go构成的习语有哪些
1.go easy:适度地使用(某物);节省(某物)。如:Go easy on the mon- ey-that's all we've got till next month.钱要省着点花——就这么多,要用到下个月。
2.go on:不相信;举动;别夸大其词;量某人不敢做某事(鼓动某人做某事的用语)如:“Our teacher is fifty on Wednesday.”“Go on-he only looks about forty.”“我们老师星期三就五十岁了”。“我才不信呢!看上去他才四十岁”。“Should I help her or not?”“Oh, go on, you'll never make any girl friends if you don't”。“我该不该帮她?”“哦,帮吧!要不然你永远也交不了女朋友了。”
3.go to it:加油干;努力干;开始干(某事)如: Go to it,Paul-if you work hard you'll have it finished by lunchtime!加油干吧,保罗——如果你加油干的话,到吃午饭时你就会干完的!
4.Here goes!开始做某事(用于开始做需要勇气的事)如:Here goes then!I'll see you in two hours,after the exam.好啊,看我的!两小时考试之后见!
5.Here we go again:同样的事又发生了(尤指令人不快的事)如:“Here we go again,”muttered Jane as she handed the money to her cousin,for the sixth time this month.“又来了,”简咕哝着把钱给了她表妹,这是她本月第六次借钱给她表妹了。
6.go to the length of:甚至于 如:She went to the length of saying that she would kill him.她甚至说她要杀死他。
7.go through fire and water:赴汤蹈火,在所不辞。如:He would go through fire and water for his country.为了国家,他愿赴汤蹈火,在所不辞。
8.go to pieces:神经错乱 如:At the news of her son's death,she went to pieces.得到她儿子的死讯,她神经错乱了。
9.go without saying:自不待言 如:It goes without saying that he loves her.他爱她是自不待言。
10.How's it going?你好吗?(非正式用语)如:“How's going,Alice?” “OK,thanks.And how are you?”“爱丽丝,你好吗?”“还好,谢谢,你也好吗?”
11.(It's)no go.不可能 如:It's no go.I'm afraid your proposal will work.我想这是不可能的。你的建议不会奏效。
12.Off we go!走吧 如:“Off we go,then,”said Xiao Wang as he drove off.“好了,我们走吧。”小王说着便开动了汽车。
13.Where do we go from here?下一步该怎么办 如:We've collected the materials.Where do we go from here?我们已将材料收集好了,下一步该怎么办?
14.Who goes there?(站岗哨兵的盘问口令)谁啊?如:“Halt,who goes there?”shouted the soldier.“站住!谁?”士兵大声喝道。
15.There you go again.你那一套又来了。如:“There you go again,talk- ing loudly in the reading-room-I've told you not to do that lots of times,now stop it.”“你的毛病又犯了。在阅览室里大声谈话,我已跟你讲过多少次不要这样。别谈了。”(该习语用来对某人言行不满和表示吃惊。习语中的there要重读。)
16.Go man,go!(鼓励用语,源于美国爵士音乐用语)大丈夫,上啊!如:You can beat Joe-go man, go!你可以击败乔——男子汉大丈夫,上啊!
17.That's the way it goes.事情就是这样,无法改变(当发生不幸的事时的用语,有幽默色彩)如:Sorry to hear you've failed in the college-entrance ex- amination this year,Wei Dong.But that's the way it goes.很遗憾,卫东,听说你今年高考落榜。不过这也是没法子的事。
18.Go fly a kite!(俚)滚开!(主要为美国用法)如:I'm tired of you in- terrupting our conversation,Allen.Go fly a kite!我讨厌你打断我们的谈话,艾伦。滚开!
