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1.be all mouth(BrE also)be all mouth and(no)trousers(informal)if you say someone is all mouth, you mean that they talk a lot about doing something, but are, in fact, not brave enough to do it 说说而已；雷声大，雨点小；口说一大套，没有勇气去做到 1.1 De be scared of her.She won’t hurt you — she’s all mouth.不要怕她。她不会伤害你 — 他只是说说而已。

1.2 He said that anyone caught trespaing on his land would be taken to police, but he was all mouth to scare away the trespaers.他说任何人闯入他的土地被抓住要被送往警察，但他只是说说而已目的是要吓走那些私闯者们。

2.be born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth

be born into a very rich family 生在富贵人家；生来富贵

2.1 He is a perfectly well bred man whose conduct is deserving of highest praise and he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.他是个有完好教养的人，他的品行应受到高度称颂，而他是生在富贵人家。

2.2 They had both been born with silver spoons in their mouths, and never had to worry about money.他们俩都是生来富贵，从不为钱发愁。

3.butter wouldn’t melt in one’s mouth(spoken)a person looks very innocent, but probably is not;a person is very nice to people, but is not sincere;acts very polite and friendly, but does not really care 虚情假意；花言巧语；看来老实；其实安然

3.1 She looks as if butter wouldn’t melt in her mouth, but don’t be fooled by first impreion.她看来好像很老实而其实不然，不要被她给你第一印象所愚弄。

3.2 He was always marked his anger with a cheerful smile and pretended to be polite and respectful to people without sincerity — the looked as if butter wouldn’t melt in his mouth.他总是以动人的微笑掩盖他的愤怒，他装着以礼待人和尊纵别人而毫无诚意 — 都是虚情假意。

4.be word of mouth in spoken, not written words Note: A humorous way to refer to communication through modern methods, such as e-mail or chat rooms, is “by word of mouse”(= a computer mouse)口头（并非书面）通知一种幽默的方式指通过现代化方法通讯，例如电子邮件或聊天室等，是“鼠标文字” “by word of mouse” 4.1 The news spread by word of mouth.这一消息由口头传播开了。

4.2 The news got around by word of mouse.这一消息由网上传播开了。

4.3 It’s often a secret way to pa down the instruction of a higher leading body to gra — root units by word of mouth.常见的秘密方式把上级的指示口头传达到各个基层。

4.4 „after attempting several letters, and failing in them all, he resolved to do it by word of mouth.(Charles Dickens, “Flard Times”, BookⅠ, ChapterⅩⅤⅠ)

„他一连写了几封信，都不成功，于是决定亲自口头通知他。

5.down in the mouth(informal)unhappy and depreed 垂头丧气；沮丧；气馁

5.1 Why is she looking so down in the mouth?

为什么她看来那么垂头丧气？

5.2 All the players were down in mouths when their team had lost the final.当她们的队输了决赛时，所有队员都很沮丧。

6.foam at the mouth(informal)be extremely angry Note: If an animal foams at the mouth, it has a ma of small bubbles in an around its mouth, especially because it is very ill or angry.极其愤怒；恼怒至极；口吐泡沫

6.1 He stood there foaming at the mouth.I’ve never seen anybody so angry.6.2 He was highly incensed at such a smear, foaming at mouth.他被如此侮辱完全激怒了，简直愤怒到了极点。

6.3 He was really foaming at the mouth when he has a flat tire again.当轮胎又爆了时，他真是恼怒极了。

7.(straight)from the horse’s mouth / out of the horse’s mouth(of information, etc)directly from the person who really knows because they are closely connected with its source;from the source of original statement 最直接的信息源；来自原始的信息源；据最可靠的消息 7.1 “How do you know he’s leaving? “I got it straight from the horse’s mouth.He told me himself.” “你怎么知道他要走了？”

“我从最原始的信息源获悉的，是他本人告诉我的。”

7.2 It’s the first-hand tips straight from the horse’s mouth that the Chairman will soon resign.据第一首最可靠的信息董事长很快就会辞职了。

8.have(got)a plum in one’s mouth(BrE disapproving)speak in a way that is thought to be typical of the English upper claes.言谈高雅；被认为上流阶段的典型言谈方式；言语趾高气扬 8.1 Speaks as if she’s got a plum in her mouth.她讲起话来好像趾高气扬。

