35、for that matter 而且 A：His parents won’t trust him and for that matter, neither do I. B：But his records are very good. A：But I like to judge a person from his close friends or kin. B：It’s also a good ways. A：他父母不信任他，我也不信任他。 B：可他的成绩非常好。 A：我却喜欢根据一个人的亲朋好友的态度来评价他。 B：这方法也不错。 36、free and easy 自由自在；满不在乎 A：Henry is free and easy with his money. B：Yes, he is. His father is a millionaire. A：As far I know, wealth hasn’t done him any good. He’s drinking and smoking. He’s even playing truant. B：I’m really worried about his future. A：亨利花钱满不在乎的。 B：可不，他爸是个百万富翁。 A：据我所知，有钱没给他带来什么好处，他有抽烟又喝酒，甚至还逃学。 B：我真替他的将来担心。 37、back up 支持 A：I agreed to your proposal at the meeting this morning. It was a good one. B：You should have backed me up then when I needed it. A：The matter was too complicated to explain. A：我同意你今天早晨在会上的建议，建议很好。 B：那么你就应该在我需要的时候支持我的。 A：事情很复杂，不太好解释。 38、wet blanket 使人扫兴的人 A：What do you think of Lucy? B：She’s a wet blanket! A：Why do you think so? B：She sulked during the entire movie yesterday. None of us could enjoy the show. A：你认为露西这个人怎么样？ B：她很令人扫兴。 A：你为什么这么想。 B：昨天看电影时她一直很生气，弄得我们谁也没看好电影。 39、keep somebody at arm’s length 敬而远之；疏远 A：I have a feeling that Lily is not so close to Joe as she used to be. B：Yeah, when she heard about his background, she decided that she’d better keep him at arm’s length. A：But Joe feels miserable. A：我觉得莉莉对乔不像以前那么亲近了。 B：是啊，她听说他的背景后，就决定疏远他了。 A：可乔却觉得很痛苦。 40、be on one’s back 卧病；卧床不起 A：Where’s Eric? I haven’t seen him for quite a few days. B：He’s on his back now. A：I’m sorry to hear that. But he was all right last week. B：Yeah, he was caught in the rain the other days. He has got a very bad cold. A：艾力克在哪儿呢？我好几天没见着他了。 B：他卧床不起了。 A：真不愿听到这个。上周他还好好的呢。 B：是啊，那天让雨淋了，他感冒得严重。 有趣的dog “狗”字在中国不是个好字眼，可是在西方，狗可大受欢迎，它被认为是人类最忠实的朋友。它往往被当成家庭的一名成员。人们喜爱狗，甚至在平时说话也经常提到“狗”字。看看下面的句子吧： 1. I am an old dog. 我已是老朽了。(You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.) 2. He is a lucky dog. 他是个幸运儿。 3. H e is a gay dog. 他是个快乐的人。 4. Every dog has his day. 凡人都有得意日。 5. That new singer is a dog. 那名新歌手不受听众欢迎。 6. Nobody but a dog would evict his own mother. 只有禽兽一般的人才会把生母逐出门。 7. He leads a dog’s life. 他过着牛马不如的生活。（lead sb a dog’s life使不安宁） 8. Love me, love my dog 爱屋及乌。 9. My dogs are killing me. 我的双脚疼死了。 10. I would work like a dog to make good. 为达到目的，我要拼命干。 11. It’s raining cats and dogs. 下倾盆大雨。 12. At last the poor guy died like a dog. 最终那个可怜的人潦倒而死。 13. Look, Tom is coming. He dressed like a dog’s dress. 瞧，汤姆来了，他穿得讲究极了。 14. Tom, put away your books and clothes. They look like a dog’s breakfast / dinner. 汤姆，把你的书和衣服放好，乱七八糟的。 