Some English idioms often baffle English learners.

有些英语成语经使英语学习者感到困惑。

His pacey, readable prose steers deftly clear of modern idioms and elegantly brings to life the details of the great tale.

他节奏明快、可性强的散文巧妙地避开了现代成语，优雅地将伟大故事的细节带入生活。

American English has many idioms that come from sports.

美式英语有很多成语都来自体育运动。

So, as you know, idioms are groups of words, they're expressions whose individual words, when they're put together might not mean the exact same thing as the words themselves.

如你所知，成语是一组词语，每个词语表达单独的含义，但把它们在一起的时候，表达的意思可能和单词本身并不完全相同。

Great, idioms. We're gonna talk about different idioms.

太好了，成语。我们要谈论不同的成语。

And this idiom is not just used for sport.

而且这个成语不仅仅用于体育运动。

Today, we explore some idioms and expressions that describe this common condition of life.

今天，我们来探索一些成语和短语来描述这的生活状况。

'Beyond' also has some quite interesting idiomatic usages.

beyond还有一些非有趣的成语用法。

Along similar lines. This is an idiom that means almost the same, comparable.

沿着类似的路线。这是一个成语，意思是几乎相同，可以比较。

Now, let's move on to the last idiom from today's lesson.

现在，让我们继续今天课程中的最后一个成语。

To learn these idioms, we'll look at the story of Mr Pizza.

为了学习这些成语，我们来看看披萨先生的故事。

The next idiom has a very interesting history too.

下一个成语也有很有趣的历史。

It's the phrase, beating swords to plowshares.

这是成语，化剑为犁。

This idiom means to reveal a secret, normally without intending to.

这个成语指的是无意中泄露了秘密。

Almost immediately, making a beeline was co-opted as an idiom.

几乎立刻，“make a beeline”被用作成语。

Oh, well, first of all, you remembered this idiom. That's great.

噢，好了，首先，你记住了这个成语。那很棒。

It's not too much of a tricky idiom there for you.

对你来说，这不是一个太复杂的成语。

" 'Who steals my purse steals trash, '" she quoted.

" ‘偷钱偷钱，偷来的钱不值钱。 ’" 她引用了这句成语。

How many of these idioms do you know?

在这些成语中你知道多少？

You can use this idiom to talk about yourself or other people, especially if your routine is always the same and you really like it that way, then you're a creature of habit.

你可以用这个成语来谈论你自己或其他人，特别是如果你的日工作总是一成不变，而且你非喜欢这方式的话，那么你就是一个习惯性动物。