学习新单词不足以成为流利的英语演讲者，但成语和谚语可以真正提高你的知识。
在以下几行中，您将找到一些最常见的英语习语及其含义和句子：
这是50个常用俚语的第二部分：
26. It’s not rocket science 这不是火箭科学
Explanation: It’s not difficult; it’s not complicated. 这并不难；这并不复杂
Example: Driving a car isn’t rocket science. I don’t understand why people don’t drive better.
27. Keep your chin up 保持下巴向上
Explanation: be brave and courageous in a tough situation.在艰难的情况下要勇敢无畏
Example: Don't let the difficulties intimidate you; keep your chin up.
28. Kill two birds with one stone. 用一块石头杀死两只鸟，中文成语 “一石二鸟”
Explanation: accomplish two different things, jobs, or actions; solve problems at the same time. 完成两件不同的事情、工作或行动；同时解决问题
Example: Cycling to work kills two birds with one stone. It saves money and gives you some exercise.
29. Lose your marbles 失去你的大理石
Explanation: to go crazy, insane. 发疯
Example: I’ve been so bad lately that I thought I’m losing my marbles.
30. Make ends meet.入不敷出
Explanation: make enough money to survive, to manage expenses.赚到足够的钱来生存，管理开支
Example: We need to start saving money in order to make ends meet.
31. Make a long story short 长话短说
Explanation: Tell something briefly.言简意赅
Example: To make a long story short, I had a wonderful time during my vacation.
32. Never in a million years 在一百万年里都不会发生
Explanation: Absolutely never.绝对不会
Example: Never in a million years would I think to fall in love with him.
33. On cloud nine 在云上
Explanation: to be extremely happy or cheerful. 非常高兴或愉快
Example: Susan is on cloud nine since she got married.
34. Once in a blue moon 千载难逢
Explanation: something happens very rarely, once after a very long time.有些事情很少发生，很长一段时间后才发生一次。
Example: I don’t know why she bought that music system. She uses it once in a blue moon.
35. Out of the woods走出树林
Explanation: the hardest part of something is over, but the situation isn’t still good.最困难的部分已经结束，但情况仍然不好。
Example: The surgery went well, but he’s not out of the woods yet.
36. Penny for your thoughts 一分钱你的想法
Explanation: a way of asking someone else’s thoughts.一种询问别人想法的方式
Example: You seem so serious. A penny for your thoughts.
37. Pull someone’s leg 拖某人后腿
Explanation: To joke with someone, to trick someone in a humorous way与某人开玩笑，以幽默的方式欺骗某人
Example: I think he was just pulling your leg when he said you’ve fallen in the exam.
38. Rain cats and dogs 倾盆大雨
Explanation: rain heavily, tremendously.下大雨，巨大
Example: It’s raining cats and dogs when the Monsoon comes.
39. Speak of the devil 这字面意思是说起恶魔吗？ 对应准确的中文意思应该是 “说曹操，曹操到”吧
Explanation: The person we were talking about showed up. 我们说的那个人出现了
Example: Did you hear what happened to Anne yesterday? Oh, speak of the devil, there she is.
40. Square peg in a round hole 圆孔中的方钉
Explanation: When a person doesn’t fit into society when you find in a surrounding that doesn’t suit you.当你发现一个不适合你的环境时，一个人不适合社会。
Example: That lifestyle really doesn't suit Sally at all; she's like a square peg in a round hole.
41. Takes two to tango.需要两个探戈
Explanation: Specific actions can’t be performed alone; it takes two persons to participate; both persons are responsible for an action.具体动作不能单独执行；需要两人参与；两个人都对一个动作负责。
Example: If you want to play that game, you need a partner who plays with you. It takes two to tango.
42. That’s the last straw这是最后一根稻草
Explanation: Someone’s patience has run out, to be the latest in a sequence of unpleasant things that can’t be accepted.某人的耐心已经耗尽，成为一系列无法接受的不愉快事情中的最新一员。
Example: I’m not going to wait for the last straw. I’ll do something about the problem much sooner than you.
43. To cut corners 偷工减料
Explanation: to do something in an easy and very cheap way; to reduce time, money, expenses.以简单且非常便宜的方式做某事；减少时间、金钱和开支
Example: My mom often had to cut corners when we were kids to feed all of us.
44. To go Dutch去荷兰
Explanation: When everyone pays his bill.当每个人都付账时。
Example: Last night we had a date, but we went Dutch because I’ve paid for my coffee and he paid his.
45. To have sticky fingers有粘手的手指
Explanation: to be a thief.做贼。
Example: The manager fired his employee because he had sticky fingers. He stole 100$.
46. To sit tight坐稳
Explanation: wait patiently and take no action; stay where you are.
耐心等待，不采取任何行动；保持你原有位置。
Example: Just relax and sit tight; we'll solve the problem for you.
47. Up in the air在空中
Explanation: unresolved, undecided about something; full of doubt. 未解决，对某事犹豫不决；充满疑问
Example: I am not sure what the plans are. Everything was up in the air when I last spoke to him about it.
48. What goes around, comes around.善有善报恶有恶报。
Explanation: how you treat and behave to others will eventually come to you, too.你对待他人的方式和行为方式最终也会影响到你。
Example: All of his life, he treated his family with no respect, and now his son is doing the same to him. What goes around, comes around.
49. When pigs fly 当猪起飞？ 哈哈，其实是“天方夜谭”的意思
Explanation: something that will never happen or highly unlikely to happen.永远不会发生或极不可能发生的事情
Example: He plans to clean his house every week, but he will probably do it only when pigs fly.
50. Zip your lip拉上你的嘴唇（闭嘴）
Explanation: To remain a secret or silent.
保持秘密或沉默。
Example: I’ll tell you a secret about Marry, but zip your lip about it!
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