生活中常用的美式英語口語

英語口語：使用頻率最高的美語口語96句

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1. Birds of a feather flock together. 物以類聚，人以羣分

2. give sb. an inch and he'll take a mile 得寸進尺

3. Don't press your luck. 不用得寸進尺

4. saved by the bell (在緊要的關頭)得救

5. finders keepers 誰撿到就是誰的

6. by the book 按照規定

7. That's fair enough. 這樣很公平

8. raise one's eyebrows 吃驚

9. keep one's head above water 使……免於負債

10. bark up the wrong tree 精力用在不該用的地方;錯怪人;目標錯誤

11. from the bottom of one's heart 由衷地

12. Love is blind. 愛情是盲目的

13. That's all, folks. 就這樣了，各位

14. feel sth. in one's bones 直覺到

15. It's sink or swim. 無論成功或失敗(全靠自己)

16. steal one's thunder 搶別人的功勞;竊取別人的方法;搶別人的風頭

17. Where there's smoke, there's fire. 無風不起浪事;事出有因

18. Bad news travels fast. 壞事傳千里

19. eat one's heart out 沮喪;傷心

20. stand the last of time 接受時間的'考驗

21. a bed of roses 逞心如意的生活

22. Achilles' heel 一個人的弱點

23. go the distance 堅持到底;完成全部

24. Cleanliness is next to godliness. 清潔是一種美德

25. Knowledge is power. 知識就是力量

26. Love will find a way. 愛會找到方法的

27. Mother knows best. 媽媽最清楚了

28. the bottom line is that... 基本底線;最終結果

29. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 情人眼裏出西施

30. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. 距離產生美;小別勝新婚

31. Forgive and forget. 不念舊惡

32. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. 如果聽起來好像不是真的，也許就不是真的

33. Those were the days. 那真是好時光

34. water under the bridge 過去式;無法挽回的過去;過去的事了

35. Monkey see, monkey do. 有樣學樣

36. What one doesn't know won't hurt one. 不知道不會怎樣

37. There's a time and a place for everything. 在適合的時候派上用場;適時做事

38. You can't win them all. 人不可能一直走運;人不可能一帆風順

39. Different strokes for different folks. 人各有所好

40. Customers are always right. 顧客第一

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41. give sth. one's best shot 盡最大努力

4. If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. 受不了壓力，就離開吧

43. If the shoe fits, wear it. 若這話説對了，就接受意見吧

44. like two peas in a pod 膩在一起

45. point-blank 直接地

46. down in the dumps 心情跌入谷底

47. give sb. a piece of one's mind 教訓某人一頓

48. If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.你想要做好一件事，就要自己動手

49. Don't spend it all in one place. 不要全部用在一個地方

50. go out on a climb to do sth. 冒着危險

51. There's no time like the present. 沒有比現在更合適的時候了

52. see/read the handwriting on the wall 預感不祥之兆

53. Two's company, three is a crowd. 兩個人剛剛好，三個人太多了

y family has a skeleton in the closet. 家家有本難唸的經

55. hardly have time to breathe 沒有喘息的時間

56. keep your eyes on the ball 專心

57. leave no stone unturned 不遺餘力;徹底

58. I mean it. 我是説真的

59. make one's hair stand on end 使人害怕;毛骨悚然

60. The walls have ears. 隔牆有耳

61. bring home the bacon 維持生計;獲得成功

62. They lived happily ever after. 他們從此過着幸福的生活

63. blow the whistle on sb./ sth. 揭發;制止某人(某事)

64. Ignorance is bliss. 不知便是福

65. People who live in glass houses should't throw stones.自己有短處，就總揭發別人的短處

66. pull out all the stops 用盡一切的實力

67. take the wind out of one's sails 使某人頓時泄氣，威風掃地

68. in the seventh heaven 在無比的幸福快樂中

69. The end justifies the means. 為目的不擇手段

70. call a spade a spade 有話直説

71. A woman's work is never done. 家務永遠做不完

72. one's name will be mud 某人將聲名狼藉

73. play second fiddle to sb. 充當副手

74. the rhird time's the charm 第三次總是幸運的

75. shape up or ship out 好自為之，不然就離開

76. Old dogs can't learn new tricks. 老人不容易適應新事物

77. Life's full fo surprise. 人生充滿了驚喜

78. So quiet that you could hear a pin drop. 安靜地連根針掉地上都聽得見

79. turn back the clock 時光逆轉

80. Fancy meeting you here. 怎麼會在這裏遇見你

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81. bury one' head in the sand 鴕鳥心態;不正視現實

82. You only live once. 人生只有一次

83. Home is where the heart is. 家總是讓人思念的地方

84. Has the cat got your tongue? (貓把你舌頭叼走啦?)為什麼不説話?

85. When the cat's away. the mice will play. 閻王不在，小鬼跳梁

86. Every cloud has a silver lining. 黑暗中總有一絲曙光;否極泰來

87. for the record 正式地或明確地説;鄭重聲明

88. Good things come to him/ her who waits. 好酒沉甕底

89. Where there's a will. there's a way. 有志者，事竟成

90. sit like a bump on a log 坐着跟大木頭一般

91. That's the pot calling the kettle black. 烏鴉罵豬黑

92. bang/beat one's head against a brick wall 做徒勞無功的事

93. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 日食一蘋果，醫生遠離我

94. To err is human, to forgive pine. 犯錯是人之常情，原諒是超凡入聖

95. Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.如意算盤別打得太早

96. live and learn 活到老，學到老