道听途说 Hear something over (throught) the grapevine. A travellers tale. eg：I hear over the grapevine that you are moving to Shanghai. 中英俚语俗语来源：论语阳货：道听而途说，德之弃也。 同义词：街谈巷议...

道貌岸然 Look as if butter would not melt in ones mouth. eg：The girl looks as if butter would not melt in her mouth when she sits next to her teacher. 中英俚语俗语来源：续仙传：李延情景恬檐，道貌秀异。 同义词...

倒行逆施 After meat, mustard. After death, the doctor. Put the cart before the horse. Put the clock back. eg：To put the cart before the horse is to turn things upside down. 中英俚语俗语来源：史记伍子胥列传：吾日暮途...

当机立断 Fish or cut bait Take the bull by the horns. To think on ones feet. Quick to act. eg：Take action at this critical moment should be a to fish or cut bait decision. 中英俚语俗语来源：文选陈琳答东阿王笺：拂钟无...

胆小如鼠 As timid as a mouse. Cannot say 800 to a goose. Afraid of ones own shadow. Have ones heart in a nutshell. To be chicken-hearted. As timid as a rabbit. eg：She is as timid as a mouse and does not know how to answer the question...

大智若愚 No man can play the fool so well as the wise man. He is not a wise man who cannot play the fool on occasion. eg：Silent man, like still waters run deep and dangerous. 中英俚语俗语来源：老子：大智若愚。 同义词...

大相径庭 The opposite. At odds with. At loggerheads. eg：There is not a thing they have in commonin thought and ideas they are poles apart. 中英俚语俗语来源：庄子迫遥游：大有径庭，不近人情。...

大显身手 Have the field to oneself. To try ones hand. Show ones metal(mettle). Have the field before one. eg：James played the game and had the field to himself. 反义词：冷眼旁观 To be outside the ropes....

大同小异 Much of a muchness. Theres not a pin to choose between them. eg：John and Robert dressed much of a muchness. 中英俚语俗语来源：唐卢同玉川子诗集与马异结交：同不同，异自异，是谓大同而小异。...

大势已去 The day( field) is lost. Come out of the little end of the horn. Thursday comes，and the week is gone. eg：The captain saw that the ship began to sink and knew that the day is lost. 反义词：如日中天 The goose hang hig...