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牛津英语教材中的习语
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1. a piece of cake.something easy to do

2. a wet blanket boring/afraid to have fun

3. all earslistening carefully

4. pull ones leg -joke with sb

5. have green fingersbe good at gardening

6. the top dogan important person in an organization

7. give sb the cold shoulder be not friendly to sb

8. rain dogs and rats rain heavily

9. not my cup of teanot really to ones taste

 

10. as strong as a horsevery strong

11. as busy as a bee very busy

12. as poor as a church mouse very poor

13. as cool as a cucumber very calm

14. sleep like a log sleep very deeply

 

15. white as a sheet pale because of pale

16. tickled pinkdelighted; very pleased

17. in the red--- in debt

18. in the blackhaving money in the bank account

19. feel blue unhappy; sad

20. green with envyjealous

21. feet of claya hidden weakness in somebody whom we admire or respect

22. see the handwriting on the wall see signs that disaster is coming

23. kill the fatted calf have a large celebration

24. you reap what you sow our small kindnesses often bring us rich rewards, while our small offence can bring disasters.

25. the apple of somebodys eyea child who is loved very much by his or her parents.

26. be a weedweak and not brave

27. as hungry as a lionwanting something very much

28. as sharp as a spearvery clever

29. black is white and white is blackthings appear different

30. cast-iron nerves  a very strong will

31. as sly as a foxclever at tricking others

32. eat like a bird  eat very little

33. as tall as a treevery tall

34. at the drop of a hatimmediately

35. know the ropesto know how to do something

36. childs playan easy job

37. see eye to eye to have the same opinion as someone else 

38. a feather in ones capsomething that you can be proud of

39. on a shoestring having very little money

40. Dont count your chickens until they are hatched. --Dont count on something going well until it happens.