趣味英语收集资料

black tea 红茶⑴green tea 绿茶 ⑵green apple 青苹果 ⑶red jujube 红枣⑷red rose 红玫瑰 ⑸towel gourd 丝瓜 ⑸wax gourd 冬瓜⑹Chinese cabbage 大白菜 ⑺blue rose 蓝玫瑰 ⑻local dish 地方菜⑼orange juice 橙汁 ⑽fried rice 炒饭Are--------- era(时代)；bin（贮藏器）----- nib（笔尖）；but ------ tub（盆）；deer(鹿)----- reed（芦苇）； door----- rood（十字架）；doom（注定）----- mood（心情）；deem（认为）----- meed（适当的报答）； dot（点）----- tod（狐）；evil（罪恶）------ live（生活）；God----- dog；gnat（小烦扰）----- tang（强烈的味道）；gulp（吞）-------plug（插座）；gut（内容，实质）----- tug（猛拉，苦干）；keel（船的龙骨）------leek（韭葱）；loop（环）----- pool（水池）；loot（赃物）----- tool，meet---- teem（充满，涌现）；nip（呷）------ pin（大头针）；nod（点头）------ don（大学教师）；not----- ton（吨）；on---- no；pan（平底锅）------- nap（小睡）；part----- trap（陷阱）；pets（宠物）------- step；pots（壶）-----stop；put-----tup（公羊）；rail（铁轨）------ liar（说谎者）；ram（公羊）------ mar（弄糟）；raw（生的）------ war；saw（锯）----- was；sloop（小型护航舰）-----pools；smart（机灵的）----- trams（电车）；snap（猛咬，争购）----- pans；tap（水龙头）------ pat（轻拍）；ten----- net（网）；tog（衣服）------ got；tom（雄猫）----- mot（警句）；tops（顶）------- spot（点）；tun（大酒桶）------ nut（坚果）。

1. bad egg 坏蛋，歹徒Trust him nothing；he is a bad egg。别信他，他是个坏蛋。 2. crocodile tears 鳄鱼的眼泪，假慈悲Don抰 weep crocodile tears with his misfortune. I know you have always detested him and are only too happy to see him get into trouble。别假惺惺地为他的不幸难过了，我知道你一直讨厌他，看到他倒霉，心里可高兴哩！ 3. cry wolf 呼喊“狼来了”，发假情报That politician cries wolf in every speech he makes。那个政治家在他的每篇演说中都发假警报。 4. (that is) easier said than done说起来容易做起来难Easier said than done，let抯 pay more attention to practice.说起来容易做起来难，让我们多注意些实践吧！ 5. fish in troubled waters 混水摸鱼，乘人之危He抯 always been good at fishing in troubled waters; he made a lot of money by buying houses that were bombed in the war. 他总是善于乘人之危大捞一把，他靠购买在战争中遭过轰炸的房屋而赚了大量的钱财。 6. fish out of water 离水之鱼，不得其所She felt like a fish out of water at the evening party because she knew no one. 她在晚会上感到很局促，因为她一个人也不认识。 7. gives someone an inch and he will take an ell 得寸进尺If you give those people an inch，they抣l take an ell；we told them they might use our side path to reach their garden，now they have fenced in the path so that we cannot use it ourselves. 那些人就是得寸进尺；我们对他们说，他们可以经过我们的小道进他们的花园，现在他们已在小道上修起了篱笆，以致我们自己也无法走这条小路过去了。 8. go west 上西天，死，失败Poor John was one of those who went west in the explosion. 可怜的约翰是在这次爆炸中魂归西天的人之一。 9. in a word 一句话，简而言之I have no time to tell you the whole story, in a word, they become hostile to each other。我没时间把全部经过告诉你，一句话，他们相互成了仇敌。 10. lose face 丢脸；失面子Certain country often loses face in regard to its relations with small weak countries on account of its dirty tricks. 某个国家在与弱小国家交往中因其使用卑鄙手段而总是丢脸。 11. odds and ends 零零碎碎What shall we do with all those odds and ends？我们用那些残余的东西可做什么呢？ 12. play with fire 玩火，做无谓而危险的事He who plays with fire gets burned．玩火者必自焚。 