婚事半成全。
· A maiden with many wooers often chooses the worst.少女有了許多求婚者往往選中了最差的壹個。
· A maiden with many wooers often chooses the worst.少女有了許多求婚者往往選中了最差的壹個。
· Although it rains, throw not away your watering pot.縱然天下雨，休把水壺丟。
· All truths are not to be told.真理並不都能說得清。
· All time is no time when it is past.光陰壹去不復返。
· All things will come round to him who will but wait.只要耐心肯等待，壹切都會按時來。
· All things are obedient to money.有錢能使鬼推磨。
· All things are easy that are done willingly.做事樂意，諸事容易。
· All things are difficult before they are easy.凡事都是先難後易。
· All the world?s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.整個世界是個舞臺，男男女女，演員而已。
· All the wit in the world is not in one head.世界上所有的智慧不可能集中於壹個腦袋。
· All the treasures of the earth would not bring back one lost moment.機會失去不再來，千貫萬貫難贖回。
· All shall be well, Jack shall have Jill.有情人終成眷屬。
· All?s fish that comes to his net.到了網中都是魚。
· All?s fair in love and war.愛情和戰爭是不擇手段的。
· All roads lead to Rome.條條道路通羅馬。
· All rivers run into the sea.百川入海。
· All one?s geese are swans.自吹自擂。
· All men cannot be first.不可能人人都得第壹名。
· All is well that ends well.結果美滿都是好的。
· All is not lost that is in danger.在危險中的東西未必都會損失。
· All is not gold that glitters.閃光的東西並不都是黃金。
· All is not gain that is put in the purse.放入錢包的錢財，並非都是應得的。
· All is not at hand that helps.有用的東西並不都是垂手可得的。
· All is flour that comes to his mill.到他的磨裏都能碾成粉。
· All is fish that comes to one?s net.捉到網裏都是魚。
· All is fair in war.兵不厭詐。
· All covet, all lose.貪多必失。
· All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws.貓都愛吃魚，卻怕爪弄濕。
· All bread is not baked in one oven.人心不同，猶如其面。
· All asses wag their ears.傻子總愛裝聰明。
· All are not thieves that dogs bark at.犬之所吠，並非皆賊。
· All are not saints that go to church.去做禮拜者，未必皆聖人。
· All are not merry that dance lightly.表面高興的，未必都快樂。
· All are not hunters that blow the horn.吹號角的未必都是獵人。
· All are brave when the enemy flies.敵人逃跑時，個個都勇敢。
· A living dog is better than a dead lion.壹條活狗勝過壹頭死獅。
· A little spark kindles a great fire.星星之火，可以燎原。
· A little pot is soon hot.壺小水易熱。
· A little neglect may breed great mischief.小不忍則亂大謀。
· A little learning is a dangerous thing.淺學誤人。
· A little leak will sink a great ship.千丈之堤潰於蟻穴。
· A little labour, much health.適量勞動健身大有益。
· A little is better than none.聊勝於無。
· A little fire is quickly trodden out.小洞易補。
· A little child is the sweetest and purest thing in the world.幼兒是世界上最可愛和最純潔的。
· A little body often harbours a great soul.莫道身軀小，偉人寓其間。
· A lion at home, a mouse abroad.在家兇如獅，在外卻如鼠。
· A light purse makes a heavy heart.曩中無錢心事重。
· A light purse is a heavy curse.為人無錢處處難。
· A life without a purpose is a ship without a rudder.人生無目的，猶如船失去了舵。
· A life without a friend is a life without a sun.人生在世無朋友，猶如生活無太陽。
· A lie begets a lie till they come to generation.謊言生謊言，謊言傳萬代。
· A liar is worse than a thief.撒謊比偷竊更可惡。
· A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.騙子說真話，也沒人相信。
· Ale will make a cat speak.酒後吐真言。
· A lazy youth, a lousy age.少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
· A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy.懶羊嫌毛重。
· A lamb is as dear to a poor man as an ox to the rich.窮人的壹只羔羊比富人的壹頭牛還要珍貴。
· A Jack of all trades and master of none.三腳貓無所長。
