English Idioms英文成语

1. take it with a grain of salt：半信半疑；

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英文解释：-not believe it to be completely true or correct：不要相信它完全是对的。

例句：When the salesman starts talking about how buying an expensive new car will make your life really great, you should take it with a grain of salt.

当一个销售人员开始说买一辆昂贵的新车会让你生活变得很好，你应该对此半信半疑。

2. cherry-pick：精心挑选；

英文解释：-to choose only specific items (the best parts) and ignore the rest：直选最好的忽略其他的。

例句：I don't trust that newspaper. Their reporting isn't very balanced; they tend to cherry-pickthe information in favor of one particular political party.

我不相信那家报纸，他们的报道不客观公正，他们倾向于精心挑选有利于某一政党的信息。

3. is not really my cup of tea.不是我的菜

英文解释：-you don't like it very much：不怎么喜欢的东西。

例句：My friends went to the art museum, but I decided to come to the beach instead. Contemplating paintings for hours is not really my cup of tea.

我的朋友们去了艺术博物馆，但是我决定去海边，盯着油画看几个小时不是我的菜。

4. rub salt in the wound：在伤口上撒盐。

英文解释：-to make a sad person feel even worse：让一个伤心的人感到更差。

例句：I was sick and couldn't go to the party. Don't rub salt in the woundby telling me how great it was.

我病了去不了这个派对，别在告诉我这个派对有多好玩了简直就是在我伤口上撒盐。

5. sharp cookie：非常聪明的人；

英文解释：-intelligent：聪明的。

例句：My 3-year-old daughter already knows how to use the computer. She's one sharp cookie!

我三岁的女儿已经知道怎么用电脑了，她是一个非常聪明的人。

6. tough cookie：勇敢坚强的人；不屈不挠的人

英文解释：-courageous and strong：勇敢坚强；

例句：Did you hear about the grandmother who chased a robber out of her house with a kitchen knife? What a tough cookie!

你听说过那个拿着菜刀把抢劫犯赶出家门的老奶奶吗？她真是一个勇敢坚强的人！

7. a piece of cake：小菜一碟；

英文解释：-it's very easy：非常简单

例句：That math test was a piece of cake. I didn't even study and I bet I got every question right.

这个数学测试简直小菜一碟，我都没学过而且我打赌我每道题都答对了。