1、英語習語所用設喻形象對比趣談         這篇英語習語所用設喻形象對比趣談的關鍵詞是英語,語習,習語,語所,所用,用設,設喻,喻形,形象,象對,對比,比趣,趣談,談,            作者  石愛偉內容       漢語中習語大致指人們習慣使用的成語典故，引語，俗語，歇后語和諺語等的集合體； 英語中的習語大 致可以包括一些 pr

2、overbs,sayings, colloquialphrases, allusions，一些idioms和slangs。    通過對英漢習語對比學習，我們不僅能了解不同文化中語言的民族性特色，而且能從不同的設喻形象中獲 得樂趣，覺得這樣的學習不是苦差事，并且還能使記憶深刻，理解到位，使用地道，甚至對英漢互譯也有幫助 。    筆者本著趣味性和使用性的原則，試著從一個hay stack 中找出幾根needle來，算管中窺豹吧，以下從四 個方面舉例說明。    一.英漢習語所用設喻相似而意義相近的

3、0;   Great minds think alike.英雄所見略同；    Courtesy costs nothing.禮多人不怪；    Lovers' quarrels are soon mended.夫妻無隔夜仇；    The higher up, the greater the fall. 攀高跌重：    know something like the palm or back of one's hand 了如指掌；

4、60;   constant dropping wears the stone 滴水穿石；    fish in troubled water 混水摸魚；    Great oaks from little acorns grow. 合抱之木，生于毫末；    pour oil on the flame 火上加油；    Give somebody an inch and he'll take an mile. 得寸進尺；  &

5、#160; lie down on the job. 磨洋工；    Strike while the iron is hot. 趁熱打鐵；    Walls have ears. 隔墻有耳；    The tailor makes the man. 人靠衣服馬靠鞍；    a yes man 應聲蟲（跟屁蟲）；    at one's wit's end 才窮智盡；    hang by a thr

6、ead 千鈞一發；    plain sailing 一帆風順；    follow in sb's footsteps 步人后塵；    bite off more than one can chew 貪多嚼不爛；    The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. 心有余而力不足；    wash one's hands of 洗手不干；    Beau

7、ty is in the eye of the beholder. 情人眼里出西施；    run sb. to earth 鉆入地縫也要抓到某人；    skin deep 膚淺。    以上此類由于設喻形象相似，因而最容易掌握，我們平時學習中要注意積累。    二.英漢習語所用設喻形象各異，意義卻相近的    When a man is going downhill, everyone will give him apush. 墻倒眾人推；&

8、#160;   silken tongue 巧舌如簧；    a flash in the pan 曇花一現；    don't cry over spilt milk 生米已成熟飯；    put all one's eggs in one basket. 孤注一擲；    hold a wolf by the ears 騎虎難下；    between the devil and the deep sea

9、進退維谷；    kick the bucket 翹辮子，蹬腿兒（死了）；    The longest day must have an end. 世上沒有不散的宴席；    like a rat in the hole 甕中捉鱉；    A good conscience is a soft pillow. 白天不做虧心事；半夜不怕鬼敲門；    birds of a feather 物以類聚，人以群分（一丘之貉）；  &

10、#160; You can't judge a tree by its bark.人不可貌相，海水不可斗量；    All is fish that comes to one's net. 抓到籃里便是菜；    cherish a snake in one's bosom 養虎為患；    diamond cut diamond 棋逢對手，將遇良才，（或針尖對麥芒）；    New brooms sweep clean.新官上任三把火； &

11、#160;  It never rains but it pours. 禍不單行；這篇英語習語所用設喻形象對比趣談的關鍵詞是英語,語習,習語,語所,所用,用設,設喻,喻形,形象,象對,對比,比趣,趣談,談,                hit the nail on the head 一針見血；    apple of one's eye 掌上明珠；    a lio

12、n in the way 攔路虎；    The pot calls the kettle black. 烏鴉笑豬黑（五十步笑一百步）；    bury one's head in the sand 掩耳盜鈴；    out of the frying pan into the fire 剛出虎穴，又入狼窩；    eat one's cake and have it 又要馬兒跑，又要馬兒不吃草；    cast pearls b

13、efore a swine 對牛彈琴；    put the cart before the horse 本末倒置；    a black sheep 害群之馬；    wet behind the ears 乳臭未干；    rob Peter to pay Paul 挖肉補瘡；    penny wise and pound foolish 撿了芝麻，丟了西瓜；    have a card up one'

14、;s sleeve 胸有成竹；    sit on the fence 腳踩兩只船（隨風倒）；    cry wolf 烽火戲諸侯；    entertain an angel unawares 有眼不識泰山；    teach one's grandmother how to suck eggs 班門弄斧（關公門前耍大刀）；    You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs. 巧

15、婦難為無米之炊；    as bold as brass 臉如城墻厚；    use a sledge hammer to crack a nut 殺雞用牛刀（高射炮打蚊子）；    throw in the towel 拱手認負；    bury the hatchet 握手言和；    Don't cross the bridge till you come to it. 車到山前必有路，船到橋頭自然直；  

16、60; live in a fool's paradise 做黃梁美夢；    place all one's cards on the table 打開天窗說亮話；    play second fiddle 唱配角；    stab sb in the back 放冷箭；    a blessing in disguise 塞翁失馬，安知非福；    Don't count the chicken before the

17、y're hatched. 不要揭鍋太早。    以上此類收集較多是因為趣味性強。在對比學習的同時，我們不禁為不同文化中語言的民族特色而深深打 動。    三.英漢習語所用設喻形象相似而不可望文生義的    pull one's leg，指開玩笑而不是拉后腿的意思；    child's play，指簡單容易而不是視同兒戲的意思；    strange bedfellows，指萍水相逢而不是同床異夢的意思； &#

18、160;  in the same boat，指處于困境而不是同舟共濟的意思；    to be 'touch and go'指危險處境而不是一觸即發的意思；    Once bitten, twice shy， 指一回上當兩回乖（有積極含義）而不是一朝被蛇咬十年怕井繩（有消極的 含義）的意思；    throw a sprat to catch a whale， 指舍小利而求大利而不是拋磚引玉的意思；    one's hair stands on end，指恐懼而不是怒發