9.heart in / into one’s mouth one feels very anxious or afraid 深为惊恐；深感忧虑；焦虑万分；诚惶诚恐

9.1 My heart was in my mouth as I waited to hear whether the jury would find me guilty or not guilty.我等待陪审团宣布我是否有罪时，真是诚惶诚恐。9.2 A sound brought my heart into mouth.(Robert Stevenson, “Treasure Island”, Chapter Ⅳ)这一声响使我吓得要命。

9.3 When I was going into the vacant haunted house where a profound silence that prevailed over all brought my heart into my mouth.当我走进那空无一人的凶宅时，那里万籁俱寂时我害怕极了。

9.4 As being conscience he went to see the Right Reverend with his heart in his mouth.由于受到良心谴责，他们诚惶诚恐的心情去见主教。

9.5 She was telling a story of a ghost to the children whose hearts were in their mouth and their hair stood on end as the ghost made its appearance at night.她对那些恐惧万分的孩子们讲鬼故事，她将到鬼在晚上出现时孩子们毛发悚然。

10.keep one’s mouth shut / shut your mouth / trap / face / gob(informal)a rude way of telling someone to be quite, stop talking or stay silent Note: trap and gab are slang words for “human mouth”.闭嘴

10.1 “Shut your mouth,” Roger said, “or I’ll kick you out.”

“闭嘴，”罗杰说，“否则我把你踢出门外。” 10.2 Why can’t you learn to keep your big mouth shut?

你怎么学不会闭上你的臭嘴？10.3 If you’ll just shut your trap / gob / mouth long enough I’ll explain what’s wrong.如果只要你把你的嘴闭上相当时间，我就解释出了什么差错。

11.laugh on the wrong side of one’s mouth / laugh on the other side of one’s mouth / laugh out of the other side of one’s mouth(informal)get the worst of something that had seemed to be an advantage;have a joke turned against one;change from joy to sorrow;be severely disappointed in one’s hope(often continuous tenses)变优势为劣势；变胜局为败局；把笑话转而取消某人；转喜为悲；变希望为失望

11.1 Once he hears the results and finds that he hasn’t won as he expected, he’ll be laughing out of the wrong wide of his mouth.一旦他听到了这样的结果并发现他并没像他预料的会赢，他将会转喜为悲。

11.2 He boasted that he was a good skater, but after he fell, he would be laughing out of the other side of his mouth.他吹嘘他是一个溜冰能手，但他摔倒后，他将会转喜为悲。

11.3 Tom used to be the top one in the examination of many subjects.He fails to pa some this time, he will be laughing out of the other side of his mouth.汤姆过去许多门学科考试都拔尖。这一回他却有些学科不及格，却转忧为劣。

12.leave a bad / nasty taste in the / one’s mouth(of an experience)make you feel angry, bitter or disgusted 使人愤怒，痛苦或厌恶

12.1 The idea that the money had been stolen from her sick mother left a nasty taste in the mouth.她的脑中深印着从他的有病的母亲那里那笔钱被偷走了，真是她感到气愤。12.2 When you see someone being treated so unkindly, it leaves a bad taste in your mouth.当你看到有人被如此虐待，你感到厌恶。

12.3 In order to be promoted, he made the best of his way to grease his chief’s palm.What he had done left a nasty taste in my mouth.为了获得提升他想方设法去贿赂头头。他的所做所为真令人恶心。

13.live from hand to mouth spend all money you earn on basic needs such as food, without being able to save any money;live poorly;adj.hand-to-mouth 仅足糊口；生活得穷困潦倒

13.1 The unemployed worker tired hard to get a job, as he was worried about his family living from hand to mouth, borrowing money and never being sure where their next meal was coming from.那个失业的工人想尽一切办法去找工作，因为他担心他的家人生活在穷困潦倒之中借钱度日，从来没有保证他们的下一顿饭不知来自何处。13.2 There’s no way we can even think about going on holiday this year;as we are literally living from hand to mouth.今年想要去度假，连门都没有，因为我们简直是仅足以糊口 13.3 Most of our people struggle for hand-to-mouth existence.我们大多数人未仅足以糊口的生存而挣扎。

