惯用语应用广泛。对于不了解的惯用语，就算你认识其中每个单词，也常无法理解它的含义。比如，famous last words，hit the roof,，in the doghouse 都是什么意思？
《画里画外，轻松学英语惯用语（下）》可以告诉你答案！本书精选常用英语惯用语，左页以简洁的文字说明每条惯用语的含义，并给出例句体现用法；右页为幽默风趣的四格漫画，提供惯用语常用情景。本书既可阅读，又可查阅，帮助你轻松掌握常用惯用语。
· 画里画外都是知识，英语学习惬意轻松！ · “画里画外”系列采用左页知识讲解、右页四格漫画的形式，知识讲解简练易懂，四格漫画轻松幽默。 · 知识讲解不拘泥于刻板形式，以易于读者理解的形式娓娓道来，阅读与学习无负担，日积月累、潜移默化就积累了满满的新知识。 · 为配合精美的漫画，全书采用彩色印刷，力求漫画故事引人入胜，鼓励读者多从漫画故事中体会语言在实际生活中的运用，将知识转化为能力。 · 本系列作者均为英国资深教师和教材编写者，保证了例句和故事语言的准确和实用。 · “画里画外”创造了地道、轻松的语言环境，让学习者在语法、词汇、口语表达等方面得到整体提升。看四格漫画，学地道英语！
罗莎琳德·弗格森（Rosalind Fergusson）是资深英语老师，具有25年编写英语学习书的经验，深刻理解英语学习者的需求，其作品受到市场的欢迎和学生的喜爱。
1 a home from home 像家一样
2 a stone’s throw 咫尺之间
3 Achilles’ heel 致命弱点
4 all fingers and thumbs 笨手笨脚
5 as different as chalk and cheese 截然不同
6 as the crow flies 笔直地
7 back to the drawing board 从头开始
8 be on your best behaviour 尽量表现得体
9 cannot make head nor tail of something 完全不能理解
10 cross that bridge when you come to it 问题出现时再设法解决
11 cry wolf 喊“狼来了”
12 cry your eyes out 哭得很伤心
13 don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched 别过早乐观
14 every little helps 积少成多
15 every trick in the book 浑身解数 1 a home from home 像家一样
2 a stone’s throw 咫尺之间
3 Achilles’ heel 致命弱点
4 all fingers and thumbs 笨手笨脚
5 as different as chalk and cheese 截然不同
6 as the crow flies 笔直地
7 back to the drawing board 从头开始
8 be on your best behaviour 尽量表现得体
9 cannot make head nor tail of something 完全不能理解
10 cross that bridge when you come to it 问题出现时再设法解决
11 cry wolf 喊“狼来了”
12 cry your eyes out 哭得很伤心
13 don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched 别过早乐观
14 every little helps 积少成多
15 every trick in the book 浑身解数
16 famous last words 胡扯
17 fit like a glove 正好合身
18 fly off the handle 大发雷霆
19 get away with murder 逍遥法外
20 get the hang of something 掌握窍门
21 get your own back 以恶报恶
22 give someone a piece of your mind 向某人发火
23 give someone the slip 甩掉某人
24 give something house room 喜欢某物
25 go in one ear and out the other 左耳进，右耳出
26 green about the gills 脸色苍白
27 grind to a halt 慢慢停下来
28 have a memory like a sieve 健忘
29 have a whale of a time 玩得痛快
30 have itchy feet 渴望到处走动
31 have your heart in your mouth 非常害怕
32 hear something on the grapevine 从小道消息得知某事
33 hit the roof 勃然大怒
34 if the worst comes to the worst 如果情况坏到极点
35 in next to no time 立刻
36 in the doghouse 受冷落
37 it never rains but it pours 祸不单行
38 it serves someone right 咎由自取
39 it’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good 没有绝对的坏事
40 it’s as broad as it’s long 两种选择都一样
41 jump out of your skin 吓一大跳
42 keep a straight face 忍住不笑
43 keep your eyes peeled 留心
44 kill two birds with one stone 一箭双雕
45 laugh on the other side of your face 笑脸变苦脸
46 like grim death 抓住不放
47 make a pig’s ear of something 把事情搞砸
48 make someone’s mouth water 馋得流口水
49 mind your own business 别管闲事
50 more haste, less speed 欲速则不达
51 morning, noon and night 从早到晚
52 move with the times 与时俱进
53 not enough room to swing a cat 窄得不能转身
54 not know the first thing about something 一窍不通
55 not lift a finger 袖手旁观
56 not sleep a wink 没合一下眼
57 not take no for an answer 不准说“不”
58 off the beaten track 偏远
59 on the spur of the moment 一时冲动
60 out of your depth 超出本身能力
61 pay through the nose 付费过高
62 put a spoke in someone’s wheel 阻挠某人的计划
63 put two and two together 根据所见所闻推断
64 rain cats and dogs 下倾盆大雨
65 read between the lines 领悟言外之意
66 Rome was not built in a day 罗马不是一天建成的
67 see eye to eye 看法一致
68 set your heart on something 一心想要
69 sleep like a log 酣睡
70 stand on your own two feet 自立
71 stay put 留在原地
72 streets ahead 比……好得多
73 suit someone down to the ground 非常合某人的心意
74 take someone at their word 深信不疑
75 take the wind out of someone’s sails 使某人丧失信心
76 take to something like a duck to water 轻而易举地学会做某事
77 talk nineteen to the dozen 喋喋不休
78 the best thing since sliced bread 非常好的东西
79 the last straw 压垮骆驼的最后一根稻草
80 the lion’s share 最大的一份
81 the penny drops 恍然大悟
82 there’s safety in numbers 人多保险
83 think the world of someone 非常看重某人
84 to the bitter end 坚持到底
85 to your heart’s content 尽情地
86 too many cooks spoil the broth 人多误事
87 two heads are better than one 两人智慧胜一人
88 under the sun 全世界
89 wouldn’t say boo to a goose 非常羞怯
90 your pride and joy 引以为傲的人或事物
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