常用的21个英语习语上_口语学习技巧

常用的21个英语习语上

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1.sock away

存钱

You should sock away a certain amount each month.

你每个月都应该存一笔钱。

2.live from hand to mouth

收入勉强糊口

Bob had a little money socked away, so he didn't have to live from hand to mouth.

鲍勃存下来了一点钱，所以日子还算过得去。

3.live off the fat of the land

靠土地产出的食品来过活

How hard can it be to strike¹ out on your own and live off the fat of the land?

你是得多艰苦才靠地吃饭啊？

4.make hay² while the sun is shining

一有机会就挣钱或把钱存下来

While he had been successful at his job, he had made plenty of hay while the sun was shining.

他的工作干得很成功，也就存了不少钱。

5.in the twinkling³ of an eye

一刹那，眨眼的功夫。

Things could go terribly wrong in the twinkling of an eye.

眨眼的功夫事情就变得一团糟。

6.as free as a bird

无拘无束

I found the reasons for his decision to throw in the towel and become free as a bird compelling⁴.

我发现了他认输的理由后，就再也无拘无束了。

7.get one's ducks in a row

为了完成某事而做好充分的准备。

Bob was very careful not to let on what he was thinking⁵ to anyone until he got all his ducks in a row.

鲍勃非常小心，他没有告诉任何人自己的想法，直到做好充分的准备。

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1 strike
vt./vi.(struck；struck/striken)击打；打动
参考例句：
The whip is not used to strike him.鞭子不是用来打击他。 She found a chance to strike at Cage.她找到一个打击凯奇的机会。

2 hay
n.(用作饲料或覆盖的)干草
参考例句：
Cows feed on hay.奶牛以干草为生。 They usually keep the hay in the barn.他们通常将干草存放在谷仓中。

3 twinkling
n.闪烁；眨眼间；诙谐的闪光；一刹那adj.闪烁的，闪亮的，闪耀的v.闪烁( twinkle的现在分词 )；（眼睛）闪亮；（经光照耀而）闪闪发光；（舞蹈者的双脚）轻快地移动
参考例句：
A galaxy of twinkling stars matched the thousands of sparkling city lights. 闪烁的繁星与城内闪耀的万家灯火交相辉映。来自《简明英汉词典》 That's fantastic. He's vanished in the twinkling of an eye. 他怎么一转眼就不见了，真见鬼。来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 compelling
v.令人信服的
参考例句：
Her latest book makes compelling reading. 她新出的书读起来扣人心弦。 The evidence was so compelling that he felt constrained to accept it. 证据是那样的令人折服，他觉得不得不接受。

5 thinking
n.思考，思想；adj.思考的，有理性的；vbl.想，思考
参考例句：
All thinking men will protest against it.凡是有思想的人都会抗议这件事。 Thinking is mainly performed with words and other symbols.思想主要是用言语和其他符号来表达的。