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英语趣味测试：成语对对碰 俚语和谚语是英语学习中的一大绊脚石 。
这些英语句子一反常态，我们不明白这些俗语的含义，是因为我们和英语国家的文化背景不同 。如果能在汉语中为这些俗语找到对应的说法，问题就解决了 。
看看下面的句子你能翻译对几个来 。1.After meat, mustard; after death, doctor Explanation: this describes a situation where assistance or comfortis given when it is too late 。
Example: just as I had cancelled my application to go abroad, I hada promise of money for my fare. It was a case of after death, thedoctor 。2.After praising the wine they sell us vinegar Explanation: to offer to give or sell something that is inferior towhat you claim it to be 。
Example: that fellow completely misled us about what he was capableof doing. After praising the wine, he sold us vinegar 。3.All is over but the shouting Explanation: finally decided or won; brought to the end; not ableto be changed 。
Example: after Bill's touch down, the game is all over butshouting 。4.All lay load on the willing horse Explanation: a willing horse is someone who is always doing thingsfor others. Very often the implication is that others impose onhim 。
Examples: the trouble is you're too good-natured and people takeadvantage of it. all lay load on the willing horse. You will haveto learn to refuse people who ask too much 。5.anger and haste hinder good counsel Explanation: one can not act wisely when one is angry or in ahurry 。
Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move.Anger and haste hinder good counsel 。6.As poor as a church mouse Explanation: to be exceedingly poor, having barely to liveupon 。
Example: he has a large family, and is poor as a churchmouse 。Note: a church is one of the few buildings that contain nofood 。

7.A word spoken is past recalling Explanation: the harm done by a careless word can not easilyundo 。Example: for the rest of his life he regretted what he had said,but a word spoken is past recalling and he knew he could neverrepair the damage of that moment of harshness 。
8.World is but a little place, after all Explanation: it is used when a person meets someone he knows or isin someway connected with him in a place where he would never haveexpected to do so 。Example: Who would have thought I would bump into an old schoolmateon a trek up Mount Tai. The world is but a little place afterall 。
9.When in Rome, do as the Romans do Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongstwhom you live 。Example: I know you have egg and bacon for breakfast at home, butnow you are on the Continent you will do as the Romans do and takecoffee and rolls 。
10.What you lose on the swings you get back on theroundabouts Explanation: a rough way of starting a law of average; if you havebad luck on one day you have good on another; if one ventureresults in loss try a fresh one---it may succeed 。Example: he may always possess merits which make up for everything;if he loses on the swings, he may win on the roundabouts 。
11.What are the odds so long as you are happy Explanation: what does anything else matter if a person ishappy 。Example: you complain so much, but you have a good family, parents,health, and money. What's the odd so long as you're happy 。
12.Entertain an angel unawares Explanation: to receive a great personage as a guest withoutknowing his merits 。Example: in the course of evening someone informed her that she wasentertaining an angel unawares, in the shape of a composer of thegreatest promise 13.every dog has his day Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn Example: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a verylong time coming 。
14.every potter praises his own pot Explanation: people are loath to refer to defects in theirpossessions or their family members Example: he said that his teacher considered his work brilliant,but I would rather hear it from his teacher's own mouth. Everypotter praises his own pot 答案： 1.雨后送伞 2. 挂羊头卖狗肉 3. 大势已去 4.人善被人欺，马善被人骑 5. 小不忍则乱大谋 6. 一贫如洗 7. 一言既出，驷马难追 8. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君 9. 入乡随俗 10. 失之东隅，收之桑榆 11. 知足者常乐 12. 有眼不识泰山 13.是人皆有出头日 14.王婆买瓜，自卖自夸送花须知：十二星座的幸运花Aries: Thistle, wild rose, gorse, nasturtium, woodbine 白羊：蓟、野玫瑰、金雀花、旱金莲花、忍冬 Taurus: Lily of the valley, violet, red rose, myrtle 金牛：铃兰、紫罗兰、红玫瑰、桃金娘 Gemini: Snapdragon, iris 双子：金鱼草、爱丽丝 Cancer: Poppy, water lily, white rose 巨蟹：罂粟、荷花、白玫瑰 Leo: Marigold, sunflower, cowslip, heliotrope,。
背口诀记单词 有一个rat（老鼠） 非常地fat（肥胖） 跳进了vat（缸）* 偷吃了salt（盐） 变成了bat（蝙蝠） 气坏了cat（猫） 咬破了hat（帽子） 当成了mat（垫子） 谁要杀死鹅？ 后院一群goose （鹅） 一个一个choose （挑选） 把头塞进noose （绳套）* 结果绳索loose （松弛的） 七个小松鼠 天气非常fine （好的） 松鼠爬上pine （松树） 站成一条line （直线） 把松果油refine （提炼）* 发动汽车engine （发动机） 事迹搬上magazine （杂志） 向往自由的猿猴 有个聪明ape（猿） * 从动物园escape（逃跑） 这天披着cape（披肩） 在湖边看landscape（风景） * 夜晚开始ape（打呵欠） * 被人捉住nape（后颈） * 送回园吃grape（葡萄） 被录制成tape（磁带） 。

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