英语单词趣谈文档格式.docx
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Iassumedthatshewantedtoborrowmoneytogotohospitaltoseeadoctor,soIrespondedquickly,"
Letmehelpyoutocallanambulancetothehospital."
NotuntilthendidsherealizethatIhadnotunderstoodwhatshemeant.Shetoldmethat"
I’mbroke"
meant,"
I’mpenniless."
Isuddenlysawthelighttoo.
Haveanaffairwith...与...有暧昧关系
Thepresidentwasforcedtoresign,forhishavinganaffairwithafilmstarwaslikeatime-bombthatwouldsoonerorlaterruinhisfame.
ItwasreportedthatPresidentClintonhadanaffairwithagirlcalledMonica.
五官与英语习语
eye
Theeyesareextremelyprecioustous.Thatiswhywesay“Mindyoureye(当心)!
”whenweremindingsomeonetobecareful.
Notonlyhumanbeingsandanimalshaveeyes,manythingsalsohave“eyes”-theeyesofaship,theeyeofaneedle,theeyeofatyphoon,andsoon.
ear
Theearistheorganofhearing.Apieceoflightmusiciseasyontheear.(悦耳动听).Weareusuallyallears(专心聆听)forbitnews.
Whentheythinksomebodyisoverhearing,Englishpeopleuseeitherofthetwoproverbs:
Wallshaveears(隔墙有耳)andPitchershaveears(壶罐有耳).Theyalsothinkthatlittlepitchershavebigears(小孩子耳朵尖).Niceboysandgirlsrespectotherpeople.Theywillnotsecretlylistentoothers’privateconversations.
nose
TheEnglishphrase"
facetoface(面对面)"
anditsChinesecounterpart(对应)areexactlythesame.ButEnglishpeople,toexpressthesameidea,cansaynosetonoseinstead.ThereisnosuchsubstituteinChinese.
Thewordnoseappearsinmanyidioms.HerearetwowhicharequitesimilartotheirChineseequivalents:
leadsomebodybythenose(牵着某人的鼻子走)andturnupone’snoseatsomebodyorsomething(对某人或某物嗤之一鼻).
lip
Wehavetwolips:
theupperlipandthelowerlip.Ifone’stwolipsareclosed,onecannotspeak.Soitgoeswithoutsayingthat"
don’topenyourlips(不要开口)"
means"
don’tspeak"
Hislipsaresealed.Arehislipsreallystucktogetherbywaxorglue?
No,hislipsaresealedwhenaskedaboutsomethingthathemustkeepsecret.Sometimesatopsecretisbetrayedbecauseithasescapedsomeone’slips(脱口而出).Thentheincidentmaybecomeapieceofnewsthatisoneverybody’slips(众口相传).
tongue
Weallknowwecannotspeakwithoutthetongue.Sothetongueiscloselyrelatedtospeech.Toholdone’stongue(保持沉默)means"
tokeepsilent"
.Apersonwhohastoomuchtongue(太多嘴)isdislikedbyall,forheistootalkative.Mothertongueisnotthetongueofamother:
itisaperson’snativelanguage.
"
Don’tyouhaveamothbelowyournose(你鼻子底下不是有张嘴吗)?
TheChinesesaysotoblameapersonwhodidnotsaywhatheshouldhavesaid.ButthisnottherightwaytoexpresstheideainEnglish.Englishpeoplewouldsay,"
Youhaveatongueinyourhead,haven’tyou?
与动物有关的谚语
羊
sheep,羊,绵羊,也用来表示羞答答的人,及作“胆小鬼”、“信徒”之意。
aswellbehangedforasheepasforalamb
一不做二不休(偷大羊或偷小羊反正都得挨绞刑。
)
Onescabbedsheepinfectsthewholeflock.
一只羊生疮整群羊遭殃。
Thereisablacksheepineveryflock.
