English Idioms英文成語

1.?take it with a grain of salt：半信半疑；

英文解釋：-not believe it to be completely true or correct：不要相信它完全是對的。

例句：When the salesman starts talking about how buying an expensive new car will make your life really great, you should?take it with a grain of salt.

當一個銷售人員開始說買一輛昂貴的新車會讓你生活變得很好，你應該對此半信半疑。

2.?cherry-pick：精心挑選；

英文解釋：-to choose only specific items (the best parts) and ignore the rest：直選最好的忽略其他的。

例句：I don't trust that newspaper.?Their reporting isn't very?balanced; they tend to?cherry-pick?the information in favor of one particular political party.

我不相信那家報紙，他們的報道不客觀公正，他們傾向于精心挑選有利于某一政黨的信息。

3.?is not really my cup of tea.不是我的菜

英文解釋：-you don't like it very much：不怎么喜歡的東西。

例句：My friends went to the?art museum, but I decided to?come to the beach?instead.?Contemplating paintings?for hours?is not really my cup of tea.

我的朋友們去了藝術博物館，但是我決定去海邊，盯著油畫看幾個小時不是我的菜。

4.?rub salt in the wound：在傷口上撒鹽。

英文解釋：-to make a sad person feel even worse：讓一個傷心的人感到更差。

例句：I was sick and couldn't go to the party. Don't?rub salt in the wound?by telling me how great it was.

我病了去不了這個派對，別在告訴我這個派對有多好玩了簡直就是在我傷口上撒鹽。

5.?sharp cookie：非常聰明的人；

英文解釋：-intelligent：聰明的。

例句：My 3-year-old daughter already knows how to use the computer. She's one?sharp cookie!

我三歲的女兒已經知道怎么用電腦了，她是一個非常聰明的人。

6.?tough cookie：勇敢堅強的人；不屈不撓的人

英文解釋：-courageous and strong：勇敢堅強；

例句：Did you?hear about?the grandmother who chased a robber out of her house with a kitchen knife? What a?tough cookie!

你聽說過那個拿著菜刀把搶劫犯趕出家門的老奶奶嗎？她真是一個勇敢堅強的人！

7.?a piece of cake：小菜一碟；

英文解釋：-it's very easy：非常簡單

例句：That math test was?a piece of cake.?I didn't even study and I bet I got every question right.

這個數(shù)學測試簡直小菜一碟，我都沒學過而且我打賭我每道題都答對了。