《美國成語谷語》是1997-08中國對外翻譯出版公司出版的圖書。本書主要講述了一個個美國的成語俗語，讓大家更了解美國文化。
基本介紹
- 作者：(美)迪克.麥卡錫 / 等
- 譯者：蘇明
- ISBN：9787500104667
- 頁數：388
- 定價：15.60
- 出版社：中國對外翻譯出版公司
- 出版時間：1997-08
- 裝幀：平裝
作品目錄
1 Easy Street &. Out on the Street
2 Street Smarts &. Two-way Street
3 ToKnockoff
4 To Run a Tight Ship & to Sit Tight
5 Tighf-lipped & Tight with Someone
6 Loose Lips & at Loose Ends
7 Out of One's Skull & Skull Session
8 Lick & Lickety Split
9 To Have a Feeling in One's Bones & to Have
a Bone to Pick
10 To Shape up or Ship out & to Rock the Boat
11 Up to One's Neck & to Break One's Neck
12 To Get It in the Neck & to Stick
Out One's Neck
13 Cold Shoulder & Hot Air
14 Over One's Head & over the Hump
15 Over a Barrel & over One's Dead Body
16 Out of the Woods & out of the Picture
17 Out the Window & out of This World
18 To Whistle in the Dark & to Blow the Whistle
19 Nothing Special & So-so
20 Far Cry & Crying Towel
21 To Whistle a Different Tune & Pipe Dream
22 For Crying out Loud & to Cool It
23 To Keep One's Cool & to Be Cool
as a Cucumber
24 All in the Same Boat & to Miss the Boat
25 In One's Blood & Fresh Blood
26 To Make One's Blood Boil & to make One's
Blood Run Cold
27 To Hit the Ceiling & to Blow One's Top
28 To Jump the Gun & to Stick to One's Guns
29 To Beat One's Brains out & to Brainwash
30 Brain Drain & Brain Trust
31 One Track Mind & Track Record
32 To Give Somebody a Piece of One's Mind
& Mind-boggling
33 Under the Gun & Gun-shy
34 Hippie & to Shoot from the Hip
35 Full of Beans & a Hill of Beans
36 Bean Counter & to Spill the Beans
37 To Make Tracks & the Wrong Side
of the Tracks
38 To Stand up Someone & a Stand-in
39 To Stand Tall & a Stand-out
40 At the Drop of a Hat & to Pull Something
out of the Hat
41 To Pass the Hat & to Take One's Hat off
42 Hat in Hand & to Wear Two Hats at a Time
43 Fat Farm & to Chew the Fat
44 Fat Cat & Fat Chance
45 On Thin Ice & Thin-skinned
46 Workaholic & Grunt Work
47 The Works & in the Works
48 To Cut a Deal & to Cut Corners
49 To Be Cut out for & a Cut-up
50 Honeymoon & Moonlight
51 Sunday Best & Sunday Driver
52 One for the Books & to Know Someone
like a Book
53 To Close the Books & to Cook the Books
54 To Bad-mouth & to Shoot One's Mouth off
55 To Walk on Air & to Walk the Floor
56 To Take a Walk & to Walk on Eggshells
57 Motor Mouth & Foot in Mouth Disease
58 To Put One's Money Where One's Mouth Is
& You Said a Mouthful
59 Wall-to-wall & Wallflower
60 To Climb the Wall & to Drive Someone
up the Wall
61 To Stonewall & off the Wall
62 Over the Long Haul & Long Shot
63 Short and Sweet & the Long and Short of It
64 In Short Order & to Get the Short End
of the Stick
65 On the Level & Kosher
66 Open and Aboveboard & on the Up and Up
67 Ups and Downs & Down and Out
68 To Be Caught with One's Hand in the Cookie
Jar & to Be Caught with One's Pants down
69 To Touch Base & to Do Lunch
70 Birds of a Feather & to Feather One's Own Nest
71 In Fine Feather & a Feather in One's Cap
72 Breadwinner & to Know Which Side One's
Bread Is Buttered on
73 Bread and Butter & to Butter up Someone
74 Butterfingers & Butterball
75 Like Greased Lightning & like a Bat
out of Hell
76 Slow Burn & Slow Molasses
77 Give Me a Break & Break Even
78 To Break the News & to Break the Ice
79 Sacred Cow & Dark Horse
80 Right on the Mark & Right up One's AUey
81 To Give Someone the Hook &
