从暴风雨到艳阳天：英语天气习语指南

WEATHER IDIOMS天气相关习语When it is raining very heavily, we use the following idiomatic expressions:雨下得非常大时，我们使用以下习语：It’s raining cats and dogs下倾盆大雨It’s pouring down瓢泼大雨It’s pouring from the heavens大雨从天而降It’s bucketing down大雨滂沱It’s flooding down大雨如注It’s pissing down or it’s peeing down非常口语化表达：雨下得超大To feel under the weatherMeaning: To not feel very well, or be tired or stressed.意思：身体不太舒服、疲惫或有压力。Example: I’m not going to work today as I’m feeling a bit under the weather.例句：我今天不太舒服，就不去上班了。It never rains but it poursMeaning: We use this idiom to say that one bad thing happens after another.意思：祸不单行，坏事接二连三。Example: First I got a huge electricity bill, then I broke my leg, then my wife left me and now I’m being evicted. It never rains but it pours.例句：先是收到巨额电费单，然后摔断了腿，接着妻子离开我，现在我又要被赶出去。真是祸不单行。Come rain or shineMeaning: This means that nothing will stop you from doing something or going somewhere.意思：无论如何、风雨无阻。Example: Don’t worry. I am definitely coming on Saturday. I’ll be there come rain or shine (no matter what).例句：别担心，我周六肯定来。风雨无阻，无论如何都会到。To save for a rainy dayMeaning: Put money aside in case of an emergency.意思：存钱以备不时之需、未雨绸缪。Example: I’m saving for a rainy day. *You never know what’s round the corner. This is another idiom.例句：我在存钱以备不时之需。* 你永远不知道意外和明天哪个先来。（这也是一个习语）*‘You never know what’s round the corner’ means that ‘anything unexpected can happen’.*“你永远不知道接下来会发生什么” 意思是 “任何意外都可能发生”。To be snowed underMeaning: To have too much work.意思：工作忙得不可开交、被工作淹没。Example: I can’t leave the office until late this evening because I’m snowed under.例句：我今晚得很晚才能下班，因为工作实在太多了。To break the iceMeaning: Say something to make people feel less nervous or embarrassed, and more relaxed especially in a social setting.意思：打破僵局、缓和气氛、打开话匣子。Example: He made a joke about the weather and everyone started laughing. That really broke the ice.例句：他开了个关于天气的玩笑，大家都笑了，一下子就打破了尴尬。A ray of hopeMeaning: A small chance of something happening depending on luck - this expression is used in a positive sense.意思：一线希望。Example: My lawyer told me there is a ray of hope that I will win the case. He thinks there is a little bit of a possibility.例句：我的律师告诉我，我还有一线希望能赢下这个案子。他觉得还是有一点可能的。A ray of sunshineMeaning: Something or someone who brings happiness into your life.意思：生命中的一缕阳光、带来快乐的人或事物。Example: My new puppy is a ray of sunshine. He has reallybrightened up my life.例句：我的新小狗就是我生命里的一缕阳光，真的照亮了我的生活。*Brighten up = make more pleasant.*Brighten up = 使更愉快、点亮。To make hay while the sun shinesMeaning: This means that you shouldn’t *turn down a good opportunity, usually to earn money, as you never know; maybe tomorrow you won’t be so lucky. Take advantage of a good opportunity when it arises.意思：趁热打铁、把握良机、趁晴晒草。Example: My boss has asked me to work on Sundays so I’ve accepted. I need to make hay while the sun shines.例句：老板让我周日加班，我答应了。我得抓住这个机会。*Turn down = reject/refuse/not accept.*Turn down = 拒绝。The tip of the icebergMeaning: We use this expression to refer to a situation in which you or someone else can only see a small part of a more complex problem.意思：只是冰山一角。Example: The money laundering scandal is just the tip of the iceberg. Behind it there is seemingly a multimillion dollar drug ring.例句：这起洗钱丑闻只是冰山一角，背后似乎还牵扯着一个价值数百万美元的贩毒集团。To have your head in the cloudsMeaning: To walk around in a dream like state unaware of what is going on around you.意思：心不在焉、胡思乱想、不切实际。Example: The student wasn’t paying attention to the lesson. His mind was elsewhere/he was thinking about other things. The teacher told him he would have to stop having his head in the clouds all the time if he wanted to pass his exams.例句：那个学生上课不专心，心思飘到别处去了。老师告诉他，如果想通过考试，就别总胡思乱想、心不在焉。Every cloud has a silver liningMeaning: Out of every bad situation comes some good. This idiom is used to comfort people who are *going through a difficult moment in their lives.意思：黑暗中总有一线光明、守得云开见月明。Example: Don’t worry too much about losing your job. Maybe it was your destiny. There will be a much better job out there for you. Remember that every cloud has a silver lining.例句：别太担心失业，也许这是命中注定。你会找到更好的工作。记住，黑暗中总有一线光明。*To go through = to experience something – usually something unpleasant.