英语习语集锦
1、a bad apple 坏蛋
A：Oh, my God! What happened? Why are you black and blue? B：I got beaten by Peter’s brother
A：That’s a bad apple! Let’s think up a way and teach him a lesson
甲：噢，天哪！怎么啦？你身上怎么青一块紫一块的？ 乙：彼得的弟弟把我给打了。
甲：这坏蛋，咱们来想个法来教训教训他。
2、a dog in the manger 占着茅坑不拉屎的人；占有有利条件却不会利用的人
A：Give the skates to me! B：You shut up!
A：If you don’t know how to skate, why don’t you give the skates to me? Don’t be a dog in the manger. 甲：把冰鞋给我！ 乙：你闭嘴！
甲：你若不知道怎么滑冰，干吗不把冰鞋给我？别占着茅坑不拉屎了！ 3、a gay dog 快活的人
A：It’s strange they should get along so well! B：That’s nothing unusual.
A：You don’t know much about the couple. One likes to be alone, but the other is a bit of a gay dog. 甲：他们居然能处得这么好，太奇怪了。
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乙：没什么不寻常的。
甲：你不了解这俩口子，一个喜欢独处，另一个却喜欢热闹。 4、a hard nut 冥顽不化的人；无知无觉的人 A：Bob refused all his classmate’s invitations. B：I really couldn’t understand him.
A：He’s surely a hard nut, nobody likes approaching him. B：We’d better also leave him alone. 甲：鲍勃拒绝了班上所有人的邀请。 乙：他这个人我真不明白。
甲：他真是个脑子不开窍的人，没人愿意靠近他。 乙：我们最好也别惹他。
5、a hen-pecked husband 妻管严；怕老婆的男人 A：Aunt is scolding uncle again.
B：Don’t worry. Your uncle won’t utter a word back. A：I didn’t know my uncle is a hen-pecked husband
B：He isn’t. He thinks it’s not necessary to quarrel with women. 甲：婶婶又在骂叔叔了。
乙：别着急，你叔叔不会还口的。 甲：我还不知道我叔叔是个妻管严。 乙：他不是。他觉得和女人吵架没必要。 6、big shot 要人
A：Do you know Mr. Smith?
B：No, but I know of him. He’s a big shot in the local politics. A：I’m told he’s only a yes-man.
B：Yes, I hate that. At present, what we want is a strong, indepe
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ndent leader, not a bunch of yes-man. 甲：你认识史密斯先生吗？
乙：不认识，但我知道这人，他在本地政界是个举足轻重的人物。 甲：我听说他是个和事佬。 </