14.(not)look a gift horse in the mouth(informal)(not)find something wrong with something given to you free;to complain if a gift is not perfect(usually negative)Origin: The usual way to judge the age of a horse is to look at its teeth 送来的礼物就不要挑剔；决不抱怨礼物有瑕疵；送来的马不验牙

14.1 I shan’t complain about the poor view since the ticket was free;after all, don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.既然门票是免费的，我就不抱怨风景很差，终究送给你不会去验他的牙齿。

14.2 He didn’t want to accept the offer of a free holiday but I told him not to look a gift horse in the mouth.他并不想接受给他提供的免费度假，然而我告诉他送来的礼物就不要挑剔了。

14.3 The Hong Kong Jockey Club presented policemen patrol squad of Dalian City with a gift of some horse.The policemen were unlikely to look those gift horse in the mouth.香港赛马会送给大连女警巡逻队一些马匹。女警就未必会对送来的马匹去验马。

15.make one’s mouth water make someone feel hungry;make one wants very much to eat or drink something one sees or smells;make someone want to do or to have something very much 使人垂涎欲滴；使人渴望获得；使人垂涎三尺；吸引人 15.1 The smell of your cooking is making my mouth water.你的烹调香味是我垂涎欲滴。

15.2 The sight of all that money make his mouth water.一看到所有那些钱就是他垂涎三尺。

15.3 The jewels displayed in the window made lady paerby’s mouth water.橱窗展出的珠宝把过路女士们吸引住了。

16.me and my big mouth used when you realize that you said something you should not have said Origin: Big mouth, one who talks too much or too loudly 我本来就不该说，我有多嘴了。

16.1 I Shouldn’t have said that me and my big mouth!（意识到说了些本不该说的话）我有多嘴了！我有管不住我的嘴了！

17.melt in one’s mouth(of food)be soft and very good to eat（指食物）入口即溶化；美味可口；香嫩可口 17.1 They serve steaks that melt in your mouth.他们供应美味可口的牛排。

17.2 I like to have custard tarts or cocoanut tarts with my tea, they melt in the mouth.我喜欢喝茶时吃蛋挞或者椰挞，它们入口即溶化。17.3 The sirloin steak was s o tender that it melted in your mouth.腰方肌牛排肉很嫩一直入口即溶化。

18.open your(big)mouth(informal)say something when you should not 说不该说的话

18.1 Why do you always have to open your big mouth? Can’t you just keep quiet sometimes?

为什么你总是说你不该说的话？有时你就不能免开尊口吗？ 18.2 Don’t open your big mouth too wide.No one will get along with you.不要说太多你不该说的话，不会有人同意你的。

19.put one’s foot in one’s mouth / in it(informal)say or do something that upsets, offends or embarraes someone without intending to 出口不逊；不知分寸；使人陷入窘境；弄糟；无意中伤了人；闯祸

19.1 Jane didn’t know you were still in town at the time of her party;now you’ve put your foot in your mouth.珍并不知道你举办晚会时你仍然在镇上，现在你已经无意中伤了人。19.2 Every time she opens her mouth she puts her foot in it.每次说话都不知分寸。

19.3 He really put his foot in his mouth when he mentioned the party to her.She hadn’t beer invited.你真是使人陷入窘境竟然向他提起那晚会，而他并没有被邀请。

19.4 Bill Clark put in his mouth with his remark about armchair strategist who gave his advice blindly when his chief was just standing behind and he might think Bill was alluding to him.当比尔·克拉克的头头正好站在后面是比尔出言不逊批评瞎指挥的门造成的领导，他很可能认为比尔在影射他。

19.5 The secretary put her foot in her mouth when she spilled coffee on her bo.20.put one’s head in the lion’s mouth deliberate put oneself in a dangerous or risky situation（有意要）置身险境；置身虎口、狮子中；冒险20.1 So I put my head in the lion’s mouth and asked my bo for a pay rise.我把自己置身于险境冒昧陈辞要求老板加薪。

20.2 He put his head in the lion’s mouth;he didn’t want to leave when typhoon was menacing his house with instant destruction.他把自己置身于险境，当局风筝在威胁他的房子顷刻即毁时，他还不愿离开他家。