· A joke never gains an enemy but often loses a friend.開玩笑總不能化敵為友，反而有時會失去朋友。
· A house divided against itself cannot stand.家庭內訌難維系。
· A horse is neither better nor worse for his trappings.相馬不可憑馬的裝飾。
· A hero is known in the time of misfortune.時勢造英雄。
· A heavy purse makes a light heart.腰包錢財足，心境自然寬。
· A hasty man is seldom out of trouble.性急難免出岔子。
· A happy heart makes a blooming visage.心花怒放，笑逐顏開。
· A handful of common sense is worth bushel of learning.壹點小常識常勝過很多有價值的學問。
· A guilty conscience needs no accuser.賊膽心虛。
· A guilty conscience is a self-accuser.做賊心虛，良心自誅。
· A great talker is a great liar.最會饒舌的人也是最會說謊的人。
· A good winter brings a good summer.瑞雪兆豐年。
· A good tongue is a good weapon.伶俐的口齒是壹種銳利的武器。
· A good tale is none the worse for being twice told.好故事百聽不厭。
· A good name keeps lustre in the dark.好的名聲在黑暗中也會光芒四射。
· A good name is sooner lost than won.美譽難得而易失。
· A good name is earlier lost than won.失去美名易，得到美名難。
· A good name is better than riches.好名譽勝過有財富。
· A good medicine tastes bitter.良藥苦口，忠言逆耳。
· A good maxim is never out of season.至理名言不會過時。
· A good marksman may miss.智者千慮，必有壹失。
· A good horse often needs a good spur.好馬常要好靴刺。
· A good horse cannot be of a bad colour.良馬的毛色不會差。
· A good heart conquers ill fortune.善心克厄運。
· A good healthy body is worth more a crown in gold.健康的身體貴於黃金鑄成的皇冠。
· A good head and an industrious hand are worth gold in any land.聰明腦袋勤勞手，走遍天下貴如金。
· A good friend is my nearest relation.良友如近親。
· A good fame is better than a good face.好的名望勝於好的相貌。
· A good face is a letter of recommendation.好的相貌就是壹封推薦的介紹信。
· A good dog deserves a good bone.有勞得獎。
· A good example is the best sermon.身教勝似言教。
· A good conscience is a continual feast.白日不做虧心事，夜半敲門心不驚。
· A good book is a light to the soul.好書壹本，照亮心靈。
· A good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us.壹本好書，莫逆之交。
· A good beginning makes a good ending.善始者必善其終。
· A good beginning is half the battle.首戰告捷等於壹半勝利。
· A good appetite is a good sauce.饑不擇食。
· A good anvil does not fear the hammer.好砧不怕錘。
· A full cup must be carried steadily.杯滿盈，須持穩。
· A full belly counsels well.衣食足而後知榮辱。
· After meat, mustard.雨後送傘。
· After dinner sit a while; after supper walk a mile.午餐之後坐片刻，晚飯之後走壹裏。
· After dinner comes the reckoning.吃喝玩樂，該付代價。
· After death, the doctor.放馬後炮。
· After black clouds, clear weather.否極泰來。
· After a storm comes a calm.否極泰來。
· A friend without faults will never be found.沒有缺點的朋友是永遠找不到的。
· A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.廣交友，無深交。
· A friend is not so soon gotten as lost.交友慢，失友快。
· A friend is never known till a man have need.不到患難時，永遠不能認識真正的朋友。
· A friend is best found in adversity.患難見真友。
· A friend is a second self.朋友是另壹個我。
· A friend in need is a friend indeed.患難朋友才是真朋友。
· A friend in court is better than a penny in purse.曩中有錢，不如朝中有友。
· A friend exaggerates a man?s virtue, an enemy his crimes.朋友宣揚人的美德，敵人誇大人的罪過。
· A fox may grow grey, but never good.狐貍會變，但本性難移。
· A fool?s heart dances on his lips.愚人心坦蕩，掛在嘴唇上。
· A fool?s bolt may sometimes hit the mark.愚者千慮，必有壹得。
· A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out.壹愚所失，百智難回。
· A fool may give a wise man counsel.愚者千慮，必有壹得。
· A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.愚者所問，智者難答。
