和地名有关的习语自古有之,像我们熟悉的汉语成语“夜郎自大”、“邯郸学步”、“败走麦城”、“逼上梁山”“黔驴技穷”以及“洛阳纸贵”等都与地名有关。在英语中也不乏其例,比如:meet one’s Waterloo(遭遇滑铁卢)。本文收集了部分涉及地名和人名的英语成语,愿与读者共同领略英语成语的魅力以及相关的英语文化知识。 Idioms related to place names have existed since ancient times, like the Chinese idioms we are familiar with, such as the “Yelangi Arrogance”, “Handan Todd”, “Defeat the City of Mai”, “Forcing on the Mountain”, “ Luoyang expensive paper ”and so on and place names. There is no shortage of examples in English, such as: meet one’s Waterloo (encounter Waterloo). This article collects some English idioms that involve names and names, and is willing to share with readers the charm of English idioms and the related knowledge of English culture.