by Hook or by Crook
82 To Pick up the Tab & Go Duteh
83 Tax-and-spend Liberal & Knee-jerk Liberal
84 Redneck & McCarthyite
85 Dry Run & Cut and Dried
86 High and Dry & Dry Up
87 In the Doghouse & between a
Rock and a Hard Place
88 Bummer & Bum Rap
89 Fair and Square & Fair Shake
90 Fair Game & Fair-haired Boy
91 The Time of One's Life & in
the Nick of Time
92 Front Money & Hush Money
93 Free Lance & Freeloader
94 Free and Easy & Free-for-all
95 To Blow One's Own Hom &
to Blow the Lid off
96 To Play with Fire & to Fight Fire with Fire
97 Half-baked & Half-hearted
98 To Get to the Bottom of Something & to Scrape
the Bottom of the Barrel
99 There's No Such Thing as a Free Lunch
& Power Lunch
100 Easy Money & to Bet One's Bottom Dollar
101 Smart Money & Mad Money
102 Sweet Talk & Snow Job
103 A Fine Kettle of Fish & to Have
Other Fish to Fry
104 To Butter up Someone & Nitpicker
105 Smoke and Mirrors & Bum Steer
106 To Go up in Smoke & Smoke Screen
107 On Top of the World & off the Top
of One's Head
108 Top Banana & Top Brass
109 Pinhead & on Pins and Needtes
110 To Cook up & Smart Cookie or
Tough Cookie
111 Fly-by-night & off the Cuff
112 Gold Mine & Born with a Silver Spoon
in His Mouth
113 To Be Handed Something on a Silver Platter
& to Go over like a Lead Balloon
114 Steamroller & under One's Own Steam
115 To Go Full Steam Ahead & to Blow off Steam
116 Goody Two Shoes & to Fill Somebody's Shoes
117 To Lower the Boom & to Throw Away the Key
118 A Slap on the Wrist & to Wait for the
Other Shoe to Drop
119 Wild and Woolly & Dyed in the Wool
120 To Walk down the Aisle & to Walk the Plank
121 To Eat One's Words & from the Word Go
122 No Problem & Have a Nice Day
123 One-liner & Punch Line
124 To Play Fast and Loose & Hard and Fast
125 Sitting Pretty & to Sit Tight
2 Street Smarts &. Two-way Street
3 ToKnockoff
4 To Run a Tight Ship & to Sit Tight
5 Tighf-lipped & Tight with Someone
6 Loose Lips & at Loose Ends
7 Out of One's Skull & Skull Session
8 Lick & Lickety Split
9 To Have a Feeling in One's Bones & to Have
a Bone to Pick
10 To Shape up or Ship out & to Rock the Boat
11 Up to One's Neck & to Break One's Neck
12 To Get It in the Neck & to Stick
Out One's Neck
13 Cold Shoulder & Hot Air
14 Over One's Head & over the Hump
15 Over a Barrel & over One's Dead Body
16 Out of the Woods & out of the Picture
17 Out the Window & out of This World
18 To Whistle in the Dark & to Blow the Whistle
19 Nothing Special & So-so
20 Far Cry & Crying Towel
21 To Whistle a Different Tune & Pipe Dream
22 For Crying out Loud & to Cool It
23 To Keep One's Cool & to Be Cool
as a Cucumber
24 All in the Same Boat & to Miss the Boat
25 In One's Blood & Fresh Blood
26 To Make One's Blood Boil & to make One's
Blood Run Cold
27 To Hit the Ceiling & to Blow One's Top
28 To Jump the Gun & to Stick to One's Guns
29 To Beat One's Brains out & to Brainwash
30 Brain Drain & Brain Trust
31 One Track Mind & Track Record
32 To Give Somebody a Piece of One's Mind
& Mind-boggling
33 Under the Gun & Gun-shy
34 Hippie & to Shoot from the Hip
35 Full of Beans & a Hill of Beans
36 Bean Counter & to Spill the Beans
37 To Make Tracks & the Wrong Side
of the Tracks
38 To Stand up Someone & a Stand-in
39 To Stand Tall & a Stand-out
40 At the Drop of a Hat & to Pull Something
out of the Hat
41 To Pass the Hat & to Take One's Hat off