· A fool can ask more questions than seven wise men can answer.壹愚發問，七智結舌。
· A fool attempting to be witty is an object of profoundest pity.蠢人裝聰明，實在最可憐。
· A fool and his money are soon parted.笨蛋難聚財。
· A fool always rushes to the fore.傻瓜總愛強出頭。
· A fool always comes short of his reckoning.愚人常缺算計。
· A flow of words is no proof of wisdom.口若懸河不能作為才智的證明。
· Affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended.事情要按部就班地做，就會很快地做完。
· A fault confessed is half redressed.承認錯誤，等於改正壹半。
· A father is a treasure, a brother is a comfort, but a friend is both.父親是財富，兄弟是安慰，朋友兼而有之。
· A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.吃壹塹，長壹智。
· A faithful friend is hard to find.益友難得。
· A fair face may hide a foul heart.人不可貌相。
· A fair death honours the whole life.死得光明，終身榮耀。
· Adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory.成功地克服困難是最大的光榮。
· Adversity makes strange bedfellows.身處逆境不擇友。
· Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.患難使人聰明，但不能致富。
· Adversity leads to prosperity.逆境迎向昌盛。
· Adversity is a good discipline.苦難是磨練人的好機會。
· A dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone.骨頭打狗狗不叫。
· Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public.在私底下要忠告妳的朋友，在公開場合又表揚妳的朋友。
· A disease known is half cured.病情確診斷，治病好壹半。
· A discontented man knows not where to sit easy.不滿足者坐無寧時。
· Actions speak louder than words.事實勝於雄辯。
· Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.行動是知識的巧果。
· A creaking door hangs long on its hinges.戶樞不蠹。
· A crafty knave needs no broker.狡猾的流氓，不需居間人。
· A covetous man is good to none but worse to himself.貪婪的人對別人毫無好處，對自己卻壞處更大。
· A contented mind is perpetual feast.知足常樂。
· A constant guest is never welcome.久住非佳賓，常來不歡迎。
· A common danger causes common action.同仇敵愾。
· A cock is valiant on his own dunghill.夜郎自大。
· A close mouth catches no flies.病從口入，禍從口出。
· A clear fast is better than a dirty breakfast.寧為清貧，不為濁富。
· A clear conscience laughs at false accusations.白日不做虧心事，夜半敲門心不驚。
· A clear conscience is a sure card.光明磊落，勝券在握。
· A clear conscience is a soft pillow.問心無愧，高枕無憂。
· A clean hand wants no washing.身正不怕影子斜。
· A cheerful wife is the joy of life.快樂的妻子是生活的樂事。
· A change of work is as good as a rest.調換壹下工作是很好的休息。
· Accidents will happen.天有不測風雲。
· A cat may look at a king.貓也有權晉見國王。
· A candle lights others and consumes itself.蠟燭焚自身，光亮照別人。
· A burnt child dreads the fire.壹朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩。
· A burden of one?s choice is not felt.自己選的擔子不嫌重。
· Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.相聚愛益切，離別情更深。
· A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm.借來的鬥篷不暖身。
· A book that remains shut is but a block.有書閉卷不閱讀，無異是壹塊木頭。
· A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change.壹本好書今天如此，將來也如此，永不改變。
· A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass.秋波送盲，白費癡情。
· A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it?s the boundary of the world.坐井觀天。
· A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day.略有勝於全無。
· A bird may be known by its song.什麼鳥唱什麼歌。
· A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk.聞其歌知其鳥，聽其言知其人
· A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.雙鳥在林不如壹鳥在手。
