1 a horse pill
大药丸,大型丸剂。
This is not a horse pill. This is your pain pill which doctor prescribed.
这不是大药片。这就是医生给你开的止疼药。
2 a horse laugh
狂笑,讥笑,不信任的笑。
At the end of the joke she gave a horse laugh that could be heard a street away.
在那个笑话结束时,她发出一阵狂笑,隔着一条街都能听到。
3 a horse of a different color
完全是另一回事。
Taking the exam is one thing but passing it is a horse of a different color.
考试是一回事;通过考试又是另一回事。
4 be on one's high horse
趾高气扬,藐视他人。
Since Bob was elected president of the club, he's been up on his high horse.
自从鲍勃当选为俱乐部主席以来,他就趾高气扬起来了。
5 beat a dead horse
徒劳无益,白费口舌。
I hate to beat a dead horse, but it is very important that you understand this before you leave.
我不想多此一举,但你离开以前必须了解这个。
6 hold one's horse
忍耐,镇静,别冲动。
Dad, please hold your horse before you get mad at me...
爸,在对我发火之前,请你忍耐一下……
7 clothes horse
爱打扮,赶时髦的人。
Princess Diana was a real clothes horse. It's hard to imagine how much she had spent on clothes.
戴安娜王妃是一个很讲究穿戴的人,很难想象她花在衣服上的钱有多少。
*此外clothes horse figure指“衣服架子”,就是那种穿什么都好看的人。
8 talk horse
吹牛。
They often talk horse when they are free.
他们有空时常常在一起吹牛。
9 one-horse town
落后的小地方。
Then Beijing was a gray, drab, one-horse town where the main means of transportation was the bicycle.
那时的北京是一个灰色、乏味、设施简陋的城市,主要交通工具是自行车。
10 horse-and-buggy days
马车时代,以往岁月。
The post-industrial crisis always reminds citizens of the horse-and-buggy days.
后工业时代的危机总是能让人们回想起以往的岁月。
(来源:网络)