英语与精读4整理-Idiom.doc

Idiom 1．a doubting Thomas John 20.24 多疑的人 2．a drop in the bucket Isaiah 15.40 eg: Emerson, a post with copious afflatus, claimed himself to be a drop in the bucket in the boundless universe. a land of the covenant 乐土 ( a never-never land; the east of Eden ) A little fire kindles the forest. a man of sorrows 饱经沧桑 a millstone about one’s neck 难以承受的负担 eg: During the time of economic recessing, taxes became a millstone about their necks of many negative savers. 3．a stranger in a strange land 漂泊异乡的游子 Exodus 2.22 eg: John is stricken in years as a solitary stranger in a strange land. a voice crying in the wilderness Matthew 3.3 1) 旷野中的呼喊 2) 某人的观点得不到支持 a word of the season 及时的劝告 eg: His mother’s word of the season inspired him to his further brilliance. 5. alpha and omega: from beginning to the end Revelation 1.8 eg: the alpha and omega of his wishes 6. answer a fool according to his folly 以其人之道还治其人之身 7. apples of gold in picture of silver 锦上添花 gild the lily 画蛇添足 8. as black/dark as Egypt Exodus 10.21 eg: The night as dark as Egypt wrapped up the town, and he strain his ears to hear the growling thunder at the horizon. 9. as old as Methuselah 异常古老的 ( as old as the hills ) 10. as poor as Job 非常贫困, 家徒四壁 ( as poor as a church mouse; unprovided; on the bread line) 11. cast the first stone Johe 8.7 发起第一次进攻 eg: They wanted to make preparations by anticipation before the foes cast the first stone. 12. Do not despise your mother when she is old. 儿不嫌母丑 13. drain the cup to the dregs 一饮而尽 ex: He drained the cup of sorrow to the dregs. 他尝遍了人间的种种辛酸. 14. eat the fat of the land 养尊处优 = in the lap of luxury on easy streets ex: Eating the fat of the land, the coxcomb had his studies unattested. fall among ( pirates; a terminal; disease; a lashing wing ) 遭遇不好的东西 15. feet of clay Daniel 2.32: the biggest weakness of a person = Achilles heels = a chink of/in the armor flourish like a palm tree Psalm 92.12 eg: His career