11. An eye for an eye
[字面意思]:以眼還眼。
[實際意思]報復,復仇,懲罰。說明:A tooth for a tooth 的意思是“以牙還牙”。這兩條成語可放在一起用,也可用任何一個,意思一樣。
E.g.: She abused him, and he insulted her; an eye for an eye.
這個習語相信大家都是知道的哦~ 因為在我們中文也有對應的~就是以牙還牙,以眼還眼~
12. Face the music
[字面意思]:面對音樂。
[實際意思] 面對批評或懲罰;接受由于自己的行為所造成的不良后果。
E.g.: You should tell your mother what happened and face the music.
小伙伴們千萬不要理解為面對音樂哦~ 這樣是不make sense的噠~ 如果我們犯了錯,就得face the music咯~Orz
13. Have one’s head in the clouds
[字面意思]:把頭放在云層里。
[實際意思] 不實際的;不現(xiàn)實的;想入非非。
E.g.: The proposal he made was not feasible; I think he has his head in the clouds.
形容不切實際,這個詞組可是絕佳的選擇哦~
14. Have one’s heart in one’s mouth
[字面意思]:把心放在自己的嘴里。
[實際意思] 害怕,緊張。
E.g.: I had my heart in my mouth when I checked my IELTS result.
有木有!~有木有!~大家在查雅思成績的時候心里是不是都非常緊張呢~ 以后口語考試中用have one’s heart in one’s mouth代替nervous,瞬間感覺高大上了有木有!
15. Cost an arm and a leg
[字面意思]:花費一條胳膊和一條腿。
[實際意思] 價格非常昂貴。變形體:Pay an arm and a leg. 兩條習語的是一樣的哦~
E.g.: These opera tickets cost us an arm and a leg!
不要傻傻的再用expensive這么普通的詞了~ Lexical Resource UP UP UP!!!
四:與動物相關的習語.
16. Crocodile tears
[字面意思]:鱷魚的眼淚。
[實際意思] 假悲哀;不是真心悲哀而流眼淚;貓哭耗子假慈悲。
E.g.: She dropped a few crocodile tears over her husband’s death then got his insurance money and married again two weeks later.
我們中文里面也有鱷魚的眼淚這種說法哦,形容人假惺惺的掉眼淚~
17. Rain cats and dogs
[字面意思]:(天上)下狗下貓。
[實際意思] 傾盆大雨。說明:英語受北歐文化的影響。在古代北歐神話中,狗象征風,貓象征雨。“貓和狗”象征“狂風暴雨”。
E.g.: It rained cats and dogs yesterday, so we had to cancel the football match.
天上當然不可能下貓下狗啦~ 當然也是不可能下錢的~~~
18. Give someone the bird
[字面意思]:給某人一只鳥。
[實際意思](音同拉長的“不”,像是“bullshit”的省略);給某人喝倒彩。
E.g.: When the actress forgot her lines, the audience gave her the bird.
給某人一只鳥居然是喝倒彩的意思!~無憂小雅哥剛學會的時候,也是驚到了~
19. Kill two birds with one stone
[字面意思]:一塊石頭打中兩只鳥。
[實際意思] 一箭雙雕;一舉兩得。
E.g.: He killed two birds with one stone by having dinner at his tutor’s place.
相信這個習語童鞋們都已經(jīng)知道啦~ 但是能運用的時候記得要用哦~
20. Put on the dog
[字面意思]:把狗帶在身上。
[實際意思] 炫耀、擺闊。竭力表現(xiàn)自我,好像自己非常重要、非常富有。但實際并非如此。
E.g.: They put on the dog in front of their guests, but the guests were not impressed.
原來形容別人炫富是這樣說的!~ 以后小伙伴們想吐槽的時候不會詞窮啦。