文档介绍：Before a student gets the hang of how to use idioms and proverbs, he’ll make a lot of mistakes. Some mistakes will cause people to hold their sides with laughter, but that shouldn’t put him in a stew. He should learn to put up with such things. You might say if you want to learn a foreign language well, that’s part of the game.
在熟知这些成语的用法前,很多人一定会犯不少错误. 有些错误会使人发笑. 但不必着急,对这种事要有耐性. 可以说,学好外语,就得这样.
look out
东西
吃软不吃硬---bully the weak but yield to one who fights back
--- to be open to persuasion, but not to coercion
布衣素食---wear cotton clothes and eat vegetable food
---coarse clothes and simple fare
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get the hang of
hold one’s sides with laughter
put someone in a stew
put up with something
part of the game
事情就是这样
忍受(某事)
使某人烦恼(为难,着急)
捧腹大笑
熟悉;得知
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Chapter2 Idioms and Proverbs
What are idioms and proverbs?
Chinese meaning: 成语和谚语
In Chinese: 四字成语
In English: set phrases
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idiom: a group of words in a fixed order having a
particular meaning, which is different from
the meanings of each word understood on its
own and must be learnt as a whole unit.
proverb: short well-known saying that states a
general truth or gives advice.
They are well-known set phrases or short sentences, expressing supposed truth, wisdom or moral lessons. They are special in structure which sometimes makes them inexplicable logically or grammatically. They can reflect vividly a nation’s geography, history, its people’s life experience, social views, thinking and concepts as well as literature.
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Ⅰ.Similarity
A. Human experiences and observations, and
even history are in many aspects similar, which
makes the expressions and their meanings similar:
Strike while the iron is hot.
Many hands make light work.
Haste makes waste.
Out of sight, out of mind.
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