Chapter 2 Idioms and History. Roman Conquest Teutonic Conquest Scandinavian / Vikings’ Invasion Normandy Conquest The Independence of the US The World.

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