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水和我们的日常生活密切相关,因此英语中也就有了很多与水有关的短语。来看看下面这些说法,你会用吗?
To be in hot water/in deep water:陷入困境
Keep one"s head above water:不负债,免遭灭顶之灾
Water under the bridge:已成往事
例句:Don"t bring it up again. It"s water under the bridge.
To hold water:(理论、计划等)证明合理,说得通
例句:His plan doesn"t hold water.
Bring the water to one"s mouth(=make one"s mouth water):使某人垂涎
Draw water in/with a sieve(=pour water into a sieve):竹篮打水一场空
Draw water to one"s own mill:处处为自己打算;谋取私利
Fish in troubled/muddy waters:混水摸鱼;趁火打劫
Get to/reach smooth water:安然摆脱困境;进入顺境
Get/wring water from a flint:缘木求鱼
He knows the water the best who has waded through it:要知河深浅,须问过来人
In low water:缺钱,经济拮据
In rough / troubled water:灾难深重
In smooth water:处于顺境中;日子好过
Like water off a duck"s back:不起作用;毫无影响
例句:The stress? It"s like water off a duck"s back. I"m not afraid of it.
Much water runs by the mill that the miller knows not of:我们眼前所发生的事情, 有许多是我们不知道的
No safe wading in an unknown water(=Wade not in unknown waters):不知水深浅, 千万莫轻涉
Salt water and absence wash away love:远航久别恩情疏
Spend like water:挥霍无度
Water and oil: 水火不容
例句:The two are like oil and water. They don"t get along.
Still waters run deep (=Smooth waters run deep):静水流深;沉默者深谋
Too much water drowned the miller:过犹不及
We never know the worth of water till the well is dry:井干方知水可贵
Written in water:(名声、成就)转眼即逝的;昙花一现的
Water finds its level:水往低处流
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