口语成语(三)

不择手段by any kind of means by hook or crook play hard by fair means or foul

不知所措be at a loss be all adrift lose one’s head out of one’s wits

才疏学浅have little talent and learning

惨绝人寰extremely cruel

沧海桑田time brings a great change to the worlds

沧海一粟/九牛一毛a drop in the bucket

草木皆兵a state of extreme nervousness

层出不穷emerge in endlessly

层峦迭嶂peaks over peaks

察言观色carefully watch what sb. is doing and saying

姹紫嫣红very beautiful flowers

畅行无阻checkless

车水马龙heavy traffic

沉默寡言taciturnity

称心如意well-content

趁热打铁strike while iron is hot Hold a wolf the iron is hot

成群结队gang horde

诚惶诚恐with reverence and awe

诚心诚意sincere desire

承上启下a connecting link between the preceding and the following