到处都有害群之马。
sheepthathavenoshepherd
乌合之众
aimhigh胸怀大志
Frankaimedhigh,butachievedlittle
Dialogue:
Sue:
Youseemtobeworriedaboutsomethingthesedays
Bob:
Yeah.I’mrunningaroundincircles(忙得团团转)withoutachievinganything.
Runningincircles?
Maybeyouaimtoohighandyou’vetakenmorethanyoucanchew.
Maybe.butIcan’ttoleratedoingnothing.
Youmaytakeabreakbeforebucklingdownon(开始认真地干)yourtargets.
猫
cat,猫、猫科的动物;
也用来指坏心眼的女人;
(爱用指甲)抓人的孩子。
Thecatshutsitseyeswhenstealingcream.
掩耳盗铃:
猫偷吃奶油的时候,总是闭着眼睛。
(观察一下)
Thescaldedcatfearscoldwater.
一朝被蛇咬,三年怕井绳。
(被烫过的猫,连冷水也怕)
Whenthecat’saway,themicewillplay.
猫儿不在,老鼠成精(大王外出,小鬼跳粱)。
goape神魂颠倒的,发疯
Hewentapeassoonashelearnedthathegotthefirstprize.
Dialogue
Mary:
Jackwentape.What’shappened?
Lora:
Hemadeabomb(赚大钱)inhisbusiness.
Howcome?
Hetoldmethathisbusinesshadalmostlandedontherocks(没有前途,没指望了)onlyacoupleofdaysago!
Besides,hedoesn’tseemtobecutoutfor(天生适合干...)doingbusiness.
Foolsmayhaveafortune.Andthisiswhyhewentapewhenhemakebundles(发大财).
狗
dog,狗;
雄狗;
(狐、狼等的)雄兽;
【口】家伙。
Scornful(Hungry)dogswilleatdirtypuddings.
急不暇择,饥不择食。
loveme,lovemydog.
爱屋及乌。
Giveadogabad(anill)name(andhanghim).
人言可畏。
Everydoghashisday.
凡人皆有得意日。
Bewareofasilentdogandstillwater.
提防不吠的狗,小心静止的水。
Astaff[stick]isquickly[soon]foundtobeatadogwith.
欲加之罪,何患无辞。
Barkingdogsseldombite.
爱叫的狗不咬人。
(咬人的狗不露齿。
Everydogisalionathome.
狗是百步王,只在门前凶。
世界各国及城市雅称集锦
Athens(雅典)——thecityofjasmines(茉莉花城)
Berne(伯尔尼)——thecityofclocksandwatches(钟表城)
Brazil(巴西)——thecountryofcoffee(咖啡国)
Canada(加拿大)——thecountryofmapleleaves(枫叶国)
Ecuador(厄瓜多尔)——theequatorialcountry(赤道国)
Ethiopia(埃塞俄比亚)——thebarefootcountry(赤足国)
Egypt(埃及)——thecountryofthepyramids(金字塔国)
Ghana(加纳)——thecountryofcocoa(可可国)
Guba(古巴)——thecountryofsugarcane(甘蔗国)
Japan(日本)——thecountryofCherries(樱花国)
Jerusalem(耶路撒冷)——theholycity(圣城)
Lusaka(卢莎卡)——thecityofcopper(铜城)
Lima(利马)——thecityofdrought(干旱城)
London(伦敦)——thecityoffog(雾都)
Malaysia(马来西亚)——therubbercountry(橡胶国)
Mexico(墨西哥)——thecactuscountry(仙人掌国)
MexicoCity(墨西哥城)——thecityoffrescoes(壁画城)
NewYork(纽约)——BigApple(大苹果城)
Panama(巴拿马)——thebutterflycountry(蝴蝶国)
Singapore(新加坡)——thecountryofgardens(花园国)
Tunisia(突尼斯)——theolivecountry(橄榄国)
Venice(威尼斯)——thecityofwater(水城)
Washington(华盛顿)——thecityofsnow(雪城)
Wellington(惠灵顿)——thecityofwind(风城)
arguesomeonedown驳倒某人
Hehasaglibtongue.Fewpeoplecanarguehimdown.他有三寸不烂之舌。
几乎没人能把他驳倒。
Frankarguedthemanagerdown,thoughhecouldhardlybeconvincedbyanyotherpeople.
