中英惯用短语:
  •   [美俚]使...精疲力竭; 使...垂头丧气, 挫...之锐气; 杀....的威; [俚](指女人)同某人发生性关系   take the starch out of
  •   [美俚]学生中的头人物   big man on campus
  •   [美俚]对...占优势; 占...的上   get the bulge on sb.
  •   [美俚]对...占优势; 占...的上   have the bulge on sb.
  •   [美俚]承认为事实, 认输, 甘拜下   acknowledge the corn
  •   [美口]观望, 看风使舵   see how the gander hops
  •   [美口]输去; 未能占...上   lose out on
  •   [美方]虚弱的[地], 弱不经的[地]   on the lift
  •   [谑](人的)外貌, 度; 装束   the outer man
  •   [谚]一国有一国的俗。   So many -tries, so many customs .
  •   [谚]一国有一国的俗。   Every country has its custom.
  •   [谚]乘扬帆; 趁热打铁。   Hoist (your)sailwhen the wind is fair.
  •   [谚]今日有酒今日醉; 今天大鱼大肉, 明天喝西北。   S-today and starve tomorrow.
  •   [谚]伤时宜吃, 发热时宜饿; 伤不怕吃, 热病不怕饿。   Feed a cold and starve a fever .
  •   [谚]无火不起烟; 无不起浪。   There is no smoke with out fire. (=Where there's smoke, there's fire.)
  •   [谚]无风不起浪。   Where there's reek, there's heat.