[诸葛国际][英研]内部培训教材之写作习语-03

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英研常用习语-03Turn up one’s nose (to refuse as not being good enough)Things are looking up (the situation is improving)Let down (to disappoint)Fix things up (to improve the situation)Put up with (to tolerate or accept)Leave sth. up to someone (to give responsibility to someone)Work like dogs (to work very hard and long hours)Eat like horses (to eat a lot of food)Eat like a bird (to eat only small amounts of food)Ride like bats out of hell (to move very fast and recklessly)Let sleeping dogs lie (not to make someone angry, or to make trouble if you don’t have toTake the bull by the horns (to act bravely and with determination in a very difficult situation)Black sheep in the family (the child who doesn’t follow the “good” family tradition)Wolf in sheep’s clothing (a deceitful person who pretends to be honest)Snake in the grass (a person who pretends to be a friend and does harm when it is least expected)Act one’s age (to behave more maturely)Add fuel to the fire/flame (to make a problem worse)Against the clock (in a race with time)Air one’s dirty linen in public (to discuss private matters in public)As blind as a bat (blind)As busy as a bee (very busy)As cool as a cucumber (calm and not agitated)As different as night and day (very different)As fit as a fiddle (healthy and physically fit)As free as a bird (carefree, completely free)As good as gold (genuine, authentic)As innocent as a lamb (nave)Ask for the moon (to ask for too much)Ask for trouble (to do or say something that will cause trouble)As light as a feather (of little weight)As luck would have it (by good or bad luck, as it turned out, by chance)As mad as a March hare (crazy)As poor as a church mouse (very poor)As proud as a peacock (very proud)As slippery as an eel (undependable)As smart as a fox (smart and clever)As sober as a judge (very formal/somber)
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