13. strike while the iron is hot 趁热打铁Father is in a good mood at the moment．Strike while the iron is hot and ask him to let you go to the circus.这时父亲的情绪很好，乘此机会求他让你去看马戏。 14. there抯 no smoke without fire无火不冒烟；无风不起浪The story is all over the town. It is being spread by someone or by some people. There抯 no smoke without fire.这个传说遍及全城，有人或有些人还在散布。真是无火不冒烟。 15. a thorn in the flesh （side）肉中刺；棘手的事，不断使某人烦恼的根源The memory of this act will be a thorn in the flesh for the rest of your life，my boy. 这种行动会使你不断引起回忆。使你终生烦恼，我的朋友。

"After you" is good manners. “您先请”是礼貌。 "Never" is a long word. 不要轻易说“决不”。A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 恶其始者必恶其终. A bad bush is better than the open field. 有胜于无.A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit. 吃亏的和解也比胜诉强. A bad conscience is a snake in one's heart. 做贼心虚.A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept. 坏习惯像鲜馅饼，分食要比保存好. A bad padlock invites a picklock. 开门揖盗. A bad thing never dies. 坏事传千年. A bad workman always blames his tools. 不会撑船怪河弯。 A bad workman quarrels with his tools 拙匠常怨工具差.A bargain is a bargain. 达成的协议不可撕毁. A beggar's purse is bottomless. 乞丐的钱袋是无底洞. A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush. 一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。 A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk. 闻其歌知其鸟，听其言知其人. A bird may be known by its song. 什麽鸟唱什麽歌. A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day. 略有胜于全无. A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it's the boundary of the world. 坐井观天. A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass. 秋波送盲，白费痴情. A boaster and a liar are cousins-german. 吹牛与说谎本是同宗。 A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change. 一本好书今天如此，将来也如此，永不改变. A book that remains shut is but a block. 有书闭卷不阅读，无异是一块木头. A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm. 借来的斗篷不暖身. A bosom friend afar brings distant land near. 海内存知己，天涯若比邻. A bully is always a coward. 色厉内荏。 A burden of one's choice is not felt. 自己选的担子不嫌重. A burnt child dreads the fire. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳. A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蜡烛焚自身，光亮照别人. A cat has nine lives. 猫有九条命；吉人天相。 A cat may look at a king. 猫也有权晋见国王. A change of work is as good as a rest. 调换一下工作是很好的休息. A cheerful wife is the joy of life. 快乐的妻子是生活的乐事. A clean hand wants no washing. 不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门.A clear conscience is a soft pillow. 问心无愧，高枕无忧. A clear conscience is a sure card. 光明磊落，胜券在握. A clear conscience laughs at false accusations. 白日不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊. A clear fast is better than a dirty breakfast. 宁为清贫，不为浊富. A close mouth catches no flies. 病从口入，祸从口出. A cock is valiant on his own dunghill. 