英语Idioms汇总
英语Idioms汇总
unit1
1. Breath of life生命的气息
Poetry and art are the breath of life to her.
诗歌和艺术是她的生命之源。
2. Garden of Eden伊甸园
Life is no Garden of Eden at the moment.
现今的生活没有乐土。
3. Adam and Eve亚当和夏娃
I don’t remember when all this took place. Perhaps it was when Adam and
Eve lived.
我不记得这所有的事是何时发生的，也许是在很久很久以前。
There is a tendency of longevity长寿on his mother’s side. Both his grandpa and grandma lived to be over ninety—lived to be Adam and Eve, as they say.
在他母亲那系有长寿的趋向。他的外祖父和外祖母都活到了九十多岁，就像他们说的，要长命百岁。
4. Adam’s profession亚当的职业
He has always been thinking of engaging in Adam’s profession when he retires.
他总是想要在退休后从事园艺工作。
5. Bone of one’s bones and flesh of one’s flesh骨中骨，肉中肉
I hold myself supremely blest—blest beyond what language can express; because I am my
husband’s life as fully as he is mine. No woman was ever nearer to her mate than I am: ever more absolutely bone of his bones and flesh of his flesh.融为一体－－Jane Eyre
The trade union was bone of the bones and flesh of the flesh of the workers.
工会和工人们休戚相关。
unit2
1. Fig leaves无花果叶
Come and see this picture of Tom in his babyhood—without even a fig leaf on.
快来看这张Tom一丝不挂的婴儿照。
2. Curse of Adam亚当的诅咒
His father died young and the curse of Adam kept him from continuing his schooling as he had to help his mother support a big family.
他的父亲英年早逝，这苦难使他不能继续上学因为他要帮他母亲撑起整个大家庭。
3. by the sweat of one’s brow一个人额头上的汗水
In the sweat of their brow, the peasant couple sent all their children to university.
在辛勤劳作下，这对农民夫妇把他们的孩子全送进了大学
4. For dust you are and to dust you will return因为你是尘土，你将回归尘土
I see no point accumulating material possessions by the sweat of one’s brow. After all, for dust you are, and to dust you shall return.
我认为辛苦工作来积攒物质财富毫无意义。毕竟，人生不带来死不带去。
5. Brother’s keeper兄弟的守护者
Is the ideal philosophy哲学"every man for himself" or "I am my brother's keeper”?
“人人为己”或者“帮助他人”是理想的哲学吗？
6. Forbidden fruit禁忌之果
A: I told Tom he was not allowed to eat ice-cream today, but you know---
我告诉汤姆他今天不准吃冰激凌，但是你知道的——
B: Well, forbidden fruit tastes better; and this is especially true of kids.
是的，被禁止的总是更美味的，尤其是对孩子来说。
7. Fall from grace堕落
He had been the king’s favorite, and his sudden fall from grace surprised everyone.
他曾是国王的宠臣，他的突然失宠惊呆了每个人。
8. Noah’s Ark诺亚方舟
Strong will and hard work are like a Noah’s Ark which saves people from their sufferings.
强烈的愿望和努力工作就像是救命稻草把人们从苦难之中解救出来。
9. Dove and olive leaf 鸽子和橄榄叶
His coming to power may help bring the dove and olive leaf to the Middle East.
他的上台可能会给中东地区带来和平。
defending
They are flying flag of dove and olive leaf instead of skeletons, for the first times in forty years’civil war.
在四十年内战中，他们第一次高举和平的旗帜而不是死亡之旗。
10. The Tower of Babel巴别塔
He is more fond of empty talk than solid work, so all his plans are the Tower of Babel.他更喜欢空谈而不是实干，所以他的计划全是纸上谈兵。
A tower of Babel of voices could be heard from the schoolroom.
叽叽喳喳的声音从教室里传来。
His further statement, instead of shedding light on the situation, set up a tower of Babel among the listeners.
他进一步的阐述，没让情况更明朗，反倒让听者更迷惑了。
unit3
1. land of promise/ the promised land 应许之地
America was the promised land for many immigrant families.
对许多移民家庭来说美国是一片乐土。
2. Sodom and Gomorrah 所多玛和蛾摩拉
The village had a reputation as a latter-day Sodom and Gomorrah.
这个村庄在后世有罪恶之城之称。
3. burning sulfur (fire and brimstone) 硫磺烈火
She thinks that one will suffer fire and brimstone after death if he has done wrong.
她认为人如果犯了错的话死后会受地狱之火。
When the disorderly students finally saw the principal, she was breathing fire and brimstone.
当混乱的学生终于看到校长的时候，她正火冒三丈。
4. (as Curious as) Lot’s wife 罗德的妻子
Curious as Lot’s wife, she has made himself unpopular among her friends. 她在她的朋友中不受欢迎因为她的八卦。
1. Sell one’s birthright for a mess of stew/pottage 为了一顿炖菜出卖一个人与生俱来的权利
Jason has given up his legal studies to work on an oilrig石油钻台, and although he’s earning a lot, it seems to me that he’s sold his birthright for a mess of pottage.
杰森放弃了他的法律研究去致力于石油钻台，尽管他赚了很多，但在我看来他捡了芝麻丢了西瓜。
2. My brother Esau is a hairy man, and I’m a man with smooth skin. 我哥哥以扫是一个有毛的人，我是一个光滑的皮肤的人。
He wanted me to take the exam for him by sticking my photo onto his exam certificate but I refused. I loathed the idea of cheating on the test.
Besides, my brother Esau is a hairy man, and I’m a man with smooth skin.
他想让我代他考试通过把我的照片贴在他的考证上但我拒绝了。我痛恨考试作弊的想法，另外，我们俩截然不同。
3. The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau
Jacob’s voice and Esau’s hand雅各的声音，以扫的手
Be cautious, for in the market nowadays there exist so many articles that are Jacob’s voice
but Esau’s hand.

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