· A beggar?s purse is bottomless.乞丐的錢袋是無底洞。
· A bargain is a bargain.達成的協議不可撕毀。
· A bad workman quarrels with his tools.拙匠常怨工具差。
· A bad thing never dies.壞事傳千年。
· A bad padlock invites a picklock.開門揖盜。
· A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept.壞習慣像鮮餡餅，分食要比保存好。
· A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept.壞習慣像鮮餡餅，分食要比保存好。
· A bad conscience is a snake in one?s heart.做賊心虛。
· A bad conscience is a snake in one?s heart.做賊心虛
· A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit.吃虧的和解也比勝訴強。
· A bad bush is better than the open field.有勝於無。
· A bad beginning makes a bad ending.惡其始者必惡其終。
· No wisdom like silence智者寡言
· Necessity knows no law鋌而走險
· Many hands make light work人多好辦事
· Don?t play the goat不要胡鬧
· They’re a barrel of laughs他們很搞笑
· This movie was just a hype這部電影完全是在炒作
· the shortest straw下下簽
· The news came as a bombshell這個消息猶如晴天霹靂
· feeling low意氣消沈
· These are more than old wives? tales這些可不是無稽之談
· That’ll save your skin那可幫妳度過難關
· Every bad has some good 壞事情也有好的壹面
· Some things rub them the wrong way他們被惹怒了
· Stay put停住不動
· to fly off the handle突然生氣、發怒
· He is really on the ball他真的思路很敏捷
· got savoir faire言行得體
· He has never rested on his laurels他從不滿足目前的成就
· Jump down someone’s throat生氣地批評
· put a roof over one’s head找個地方安頓
· faced the music報應
· blinded with science無言以對
· Off one’s rocker缺乏理智
· old goat老古板（通常指年長者）
· Welcome！It’s lovely to see you歡迎！見到妳真高興！
· What’s gotten into you？妳怎麽了？
· Coffee kept them on the go咖啡使他們充滿活力；
· Shine on擱在壹旁；
· Monkey（around）with亂動；
· I think I get the drift我知道了；
· get the drift明白，了解
· The meeting will start at 10 o?clock sharp會議十點準時開始；
· like taking candy from a baby形容某事易如反掌
· Home is where the heart is家是心之所在
· From the word go 從頭到尾；
· They help make it less of a dog?s life他們幫忙改善生活；
· Half-baked 不成熟的
· bend the rules at times網開壹面
· Spill one’s guts說出實情
· For heaven?s sake！老天！表示驚奇或憤怒的感嘆語
· Fly-by-night不可靠的，不可信任的
· Nervous wreck緊張，激動
· Pull through脫險，渡過難關
· Thumb through 匆匆的閱讀
· Lose one’s shirt壹文不值
· Mess around with瞎搞；亂動
· Touch and go情勢危急
· Handwriting on the wall.顯而易見的危險
· Spread oneself too thin 心力交瘁
· run-down筋疲力盡
· We look forward to the dawn of better days.我們期待好日子的來臨
· Variety is charming.豐富多彩就是美
· Two of a trade never agree.同行是冤家
· The sudden news frightened me.突來的消息嚇我壹跳
· He threatened to fire me他威脅要解雇我
· You young devil’s spawn！妳這小鬼！
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D DAY · A man is not a horse because he was born in a stable.人並不因為生在馬廄裏就成了馬。
· A man is known by the company he keeps.察其友知其人。
· A man is as old as he feels.老不老，自己曉。
· A man can not spin and reel at the same time.壹心不能二用。
· A man cannot serve two masters.壹仆不能事二主。
· A man can never thrive who had a wasteful wife.妻子浪費無度，丈夫不會出頭。
· A man can do no more than he can.凡事只能量力而行。
· A man can die but once.人生只有壹次死。
· A man apt to promise is apt to forget.輕諾者易忘。
· A man alone is either a saint or a devil.孤身獨處的人可以為聖哲，也可為惡魔。
· A maid that laughs is half taken.少女露笑臉，婚事半成全。
· A maiden with many wooers often chooses the worst.少女有了許多求婚者往往選中了最差的壹個。
· A maiden with many wooers often chooses the worst.少女有了許多求婚者往往選中了最差的壹個。
· Although it rains, throw not away your watering pot.縱然天下