夜郎自大. A common danger causes common action. 同仇敌忾. A constant guest is never welcome. 久住非佳宾，常来不欢迎. A contented mind is a perpetual feast. 知足常乐. A contented mind is perpetual feast. 知足常乐. A covetous man is good to none but worse to himself. 贪婪的人对别人毫无好处，对自己却坏处更大. A crafty knave needs no broker. 狡猾的流氓，不需居间人. A creaking door hangs long on its hinges. 户枢不蠹. A discontented man knows not where to sit easy. 不满足者坐无宁时. A disease known is half cured. 病情确诊断，治病好一半. A dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone. 骨头打狗狗不叫. A dog's mouth emits no ivory. 狗嘴里吐不出象牙. A fair death honors the whole life. 死得光明，终身荣耀. A fair face may hide a foul heart. 人不可貌相. A faithful friend is hard to find. 益友难得. A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智。 A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智. A father is a treasure, a brother is a comfort, but a friend is both. 父亲是财富，兄弟是安慰，朋友兼而有之. A fault confessed is half redressed. 承认错误，等于改正一半. A flow of words is no proof of wisdom. 口若悬河不能作为才智的证明. A fool always comes short of his reckoning. 愚人常缺算计. A fool always rushes to the fore. 傻瓜总爱强出头. A fool and his money are soon parted. 笨蛋难聚财还有很多。。。

Are--------- era(时代)； bin（贮藏器）----- nib（笔尖）；but ------ tub（盆）； deer(鹿)----- reed（芦苇）； door----- rood（十字架）； doom（注定）----- mood（心情）；deem（认为）----- meed（适当的报答）； dot（点）----- tod（狐）；evil（罪恶）------ live（生活）； God----- dog；gnat（小烦扰）----- tang（强烈的味道）； gulp（吞）-------plug（插座）；gut（内容，实质）----- tug（猛拉，苦干）； keel（船的龙骨）------leek（韭葱）；loop（环）----- pool（水池）； loot（赃物）----- tool，meet---- teem（充满，涌现）； nip（呷）------ pin（大头针）；nod（点头）------ don（大学教师）； not----- ton（吨）；on---- no； pan（平底锅）------- nap（小睡）；part----- trap（陷阱）； pets（宠物）------- step；pots（壶）-----stop； put-----tup（公羊）；rail（铁轨）------ liar（说谎者）； ram（公羊）------ mar（弄糟）；raw（生的）------ war； saw（锯）----- was；sloop（小型护航舰）-----pools； smart（机灵的）----- trams（电车）；snap（猛咬，争购）----- pans； tap（水龙头）------ pat（轻拍）；ten----- net（网）； tog（衣服）------ got；tom（雄猫）----- mot（警句）； tops（顶）------- spot（点）；tun（大酒桶）------ nut（坚果）。

趣味英语小知识 a)Ten animals I slam in a net. 我把十只动物一网打尽你注意到这句话有什么特别之处吗？对了，无论从左到右，还是从右到左，字母排列顺序都是一样的，英语把这叫做Palindromes 回文（指顺读和倒读都一样的词语），关于动物的回文还有以下的例子 Otto saw pup ; pup was Otto. （奥托看见了小狗，小狗的名字叫奥托） Was it a car or a cat I saw ? Was it a rat I saw ? （我刚才看见的是条老鼠？）b)the bee's knees又来形容最好的至高无上的东西。[例] She is a very poor singer but she thinks she's the bee's knees. （她五音不全却自认为是高高在上的一流歌手。）该表现起源于20年代的美国，仅仅因为bee's 和 knees押韵，琅琅上口，迅速得到流传，直到现在， 还在日常生活非正式场合的对话中经常使用。和时间有关的英语趣味小知识（一）时间是金，其值无价Time is money.（时间就是金钱或一寸光阴一寸金）Time flies.（光阴似箭，日月如梭）Time has wings.（光阴去如飞）Time is a file that wears and makes no noise.（光阴如锉，细磨无声）Time stays not the fool's leisure.（时间不等闲逛的傻瓜）Time and I against any two.（和时间携起手来，一人抵两人）Time is life and when the idle man kills time, he kills himself.