英语Idioms 汇总
unit1
1. Breath of life 生命的气息
Poetry and art are the breath of life to her.
诗歌和艺术是她的生命之源。
2. Garden of Eden 伊甸园
Life is no Garden of Eden at the moment.
现今的生活没有乐土。现今的生活没有乐土。
3. Adam and Eve 亚当和夏娃
I don’t remember when all this took place. Perhaps it was when
Adam and Eve lived.
我不记得这所有的事是何时发生的，也许是在很久很久以前。
There is a tendency of longevity 长寿长寿 on on his his his mother mother ’s s side. side. side. Both Both Both his his
grandpa and grandma lived to be over ninety —lived to be Adam and Eve Adam and Eve , as
they say.
在他母亲那系有长寿的趋向。他的外祖父和外祖母都活到了九十多岁，就像他们说的，要长命百岁。
4. Adam’s profession 亚当的职业
He He has has has always always always been been been thinking thinking thinking of of of engaging engaging engaging in in Adam’s Adam’s profession profession when when he he
retires.
他总是想要在退休后从事园艺工作。
5. Bone of one’s bones and flesh of one’s flesh
骨中骨，肉中肉
I I hold hold hold mylf mylf mylf supremely supremely supremely blest blest blest——blest blest beyond beyond beyond what what what language language language can can can express; express;
becau I am my husband’s life as fully as he is mine. No woman was ever nearer
to her mate than I am: ever more absolutely
dfgbone of his bones and flesh of his flesh .融为一体－－Jane Eyre
The The trade trade trade union union union was was bone of of the the bones and and flesh flesh of of the the flesh of of the the workers.
工会和工人们休戚相关。
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英语话题作文
Fig leaves 无花果叶 Come and e this picture of Tom in his babyhood —without even a fig leaf on. 快来看这张T om 一丝不挂的婴儿照。
哒哒在线少儿英语2. Cur of Adam 亚当的诅咒
His father died young and the cur of Adam kept him from con nuing his schooling as he had to help his mother support a big family.
他的父亲英年早逝，这苦难使他不能继续上学因为他要帮他母亲撑起整个大家庭。
3. by the sweat of one ’s brow 一个人额头上的汗水
In the sweat of their brow, the peasant couple nt all their children to university. 在辛勤劳作下，这对农民夫妇把他们的孩子全送进了大学
4. For dust you are and to dust you will return 因为你是尘土，你将回归尘土
I e no point accumula ng material posssions by the sweat of one ’s brow. A er all, for dust you are, and to dust you shall return.
我认为辛苦工作来积攒物质财富毫无意义。毕竟，人生不带来死不带去。
5. Brother ’s keeper 兄弟的守护者
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Is the ideal philosophy 哲学哲学
哲学 "every man for himlf" or "I am my brother's keeper ”? “人人为己”或者“帮助他人”是理想的哲学吗？
6. Forbidden fruit 禁忌之果
致我们终将逝去的青春主题曲邪恶新世界A: I told Tom he was not allowed to eat ice-cream today, but you know---
我告诉汤姆他今天不准吃冰激凌，但是你知道的——
B: Well, forbidden fruit tastes be er; and this is especially true of kids.
是的，被禁止的总是更美味的，尤其是对孩子来说。
7. Fall from grace 堕落堕落
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He had been the king ’s favorite, and his sudden fall from grace surprid everyone.
他曾是国王的宠臣，他的突然失宠惊呆了每个人。
8. Noah ’s Ark 诺亚方舟
Strong will and hard work are like a Noah ’s Ark which saves people from their sufferings.
强烈的愿望和努力工作就像是救命稻草把人们从苦难之中解救出来。
9. Dove and olive leaf 鸽子和橄榄叶
His coming to power may help bring the dove and olive leaf to the Middle East.
他的上台可能会给中东地区带来和平。
They are flying flag of dove and olive leaf instead of skeletons, for the first mes in forty years ’ civil war.
在四十年内战中，他们第一次高举和平的旗帜而不是死亡之旗。
10. The Tower of Babel 巴别塔
He is more fond of empty talk than solid work, so all his plans are the Tower of Babel.他更喜欢空谈而不是实干，所以他的计划全是纸上谈兵。
A tower of Babel of voices could be heard from the schoolroom.
叽叽喳喳的声音从教室里传来。boysfood
His further statement, instead of shedding light on the situa on, t up a tower of Babel among the listeners.
他进一步的阐述，没让情况更明朗，反倒让听者更迷惑了。
unit3
1. land of promi/ the promid land 应许之地
America was the promid land for many immigrant families.
