\\"Water\\" Idioms 关于“水”的习语& 成语

“Water” Idioms 关于“水”的习语 & 成语

1. Spend money like water 花钱如流水：of someone spends money like water, they spend too

much

? Carol spends money like water - no wonder she's always broke.

2. In hot water 水深火热：in a difficult situation in which you are likely to be punished ? Those e-mails complaining about your boss can land you in hot water.

3. A fish out of water 涸辙之鱼：someone who is uncomfortable in a particular situation ? After living in Hong Kong for most of his life, Lee was a fish out of water in Los Angeles.

4. As a duck takes to water如鱼得水：Cliché easily and naturally. ? She took to singing just as a duck takes to water.

? The baby adapted to the bottle as a duck takes to water.

5. Blood is thicker than water. 血浓于水：something that you say which means family

relationships are stronger and more important than other kinds of relationships, such as being friends

? They say blood is thicker than water, so how come so many families hate each other?

6. Throw out the baby with the bath water 不要一棍子打死一票人： to lose the good parts

when you get rid of the bad parts of something

? You can't close the airport because just one airline has problems - that's just throwing out the

baby with the bath water.

7. A big fish (informal) ：an important or powerful person in a group or organization ? Mrs Coughlin is one of the directors - a big fish.

8. A cold fish ：a person who does not seem very friendly and does not show their emotions ? He isn't very demonstrative, but his mother was a cold fish so he probably gets it from her.

9. Be neither fish nor fowl：（四不像）if something is neither fish nor fowl, it is difficult to

describe or understand because it is like one thing in some ways but like another thing in other ways

? The hovercraft has always suffered from the fact that it is neither fish nor fowl.

10. There are plenty of (other) fish in the sea. ：Fig. There are other choices. (Used to refer to

persons.)

? When John broke up with Ann, I told her not to worry. There are plenty of other fish in the

sea. It's too bad that your secretary quit, but there are plenty of other fish in the sea.

11. Fish or cut bait：

（1）当机立断，作出决定to act or decide you are not going to do anything

? The time has come when you have to fish or cut bait - either you help us plan what to do or

we will decide and go ahead without you.

（2）要么全力以赴，要么索性放弃Fig. Do something or get out of the way.

? Fish or cut bait, Chuck. There's work to be done here. Decide whether you're going to watch

or help. Fish or cut bait.

12. Be another/a different kettle of fish 另一码事，完全不同的人If you say that something or

someone is a different kettle of fish, you mean that they are completely different from something or someone else that has been talked about

? E.g. Andy was never very interested in school, but Anna, now she was a completely different

kettle of fish.

? I'd driven an automatic for years but learning to handle a car with gears was another kettle of

fish altogether.