掉以轻心 Make it lightly. Make light of. Lower ones guard. eg：Its an important job，you must not take it lightly. 中英俚语俗语来源：柳宗元论师道书：故吾每为文章，未尝敢以轻心掉之。 同义词：毫不在...

点石成金 All he touches turns to gold. A golden touch. eg：He is such a clever businessman that all he touches turns to gold. 中英俚语俗语来源：列仙传：许逊，南昌人。晋初为旋阳令，点石化金，以足逋赋。...

颠沛流离 Live a vagabond life. Here today and gone tomorrow. Have got the key of the street. eg：We all lived a vagabond life during wartime. 中英俚语俗语来源：论语：造次必如是，颠沛必如是。 同义词：漂泊不定...

颠倒是非 Stand truth on its head. Confound right with wrong. Turn things upside down. eg：To say black is white is to stand truth on its head. 中英俚语俗语来源：韩愈施先生墓铭：笺注纷罗，颠倒是非。 反义词：...

滴水穿石 Constant dripping wears away the stone. Feather by feather the goose is plucked. Slow but sure wins the race. A sheer strength of will. eg：Be determined to stick it out as constant dripping wears away the stone. 同义词：持...

得意洋洋 Have ones nose( tail) in the air. In high feather. Feel ones oats. eg：Jack has his nose in the air after his promotion. 同义词：洋洋自得 To tread on air. 反义词：心灰意冷 To lose heart....

得意忘形 Leap out of ones skin. Beside oneself with joy. Leap with joy. To tread on air. Turn ones head. eg：He is ready to leap out of his skin on learning that he has been awarded the scholarship. 中英俚语俗语来源：晋书阮籍...

得心应手 As clay in the hands of the potter. Get into ones stride. Take to something like duck to water. eg：For you to teach the primary school is as clay in the hands of the potter. 中英俚语俗语来源：庄子天道不徐不疾，...

得过且过 Let well enough alone. To muddle along. eg：Its not easy to find a job, so let well enough alone with what you have now. 中英俚语俗语来源：陶宗仪辍耕录：寒号虫至深冬严寒之际，自鸣曰，得过且过。...

得不偿失 The game is not worth the candle. Give a lark to catch a kite. Pay dear for the whistle. More kicks than halfpence. eg：Youll find the game is not worth the candle if you put your money on that horse. 中英俚语俗语来源：...