*To go through = 经历（通常指不愉快的事）。Another idiom with the same meaning as the one above is:和上面意思相同的另一个习语是：After the rain comes the sunshine雨过天晴Example: Relax and be happy that things are not going too well for you. This means that something good is going to happen. After the rain comes the sunshine.例句：放轻松，就算现在不顺也别难过，好事马上就会来。雨过总会天晴。There’s a cloud on the horizonMeaning: If you foresee a problem or difficulty that could happen in the future, then you use this expression.意思：不祥之兆、危机初现、前途有隐忧。Example: I can see a cloud on the horizon. Our biggest client is about to go bust and they still haven’t paid for this year’s huge order. If they *go bust then we riskgoing underalong with them.例句：我已经看到不祥之兆了。我们最大的客户快要破产了，他们今年的大订单还没付款。如果他们破产，我们也可能跟着一起倒闭。*Go bust/go under = go bankrupt (when a business fails).*Go bust /go under = 破产。*Along with = together with.*Along with = 一起。There’s something in the windMeaning: When you sense something is going to happen.意思：预感有事要发生、风声不对、山雨欲来。Example: The boss is really nervous today. No doubt there is something in the wind.例句：老板今天特别紧张，肯定是有什么事要发生了。To get a windfallMeaning: To receive an unexpected source of money; usually quite substantial.意思：意外之财、横财。Example: I received an unexpected cheque from the income tax office; that was a real windfall.例句：我收到了税务局寄来的意外退税支票，真是一笔意外之财。A storm in a teacupMeaning: To greatly over react to something that is not of great importance. You become angry for nothing.意思：小题大做、大惊小怪、茶杯里的风波。Example: I caused a real storm in a teacup when I forgot to phone my girlfriend Jenny. She went absolutely crazy. I don’t know whatcame over her. She was screaming blue murder for hours after I met her. She didn’t believe that I had forgotten. She suspected I was with another girl.例句：我忘了给女朋友珍妮打电话，结果她大发雷霆，真是小题大做。我不知道她怎么了，见到我后歇斯底里地吼了好几个小时，根本不相信我只是忘了，还怀疑我跟别的女孩在一起。*To come over (a person) = be suddenly effected emotionally, so much so that your normal behaviour changes.*To come over (某人) = 突然情绪失控、行为反常。To have a face like thunderMeaning: We use this expression when someone has a really angry expression on his or her face.意思：脸色铁青、怒气冲冲、一脸怒容。Example: Her face was like thunder when I told her I had broken her crystal vase.例句：当我告诉她我打碎了她的水晶花瓶时，她脸色铁青。To storm outMeaning: Leave a place very angrily.意思：怒气冲冲地离开、摔门而去。Example: She stormed out of the house and slammed the door behind her because her mother had accused her of something she hadn’t done.例句：她妈妈冤枉了她，她气得冲出家门，狠狠摔上了门。To weather the stormMeaning: To experience and survive a difficult situation.意思：渡过难关、挺过风雨。Example: I don’t know how she manages to keep a smile on her face after all she’s *been through. She really knows how to weather the storm.例句：经历了这么多事，她还能保持微笑，我真不知道她是怎么做到的。她真的很会挺过难关。*To go through or to have been through = endurance of an unpleasant situation.*To go through /have been through = 熬过、经历困境。To spring cleanMeaning: To give the house a good thorough (deep) cleaning; usually people do this in spring time, although it is used for any time of the year.意思：大扫除、春季大扫除。Example: I’m going to spring clean the house. I haven’t cleaned it properly for a long time.例句：我要给家里来一次大扫除，已经很久没好好打扫了。To have an Indian summerMeaning: When the weather is unexpectedly hot. This expression is used mainly for countries where the climate is not so good.意思：小阳春、晚秋回暖、意外的好天气。Example: Britain had an Indian summer last year. It was 35 degrees nearly every day.例句：英国去年经历了一段小阳春，几乎每天都有 35 度。A fair weather friendMeaning: When someone is your friend only when everything is going well but stops being your friend the minute things start to go wrong in your life we use the expression.意思：酒肉朋友、只能同甘不能共苦的朋友。Example: It’s goodbye to you my fair weather friend. I never want to see you again. The minute I had a problem you stopped phoning me. It is better to lose a friend like you than keep you.例句：再见了，我只能同甘不能共苦的朋友。我再也不想见到你。我一遇到困难，你就再也不联系我了。失去你这样的朋友，反而是好事。To stand about as much chance as a snowball in hellMeaning: When you see the situation as impossible.意思：毫无希望、机会渺茫、绝无可能。Example: I think I stand about as much chance as a snowball in hell of getting that job. I’ve got no qualifications.例句：我觉得我得到那份工作的机会微乎其微，我什么资质都没有。