42 Hat in Hand & to Wear Two Hats at a Time
43 Fat Farm & to Chew the Fat
44 Fat Cat & Fat Chance
45 On Thin Ice & Thin-skinned
46 Workaholic & Grunt Work
47 The Works & in the Works
48 To Cut a Deal & to Cut Corners
49 To Be Cut out for & a Cut-up
50 Honeymoon & Moonlight
51 Sunday Best & Sunday Driver
52 One for the Books & to Know Someone
like a Book
53 To Close the Books & to Cook the Books
54 To Bad-mouth & to Shoot One's Mouth off
55 To Walk on Air & to Walk the Floor
56 To Take a Walk & to Walk on Eggshells
57 Motor Mouth & Foot in Mouth Disease
58 To Put One's Money Where One's Mouth Is
& You Said a Mouthful
59 Wall-to-wall & Wallflower
60 To Climb the Wall & to Drive Someone
up the Wall
61 To Stonewall & off the Wall
62 Over the Long Haul & Long Shot
63 Short and Sweet & the Long and Short of It
64 In Short Order & to Get the Short End
of the Stick
65 On the Level & Kosher
66 Open and Aboveboard & on the Up and Up
67 Ups and Downs & Down and Out
68 To Be Caught with One's Hand in the Cookie
Jar & to Be Caught with One's Pants down
69 To Touch Base & to Do Lunch
70 Birds of a Feather & to Feather One's Own Nest
71 In Fine Feather & a Feather in One's Cap
72 Breadwinner & to Know Which Side One's
Bread Is Buttered on
73 Bread and Butter & to Butter up Someone
74 Butterfingers & Butterball
75 Like Greased Lightning & like a Bat
out of Hell
76 Slow Burn & Slow Molasses
77 Give Me a Break & Break Even
78 To Break the News & to Break the Ice
79 Sacred Cow & Dark Horse
80 Right on the Mark & Right up One's AUey
81 To Give Someone the Hook &
by Hook or by Crook
82 To Pick up the Tab & Go Duteh
83 Tax-and-spend Liberal & Knee-jerk Liberal
84 Redneck & McCarthyite
85 Dry Run & Cut and Dried
86 High and Dry & Dry Up
87 In the Doghouse & between a
Rock and a Hard Place
88 Bummer & Bum Rap
89 Fair and Square & Fair Shake
90 Fair Game & Fair-haired Boy
91 The Time of One's Life & in
the Nick of Time
92 Front Money & Hush Money
93 Free Lance & Freeloader
94 Free and Easy & Free-for-all
95 To Blow One's Own Hom &
to Blow the Lid off
96 To Play with Fire & to Fight Fire with Fire
97 Half-baked & Half-hearted
98 To Get to the Bottom of Something & to Scrape
the Bottom of the Barrel
99 There's No Such Thing as a Free Lunch
& Power Lunch
100 Easy Money & to Bet One's Bottom Dollar
101 Smart Money & Mad Money
102 Sweet Talk & Snow Job
103 A Fine Kettle of Fish & to Have
Other Fish to Fry
104 To Butter up Someone & Nitpicker
105 Smoke and Mirrors & Bum Steer
106 To Go up in Smoke & Smoke Screen
107 On Top of the World & off the Top
of One's Head
108 Top Banana & Top Brass
109 Pinhead & on Pins and Needtes
110 To Cook up & Smart Cookie or
Tough Cookie
111 Fly-by-night & off the Cuff
112 Gold Mine & Born with a Silver Spoon
in His Mouth
113 To Be Handed Something on a Silver Platter
& to Go over like a Lead Balloon
114 Steamroller & under One's Own Steam
115 To Go Full Steam Ahead & to Blow off Steam
116 Goody Two Shoes & to Fill Somebody's Shoes
117 To Lower the Boom & to Throw Away the Key
118 A Slap on the Wrist & to Wait for the
Other Shoe to Drop
119 Wild and Woolly & Dyed in the Wool
120 To Walk down the Aisle & to Walk the Plank
121 To Eat One's Words & from the Word Go
122 No Problem & Have a Nice Day
123 One-liner & Punch Line
124 To Play Fast and Loose & Hard and Fast
125 Sitting Pretty & to Sit Tight