15. The man is young, but he is a top dog in his company. 那人虽然年轻，在公司却位居高职。 相关短语： dog days三伏天 dogtrot 小跑 dog-eared 书页折角的 in the doghouse 失宠，失体面 dog-collar（神父所戴的）硬白领 dog-paddle 狗爬式游泳 dog-tired 级疲倦的 dog-biscuit 喂狗的饼干 dog fish 角鲨（一种小鲨） dog-body 做苦工的人 dogwood 水木，山茱萸 dogcart 二轮单马车 sea dog 海豹 a case of dog eat dog 相互残杀 a dog in the manger 狗占马槽，占着茅坑不拉屎的人 give sth to the dogs 丢弃某物，牺牲某物以自保 give a dog a bad name （谚）一旦给某人一个坏名声，他就永远洗不清 go to the dogs 堕落，败坏 help a lame dog over a stile 助人于危难之中 not stand a dog’s chance 毫无希望（击败强敌，度过难关等） be (the) underdog 处于永远听命他人的地位 数字里的成语 由于明天有事外出，故明天的内容今天提前贴出： 英语里有很多成语由数字构成，理解和掌握它们对英语学习有很大帮助，下面就让我们一起来看一下这些成语吧。 Become one 合二为一，结为夫妇 By ones and twos 一次一两个地；二三两两地 Have one over the eight 多喝了一杯，微醉 In one 合为一体，合在一起 One by one 一个接一个地，一个个地 One in a thousand 千里挑一，稀有的，杰出的 One too many 多余的一个，不需要的；碍手碍脚的；过量的酒 Be two 不和，合不来，不相投 By twos 两个两个地，成双成对地 By twos and threes 三三两两地；一次两三个地 In two （分为）两半，（成）两部分；分开，隔开 In two twos 立刻，一转眼，一下子就 Two and two make four 二加二等于四；非常明显 Two by four (=two-by-four) 小的，狭窄的，微不足道的 Two or three 两三个，少数的 Two to one 十之八九 Two upon ten 把眼睛睁大点以防偷窃 Three-in-one 三结合；（上帝的）三位一体 Three times three 连续三次三欢呼 Threescore and ten 人生七十年，一辈子 Three quarters 四分之三 In fours 每组（批）四个；一柄四叶 On all fours 匍匐着，爬着；完全一致的，完全吻合的 Four-by-two 擦枪布 Four hundred (=Four Hundred) 名士，名流（前面加the，原指纽约的四百位知名人士，统指当地的名士、名流） Five-by-five 矮胖的 Five hundred 五百：五百分（纸牌游戏） Five percents 五厘利债券；股息五厘的股票 At sixes and sevens 乱七八糟，杂乱无章；七零八落；七嘴八舌，纠缠不清 Six and eight (pence) 六先令八便士（从前美国律师所收的一次咨询费） Six and half a dozen 半斤八两，不相上下，差不多 Six to one 六对一（表示很有把握）；十之八九 Seventy times seven 七十个七次；巨额数目 The Eights 牛津及剑桥两所大学的划船比赛 Long nine （美）廉价的雪茄烟 Long nines （英）陶土制的长烟斗 Nine out of ten 十有八九 Nine tenths 十分之九，十之八九，几乎全部 The Nine (Muses) （司文艺、美术的）缪斯九女神 To the nines 完美，十分，完全 Ten times 十倍于…..，比…..得多 Ten to one 十比一，十有八九，很有可能 Tens of thousands 数万，好几万 Ten-twenty-thirty 只会演老套戏的小剧团或剧场，微不足道的（剧团） The upper ten (thousand) 上流社会，统治阶级 Be in the eleven 是球队的队员 The Eleven 耶酥的（除犹大外的）十一个门徒 Strike twelve 表现出全部的才能；获得辉煌的成就 The thirteen superstition 以13为不吉利的迷信 Sweet seventeen 妙龄，二八年华 Go nineteen to the dozen 滔滔不绝，喋喋不休，唠叨个没完 Twenty and twenty 许许多多，不计其数 Go fifty-fifty 平分，均摊，一半一半 Like sixty 快速地；急剧地；猛烈地 In the seventies （指年龄）七十至七十九岁，七十多岁；（指时间）七十年代；（指温度）华氏七十多度 Ninety-nine of a hundred 十有九成，差不多总是 A cool hundred / thousand 百镑（千镑）等巨款 (a) hundred and one 许许多多 a hundred to one 一百与一之比；可能性极大 by the hundred(s)(=by hundreds) 数以百计；大批大批地 Great/long hundred 一百二十 Hundreds and thousands 撒在糕饼上面作点缀的蜜饯（或小糖果） Hundreds of 好几百的，成百上千的 Hundreds of thousands of 几十万的，千千万万的，无数的 Thousands upon thousands 成千上万 A thousand to one 千对一，几乎绝对的 By the million 大量的 The million 广大人民，大众 Millions upon millions of 千百万的 由此可以看出，有些包含数字的成语不能只从字面意义上来理解；此外，包含一个数字的英语成语也有很多，这里就不一一列出了。