如何巧学善用英语成语
<p></p><p>如何巧学善用英语成语之一</p><p>One of the most difficult aspects of learning any foreign language is being able to understand and use a wide range of idioms. The English language has over 15，000 idioms and native speakers use them very frequently，often without realising it themselves. This can make communication with native speakers confusing.</p><p>在任何语言学习中最困难的一个方面就是，要能理解并运用大量成语。</p><p>英语有20230多个成语，而且本族语使用者常常在不自觉的情况下频繁使用它们。这就造成了与本族语使用者的沟通不畅。</p><p>What is an idiom？ An idiom is a group of words which，when used together，has a different meaning from the one which the individual words have. For example：</p><p>什么是成语呢？一个成语就是一组词，当结合在一起使用时，其意与单个词语所表达的意思均不相同。例如：</p><p>-How do you know that Sid and Nancy have separated</p><p>你怎么知道席德和南希分手了？</p><p>-I heard it on the grapevine.</p><p>我是从小道消息听到的。</p><p>Of course，the second speaker does not mean he heard the news about John by putting his ear to a grapevine！He is conveying the idea visually of information spreading around a widespread network，similar to a grapevine.</p>
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