20.3 Some riders put their heads in the lion’s mouth to grab a handful of robs(to take a train by illegally jumping on and off).有些铁道偷窃犯冒死非法跳上跳下火车。

21.put one’s money where one’s mouth is(informal)show that one really means what one says by actually doing something, giving money, etc.rather than just talking about 说到做到；说话算数；绝非说说而已

21.1 The government talks about helping disabled people, but doesn’t put into where its mouth is.政府无论如何帮助残疾人，但是话说到了钱未到位，说说而已。

21.2 You think she’ll win? Come one, then, out your money where your mouth is(= have a bet with me).你认为她赢？那么来吧。你的话到钱到（敢与我打赌）。

21.3 I claim your promise — put your money where your mouth is — abide by your promise.我要求你实践你的诺言 — 说到做到而绝非说说而已 — 你要守约。

22.put words in(to)someone’s mouth(informal)to make statement that one claim are the opinions of someone else with whom one is speaking;say or suggest that someone has said something when they have not 把别人没有说过的话勉强加在别人头上；言而无据；无中生有；歪曲原意 22.1 I never mentioned going away for a holiday, don’t put words into my mouth.我从来没有说过要外出度假，别把这些话强加在我的心上。

22.2 You’re putting words in my mouth.I didn’t say the whole house was dirty;I just said the living room needed a clean.你在歪曲我的原意，我并没有说整栋房子很脏，我只是说起居室需要打扫一下。22.3 She went so far as to imagine Martin proposing, herself putting the words into his mouth„

(Jack London, “Martin Edem ”, Chapter ⅩⅩ)

她竟然凭想象马丁向她求婚，她自己把她的话强加在他的头上。

22.4 I didn’t said that I would be in favour of your idea.You have put words into my mouth.我并没有说我会赞成你的意见，是你把你的想说的话强加在我的头上。

23.shoot one’s mouth off(about something)shoot at the mouth 1.talk publicly or carelely about things which should be secret(often continuous tenses)欠慎重泄露秘密；公开谈个人隐私

23.1.1 This is a secret.Please don’t shoot your mouth off to everyone about it.这是一个秘密。请你不要随随便便想人人泄漏它。

23.1.2 Don’t you go shooting your mouth off about the secret I’ve told you;remember, I trust you.我对你讲的秘密你不会很随便就泄漏吧；要记住，我信得过你。2.talk loudly and with too much pride about something(often continuous tenses)瞎吹嘘；胡扯；过分渲染；像连珠炮胡乱夸口；信口开河

23.2.1 Mark is always shooting his mouth off about all the money he earns.麦克总是瞎吹嘘他全部收入有多少钱。

23.2.2 They got offended when he was shooting off his mouth about their personal busine.当他口无遮拦公开讨论他们个人的私事，他们感到很生气。

24.shut someone’s mouth stop someone from saying something, especially from revealing a secret 堵住某人的嘴；使某人缄口

24.1 His employers tired to shut his mouth by offering him money, but he told the story to the newspapers anyway.他的雇主想用钱堵住他的嘴，但他还是把事情的经过告诉了各报纸。

24.2 The official in change of the public bidding for the important project could not shut the mouths of the tenders invited, the disclosure of his palm being greased by the tenders was reported in all media.负责主管重大工程招标的官员不能堵住竞标者的嘴，竞表者行贿他被揭露出来并在所有媒体都有报导。

25.take the words(right)out of somebody’s mouth say exactly what another person was going to say;say what someone was just thinking 说别人正想要说的；说别人正在思考的 25.1 “The speed limit on motorways should be raised.“I agree completely!You’ve taken the words right out of my mouth.“公路上的限速应当要被提高。” “我完全同意！这正是我想要说的。”

25.2 You’ve taken the words out of my mouth — I just had the very same thought!你已经说了我想要说的 — 我正好有完全同样的想法。

26.watch your mouth / tongue be careful what you say in order not to offend somebody or make them angry 要慎于言；管好自己的嘴（不要冒犯鄙人或令人生气）26.1 Now you just watch your mouth around your grandparents, Billy!

比利，在你的爷爷奶奶面前说话要小心！

26.2 You’ll have a good scolding if you don’t watch your mouth.如果你不管好自己的嘴你要挨一顿臭骂！