释义 |
Examples:the past is vanished like the wind; gone beyond recall—pure and innocent like the heart of a newborn—like flies pursuing a stink (idiom); the mob chases the rich and powerful—like ants pursuing a stink (idiom); the mob chases the rich and powerful—elegant, almond-shaped eyes with the inner canthus pointing down and the outer canthus up, like the eye of a phoenix—pass like thunder and move like the wind (idiom); swift and decisive reaction—lit. stand like the three legs of a tripod—live like the immortals (advertising real estate)—lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea—lit. like the new, and hate the old (idiom); fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old—like a thing of the previous generation—fig. ride like the wind [idiom.]—like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies [idiom.]—know sth. like the back of one's hand [idiom.]—lit. countenance of a flower, face like the moon [idiom.]—lit. people fear getting famous like pigs fear fattening up (for the slaughter)—the wolf runs and the wild boar rushes (idiom); crowds of evil-doers mill around like wild beasts—lit. like thunder piercing the ear—rush like ducks (idiom); the mob scrabbles madly for sth unobtainable—disappear like a stone dropped into the sea—lit. if the rabbit dies, the fox grieves (idiom); fig. have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress—scattered about like stars in the sky or chess pieces on a board (idiom); spread all over the place—shouting abuse in the street like a fishwife—the sun and moon like a shuttle (idiom); How time flies!—the sword moves like a dragon-fly (modern idiom)—lit. like a candle in the wind, or frost on the roof [idiom.]— |