IDIOMS ...the English way to communicate.
Some people know this one:
' It's raining cats and dogs!'
英译：Heavy rain!
How about :
' She's in the doghouse!'
英译：Someone is disliked by someone.
or:
' The proof is in the pudding!'
英译：The true value will show in the use, application of something.
' Throwing the baby out with the bath water!''
英译：Killing the Good with the Bad.
' No man is an island!'
英译：We are interconnected, dependent on society.
' Penny~wise, and Pound~ foolish!'
英译：Saving small values, wasting big values.
' Rich man's trash, poor man's treasure.'
英译：Value is relative.
' Stitch in time saves nine!'
英译：Fix it now quickly, fix it later with much more effort.
' At night all cats are grey!'
英译：In the dark we can't see who is doing wrong.
' Early bird catches the worm!'
英译：Start out early to make your goal.
' Give him the little finger, he takes the whole hand!'
英译：Try helping with little...and face demands for more.
' The emperor has no clothes.'
英译：An authority, power holder is actually just like everybody else.
Yes!...and with the last one we are reminded that we are constantly falling for pretentious, fat-ass manipulators, trying to make us follow them!
How many of these do you know?
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By the conductor of “yidageren” English Group
来自“一大个人扇贝单词打卡团”英语指导
Christian Heyne
