物以类聚?(34物以类聚)
物以类聚?(34物以类聚)他心平气和地与他们讲话,试图息事宁人,但这却是徒劳的。but it was useless. 这位哲学家认为死亡轻如鸿毛。2. 息事宁人:pour oil on troubled watersHe spoke calmly to them trying to pour oil on troubled waters
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1. 轻如鸿毛:as light as a feather
The philosopher thinks that death is as light as a feather.
这位哲学家认为死亡轻如鸿毛。
2. 息事宁人:pour oil on troubled waters
He spoke calmly to them trying to pour oil on troubled waters
but it was useless.
他心平气和地与他们讲话,试图息事宁人,但这却是徒劳的。
3. 旁观者清:Lookers-on see most of the game.
Find a trusted friend or two and vent. Lookers-on see most of
the game. They may help you sort out your feelings.
找一两个信得过的朋友发泄下情绪。旁观者清,他们可以帮你梳理情绪。
4. 茅塞顿开:be suddenly enlightened
Thinking of everything in the past I am suddenly enlightened
that friendship can be very strong as well as very fragile.
想想从前的一切,我突然茅塞顿开:友情可以很坚强,也可以很脆弱。
5. 镇定自若:as cool as a cucumber
He kept as cool as a cucumber in this dangerous situation.
在这个危险的环境中他表现的镇定自若。
6. 狐假虎威,胆小鬼:ass in the lion's skin
That candidate is an ass in lion's skin he would never have the courage to stand up for any cause.
那个候选人是个胆小鬼,他绝没有勇气为任何事情仗义执言。
7. 海底捞针,海底捞月:fish in the air
It's impossible to fish in the air.
海底捞月是不可能的。
8. 物以类聚,人以群分:Birds of a feather flock together.
Have you ever observed that birds of a feather flock
together? In other words people who are similar become
friends or do things together.
你注意过吗"物以类聚,人以群分"吗?换句话说,性格相似的人总是会成为朋友,或者在一起做事情。
9. 孤注一掷:put all one's eggs in one basket
It's never wise to put all your eggs in one basket.
孤注一掷,绝不是一件聪明的事。
10. 非驴非马:neither fish flesh nor fowl
When you are different from 99% people learning English who sound neither fish flesh nor fowl and neither English nor American surely you will be leading the real fashion and trend.
当99%的英语学习者听起来非驴非马,不伦不类时,若你能纯正规范,无疑你就是流行的领导者和时尚的典范。
11. 鸡皮疙瘩:goose flesh
Merely the thought of holding a snake makes me come out in goose flesh.
只要一想起手里拿着一条蛇,我的身上就会起鸡皮疙瘩。
12. 礼尚往来:Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
''Courtesy calls for reciprocity.'' is a Chinese tradition.
礼尚往来,是中华民族的传统。
13. 格格不入:like a square peg in a round hole
His ideas like a square peg in a round hole in the period
he lived.
他的思想与他所处的那个时代格格不入。
14. 挥金如土:spend money like water
It is better to be frugal. Don't spend money like water.
最好还是节俭些,不要挥金如土。
15. 脚踏实地:be down-to-earth
He always asks me to be down-to-earth and keep an optimistic mind.
他总是告诉我做人要脚踏实地,保持乐观的心态。
16. 泪如泉涌:a stream of tears
Forty-four percent will sing their national anthem to the tune of music. Sometimes they would sing and have a stream of tears.
44%的人会跟着音乐哼唱他们的国歌,有时候他们会边唱边泪如泉涌。
17. 破釜沉舟:cut off all means of retreat
After intensive struggle within myself I chose to cut off all means of retreat.
经过激烈的思想斗争,我选择了破釜沉舟。
18. 人海战术:huge-crowd strategy
Under the traditional maintenance pattern we are accustomed to the huge-crowd strategy and are accustomed to depend on the experience management.
在传统的维护模式下,我们习惯于人海战术,习惯于凭经验办事。
19. 死而后已:until my heart stops beating
I only want to say that as long as I am alive and have one more breath I will work hard and will not cease until my heart stops beating.
只是想说,只要我活着,还有一口气,我就要为人民鞠躬尽瘁、死而后已。
20. 趁热打铁:strike while the iron is hot
You should strike while the iron is hot.
你要打铁趁热,趁机行事。
21. 冷若冰霜:as cold as a marble
Teachers should not be as cold as a marble to their students.
教师对学生不应该冷若冰霜。
22. 扬眉吐气:hold one's head high
Don't get discouraged just because of some setbacks.
Everyone will hold their head high one day.
不要因为一些挫折就气馁。每个人都会有扬眉吐气的一天。
23. 半斤八两:six of one and half a dozen of the other
Patrick said John started the fight but I think it was probably six of one and half a dozen of the other.
帕特里克说是约翰先动手的,可是我看他俩很可能是半斤对八两,都有错。
24. 一针见血: hit the (right) nail on the head
As a very experienced debater he can always hit the (right) nail on the head of the mistakes in his opponents' arguments.
作为一位很有经验的辩论者,他总能一针见血的指出对方论证中的谬误。
25. 胸有成竹:have a card up one's sleeve
Here people's life goes on in the street and they have a card up their sleeves on everything.
这里人们的生活就在大街上进行着,他们对每件事情都胸有成竹。
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