Down with summer holidays

短语

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down with sb./sth 反对.....

be down with sb/sth 支持...;对...感兴趣

muggy adj.闷热潮湿的

pack sth off 把...打发走

kick in凑份子，捐助

whopping adj.巨大的，很大的

strain the budgets加重经济负担

burnt-out精疲力竭的

spend a fortune 花一大笔钱

do superbly in exams 考试表现优异

obsess with 执着于，对...痴迷

lie / stand / remain idle 闲置着

idle sb’s time away 消磨时光

vanish v.突然消失

burnish v.打磨，擦亮；努力改善

谚语成语表达

as timid as a hare 胆小如鼠

at a stone's throw一箭之遥

wet like a drown rat 湿如落汤鸡

as stupid as a goose 蠢得像猪

as stubborn as a mule 犟得像牛

seek a hare in a hen's nest 缘木求鱼

as dumb as an oyster 守口如瓶

lead a dog's life 过着牛马一样的生活

cry up wine and sell vinegar 挂羊头，卖狗肉

put back the clock 开倒车

talk horse 吹牛

kill the goose that lays the golden eggs 杀鸡取卵

drink like a fish 牛饮

Once the wife of a parson, always the wife of a parson.

嫁鸡随鸡，嫁狗随狗。

One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy.

一个和尚挑水吃，两个和尚抬水吃，三个和尚没水吃。

写作表达

1)受影响最甚

Poor children tend to be the worst affected

2) Summer holidays vary greatly from country to country.

3) There is scant evidence that they make much difference.

4) It is idle to do sth:做某事毫无意义