精彩习语汇总（34）

1.nosey 大鼻子的，爱追问的，八卦

例如：

Mike is a nosey chap, he always wants to be in on everything. 

麦克是一个爱管闲事的家伙，他老是想知道每一件事情。

 

2.cool as a cucumber泰然自若

例如：

The robber entered the bank and, as cool as a cucumber, handed the teller a note demanding thirty thousand dollars .

那劫匪走进银行，非常冷静的递了一张字条给出纳员，说要三万元。

 

3.take a gander 看一看检查一下

例如：

He took another gander at the engine .

他再次检查了一下引擎。

 

4.have bats in one's/the belfry思想古怪，神经有点错乱

例如：

Don't say such silly things, Tom. People will think you have bats in your belfry.

汤姆，不要说这样的蠢话了，人们会为你神经不正常的。

 

5.grass widow专指丈夫长期在外，守活寡的女人，或离了婚的女人

例如：

Every weekend my husband goes off golfing; I'm tired of being a grass widow. 

每个周末我的丈夫都去打高尔夫球，我讨厌一人留在家。

 

6.put a sock in it 降低声音住口

例如：

Can't you put a sock in it when I am on the phone?

我通电话的时候，你静一点行不行?

 

7.out of sorts 闹脾气或身体有点不舒服

例如：

Bob was out of sorts all morning, thinking about the failure of the experiment. 

鲍勃整上午都没有精打采的，老想着试验失败的事儿。

 

8.Philander大情人；玩弄女性；抱轻浮态度跟女人谈情说爱

例如：

He spent all his time philandering with the young women of the town.

他整天跟城里的年轻女郎调情。

 

9.cross one's fingers/ keep one's fingers crossed 祈求好运

例如：

I will keep my fingers crossed for you today.

希望幸运之神今天眷顾你。

 

10.cupboard love别有所图的爱 

例如：

I don't think Tom actually loves his spinster aunt. It's simply cupboard love.

我想，汤姆不是真心关怀他那个老去没嫁的姑母，只是爱她的财产罢了。