成语

ducks and drakes

(打)水漂游戏

玩打水漂游戏(ducks and drakes)本身当然没有什么不好,可是,假如把金钱、时间当作废瓦片般随意抛掷,像打水漂一样,那就不怎么好了. 所以,play ducks and drakes with something(儿戏般把东西随意糟蹋或挥霍)这个成语一般带有贬义,例如∶He is play...

A New Dictionary of Eponyms

牛津名祖辞典

30 Concise Oxford Companion to The English Language 袖珍牛津英语指南 | 31 A New Dictionary of Eponyms 牛津名祖辞典 | 33 The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms 牛津成语辞典

idiolectal

个人习语的

idiolect 个人习语 | idiolectal 个人习语的 | idiom 成语

VI Personages

(人物)

Language Studies(语言学习) | VI Personages (人物) | Vll Idioms(成语)

Yongnian "Donkey Meat Sausage

第二十二课:永年驴肉香肠

第二十一课:临漳炖兔肉/ Linying Braised Rabbit | 第二十二课:永年驴肉香肠/Yongnian "Donkey Meat Sausage" | 第五单元:邯郸成语故事/ The Han Dan idiom story

get up on the wrong side of the bed

早上起床心情就不好

hit the sack上床睡觉 | 成语 Idioms | Get up on the wrong side of the bed. 早上起床心情就不好

formulating thesis statement

写作主题句

"formal words",,,,,"正式体词语" | "formulating thesis statement",,,,,"写作主题句" | "four-character expression",,,,,"(汉语)四字成语"

parrot fever

鹦鹉热

第一个说法认为这和 " 鹦鹉热 " (parrot fever)有关. 鹦鹉热的病毒,不但可以取鹦鹉和其他禽鸟性命,人类也会感染死亡的. 另一个说法则比较符合成语本身的意思. 据说,十七、八世纪的时候, melancholy as a sick parrot(像病鹦鹉那样忧郁)一语已经开始流行,

bank on something

依靠某事

Idioms and Expressions 成语和表达法 | bank on something 依靠某事 | bet one's bottom dollar on 孤注一掷

The Great Leap Forward is to Giant Lurch Off The Cliff

大跃进等于巨人掉下悬崖

Idioms of English - Chinese Dual Languages 英汉双语对译成语或谚语 | The Great Leap Forward is to Giant Lurch Off The Cliff 大跃进等于巨人掉下悬崖 | Offer mea culpa 承认是自己的过失

Apportioned Effort：分摊努力

Applied Direct Costs 实际直接成本 | Apportioned Effort 分摊努力 | Apportioned Task 分摊任务

tussah silk fabric：柞丝绸

tussah silk carpet 柞丝毯 | tussah silk fabric 柞丝绸 | tussah silk fancy yarn 柞粗纺丝