中英慣用短語:
  •   [美俚]使...精疲力竭; 使...垂頭喪氣, 挫...之銳氣; 殺....的威; [俚](指女人)同某人發生性關係   take the starch out of
  •   [美俚]學生中的頭人物   big man on campus
  •   [美俚]對...占優勢; 占...的上   get the bulge on sb.
  •   [美俚]對...占優勢; 占...的上   have the bulge on sb.
  •   [美俚]承認為事實, 認輸, 甘拜下   acknowledge the corn
  •   [美口]觀望, 看風使舵   see how the gander hops
  •   [美口]輸去; 未能占...上   lose out on
  •   [美方]虛弱的[地], 弱不經的[地]   on the lift
  •   [謔](人的)外貌, 度; 裝束   the outer man
  •   [諺]一國有一國的俗。   So many -tries, so many customs .
  •   [諺]一國有一國的俗。   Every country has its custom.
  •   [諺]乘揚帆; 趁熱打鐵。   Hoist (your)sailwhen the wind is fair.
  •   [諺]今日有酒今日醉; 今天大魚大肉, 明天喝西北。   S-today and starve tomorrow.
  •   [諺]傷時宜吃, 發熱時宜餓; 傷不怕吃, 熱病不怕餓。   Feed a cold and starve a fever .
  •   [諺]無火不起煙; 無不起浪。   There is no smoke with out fire. (=Where there's smoke, there's fire.)
  •   [諺]無風不起浪。   Where there's reek, there's heat.