Mostpeoplepresentatthemeetingarguedagainstthemeasurestobetakenbythelocalgovernmentindealingwithtrafficjams.
Jackwaspunished,butmostofhiscolleaguesarguedfrohisactions.
Iamtheonewearingpantsinthehouse我当家
OnedayweinvitedourAmericanfriends,acouple,toourhome.Wehadapleasantchat.Duringthechat,Iaskedthemwhowasincontroloftheirfamily’sfinance.Myfriend’swifeanswered,"
Iamtheonewearingpantsinthehouse."
BothmywifeandIwereveryconfused.WewerewonderingwhyshetoldmethatonlysheworetrousersinherhousewhenIaskedwhowasinchargeofthemoneyItheirfamily.Afewpointers(指点,暗示)frommyfriendmadeussuddenlyseethelight.Itturnedoutthatwhatshemeantwas"
Iamincharge."
It’supintheair尚未确定
OnceImetanoldfriendofmineattheschool’scelebrationmeeting.Henceitwasquitenaturalthatwehadatalk.
Iamgoingtobetransferredtoanotherschool,"
saidmyfriend.
When?
Iasked.
It’supintheair,"
sheanswered.
Ifeltratherconfusedandwonderedwhyshesaiditwas"
upintheair"
.
FindingIlookedpuzzled,myfriendknewthatIdidnotunderstandwhatshemeant.Sosheexplainedtomewiththehelpofgestures.
FinallyIgotthepointthat"
It’supintheair"
meant"
Itisuncertain"
costanarmandaleg付出过高的代价
Eatingintherestaurantsinthisstreetwillcostyouanarmandaleg.
BuyinganapartmentinBeijingwillcostyouanarmandaleg
Sandra:
Isay,Frank.Haveyouthoughtaboutchangingthebedsets(床上用品)?
Frank:
Well,I’veactuallybeenthinkingofdiscardingthem.
Andhaveyouthoughtaboutwhereweshouldgoforthenewsets?
Well,IneedtoshoparoundabitbeforeIcandecide.
HowabouttheJohns’intheFifthStreet?
TheJohns’?
Theywillcostyouanarmandaleg.Youhavetopaythroughthenose(为买...付出过高的代价;
被敲竹杠),youknow?
Buttheirqualityisfirstrate.
Iknow.Andtheirpriceisfirstrate,too.
keepsomeoneatarm’slength与某人保持距离
Shesaidthatshecouldn’tputherfingeronwhyeveryoneinthecompanyshouldkeepheratarm’slength.她说他搞不清楚为何公司里的人都不愿已接近他。
Ifyou’vekeptheratarm’slength,shewouldn’tbeabletoetholdofyourweaknessandtakeadvantageofyou.
touchsomeoneontheraw.触及某人的痛处
ThequestionaskedbytheJapaneseladyseemedtohavetouchedthepresidentontheraw,andithadalmostdrivenhimonthewall.
那位日本妇女向总统提出个问题,这一问就好像触及了总统的痛处,并把他逼上了绝境。
Whenwithfriends,peoplealwaystrytoavoidthetopicsthatwouldpossiblytouchthemontheraw.
Youracidcommentmadehimlosefaceandthequestionyouraisedhadtouchedhimontheraw.
Youshouldavoidoffendinghimbytouchinghimontheraw.
Childlikeandchildish天真和幼稚
IhadbeentoAmericaforonlyafewyears,asIdidnotunderstandtheactualmeaningsofthetwowords"
childlike"
and"
childish"
.Aminormisunderstandingwastheresult,andInearlyoffendedmysupervisingprofessor.
OnedayIhadachatwithsomeprofessorsandpostgraduatesintheoffice.thesubje
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