chapter 2 idioms and history. roman conquest teutonic conquest scandinavian / vikings’ invasion...
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Chapter 2
Idioms and History
Roman Conquest
Teutonic Conquest
Scandinavian / Vikings’ Invasion
Normandy Conquest
The Independence of the US
The World Wars
Ⅰ Roman Conquest
1) Do in Rome as the
Romans do.
2) Rome was not built in a
day.
3) All roads lead to Rome.
4) appeal to Caesar
5) Great Caesar!
=Great Heavens!
6) render to Caesar the
things that are Caesar’s
1. Claudius’ Conquest
7) bear the palm She born the palm in all she attempted and was
acknowledged supreme among her school fellows.9) thumbs up / down The government’s plans have got the thumbs up
from the trade unions. When the play opened, the local press gave it
the thumbs down.8) worth one’s salt Any engineerworth his saltshould knowhow thatmachine works. gladiator
2. Pompeius Magnus vs. Caesar
1) cross / pass the Rubicon
2) The die is cast.
3) burn one’s boats
ⅡTeutonic Conquest
1. cut / sting / wound someone to the
quick
Her cruel words cut him to the quick.
2. go through fire and water
I would go through fire and water to
find out the truth of that matter.
Celts Angles Saxons Jutes(Low West Germanic) Anglo-Saxon
Ⅲ Scandinavian / Vikings’ Invasion
1. rain cats and dogs
You can’t go out tonight, it is raining cats and
dogs.
2. six of one and half a dozen of the other
Johnny says it’s six of one and half a dozen of the
other whether he does the job tonight or tomorrow
night.
1 inch = 12 feet , 1 shilling = 12 pence
Danelaw
Alfred the Great
the Peace of Wedmore
Ⅳ Normandy Conquest William Ⅰ & House of Normandy
take the French leave vs. filer à l’anglaise
1. take heart ( prendre coeur ) Everybody has taken heart from the news of
victories.
2. stew in one’s own juice ( cuire dans son jus ) The last time I lent her money after she had spent al
l her own she just wasted it. So this time I let her stew in
her own juice.
3. return to one’s muttons ( Revenons à nos mouton
s )
4. put all one’s eggs in one bag ( mettre tous ses oeufs
dans le même ) To buy stock in a single company is to put all your egg
s in one basket.
5. have the courage of one’s opinions / convictions ( av
oir le courage de son opinion ) You have expressed very strong opinions about marri
age: I hop you will have the courage of your convictions wh
en you get married yourself.
6. on the qui vive
Some of the men have never done this kind of work b
efore, so you’ve got to be on the qui vive for any mistakes.
Ⅴ The Independence of the US 1. pipe of peace Let’s drop our enmity and smoke the pipe of peace.2. Indian Summer3. John Hancock Put your John Hancock at the bottom of the
document. John Henry → put your John Henry to a document4. pan out Edison’s efforts to invent an electric light bulb did not
pan out until he used tungsten wires.5. OK1 ) Thomas Woodrow Wilson2 ) all correct6. apple-pie order Like a good secretary, she kept the boss’s desk in ap
ple-pie order.
Okeh
Ⅵ The World Wars 1. 1 ) GI = government issue GI shoes, GI haircut, have everything run GI... 2 ) Jeep General Purpose, G.P. E.C. Segar & Popeye Eugene the Jeep 3 ) appease Neville Chamberlain & Adolf Hitler appease another nation4 ) quisling Vidkun Abraham Quisling5 ) Gestapo Geheime staats-polizei6 ) flak Flieger (aviator), Abwehr (defense), Kanonen (guns)
2. 1 ) forlorn hope (verloren hoop: suicide squadron):a plan or attempt that is very unlikely to succeed 。 My mission was a forlorn hope. 2 ) the fifth column Francisco Franco & Emilio Mola fifth columnist, fifth columnism3 ) Quonset hut Quonset (Rhode Island) En: Nissen hut (Peter N. Nissen)4 ) Gremlin Grimm & Fairy Tales + Fremlin “Any gremlin trouble last night?” Wing Commander
Prall asked. Gremlins were at work on this column yesterday. Our biggest gremlin was rust.
3. 1 ) A-bomb
2 ) block-buster
a block-buster novel
a shop doing block-buste
r business
a block-buster of an idea