白费口舌英文

To be or not to be !

After death, the doctor. 放马后炮。A good horse cannot be of a bad colour. 良马的毛色不会差。 A good horse often needs a good spur. 好马常要好靴刺。 A horse is neither better nor worse for his trappings. 相马不可凭马的装饰。（人不可相貌）All roads lead to Rome. 条条道路通罗马。 man is not a horse because he was born in a stable. 人并不因为生在马厩里就成了马。A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn. 路遥知马力，日久见人心。A man may lead a horse to the water, but he cannot make him drink. 牵马到河易，强马饮水难。 Apparel makes the man. 马靠鞍装，人靠衣装。（又作人靠衣装马靠鞍）A word spoken is an arrow let fly. 一言既出，驷马难追。 罗马并非一日可建成；坚持必成。 All lay loads on the willing horse. 人善被人欺，马善被人骑。

A good horse is never of an ill color.[谚]良马无劣色。A good horse should be seldom spurred.[谚]好马无须加鞭(意指工作积极的人, 不用催促)。a horse of another/different color完全另一回事a horse of the same colour[口]同一回事a horse on sb.[俚]对某人的嘲弄A short horse is soon curried.[谚]矮马容易刷洗; 小事易办。back the wrong horse(赛马时)赌错了马; 估计错误; 支持失败的一方be off one's high horse放下臭架子, 不再骄傲自大; 不再生气beat a dead horse[口]重提早已解决了的问题; 炒冷饭; 白费口舌; 浪费精力dead horse已经预付工钱的工作; 旧债; 令人厌恶的工作已经解决的问题; 不值得讨论的问题; 琐事Don't swap horse while crossing a stream.(=Don't swap horses in midstream).[谚]过河中途莫换马; 病重不宜换郎中。eat like a horse吃得很多flog a willing horse对努力工作的人进行不必要的督促 After death, the doctor. 放马后炮。A good horse cannot be of a bad colour. 良马的毛色不会差。 A good horse often needs a good spur. 好马常要好靴刺。 A horse is neither better nor worse for his trappings. 相马不可凭马的装饰。（人不可相貌）All roads lead to Rome. 条条道路通罗马。 man is not a horse because he was born in a stable. 人并不因为生在马厩里就成了马。A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn. 路遥知马力，日久见人心。A man may lead a horse to the water, but he cannot make him drink. 牵马到河易，强马饮水难。 Apparel makes the man. 马靠鞍装，人靠衣装。（又作人靠衣装马靠鞍）A word spoken is an arrow let fly. 一言既出，驷马难追。 A word spoken is past recalling. 一言既出，驷马难追。 Rome was not built in a day. 罗马并非一日可建成；坚持必成。 All lay loads on the willing horse. 人善被人欺，马善被人骑。

不管是在学校里，还是在职场上，总有些人自以为是、趾高气扬、目中无人。这种人实在是讨厌的很。那么，英语中是怎样形容这样的人的呢？估计你怎么也想不到这些贬义词会和马这么温顺、可爱的动物联系在一起，据小编推测，可能是因为这些趾高气扬、目中无人的人总是骑着高头大马吧（马：我冤枉啊！）。闲话少说，我们来看看这些关于马儿的贬义词吧。 1. High horse 傲慢无礼，目中无人的态度 例如：The minute Max starts arguing, he gets on his high horse. 只要一开始争论，Max就会摆出一副高高在上的模样。 由此引申出的短语还有 ride one's high horse，根据high horse的意思就很容易理解该短语的意思，就是骑着高头大马，耀武扬威，横得不行的样子。 If you keep riding your high horse, you will lose your best friends. 如果你老是一副盛气凌人的样子，就会失去你最好的朋友的。 2. horse around 嬉闹 例如：Stop horsing around and get to work for Pete's sake! 别玩了，拜托干活去吧。 A: Look, there are two men fighting there. 看，有两个人正在那边打架呢。 B: Don't worry, they are just horsing around. 别担心，他们只是闹着玩的。 另外，horse around 还有 play around 的意思，所以如果有人问你：Do you want to horse around? 可别以为是邀请你去骑马，那可要闹笑话的哦。 3. beat/flog a dead horse重提早已解决了的问题；炒冷饭; 白费口舌; 浪费精力 A: I'd like to talk with you again about what happened. 我想再跟你谈谈所发生的事情。 B: Oh, Come on. Let's not beat a dead horse. 算了，别再白费口舌了。 If you want to complain about the unfair result, fine. Just remember you are beating a dead horse.如果你喜欢抱怨不公平的结果，随便你。不过，你要记住，你这样做是徒劳无益的。 其他的关于马的习语还有很多，如 dark horse 一般引申为出乎意料的人或事，hold one's horse 表示控制某人的行为，一般用在劝人三思而行，不要冲动的场合。

After death, the doctor.