如果广大读者从ONE开始，一步一个数字地学下去，最后定可以成为这方面的millionaire或billionaire噢！ 41、make somebody’s blood boil 使……极度愤怒 A：I want to sue the teachers for their physical punishments at school. B：It’s all right as long as it doesn’t harm the children, or they won’t behave themselves. A：Why do you also have the stupid idea? That’s brutal! It makes my blood boil to see our daughter standing in class for a long time. A：我想起诉老师在学校对学生的体罚。 B：如果不伤到孩子的话，我想体罚一下也未尝不可，否则孩子们是不会守规矩的。 A：你怎么也有这样愚蠢的想法呢？那种行为简直太野蛮了！看到我们的女儿长时间地在课堂上罚站，把我的肺都气炸了。 42、 to the backbone 彻底 A：Helen is going out with Tom. B：I hope not. Tom is a liar to the backbone. A：How come? B：He never tells anything true. A：海伦正和汤姆交往。 B：我可不希望这样。汤姆是个十足的骗子。 A：何以见得？ B：他从来就没讲过真话。 43、sad dog 粗野的家伙 A：Ouch, you hurt me! B：You’re no better. You knocked off my glasses. A：You deserve it! B：You, such a sad dog! A：哎呦！你弄疼我了！ B：你也不怎么样。把我的眼镜都打掉了。 A：你活该！ B：你这粗野的家伙！ 41、make somebody’s blood boil 使……极度愤怒 A：I want to sue the teachers for their physical punishments at school. B：It’s all right as long as it doesn’t harm the children, or they won’t behave themselves. A：Why do you also have the stupid idea? That’s brutal! It makes my blood boil to see our daughter standing in class for a long time. A：我想起诉老师在学校对学生的体罚。 B：如果不伤到孩子的话，我想体罚一下也未尝不可，否则孩子们是不会守规矩的。 A：你怎么也有这样愚蠢的想法呢？那种行为简直太野蛮了！看到我们的女儿长时间地在课堂上罚站，把我的肺都气炸了。 42、 to the backbone 彻底 A：Helen is going out with Tom. B：I hope not. Tom is a liar to the backbone. A：How come? B：He never tells anything true. A：海伦正和汤姆交往。 B：我可不希望这样。汤姆是个十足的骗子。 A：何以见得？ B：他从来就没讲过真话。 43、sad dog 粗野的家伙 A：Ouch, you hurt me! B：You’re no better. You knocked off my glasses. A：You deserve it! B：You, such a sad dog! A：哎呦！你弄疼我了！ B：你也不怎么样。把我的眼镜都打掉了。 A：你活该！ B：你这粗野的家伙！ 44、would give one’s right arm 要是……该多好 A：Listen! Someone is singing in the classroom. B：Oh, it’s Billy. The song is beautiful! A：I would give right arm to be able to sing like Billy. A：听！有人在教室里唱歌。 B：噢，是比利。唱得多美！ A：我要是能唱得像比利那样就好了。 45、back out A：Excuse me, sir. B：Yes? A：If the truck parks there, it will block the driveway. I have to back out soon. B：I’ll ask the driver to park in the street. A：Thank you. A：对不起，先生。 B：怎么了？ A：如果把卡车听在这儿，会妨碍交通的。我的车一会儿就要退出来。 B：我会告诉司机，让他把车停在街上。 A：谢谢。 46、be up in arms 满腔怒火 A：What do you think of the plan for the new airport near here? B：Perhaps they should give it a second thought. The residents here are getting up in arms about it. A：I think they will. A：你觉得在这儿附近建机场的计划怎么样？ B：也许他们该慎重考虑一下，这儿的居民对此非常气愤。 A：我想他们会的。