翻译第一次作业---搜集与动物、植物、人体器官和日常生活用品有关的英文词汇及英文翻译
康乃尔大学-写老师的作文800字
信息技术学院 陈伟伟 2012010239
与动物有关的：
• like a bird运转良好
• a
home bird喜欢待在家里的人
• a little bird told me...
我听说
• Kill two birds with one stone.一箭双雕，一举两得
• A bird in the hand is worth two in the
bush.双鸟在林不如一鸟在手
• Birds of a feather flock
together.物以类聚，人以群分。
• Fine feathers make fine
birds.人要衣装马要鞍。
• A bird is known by its note,
and a man by his talk. 听音识鸟，闻言识人
• The early
bird catches the worm.捷足先登
• give a person the
bird喝倒彩
• There are no birds of this year in
last year's nest.时过境迁
• You cannot catch old
birds with chaff.用粗糠捉不住老鸟
• Each birds loves
to hear itself sing.鸟儿都爱听自己唱
• Birds in their
little nests agree.同巢之鸟心儿齐
• Every bird likes
its own nest best.鸟皆爱其巢，人皆爱其家
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• Love
me,love my dog.爱屋及乌
• Every dog has his
day.人人都有得意的时候。
• go to the dogs 每况愈下
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lead a dog's life形容人过着贫困潦倒、惨不忍睹的生活
• not have
a dog's chance毫无机会
• treat sb. like a dog
不把某人当人看
• dog eat dog竞争激烈、残酷
• work like a
dog指一个人努力、卖命地工作
• dog-tired筋疲力尽
• sick as
a dog病得严重
• let sleeping dogs lie 不要自找麻烦、自讨苦吃
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• cat-and-dog life经常吵架的生活
• The cat
is out of the bag.说走了嘴，泄露秘密
• Bell the cat
替别人冒险，挺身而出
• A cat may look at a
king.小人物也应有些权利
• A cat in gloves catches no
mice.怕沾污手指的人做不出什么事
• A cat has nine
lives.猫有九条命。
• Has the cat got your
tongue?为什么不吭声？
• It rains cats and dogs.大雨滂沱
• The cat would eat fish and would not wet her
feet.想得到某种东西又怕麻烦或担风险
• The scalded cat
fears cold water.一着被蛇咬，三年怕井绳
• When the cat's
away,the mice will play.大王外出，小鬼跳梁
• The cat
did it.不是我做的。
• The cat jumps.形势清楚了
• The
cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream.掩耳盗铃
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That's like putting the cat near the goldfish
bowl.引狼入室
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• Never offer to teach fish to
swim. 不要班门弄斧
• He who would catch fish must
not mind getting wet.不入虎穴，焉得虎子
• The best fish
swim near the bottom.好鱼居水底，好东西不易得到
• Big fish
eat little fish.大鱼吃小鱼，小鱼吃虾米
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• A horse may
stumble on four feet.马有四条腿，亦有失蹄时。
• Don't ride
the high horse.别摆架子
• Lock the barn door after
the horse is stolen.亡羊补牢
• Hair by hair you
will pull out the horse's tail.水滴石穿
• as
strong as a horse壮的像头牛
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• as poor as a
church mouse一贫如洗
• It is a poor mouse that has
only one hole.狡兔三窟
• as quiet as a mouse不声不响
• smell a rat感到可疑
• like a rat in a hole
瓮中之鳖
• A speck of mouse will spoil a whole pot
of porridge.一粒老鼠屎，坏了一锅粥
与植物有关的：
• the
Wars of the Roses红白玫瑰之战
• through rose-
tinted glasses or through rose-colored glasses
以肯定的态度看待生活
• roses all the way诸事顺利
• no
rose without a thorn有乐必有苦
• a bed of
roses安逸的生活
• full of beans精力旺盛
• not worth
a hill of beans一个人一钱不值
• bean brain白痴
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hot potato棘手的问题
与人体器官有关的：
• Mind one’s
eye. 当心
• apple of the eye 掌上明珠
• to feast
one's eyes on 欣赏自然风光
• An eye for an eye 以眼还眼
• See eye to eye 见解一致
• Two heads are
better than one. 三个臭屁匠赛过诸葛亮
• keep your head
保持冷静
• From hand to foot 从头到脚
• have head
like a sieve 健忘
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chicken head 笨蛋
keep one’s head愚不可及
lose one’s head 失去理智
armed to the teeth
全副武装
be dressed to the teeth 浓妆艳抹
If you
can't bite ,never show your teeth .不能咬人就 别龇牙
By the skin of（one's） teeth只有“一发”之差
Have a
sweet tooth 喜爱甜食
It goes in one ear and out
the other. 左耳朵进右耳朵出
Walls have ears.隔墙有耳
play by ear 做一件事不是事先有计划的，而是走着瞧，临时决定
I am
all ears. 洗耳恭听
to keep an ear to the
ground保持高度警觉，及早发现那些即将发生的事情的预兆
As plain as the
nose in one’s face一清二楚
Turn up one’s nose at
对…嗤之以鼻
to follow one's nose 利用嗅觉找到某物.
nose
about or nose around寻找；探问
On everybody’s lips
众口相传
Escape one’s lips 脱口而出
don’t open
one’s lips 不要开口
Hold one’s tongue.保持沉默
Has
too much tongue 太多嘴
have one's tongue in one's
cheek 调侃
A still tongue makes a wise head
.智者寡言
The tongue isn't steel ,yet it cuts
.舌非刀剑，但能伤人
Have a big mouth .多嘴
Be born
with a silver spoon in one’s mouth 出生在富贵之家
hand to mouth仅够糊口地
to shoot one's mouth
off一个人在某种场合滔滔不绝地说一些不合时宜的话
butter would't melt
in sb's mouth看起来老老实实
by word of mouth口头上
down in the mouth沮丧
from the horse
mouth从可靠的人那里
Lose one’s face 丢面子
Save
one’s face 挽回面子
Pull a long face 拉长脸
about
face 向后转
be staring the face就在某人面前
fly in
the face of sth.与某事物相悖
shoulder to shoulder
肩并肩
turn a cold shoulder不理睬
give your
friends the cold shoulder 冷落朋友
heart to heart.
心心相印
a sweet heart 情人
• Don't lose
heart 不要灰心
• Have butterflies in your stomach
手足无措
• have no stomach for 对…没兴趣
• eyes
bigger than your stomach眼高手低
• turn my
stomach. 倒胃口
• Keep somebody at arm’s length.
与某人保持距离
• the right arm 得力助手
• Up in arms
起来进行武装斗争
• A fresh hand. 新手
• Short of
hands.人手短缺
• Hand in hand 手拉手
• Wash one’s
hands of something. 洗手不干
• Many hands make
light work. 众人拾柴火焰高
• Thumbs up.真棒
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Thumbs down.差劲
• Turn thumbs down to 不赞成
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all thumbs 笨手笨脚
• make a person’s hair stand
on end令人毛骨悚然
• Turn a hair 毫不畏惧
• Keep
your hair on.别发脾气
• Skin and bones 骨瘦如柴
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Run off one’s feet 忙得马不停蹄
• Throw oneself at
one’s feet 拜倒在某人脚下