英語(yǔ)習(xí)語(yǔ)諺語(yǔ)成語(yǔ)用法精粹 文學(xué)名著類2-14 an old head on young shoulders

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【字面理解】在年輕的肩膀上有顆年老的頭

【英文解析】It’s used to describe a young person who acts in a more sensible way than you would expect for a person of their age.

【中文解析】年輕而有見識(shí);少年老成

【典型例句】① He’s only seventeen, but he has an old head on young shoulders and remains calm under pressure. 他只有17歲，不過(guò)卻少年老成，面對(duì)壓力沉著冷靜。

② That man would do this job very well, for he clearly has m old head on young shoulders.那人雖年輕卻很有頭 腦，能把工作干得很好。

【注釋】源自莎士比亞的戲劇《威尼斯商人》(TheMerchant of Venice) ： I never knew so young a body with so old a head.(蓋如此少年老成之士，實(shí)鄙人生平所僅見也。)