人体
1.以头发hair为主题的成语
to split hairs over something 吹毛求疵
a hairsplitter 在小事上做文章的人
to curl one's hair 令人不敢恭维
in one's hair 使某人烦恼
2.以手指 hand & finger 为主题的成语
to have a hand in something 牵涉、参与某事
to have a finger in every pie 什么事都插一手
to give someone a hand 喝彩、帮忙
3.以脚foot为主题的成语
to put one's foot in one's mouth 不小心说错话
to put one's foot in it 说错话惹出麻烦
foot-in-mouth disease 拙语症
to follow one's footsteps 效法某人
to get off on the wrong/right foot 一开始就做错、对
to have one foot in the grave 行将就木
4.以心heart为主题的成语
a heart of gold 心地善良
to have one's heart in the right place 心存善意的人
to have one's heart in one's mouth 吓坏了
to break someone's heart 令某人心碎
to cry one's heart out 痛哭
to eat one's heart out 非常伤心
have a heart 拜托！拜托!
to cross one's heart 发誓
to do someone's heart good 使某人高兴
not have the heart (to do something) 因为心地善良而不忍心做某事
to lose heart 泄气
to take heart 感受鼓励
tp lose one's heart to somebody/something 爱上某人、某物
one's heart sinks 意志消沉
to have one's heart set on (doing) something 很想做某物或某事
can't find it in one's heart to do something 无法下决心去做某事
to search one's heart 扪心自问
to take something to heart 接受忠告
to wear one's heart on one's sleeve 轻易把感情表现出来
to be sick at heart 伤心、心痛
性别
1.以女性girl为主题的成语
girl Friday 忠实可靠的（不可缺的）的女助理
a girl of the town 镇上女郎
2.以man为主题的成语
a greenhorn 不懂事的小伙子
the man in the street 一般市民
a man among men 男子汉大丈夫
to make a man out of someone 把某人锻炼成男子汉
man to man 开陈布公
the next man 任何一个人
the old man 老爸，主管
every man for himself 各自逃命
as one man 全体一起
to be one's own man 自己作主
动物
1.以鸡 hen& cock 为主题的成语
hen fruit 鸡蛋
as mad as a wet hen 如同落汤鸡般生气
like pulling hen's teeth 缘木求鱼
old hens 老女人
hen-pecked 怕老婆的
the cock of the walk 领袖人物
one's own dunghill 自己的地盘
old cock 老朋友
a cock-and -bull story 无稽之谈
2.以鹅 goose 为主题的成语
a goose 呆头鹅
goose pimples/bumps 鸡皮疙瘩
a goose egg 考鸭蛋 零分
to kill the goose that laid the golden eggs 杀鸡取卵
to cook one's goose 搞砸机会
3.以猪 hog&pig 为主题的成语
a road hog 慢吞吞的猪
to eat high on /off the hog 过着优越的生活
a hog in armor 穿上盔甲的猪
to go the whole hog 做个彻底
to make a pig/hog of oneself 过分贪嘴
to act/behave like a hog 举止粗鲁
4.以牛cow&bull 为主题的成语
a cow college 放牛大学
till the cows come home 有得等了
a sacred cow 神圣不可侵犯的人和物
Holy cow 我的天啊!
to take the bull by the horns 痛下决心面对当前困境
a bull in china shop 行事笨拙
1.以马horse 为主题的成语
to back the wrong horse 押错宝
a dark horse 黑马
a horse of different color 另外一件事
to look a gift horse in the mouth 嫌东嫌西
to put the cart before the horse 本末倒置
You can lead a horse to water,but you can't make him drink. 强求不得
2.以猫cat为主题的成语
’fraidy cat 胆小鬼
Curiosity killed the cat 好奇心足以致命
the cat gets someone's tongue 说不出话
to let the cat out of the bag 泄露秘密
to look like something the cat dragged in 一身污渍邋遢
3.以狗dog&hound 为主题的成语
Every dog has his day. 时来运转
Barking dogs don't bite. 虚张声势
dog eat dog 狗咬狗
to put on the dog 充门面 装阔
Hot dog! 好棒
to work like a dog 拼命工作
in the doghouse 身处窘境， 丢脸
...hound 热衷某事，....迷
4.以狼wolf 为主题的成语
to keep the wolf from the door 勉强得以糊口
as hungry as a wolf 饿坏了
to wolf down 狼吞虎咽
a wolf 色狼
a lone wolf 独行侠
a wolf in sheep's clothing 披着羊皮的狼
to cry wolf 拉假警报骗人
to throw someone to the wolves 背弃某人
生活
1.以鞋子shoe为主题的成语
to be in someone's shoes 站在某人的立场上
to put oneself in someone's shoes 替某人设想
to step into someone's shoes 接某人的位子
to fill someone's shoes 接替某人的职务
The shoe is on the other foot 立场刚好相反
to wait for the other shoe to drop 事情没完没了，还得担心
to live on a shoestring 过苦日子
2.以纸牌card&deck为主题的成语
a real card /quite a card 很有趣 ，很特别的人
It's in the cards 命中注定
to lay one's cards on the table 被内情一五一十的告诉别人
to play one's cards close to the chest 设法不让他人知道自己计划的内容
to play one's cards right 好好应用筹码
the deck is stacked(in favor of....) 耍老千（图利自己）
3.以道路road为主题的成语
to burn up the road 以高速度开车
to hit the road 长途旅行
one for the road 离开前再来一杯
on the road to....在迈向.....的路上
all roads lead to Rome. 条条大路通罗马
4.以火fire为主题的成语
a ball of fire 一个非常活跃的人
to add fuel to the fire 火上浇油
to light a fire under someone 让某人动起来
to fight fire with fire 以毒攻毒
to fire away 尽管开口
like a house on fire 气势猛烈
to have (too) many irons in the fire 同时做许多事
5.以蛋egg为主题的成语
a good /bad egg 好、坏人
to lay an egg 下蛋，搞砸
6.以胡萝卜carrot为主题的成语
the carrot and the stick 胡萝卜与棍子，奖赏与惩罚
a carrottop 红头发的人
7.以宴会party为主题的成语
a hen party 母鸡宴会
a stag party 雄鹿宴会
a bachelor party 光棍宴会
a potluck supper/dinner 锅运餐会
a necktie party 领带宴会
时间
1.以日期date为主题的成语
a blind date 盲目约会
to make a date with someone 预约，约会
to date someone exclusively 与某人固定交往
to get a date with someone 约到某人
2.以白天day为主题的成语
to call it a day 今天的工作到此结束
a red-letter day 纪念日
an off day 倒霉的一天
to save for a rainy day 存钱以备不时之需
as clear as day/daylight 与白昼同等清晰
to have seen /known better days 曾经风光一时
That'll be the day 真是太棒了
3.以夜晚night为主题的成语
Good night/God 天啊
night-night 晚安
a night owl 夜猫子
a night spot 夜间地点
4.以明日tomorrow为主题的成语
Tomorrow never comes. 今日事今日毕
Tomorrow is another day. 明天又是另一天
Tomorrow come never. 绝不可能
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