英语习语有哪些

1、头韵（alliteration）是英语中利用发音制造特殊效果的一种修辞方式。通常是在连续的几个词中，开头的辅音重复，有时开头的元音重复也可以叫头韵。

2、头韵是一种很古老的辞格，也是英语中最早出现和使用的辞格。各种工具书对其的定义不尽相同。

3、头韵在西方报刊更是广为运用，如：Flu Fever（流感导致恐慌，《新闻周刊》），The Senators vs the Spooks （参议员和情报员之争，《时代》）。

4、Hong Kong，A Capitalist Citadel at China's Doorstep，A Booming Bastion of Business（香港——中国大门的资本主义要塞——兴旺的企业堡垒，美国《读者》）等等。

5、英语成语和习语中，头韵也屡见不鲜，如：neither fish nor flesh不伦不类，in for a penny, in for a pound 一不做，二不休。

6、Businessis boomingin this bigworld，现在的生意红火，形势大好（生意好得爆开来）。

7、Do you think the board members will kisseach other，Sure, why not, then they will start kickingand killing. It is normal，董事之间，相亲相爱，对吧，当然没错，然后就大开杀戒，这也没什么嘛。

1、in the twinkling of an eye一刹那，眨眼的功夫。

例句：Things could go terribly wrong in the twinkling of an eye.眨眼的功夫事情就变得一团糟。

2、salt of the earth社会中坚。

例句：Bill was salt of the earth.比尔是一名社会精英。

3、by the seat of one's pants凭本事，凭直觉。

例句：He did wonder if things might be a bit more interesting if he gave living by the seat of his pants a go.他想知道，如果当初他凭本事谋生的话，会不会比现在有意思点。

4、money to burn花不完的钱。

例句：Sure, he never had money to burn, but he managed to get by.当然，他从来没有花不完的钱，但他还是成功了。

5、tag along尾随他人。

例句：Bill repeatedly told Bob that tagging along with everyone else would eventually get boring.比尔一次次地告诉过鲍勃，尾随他人是件很无聊的事。

6、step up your game: 迎头赶上。

例句：Listen, Jen. You'd better step up your game if you want to get all A's in Miss Finch's Physics class. She isn't easy!   听着，珍。如果你想在芬奇老师的课上得全A，就得奋起直追。她可不是好糊弄的！

A bad beginning makes a bad ending.不善始者不善终。 A bad thing never dies.遗臭万年。 A bad workman always blames his tools.不会撑船怪河弯。 A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。 A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.吹牛与说谎本是同宗。 A bully is always a coward.色厉内荏。 A burden of one's choice is not felt.爱挑的担子不嫌重。 A candle lights others and consumes itself.蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。 A cat has 9 lives.猫有九条命。 A cat may look at a king.猫也可以打量国王，意为人人平等。 A close mouth catches no flies.病从口入。 A constant guest is never welcome.常客令人厌。 Actions speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩。 Adversity leads to prosperity.穷则思变。 Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.逆境出人才。 A fair death honors the whole life.死得其所，流芳百世。 A faithful friend is hard to find.知音难觅。 A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.吃一堑，长一智。 A fox may grow gray, but never good.江山易改，本性难移。 A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难见真情。 A friend is easier lost than found.得朋友难，失朋友易。 A friend is never known till a man has need.需要之时方知友。 A friend without faults will never be found.没有十全十美的朋友。 'After you' is good manners.“您先请”是礼貌。 A good beginning is half done.良好的开端是成功的一半。 A good beginning makes a good ending.善始者善终。 A good book is a good friend.好书如挚友。 A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.一本好书，相伴一生。 A good conscience is a soft pillow.不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。 A good fame is better than a good face.美名胜过美貌。 A good husband makes a good wife.夫善则妻贤。 A good medicine tastes bitter.良药苦口。 A good wife health is a man's best wealth.妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富。 A great talker is a great liar.说大话者多谎言。 A hedge between keeps friendship green.君子之交淡如水。 A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.戏谑不能化敌为友，只能使人失去朋友。 A leopard cannot change its spots.积习难改。 A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。 A light heart lives long.静以修身。 A little body often harbors a great soul.浓缩的都是精品。 A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.一知半解，自欺欺人。 A little pot is soon hot.狗肚子盛不得四两油。 All are brave when the enemy flies.敌人逃窜时，人人都成了勇士。 All good things come to an end.天下没有不散的筵席。 All rivers run into sea.海纳百川。 All roads lead to Rome.条条大路通罗马。 All that ends well is well.结果好，就一切都好。 All that glitters is not gold.闪光的不一定都是金子。 All things are difficult before they are easy.凡事总是由难而易。 All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。 A man becomes learned by asking questions.不耻下问才能有学问。 A man can do no more than he can.凡事都应量力而行。 A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.一心不能二用。 A man is known by his friends.什么人交什么朋友。 A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.光说空话不做事，犹如花园光长刺。 A man without money is no man at all.一分钱难倒英雄汉。 A merry heart goes all the way.心旷神怡，事事顺利。 A miss is as good as a mile.失之毫厘，差之千里。 A mother's love never changes.母爱永恒。 An apple a day keeps the doctor away.一天一苹果，不用请医生。 A new broom sweeps clean.新官上任三把火。 An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.以眼还眼，以牙还牙。 An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.一日之计在于晨。 An old dog cannot learn new tricks.老狗学不出新把戏。 An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom.聪明才智，不如运气。 An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.预防为主，治疗为辅。

1.burn the boat 自绝退路,破釜沉舟 2.one's hairs stands on end/set sb's hair on end 发根竖立, 毛骨悚然 3.show the cloven hoof 露出原形 4.hang by a hair 千钧一发 5.kill the goose that lays the golden eggs 杀鸡取卵 6.fish in troubled water 混水摸鱼 7.neither fish nor flesh 非驴非马 8.fish in the air 白费力气 9.a drop in the ocean 沧海一粟 10.laugh off one's head 笑破肚皮 11.be out at elbows 捉襟见肘 12.lay heads together 集思广益 13.know sth like the back of one's hand 对某事了如指掌 14.have an axe to grind 别有用心 意译法： 1.wake a sleeping dog 招惹是非 2.as easy as falling off a log 极容易 3.cast pearls before swine 对牛弹琴;白费好意 4.help a lame dog over a stile 雪中送炭 5.paint the lily 画蛇添足 6.as poor as Job 家贫如洗 7.a fly in the ointment 美中不足之处 8.reap what one has sown 自食其果 9.carry coals to Newcastle 多此一举;徒劳无功 10.be all thumbs笨手笨脚

好多，你是高中生吗？如果是的话，那么大部分人都有英语高考必备，后面附录里好多