我們都知道英語與各國語言都是近親，像什么拉丁語，德語，法語，西班牙語的，你可知道英語和我們中國千年的古漢語文化也著一脈相承的淵源，就連它對愛情的感悟都如出一章。漢語中我們把短語平行叫做重疊結構，英語中它會變化為詞詞搭配，詞組相配，正因為它們有著嚴格的對稱，整齊的排列，與我國的漢語相互輝映，也造就了這段妙不可言的愛情。

(1) 以名詞為主的重復，表示時間、次數、數量等。

arm in arm 臂挽臂

例：Arm in arm the student went to school. 學生們挽著胳膊去上學。

back to back 背靠背

例：The two fighters stood back to back. 兩位斗士背靠背地站著。

day after day 一天又一天

例：Day after day he looked forward to the coming of the PLA. 他天天盼望著解放軍的到來。

from cover to cover 從頭至尾

例：He read the book from cover to cover. 他從頭至尾看完了那本書。

face to face 面對面

例：I hadn’t seen him for years when suddenly we stood face to face.

我多年沒見到他了，突然我們面對面地站在了一起。

hand in hand 手拉手

例：The couple were walking hand in hand. 這對夫婦手拉手地走著。

lots and lots of 大量地

例：Lots and lots of light industrial products are sent to the countryside.

大量輕工產品運往農村。

one by one 一個又一個

例：The doctors examined the students one by one . 醫生們一個個檢查了學生們的身體。

word for word 琢字琢句

例：He repeated the story word for word..他琢字琢句復述了那個故事。

year by year 一年一年地

例：This little boy grows tall year by year. 這個小男孩兒長得一年比一年高。

shoulder to shoulder 肩并肩

例：Let’s stand shoulder to shouler. 讓我們共同努力。

side by side 并肩地，并存

例：It is curious to see Buddhism existing side by side with Christianity.

佛教和基督教并存，看起來很奇妙。

see eye to eye 與…看法一致

例：Unfortunately he didn’t see eye to eye with his parents and there were always arguments at home.

不幸的是，他和他的父母意見不一致，家里總是吵吵嚷嚷。

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth以眼還眼，以牙還牙(有點像慕容復的以彼之道還之彼身)

例：What he wants is an eye for an eye .他所需要的是以眼還眼。

from ear to ear 滿面笑容

例：“Good morning,”said Hans, smiling from ear to ear!” 您早!”漢斯滿面笑容地說。

from mouth to mouth 流傳

例：The news of the victory spread rapidly from mouth to mouth. 勝利的消息很快就傳開了。

eyeball to eyeball直接沖突(怒目相向)

例：There were two adversaries standing eyeball to eyeball. 那兩個對手在那站著，怒目而視。

time after time 再三，三番五次

例：The doctor told him time after time to give up smoking 醫生再三讓他戒煙。

from time to time 有時，不時

例：I received her letters from time to time when I studied in the USA.

我在美國學習時時不時會收到她的信。

step by step 一步一步地

例：Step by step, I came near the first building.我一步一步地走近第一座樓房。

bit by bit 一點一點

例：Bit by bit ,she closed the gap.她一點一點地縮短了差距。

(2) 以副詞為主的重復，構成一個新的意思的短語或固定搭配。

again and again 反復地

例：Good books should be read again and again. 好書要一遍一遍地讀。

by and by 不久

例：He will come back by and by .他不久就會回來。

out and out 徹頭徹尾，十足，完全

例：This is out and out big-power chauvinism. 這是徹頭徹尾的大國沙文主義。

through and through 徹底

例：The man is roguish through and through. 這人是個徹底的無賴。

on the up and up 越來越大，越來越高

例：Business was on the up and up .生意越做越大。

over and over 反復

例：He read that poem over and over.他反復讀那首詩。

all and all 總之

例：All in all ,there are twenty of them. 他們總共有二十人。

(3) 出現在某些動詞加上其同源賓語的結構中

例：She lived a happy life.她過著幸福生活。

例：He breathed his last breath. 他咽下了最后一口氣。

例：As he slept, he dreamed a dream. 睡覺時，他做了一個夢。

例：They had to fight a hard fight.他們只能進行一場苦戰。