現(xiàn)代英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)表示法500例(6)

字號(hào):

286——330
    · Take it out on someone拿別人出氣
    The boy was reprimanded by his father. He took it out on his ball.
    · An old wives’ tale無(wú)稽之談
    Do you think the existence of life on Mars is an old wives’tale?
    · Be the talk of the town滿城風(fēng)雨
    The death of the Princess Diana has been the talk of the town.
    · Leave a bad taste in someone’s mouth給人留下壞印象
    Once I went to a famous university. But the untidy campus left a bad taste in my mouth.
    · Crocodile tears假惺惺的眼淚
    Some of my business partners came to comfort me when I lost almost everything in one bad deal.
    · Lose one’s temper發(fā)脾氣
    You don’t have to lose your temper about trifle things.
    · Through thick and thin有甘也有苦
    The couple have gone through thick and thin for many years.
    · Have another think coming大錯(cuò)特錯(cuò)
    If you think I’m easily taken in, you are having another think coming.
    · Thin-skinned神經(jīng)過(guò)敏
    She is so thin-skinned that, whenever we talk about something in a low voice, she will think we are referring to her.
    · Jump down someone’s throat嚴(yán)厲訓(xùn)斥某人
    The boy saved a girl from the river and went back home. Seeing him all through, his mother jumped down his throat.
    · Stick out like a sore thumb特別扎眼
    I hate my big nose. It sticks out like a sore thumb.
    · Be all thumbs笨手笨腳
    I just learned to type. I was all thumbs.
    · Turn thumbs down on…不贊成……,反對(duì)……
    The boss turned thumbs down on the new on promotion scheme.
    · Twiddle one’s thumbs無(wú)所事事
    Why do we have to work overtime while people in PR department are twiddling their thumbs?
    · Beat someone’s time with someone勾引別人的女朋友
    He is strange. He doesn't go steady with any girl, but enjoys beating others’ time with their girlfriend.