你想遨游神奇的英语世界，欣赏原汁原味的地道英语，在口语交际上占尽先机吗？——《常用英语习语及典故》将为您扫清英语口语中的种种障碍，在口语交际的道路上畅通无阻！金卷系列侧重于帮助读者了解文化差异，丰富知识，克服文化障碍；银卷系列着力帮助读者熟悉口语句型，拓展话题，提高口语流利程度。

英语习语是约定俗成、富有表现力的词语。在现代英语里许许多多习语，它们的意义决不是构成这些习语的各个词的意义的合成，而是另有新义。

本书内容涉及日常生活的诸多方面，有的习语注有用法说明，有的习语列举其语源出处和典故，使您开阔眼界，了解异国风土人情、文化背景、风俗习惯、语言典故和历史趣闻，得知习语来龙去脉，有助记忆。

本书主要收录及解析富有表现力的地道英语习语。读者在学习时可以通过自己的生活经验及生活常识猜测英语习语的内涵。从而激发读者学习英语的兴趣，调动他们持续的学习热情，提高运用英语的技能。

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 1 a back number

 2 a bad egg

 3 a bag of bones

 4 a baker's dozen

 5 a bear for

 6 a bed of roses

 7 a big fish

 8 a big heart

 9 a bird

 10 a bit

 11 a bitter pill to swallow

 12 a black eye

 13 a black sheep

 14 a blank cheque

 15 a blood-bath

 16 a blue-stocking

 17 a body blow

 18 a bone to pick

 19 a boy of a girl

 20 a brain storm

 21 a bread-and-butter letter

 22 a brick

 23 a Briton

 24 a broken reed

 25 a budding

 26 a bull in a china shop

 27 a bull of Bashan

 28 a butter mountain

 29 a call box

 30 a case in point

 31 a case of the pot calling the kettle black

 32 a cat

 33 A eat has nine lives.

 34 a cat-o'nine-tails

 35 a cat's paw/a catspaw

 36 a chain-srrioker

 37 A change is as good as a rest.

 38 a chapter of accidents

 39 a chip in broth

 40 a chip on one's shoulder

 41 a Christmas stocking

 42 a cock and bull story

 43 a cock sparrow

 44 a cog in the wheel

 45 a colt

 46 a copy-cat

 47 a crocodile

 48 a crook

 49 a cross in life

 50 a crown of thorns

 51 a crumb of comfort

 52 a cup and saucer

 53 a dark horse

 54 a day's grace

 55 a dead shot

 56 a death's head at the feast

 57 a deep one

 58 a desk general

 59 a devil of a job

 60 a dog(lying) in the manger

 61 a-dollar-a-year man

 62 a drawing card

 63 a drop in the bucket

 64 a dry old stick

 65 a fair-haired boy

 66 a fair treat

 67 a family tree

 68 a fancy man

 69 a far cry

 70 a far cry from sth

 71 a fat chance

 72 a feather in sb's cap

 73 a few sticks of furniture

 74 a figure of fun

 75 a fire-bug

 76 a flash in the pan

 77 a flea bite

 78 a flea in sb's ear

 79 a fly in the ointment

 80 a flying dog

 81 a flying pig

 82 a fly on the wheel

 83 a foreign body

 84 a fork in the road

 85 a frame-up

 86 a full house

 87 a gay dog

 88 a ginger group

 89 a glass jaw

 90 A glass of port,and look slippy

 91 a gold-digger

 92 a golden opportunity

 93 a gold-mine

 94 a good bedside manner

 95 a good few

 96 a good lay

 97 a good mixer

 98 a good shot

 99 A good show!

 100 a(/the) good thing to do

 101 a good-time girl

 102 a gooseberry

 103 a grass widow

 104 a great idea

 105 a green hand

 106 a green winter

 107 a green wound

 108 a grey area

 109 a hairy story

 110 a half-backed girl

 111 a handful

 112 a hard nut to crack

 113 a hat trick

 114 a hatchet job

 115 a hate boat

 116 a head on beer

 117 a heart of oak

 118 a heart of stone

 119 a heart-throb

 120 a heart-to-heart talk

 121 a hearty person

 122 a hen party

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