对许多移民家庭来说美国是一片乐土。
2. Sodom and Gomorrah 所多玛和蛾摩拉
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The village had a reputation as a latter-day SodomandGomorrah.
这个村庄在后世有罪恶之城之称。
3. burning sulfur (fire and brimstone) 硫磺烈火
Shethinksthatonewillsuffer fireandbrimstone afterdeathifhe hasdone wrong.
她认为人如果犯了错的话死后会受地狱之火。
When the disorderly students finally saw the principal, she was breathing fire and brimstone.
当混乱的学生终于看到校长的时候，她正火冒三丈。
4. (as Curious as) Lot’s wife 罗德的妻子
Curious as Lot’s wife, she has made himlf unpopular among her friends.
她在她的朋友中不受欢迎因为她的八卦。
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1. Sell one’s birthright for a mess of stew/pottage 为了一
个人与生俱来的权利
Jason has given up his legal studies to work on an oilrig石油钻台, and although he’s earning a lot, it ems to me that he’s sold his birthright for a mess of pottage.
杰森放弃了他的法律研究去致力于石油钻台，尽管他赚了很多，但在我看来他捡
了芝麻丢了西瓜。
2. My brother Esau is a hairy man, and I’m a man with smooth skin. 我
哥哥以扫是一个有毛的人，我是一个光滑的皮肤的人。
He wanted me to take the exam for him by sticking my photo onto his exam
certificate but I refud. I loathed the idea of cheating on the test. Besides, my brother Esau is a hairy man, and I ’m a man with smooth skin. 他想让我代他考试通过把我的照片贴在他的考证上但我拒绝了。我痛恨考试作弊的想法，另外，我们俩截然不同。
3. The voice is Jacob ’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau Jacob ’s voice and Esau ’s hand 雅各的声音，以扫的手
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Be cautious, for in the market nowadays there exist so many articles that are Jacob ’s voice but Esau ’s hand.
谨慎一点，现金的市场上有很多假冒伪劣产品。
1. coat of many colors / Joph ’s coat 约瑟的彩衣
After his successful negotiation with a foreign company, our boss gave him a coat of many colors .
在他成功地和一家外国公司谈判后，我们的老板很器重他。
2. corn in Egypt (Gen:41)诶及的玉米
Though Though that that is a small country, country, its its natural natural resources resources resources are are as rich as corn in Egypt . 尽管这是一个小国家，它的自然资源取之不尽用之不竭。
3. Benjamin ’s portion / mess 本杰明的部分
We put the same effort in that business, but Benjamin ’s mess of the profit went to him.
我们在这笔生意上付出了同样多的努力，但是利益的大部分都给了他。
unit4
1. Land flowing with milk and honey 流着牛奶和蜂蜜的土地
This part of China is considered to be a paradi on earth, a land flowing with milk and honey.
中国的这一部分被认为是人间天堂，是一个美丽富饶的地方。
2. Bring the Israelites out of Egypt 把以色列人带出诶及
Many state-run enterpris are opera ng a low profit level or even without profit at all, where workers are looking to the managers to bring the Israelites out of Egypt.
许多国营企业正处在一个低利润甚至是零利润的运营状态中，工人们都希望管
理者能带他们走出困境。
3. Harden one’s heart 使人的心变硬
Sorrow and trouble either so en the heart or harden it.
悲伤和烦恼不是使人心软，就是使人心狠。
Don't hide your hurts and pains and feelings inside where they will harden your heart. 不要隐藏你的伤痛、痛哭和感觉，它们会使你的心麻木。
4. Golden Calf 金牛
Anything can become a golden calf.
任何东西都能成为崇拜对象。
Today’s youth grew up from a culture, in which most people worship the golden calf. 现在的年轻人在一种大多是人都拜金的文化中成长。
5.Stiff-necked脖子硬的
He is so s ff-necked that he insists on going the wrong way in spite of the nsible advice from his family and his friends.
他是如此顽固以至于他不顾亲朋好友合理的建议坚持他错误的道路。
unit5
1.Philistine: 非利士人（an uncultured person)
a philis ne government.
庸人政府。
a Philis ne a tude to the arts
对艺术不感兴趣
2.Samson’s hair参孙的头发
----You em to have an inexhaus ble energy. Where
’s your Samson‘s hair?
----I think it‘s the desire to achieve success.
----你似乎有无穷无尽的力量。你的力量之源在哪里？
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---我想是对取得成功的强烈渴望。
3.David and Goliath大卫和歌利亚
The match looks like being a David and Goliath contest.
比赛看上去像是一场力量悬殊的较量。
4. Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands
扫罗杀死千千，大卫杀
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Compared with tho heroes, I did very li le indeed. Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
与那些英雄相比，我做的实在太少，差距还很大。