19.Don't go off the deep end.不要心灰意冷。如:When you face a difficult question,don't go off the deep end.你面对困难问题时,不要心灰意冷。
20.go around with a chip on his shoulder:到处生事 如:He goes around with a chip on his shoulder.他到处找人生事。
21.go pit-a-pat:迅速而轻快 如: I could hear the child's going pit-a-pat over the floor.我能听到这孩子在地板上轻快地来去。
22.go in for:爱好;沉迷于;参加;受(考试)如:John goes in for tennis while his wife goes in for painting.约翰喜爱打网球,而他妻子则沉迷于绘画。
23.go one's own way:我行我素;一意孤行 如:He goes his own way and never listens to people's advice.他一意孤行,从不听人忠告。
24.go far:价值大;效力大;成名 如:A yuan does not go so far as it did twenty years ago.现在一块钱不像二十年前的一块钱那么值钱了。
25.go for much:大有用处 如:If you want to learn good English,that book does not go for much.如果你想学纯正的英语,那本书是没有多大用处的。
26.Going,going,gone.(拍卖用语)用于拍卖者宣布对某物品的喊价就要结束了。如:Any more offers for this fine oil painting, then?Going, to the man in the black suit, going, going, gone!这幅精美的油画还有人喊价吗?要卖了!卖给那位穿黑衣服的先生!要卖了,要卖了,卖掉了。
另外,与go构成的习语还有:
go at it hammar and tongs:全力以赴,劲头十足(喻如铁匠用钳夹着烧红的铁块使劲地用铁槌打。)
go by the board:丢掉;放弃(“board”指船舷。此词原义是“从船上掉到水中”,故比喻放弃某一计划、事业等。)
go down the drian:浪费钱(喻指花钱而不带来效益,像扔在沟里的垃圾和脏物。)
go drink from the sea:滚开;别管闲事(是从 to go jump in the lake或 to go jump off a cliff演变而来。)
go one better:超过;优胜(源于体育竞赛中需要对参加者评分的项目。)
go the whole hog:做得尽善尽美(源于杀猪卖肉,有的买主可能买整猪,即 to the whole hog.)
go through thick and thin:不畏艰险(指某人外出旅行时既经过树丛稀少而较易通过的地区,也要通过灌木丛生难以行走的地段,其意思类似to through fire and water,但危险程度较轻。)
go to a familiar well:进行人所熟悉的宣传(就像到人所熟悉的井中取水一样。)
go to pot:失败;完蛋;破产;潦倒;(营业)衰落;萧条(有些部分的鲜肉不宜于用来制作美味佳肴,故把其切成小块,同其他零碎的菜蔬放在一起,炖成杂烩之类的饭菜,后转用于指毁掉某物或者破产,萧条。)
go to the wall:被推到一旁;败北;惨败,认输(某人在街上行走、骑马或乘马车时被挤到一边紧靠墙壁无法前进,而被别人超过。通常指在斗争中或竞赛中败北或失败。源于“The weakest goes to the wall.”“强胜弱败”。)
go to one's head:酒力上头;使人感到糊涂;头晕;使人感到激动;向往,入迷,陶醉;使人冲昏头脑,骄傲(酒力上头以后,人虽然不像喝醉以后那样言行完全失去控制,总会头晕,冲动,不易自制。)
go to one's account:死(喻指上帝的最后审判日。那一天,死者的灵魂都要向上帝交待自己在人世的所作所为。)
go to seed:衰老无用;退化(原意为花谢结子,叶到了结子时,已过全盛期而凋谢。)
go to the dogs:与坏人为伍干坏事;过不正常生活以至毁灭(圣经中狗不是人类的好朋友,而是一种肮脏堕落的动物。)
go to the well with:可信赖的人(在开拓边疆时期,到被印第安人包围的地方取水常常是危险的。)
go up(or end) in smoke:计划、事业、希望等落空;不成功;毫无实际结果(借喻一堆火,没有火焰,也不产生热,只是冒烟。)
go west:上西天;死去(以指日落西山而言。一说源出第一次世界大战时期,指将伤亡人员从西线往西运走。)
gone coon:没有希望的人;无可救药的人;朽木不可雕(这个词是一世纪前从美国流行出来的,既适用于物,也适用于人。coon一字是美语racoon “浣熊”的缩写。)
