习用语是语言的艺术,是语言的一种特殊表达方式。本文从英语习用语的概念入手,介绍了英语习用语的起源、特性及翻译方法。习用语是文化的表征,表现形式多种多样,并且富含各种修辞,习用语本身也是一种修辞并且与文化有着紧密的联系。习用语的意义不是简单的单词直译,一些习用语的语言不符合语法逻辑,不能按常理来理解它。就翻译方法而言,虽然直译法总是处于最重要的位置,但是意译和直译意译相融法也是必不可少的。作为文化交流的媒介,习用语的翻译极其重要。 The idiom is the art of language, a special expression of language. This article begins with the concept of English idioms and introduces the origin, characteristics and translation methods of idioms in English. As a cultural representation, idioms are diverse and contain a variety of rhetoric. The idiom itself is also a rhetoric and has a close relationship with the culture. The meaning of idioms is not a simple word literal translation, some of the idioms of the language does not meet the grammatical logic, can not understand it by common sense. As far as the method of translation is concerned, although literal translation is always the most important place, it is also indispensable to combine the free translation and the free translation. As a medium of cultural exchange, translation of idioms is extremely important.