習(xí)慣用語 第11講:shoe is on the other foot; work hand in

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美國(guó)的成語或俗語和其他語言一樣同生活中的各個(gè)方面有關(guān)。有一些和食品有關(guān),
    有的來自撲克牌游戲,還有的和穿著有聯(lián)系。今天我們要講的兩個(gè)習(xí)慣用語是和鞋子、
    手套有關(guān)系的。首先,我們要介紹的是“The shoe is on the other foot ”。
     The shoe is on the other foot 的意思是:形勢(shì)已經(jīng)完全不同了。下面這個(gè)例
    子就能夠說明the shoe is on the other foot 在日常會(huì)話中是怎么用的:
     例句-1: "Back in school we made fun of Jones because we thought he spent
    too much time studying instead of having fun. Now the shoe is on the other
    foot—— he's made lots of money and the rest of us are just barely making
    enough to feed our families."
     這句話翻成中文就是說:“以前在學(xué)校里念書的時(shí)候,我們老是笑話瓊斯,認(rèn)為
    他這個(gè)人老是念書,不會(huì)玩。可是,現(xiàn)在情況就完全不同了。他賺了不少錢,而我們
    這些人的收入只夠維持家計(jì)而已?!?BR>     下面的一個(gè)例子是一個(gè)球迷在夸耀當(dāng)?shù)氐陌羟蜿?duì):
     例句-2: "For the last ten years the Tigers have been the worst team in
    the league: we've finished down at the bottom. But now the shoe is on the
    other foot: we have all these good young players and we're beating everybody
    else in the whole league."
     這句話的意思是:“我們這個(gè)地方的球隊(duì)老虎隊(duì)十年前是參加聯(lián)賽的所有球隊(duì)中
    最次的一個(gè),比賽結(jié)果老是最后一名?,F(xiàn)在可不同了。我們球隊(duì)的隊(duì)員都很年輕,球
    藝也好。他們把其他球隊(duì)一個(gè)個(gè)全打敗了?!?BR>     現(xiàn)在我們來講一個(gè)和手套有關(guān)的習(xí)慣用語: To work hand in glove.To work hand
    in glove的意思是密切合作。我們來舉個(gè)例子吧:
     例句-3: "The local police are working hand in glove with the FBI to find
    the bank robbers."
     這是說:“當(dāng)?shù)氐木煺诤吐?lián)邦調(diào)查局密切合作設(shè)法找到那些搶劫銀行的罪犯?!?BR>     Hand in glove 這個(gè)詞匯也經(jīng)常用在反面的場(chǎng)合,形容一些人合謀犯罪等。下面
    就是一個(gè)例子:
     例句-4: "I read in the paper about this customs officer they arrested
    at the airport. They caught him working hand in glove with a gang of smugglers
    to bring diamonds into the country without paying duty."
     這個(gè)人說:“我在報(bào)紙上看到有關(guān)那個(gè)在機(jī)場(chǎng)被逮捕的海關(guān)官員的消息。他們發(fā)
    現(xiàn)他和一些走私者密切合作,把鉆石帶進(jìn)來而不繳關(guān)稅?!?BR>     上面我們講了兩個(gè)美國(guó)人常用的詞匯。第一個(gè)是 the shoe is on the other foot,
    這是指情況完全不同的意思。另外一個(gè)是 to work hand in glove,這是密切合作的
    意思。