与五官有关的成语有哪些
在英语中,有不少关于面部名称的成语。它们的特点是形象生动、明晰简练。用得恰当,会给人以“如见其貌”、“如闻其声”的感觉。现辑录数则,以飨读者。
1.to pull a long face愁眉苦脸;不高兴
The children pulled a long face(or long faces) when I told them they must get ready for bed.我叫孩子们准备睡觉时,他们一个个绷起了脸。
2.to raise(one's)eyebrows使……吃惊的样子
The miraculous effect of medicinal herbs has raised some conservative eyebrows.草药的奇效简直使一些思想保守的人瞠目结舌。
3.to keep an eye on照看
Will you keep an eye on my children for a while?替我照看一下孩子,好吗?
4.up to the(one's)eyeballs(or eyes/ears/neck)忙于
They were,as usual,up to the eyes in paper work.和往常一样,他们正忙着搞文书工作。
5.to poke one's nose into探听;干涉别人事务
Why do you always try to poke your nose into others'affairs?你为什么总是想干涉别人的事情?
6.to button(zip)one's lip(s)住嘴;安静
The man was getting loud and insulting and the cop told him to button his lip.
那人在大声辱骂,警察要他住嘴。
7.to make one's mouth water使人垂涎
The picture of the ice cream soda made his mouth water.冰激凌汽水的广告使他垂涎欲滴。
8.to hold one's tongue不做声;缄默不语
The teacher told Fred to hold his tongue.老师叫弗雷德不要讲话。
9.to set one's teeth on edge厌烦;使……不安
The noise of the machines sets my teeth on edge.机器的吵声烦死我了。
10.to keep one's chin up 不灰心;不屈服
Keep your chin up!不要灰心丧气!(振作起来!)
11.to laugh in one's beard 暗笑;偷偷地笑
Joe was laughing in his beard when I answered the phone because he knew the call would be a joke.我去接电话时,乔在一旁暗暗发笑,因为他知道那是个开玩笑的电话。
12.to turn the other cheek甘受屈辱;不愿反抗
It's time to stop turning the other cheek.任人侮辱的时代应当结束了。
13.to turn a deaf ear to不理睬;装聋作哑
He turned a deaf ear to Bob's excuse.他对鲍勃的辩解根本不听。
14.to cut one's eyeteeth初次登台;获得第一次经验
She cut her eyeteeth on television and went on to become a movie star.她初出茅庐是在电视上演出,后来才成为电影明星。
15.as plain as the nose on one's face一清二楚;明明白白
If we haven't got any money,we can't buy a television.It's as plain as the nose on your face.要是我们没钱,就买不起一台电视机。这是明摆着的事。
16.to have one's tongue in one's cheek没有诚意;不讲实话
When he said he wasn't going to run for office any more,he probably had his tongue in his cheek.他说他不打算再进行竞选公职时,大概是言不由衷。
17.face to face面对面地
I hadn't seen him for years when suddenly we stood,face to face.
我多年没有见到他了,突然,我们面对面地站在一起。
18.to see eye to eye意见一致;完全同意
Unfortunately he didn't see eye to eye with his parents and there were always arguments at home.不幸的是,他和父母意见分歧,家里总是吵吵嚷嚷的。
19.eyeball to eyeball直接冲突
There two adversaries stood eyeball to eyeball.两个对手在那儿站着,你瞪着我,我瞪着你。
20.to smile from ear to ear咧着嘴笑;满面笑容
“Good morning,”said Hans,smiling from ear to ear.“您早,”汉斯笑容满面地说。
21.from mouth to mouth广为流传
The news of victory spread rapidly from mouth to mouth.胜利的喜讯很快就传开了。