（时间就是生命，懒人消耗时间就是消耗自己的生命。或时间就是生命，节省时间，就是延长生命）Time spent in vice or folly is doubly lost.（消磨于恶习或愚行的时间是加倍的损失） （二）时间是风，去而不返Time undermines us.（光阴暗中催人才。或莫说年纪小人生容易老）Time and tide wait for no man.（岁月不待人）Time cannot be won again.（时间一去不再来）Time is , time was , and time is past.（现在有时间，过去有时间，时间一去不复返）Time lost can not be recalled.（光阴一去不复返）Time flies like an arrow , and time lost never returns.(光阴似箭，一去不返）（三）时间是尺，万物皆检Time tries friends as fire tries gold.（时间考验朋友，烈火考验黄金）Time tries truth.（时间检验真理）Time is the father of truth.（时间是真理之父）Time will tell.（时间能说明问题）Time brings the truth to light.（时间使真相大白。或时间一到，真理自明。）Time and chance reveal all secrets.（时间与机会能提示一切秘密）Time consecrates: what is gray with age becomes religion.（时间考验一切，经得起时间考验的就为人所信仰）Time reveals(discloses) all things.（万事日久自明）Time tries all.（时间检验一切）（四）时间是秤，衡量权质There is no time like the present.（现在正是时候）Take time by the forelock.(把握目前的时机）To choose time is to save time.（选择时间就是节省时间）Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.（今日事，今日毕）Procrastination is the thief of time.（拖延为时间之窃贼）One of these days is none of these days.（拖延时日，终难实现。或：改天改天，不知哪天）Tomorrow never comes.（明天无尽头，明日何其多）What may be done at any time will be done at no time.（常将今日推明日，推到后来无踪迹）（五）时间是水，淘金流沙Time works wonders.（时间可以创造奇迹或时间的效力不可思议）Time works great changes.（时间可以产生巨大的变化）Times change.（时代正在改变）英语趣味小知识(2)——你会犯这样的错误吗？ 你会犯这样的错误吗？ 英语有时候真是莫名其妙，你觉得你明明懂了，可实际上你又没有懂。所以，今天我想讲几件轶事，都是因为没有理解听到看到的东西而闹出的笑话。也许，从他们的经验中，你也可以学到一些东西。 第一个故事发生在秘鲁，一位美国妇女在餐馆里用餐。她问服务员： Excuse me. Where could I wash my hands? 服务员把她带到洗手间，可不巧，正有一些工人在粉刷洗手间的墙壁。工人们一看有人要用洗手间，就准备离开。服务员拦住他们，说： That’s Ok. Stay. She only wants to wash her hands. 在英语里，wash my hands实际上是上厕所的委婉说法。那个服务员按照字面意思理解，结果闹了笑话。 还有一次，一个留学生在国外的学校第一天上学，心里又兴奋又紧张。一个美国人见到一张新面孔，为了表示友好，就问： Hi! What’s the good word? 留学生一听到这个，立刻傻眼了，他想， My God! I don’t know the good word. I’ve studied English for years, but no one told me about the good word! 他犹豫再三，想，反正我也不知道，就问问他好了。于是他吞吞吐吐地问： Hello. What’s the good word? 老美听了，很随意地说： Oh, not much. 这下，这个留学生就更吃惊了！ 原来，What’s the good word? 在美语里，是一句问候语，意思是“你还好吗？”但问话的人并不指望你把遇到的高兴的事情都一一告诉他，只是打个招呼而已。但这个留学生以为对方真的在问什么是Good word，所以闹了笑话，不过还好，也算给他歪打正着了。 下面的故事就更有意思了。一次，一个美国公司的管理人员给公司一个驻外分部发了一份传真，要求对方把职员的人数报上来。他是这么说的： I need a head count telling the number of people in your factory, the number of people in your office, broken down by sex. 在上面的传真里，broken down by sex是“按照性别分开”的意思，但是分公司的外国职员没有理解“broken down by sex”的意思。不过break something/someone down倒是还有一个意思，就是“把某事物，把某人压服”。 结果，美国总部收到了回音。那份传真是这样说的： Here is your head count. Here we have thirty-five people in our factory, fifteen people in our office, five people in the hospital, none broken down by sex. (这是你要的人头数。我们的工厂里有35人，办公室15人，医院5人，无人因纵欲过度而垮掉。) 