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　 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 brotherA：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。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 husbandB：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, independent 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。乙：没错儿，我就恨这个。现在，我们要的是强有力的、有主见的领导人，可不是和事佬儿。 7、fat cat 大款A：Where’re those popular actresses in our school time?B：Get into marriage.A：Can everyone find a fat cat?B：Everyone wants to, but not everyone succeeds.甲：咱们上学时的那些女影星都哪去了？乙：结婚了呗！甲：人人都能找到大款吗？乙：人人都想，可并不是人人都能找到。 8、bosom friends 知心朋友A：Is Jack a friend of yours?B：Yes. He is one of my bosom friends.A：He’s a nice guy as far as I knowB：You can be certain of tha