中英惯用短语:
  •   [美口]岂有此理! 糟糕! 的! 说句老实话!   By hooky!
  •   [美口]叫我摸不到头脑, 出乎我的意外。   It beats my time.
  •   [美口]正的, 优质的, 诚实的, 可靠的, 慷慨的   all wool and a yard wide
  •   [美口]的, 绝对不假, 我不骗你   honest Indian
  •   [讽]我佩服你的[他的]厚脸皮!   I like your[his] cheek!
  •   [谑]天无邪的小姑娘, 不懂事故的小妞儿   bread-and-butter miss
  •   [谑]是活该, 只怪自己, 自作自受   have (only) oneself to thank (for sth.)
  •   [谑]真正的欧洲人;   a pucka [pukka] sahib
  •   [谚]不愿正视事实的人才是正的瞎子。   None so blind as those who won't .see.
  •   [谚]不愿正视事实的人才是正的瞎子。   None so blind as he who will not see.
  •   [谚]事前希望美妙, 事败之后成苦恼。   H-is a good breakfast, but a bad supper.
  •   [谚]他们俩是无独有偶; 仿佛一个模子里铸出来的。   There goes but a pair of shears between them.
  •   [谚]住在森林里的人不怕猫头鹰; 深知事情相就不会大惊小怪。   one has lived too near a wood to be frightened by owls.
  •   [谚]品德优美才是美。   H-is as handsome does.
  •   [谚]品德优美才是美。   H-is that handsome does.
  •   [谚]富贵交友易, 患难显情。   P-makes friends, adversity tries them.