最后，他还加了一句：And if you really must know, our problem down here is with alcohol. (如果你非要知道，我们这儿的问题是饮酒过度。) 查字典，break down就是“把……压服，把……压垮”的意思，因此外国职员就把broken down by sex理解成了“因为纵欲过度而垮了”，但是在那样的语言环境下，broken down by sex实际上是“按照性别分开”的意思。美国人一下子就理解的东西，在外国人眼里，就成了匪夷所思。可见，语言学习还真是麻烦。最好的办法当然是不断积累，还有，如果有不懂的东西，一定要问明白！动物篇 a)Ten animals I slam in a net. 把十只动物一网打尽你注意到这句话有什么特别之处吗？对了，无论从左到右，还是从右到左，字母排列顺序都是一样的，英语把这叫做Palindromes回文（指顺读和倒读都一样的词语）。 Otto saw pup ; pup was Otto.（奥托看见了小狗，小狗的名字叫奥托） Was it a car or a cat I saw ? Was it a rat I saw ?（我刚才看见的是条老鼠？） b)the bee's knees又来形容最好的至高无上的东西。 [例] She is a very poor singer but she thinks she's the bee's knees.（她五音不全却自认为是高高在上的一流歌手。） 该表现起源于20年代的美国，仅仅因为bee's和knees押韵，琅琅上口，迅速得到流传，直到现在，还在日常生活非正式场合的对话中经常使用。 续动物篇 Santa Claus' reindeer(圣诞老人的驯鹿) 你知道圣诞老人的驯鹿是怎么来的吗？它们是Clement Clarke Moore （1779-1863 美国作家）所写的‘A Visit from St. Nicholas’1823作品里出现的Dasher、Dancer、Prancer、Vixen、Comet、Cupid、Donner、Blitzen等8头 the world is my oyster （世界是我的牡蛎） if the world is my oyster 经常作为“如果我的梦想得以实现的话”的意思使用。该句来源于莎士比亚的The Merry Wives of Windsor (1600)Ⅱ､ⅱ､2中，恶棍Pistol对决意不肯借钱的Sir John Falstaff说、“Why then the world's mine oyster, / Which I with sword will open.”（这个世界如同我的牡蛎一样，我可以用刀子把它撬开。）人们应用这句话是常把原文的mine该成my.这句话也常常出现在Willy Loman的台词中

1. Money is not everything. There's Mastercard & Visa.钞票不是万能的,有时还需要信用卡.2. One should love animals. They are so tasty.每个人都应该热爱动物,因为它们很好吃.3. Behind every successful man, there is a woman. And behind every unsuccessful man, there are two.每个成功男人的背后,都有一个女人. 每个不成功男人的背后, 都有两个.4. Every man should marry. After all, happiness is not the only thing in life.5. 再快乐的单身汉迟早也会结婚,幸福不是永久的嘛.6. The wise never marry, And when they marry they become otherwise.聪明人都是未婚的,结婚的人很难再聪明起来.7. Never put off the work till tomorrow what you can put off today.不要等明天交不上差再找借口, 今天就要找好.8. Love is photogenic. It needs darkness to develop.爱情就象照片,需要大量的暗房时间来培养.9. Children in backseats cause accidents. Accidents in backseats cause children.后排座位上的小孩会生出意外, 后排座位上的意外会生出小孩.10. "Your future depends on your dreams." So go to sleep."现在的梦想决定着你的将来",所以还是再睡一会吧.11. There should be a better way to start a day than waking up every morning.应该有更好的方式开始新一天,而不是千篇一律的在每个上午都醒来.12. "Hard work never killed anybody." But why take the risk? "努力工作不会导致死亡!"不过我不会用自己去证明.13. "Work fascinates me." I can look at it for hours! "工作好有意思耶!"尤其是看着别人工作.14. God made relatives. Thank God we can choose our friends.神决定了谁是你的亲戚,幸运的是在选择朋友方面他给了你留了余地.15. When two's company, three's the result!两个人的状态是不稳定的,三个人才是!16. A dress is like a barbed fence. It protects the premises without restricting the view.服饰就象铁丝网,它阻止你冒然行动但并不妨碍你尽情的观看.17. The more you learn, the more you know, The more you know, the more you forget. The more you forget, the less you know. So why bother to learn.学的越多,知道的越多, 知道的越多,忘记的越多, 忘记的越多,知道的越少, 为什么学来着?!