泛读教程英语习语、谚语

泛读教程---英语习语、谚语

Unit 1

1) Burn the midnight oil

熬夜读书，开夜车 To study or work until late at night. 2) Hit the books

用功读书，与熬夜无关 To study, especially with particular intensity 3) Do back-breaking work

劳累至极腰酸背痛的工作 To do some physically difficult work and makes you very tired.

4) Work like a dog

拼命工作 To work very hard.

5) Fall down on the job

敷衍了事，没做好工作 Be incapable for a work.

6) Work one’s fingers to the bone

非常努力的工作 To work very hard.

Unit 2

1) Be a breeze

像一缕清风一样很容易做 A thing that is easy to do.

2) Have a green thumb

擅长园艺 To be good at gardening.

3) Be easy as pie

小菜一碟，小事一桩 To be very easy.

4) Have a golden touch

点石成金，无所不能 It means that you can do anything that you want to do. 5) Have two left feet

笨手笨脚 To be very awkward in your movements, especially when you are dancing or playing a sport. 6) Have a nose for something

善于发现某物，有洞察力 To be perspective and good at discovering.

Unit 3

1) Down to earth

脚踏实地，实事求是 To do something with no illusions or pretensions, sensible and practical.

2) Think one is god’s gift to mankind

自以为了不起，自负 To think oneself is really something in some areas; conceited.