1. No. 6 Idioms and Proverbs

2. Two features: semantic unity 语义的统一性 ; structural stability 结构的固定性

3. Translation (1) Actions speak louder than words. (2) After a storm comes a calm. (3) All is not gold that glitters. (4) All roads lead to Rome. (5) All time is no time when it is past. (6) Art is long, but life is short. 人

4. (7) Beauty is but skin deep. (8) Better late than never. (9) Birds of a feather flock together. (10) Blood is thick than water. (11) Business is business. (12) Call a spade a spade.

5. ? ? ?? ? ? 1. One day, we hired a carpenter to repair our house. I dwelt on ( 详细 讲述） all the details that needed repairing to him. then I asked him, "Are you clear? Can you remember all that?" "Yes!" the carpenter replied. "I am all ears!" (? ) I felt puzzled and did not know what he meant. Later my eldest son explained to me that he meant, "I am listening attentively!".

6. 2. One day when I was walking in the school corridor, Anna ran over to me and said, "I'm broke. May I...?" I thought she might have fallen somewhere and was injured, so I hurriedly supported her with my hands and asked her, "Are you OK? Do you want me to send you to the clinic?" She felt a little puzzled, but then she said, "I'm ok. I'm broke (? ). May I borrow some money?".

7. I thought that she wanted to borrow money to go to hospital to see a doctor, so I answered quickly, "Let me help you to call an ambulance to the hospital." Not until then did she realize that I had not understood what she meant. She told me that "I'm broke" meant, "I'm penniless." I suddenly saw the light too

8. 3. The eyes are extremely precious to us. That is why we say “ Mind your eye (? ) ! ” when we reminding someone to be careful.

9. 4. The ear is the organ of hearing. A piece of light music is easy on the ear ( 悦耳动听 ). We are usually all ears (? ) for bit news.

10. When they think somebody is overhearing, English people use either of the two proverbs: Walls have ears (?) and Pitchers have ears ( 壶罐有耳 ). They also think that little pitchers have big ears ( 小孩子耳朵尖 ). Nice boys and girls respect other people. They will not secretly listen to others' private conversations.

11. 5.The English phrase "face to face (?)" and its Chinese counterpart ( 对应 )are exactly the same. But English people, to express the same idea, can say nose to nose instead. There is no such substitute in Chinese.

12. The word nose appears in many idioms. Here are two which are quite similar to their Chinese equivalents: lead somebody by the nose ( 牵着某人的鼻子走 ) and turn up one's nose at somebody or something ( 对某人或某物嗤之 一鼻 ).

13. Keys: 1. be all ears! 洗耳恭听 2. be broke 我没钱了 3. Mind one ’ s eye. 当心 4. be all ears 专心聆听 ; Walls have ears. 隔墙有耳 5. face to face 面对面

14. Fill in the blanks. 1. ________ and be fat. 心宽体胖。 2.You cannot draw ________ cloth from a dying vat. 染缸里找不到白布。 3.Don't let the ________ out of the bag! 不要泄露秘密！ 4.All ________ are grey in the dark. 黑暗中难分丑俊。 5.Take off your ________ to your yesterdays. 向昨日挥手告别。

15. 6. Laziness spreads a mat for ________. 懒惰是饥饿的温床。 7. ________ dogs will eat dirty puddings. 急不暇择, 饥不择食。 8. love me, love my ________. 爱屋 及乌。 9.Give a ________ a bad name. 人言 可畏。 10. Every ________ has his day. 凡 人皆有得意日。

16. Keys 1. Laugh 2. white 3. cat 4. cats 5. hat 6. hungry 7. Hungry 8. dog 9. dog 10. dog