IDIOM PHRASE PROVERB By Rose Wang Contents l

IDIOM 成語 PHRASE 片語 PROVERB　諺語 By Rose Wang 王秀鶯 (靖淳)

Contents l Time 時間 l Attitudes 態度 l Personalities 特質

Time

Wait… l l Hold your horses! 等一下; 別急 例: Hold your horses! Let him finish first. 等一下!先讓他說完。 同: wait a minute/moment/second Take it easy. 放輕鬆 be patient 別急 In good time 一下子; 很快地 例: “In good time; be patient. ” 馬上就可以了, 有耐心一點

At last 最後; 總算; 終於 例: At last, John asked Rose to marry him. 終於, John向Rose求婚了。 l At first 最初; 起初 同 in the beginning l in the end 最後 l Sooner or later 遲早; 早晚 例: The traffic is heavy, but sooner or later, we will get there. Be patient. l At once 馬上 ; 同時 例: I can’t do two things at once. 我不能同時做兩件事 l

l On time 準時地 (指at the scheduled time在預定的時間) In time 及時 l Ahead of time 提早 l Punctually 準時地 l In a hurry 急忙地 (同 in a rush) l In no hurry 從容不迫地 l

l call it a day 今天到此為止 ; (回家)休息 例: It’s getting late; let’s call it a day. l time flies 時間似箭 例: We’ve already been at work for two hours? ! My, how time flies! 我們己經 作兩個小時了? ! 天啊, 時間過得可真快!

l Be pressed for time 趕時間 例: We’re pressed for time; we’d better hurry. 應用: pressed for answers 急於獲得解答的 例: We were pressed for answers to our problem. 我們急需問題的解答 l High time 早該…. 了 例: It’s high time we sat down and discussed this matter. 我們早該做下來討論這件事了

l At your own pace 照你的步調 例: Computer software for learning English is useful because students can work at their own pace. 　　學習英文的電腦軟體之所以有用，是因 　為學生可依自己的進度來學習。 l Stick around 在某處（等候某人到來） 例: I don’t want to leave; I’m going to stick around for a while. 我不想走，我還要再多待一會兒。

Attitudes 態度

Attitudes l l l l l On the ball 能幹的；專注的 Head in the clouds　心不在焉；作白日夢 Not playing with a full deck 精神不正常 With it 機靈的 not with in 反應遲頓的 Have (one’s) head together 頭腦清楚 Head-strong　頑固的 Open-minded 明理的；無偏見的 Hign-minded　思想高尚的 Feeble-minded 意志薄弱的 Narrow-minded 心胸狹窄的

Personalities

Personalities l l l l l A night person 夜貓子 A dog person 愛狗人士 A coffee person 愛喝咖啡的人 A morning person 早起的人 A working mom 上班 作的母親 Down-to-earth 務實的；老實的 Have(one’s)head in the clouds 不切實際 Stay up late 敖夜 Life of the party 團體中的核心人物