高二英語教案：《Part One Background Information》教學設計(7)

　　191. on pins and needles 如坐針氈，坐立不安

　　192. on tap 桶裝啤酒（現成的，預備好的）

　　193. on the back burner 擱在靠后的爐子上（靠邊站）

　　IV. English Idioms

　　To strike while the iron is hot.          趁熱打鐵．

　　Good luck would never come in pairs.      福不雙至．

　　Fire proves gold, adversity proves men.     烈火顯真金，逆境識英雄．

　　Long hair and short wit.      頭發長，見識短．

　　Blood is thicker than water.      血濃于水．

　　If you would not be known to do anything, never do it.    若要人不知，除非己莫為．

　　In unity here is strength.      團結就是力量．

　　He whose belly is full believes not him who is fasting.     飽漢不知餓漢饑．

　　Easier said than done.      說時容易做時難．

　　Idleness is the root of all evil.      懶惰是萬惡之源．

　　Wall has ears.      隔墻有耳．

　　Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.      寧做雞頭，不做鳳尾．

　　The foremost dog catches the hare.      早起的鳥兒有蟲吃．

　　Every potter praises his own pot.      老王賣瓜，自賣自夸．

　　The fox preys farthest from home.      兔子不吃窩邊草．

　　The proof of the pudding is in the eating.    要知道梨子的滋味，最好是親口嘗一嘗．

　　One swallow does not make a summer.      一花獨放不是春．

　　One drop of poison infects the whole tun of wine.      一顆老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥．

　　Set a fox to keep one's geese.      引狼入室．

　　What do you expect from a pig but a grunt?      狗嘴里吐不出象牙

　　He that comes of a hen must scrape.     老鼠的兒子會打洞．

　　When the cat's away, the mice will play.      山中無老虎，猴子稱大王．

　　Sink or swim.      不進則退．

　　He that had no cross deserves no crown. 不吃苦中苦，難得人上人．

　　Jack of all trades, master of none.      博而不專．

　　Opportunity seldom knocks twice.      機不可失

　　A miss is as good as a mile.      失之毫厘，謬以千里．

　　Better to be sure than sorry.      寧可信其有，不可信其無．

　　Enough is as good as a feast      知足者常樂

　　Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.      自作自受

　　An unfortunate man would be drowned in a tea-cup.     人倒霉喝涼水都塞牙

　　Rome was not built in a day.      冰凍三尺非一日之寒

　　It takes two to make a quarrel.      一個巴掌拍不響

　　Failures are the pillars of success.      失敗是成功之母

　　Truth needs not many words.      有理不在聲高

　　To pay him back in his own coin.      即以其人之道，還治其人之身