高中英语高考作文俗语表达汇总（共12组）

高考英语俗语表达1.Potatoa couch potato：指那些沉迷电视，无所事事的人a hot potato： 烫手山芋；棘手的问题all (that) meat and no potatoes：过于肥胖例：I'm surprised that guy could fit through the door—he's all meat and no potatoes.drop someone/something like a hot potato：即刻与某人或某事脱离关系；立马摆脱meat-and-potatoes issue：最重要/最基本的部分例：Candidates in this election will have to focus on meat-and-potatoes issues like taxes and education.mouse potato：电脑迷not (quite) the clean potato：不正派的人；形迹可疑的人potato head：傻瓜，笨蛋2.Book(one) can read (someone) like a book：很了解某人，对某人了如指掌例：I can read you like a book, so I know that something's wrong. Please tell me what it is.a closed book：自己一无所知的科目；高深莫测的事物例：I'm a scientist through and through, so art has always been a closed book to me.a turn-up for the books：意想不到的运气；意想不到的结果，通常指惊喜be an open book：容易被了解的人/物be in (one's) black books：被列入某人的黑名单【To have fallen out of favor with one.】例：I don't think I'll come to the party on Saturday—I'm in Jenny's black books at the moment.be brought to book：绳之以法cook the books：作假帐hit (the) bookshelves：用功读书take a leaf out of somebody's book：效仿某人的成功案例；模仿某人3.Heart(one's) heart is in (one's) boots：提心吊胆heart is in one's mouth：十分紧张、不安；焦急万分a heavy heart：沉重的心情a change of heart：改变心意absence makes the heart grow fonder：距离产生美；别久情更深；小别胜新婚be all heart：慷慨大方；体贴be sick at heart：心里烦闷；悲伤be etched on (one's) heart：铭记在心4.Roadall roads lead to Rome：条条道路通罗马burn up the road：开快车例：Have you seen my new sports car? Man, I can't wait to take it out and burn up the road!a road to nowhere：没有出路的处境，不可能成功的行动a road hog：妨碍其他车辆行驶(的司机)good intentions pave the road to hell：好心办坏事fork in the road：三岔路口take the high road：堂堂正正地；秉持正确理念；采取积极途径例：Strive to always take the high road when dealing with others, even if they've treated you unfairly in the past.hit the road：上路；出发；行动5.Pigeona sparrow in the hand is better than the pigeon on the roof：一鸟在手胜过百鸟在林be (one's) pigeon：……是某人的责任、事情clay pigeon：易被捉弄/欺骗的人milk the pigeon：做徒劳的事pigeon-eyed：喝醉酒的pigeonhole (someone)：归类，把某人归为某一类别例：Don't pigeonhole her as a comedic actress—she actually has more range than you would think.put/set/throw the cat among the pigeons：引起纷争；挑起轩然大波例：We didn't want to put the cat among the pigeons, so we decided not to mention the bomb threat until we knew for certain that it was legitimate.stool pigeon：(向警察提供情报的)线人，内线6.Marka black mark beside (one's) name：指某人的污点【A mistake or the negative impact thereof that permanently harms one's reputation.】a black mark against (one)：某人的污点例：They let me keep my job after I got caught, but the transgression became a black mark against me for the rest of my career.be quick/slow off the mark：(对形势的)反应敏捷/迟钝beauty mark：美人痣；雀斑close to the mark：(猜测、陈述等)接近准确，几乎无误off the mark：不切题，不相关make one's mark：出名，成功overstep (one's)/its mark：逾越(某人的)界限 【beyond the mark】be up to the mark：达到要求；符合标准7.Tip(one) can't look past the tip of (one's) nose：指不能预见（问题等）；指某人专注在某一件事上而无法估计其它例：Our boss is ambitious, but she can't look past the tip of her nose when it comes to scheduling projects with realistic deadlines.be in tip-top shape：处于颠峰状态的be on the tip of one’s tongue：话在嘴边说不出来the tip of the iceberg：冰山一角；(事物的)端倪tip someone the wink：向某人使眼色；向某人眨眼暗示tip one's hand：亮底牌；摊牌tip the balance/scales：使占优势；使结果倾向某方例：They were both very good candidates for the job but she had more experience and that tipped the balance.8.Golda gold mine：金矿；使人能够获得很多利润的东西be sitting on a gold mine：立即获得大量有价值或可取的东西，特别是尚未从中获益的东西例：Who knew that my grandfather was sitting on a gold mine of priceless antiques all these years?be worth its/(one's) weight in gold：非常有价值的例：When you're in a foreign country, you'll find that a reliable translator is worth his weight in gold.black gold：指石油fool's gold：误以为会令人愉快（或大获成功）的事物例：Don't invest in his latest wacky invention—no matter how great it seems, it will end up being fool's gold like all the others.have a heart of gold：心地善良the streets are paved with gold：很容易成功【It is easy to become successful or prosperous in this place】例：More and more people are moving to the big cities, where they believe the streets are paved with gold.9.Apple(as) easy as apple pie：小菜一碟；易如反掌a bad apple：害群之马；坏蛋a bad apple spoils the (whole) barrel：一粒老鼠屎坏一锅粥apples and oranges：风马牛不相及的事物apple-polisher：马屁精；逢迎者apple of discord：争斗的原因或根源；祸根apple of one's eye：掌上明珠be in apple-pie order/get (something) in apple-pie order：井井有条；整整齐齐upset one's apple cart：破坏某人的算盘；打破了他人的计划the apple does not fall far from the trunk：有其父必有其子10.HeelAchilles' heel：致命的弱点at the heels of (someone or something)：紧跟某人/某物sit back on one's heels：态度消极be head over heels (in love)：坠入爱河beef to (the) heel：身材魁梧bring someone to heel：使某人服从；使某人就范cool (one's) heels：长时间等候；坐冷板凳例：I spent an hour cooling my heels in the waiting room while the doctor saw other patients.dig one's heels in：拒不让步；固执己见under the heel of somebody：在……的蹂躏之下11.Lightbe all sweetness and light：其乐融融；和蔼可亲(it's) better to light a (single) candle than to curse the darkness：与其诅咒黑暗，不如点亮蜡烛；坐而言，不如起而行；与其抱怨不如行动【英文释义：It means that it is better to do something, no matter how small, to improve a situation rather than just complain about it.】a light bulb goes on in (one's) brain/a light-bulb moment：灵光一闪a light purse makes a heavy heart：囊中无钱心事重be given the green light/give someone the green light：给予某人方便a leading light：领军人物be out like a light：倒头就睡cast/shed/throw light on something：为…提供解释；使…较容易理解hide one's light under a bushel：埋没自己的天赋；深藏不漏，不露锋芒don't hide your light under a bushel：不要过分谦虚以致埋没才华12.Nail(as) tough as nails：身体结实的；坚韧不屈a bed of nails：极其艰难的情况例：This project is a bed of nails—it's just so tedious.a nail in the coffin：催命符；致命一击 【another nail in (one's) coffin】例：Every mistake is one more nail in the coffin of his professional baseball career.drive the final nail in (someone's or something's) coffin：给某人/某物致命一击a nail-biter：扣人心弦的体育比赛；充满悬念的电影cash on the nail：现款pay on the nail：立即支付fight tooth and nail：竭尽全力；全力以赴right on the nail：一针见血；一语中的nail the lie to the counter：拆穿谎言