Dressed like a dog's dinner 穿着太耀眼 Dogs dressed in clothing look on during a purification ceremony in Tokyo. Photo: Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/GETTY 今日小常识 Five hundred pets and their owners visited the Ichigaya Kamegaoka-Hachiman shrine i...
A long shot 机会不大 图片1 Florian Mayer misses a shot against Australias Bernard Tomic during the Sydney International tennis tournament. Photo: Daniel Munoz/Reuters 今日小常识 There are seven different types of shot in the game of tennis...
Sky-high 极高 Anders Jacobsen of Norway takes part in the Ski Jumping World Cup, Innsbruck, Austria. Picture: Lars Baron / Getty 今日小常识 Ski jumping originated in Norway in 1809. The first ski jumper, Olaf Rye, travelled 9.5 metres before l...
On the nose 准确地 A mahout mounts his elephant during the three-day elephant race at Chitwan National Park in Nepal. Picture: Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters 今日小常识 A 'mahout' is someone who keeps and drives elephants for a living. Traditiona...
New Year's resolution 新年决心 A security guard stands behind a New Year sign in Burma. Photo: Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters 今日小常识 Many people use the New Year as an opportunity to make resolutions to change their life. Popular resolutions inclu...
To be on ice 搁置 As temperatures plummet in Tokyo, icicles hang from the wings of a frozen crane sculpture on a fountain. Photo: Tsuno Yoshikazu/AFP/Getty 今日小常识 According to the Guinness Book of Records, The lowest temperature recorded i...
On the nose A mahout mounts his elephant during the three-day elephant race at Chitwan National Park in Nepal. Picture: Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters Today's Phrase If something is 'on the nose', it is exactly right. The phrase is often used when talkin...
New Year's resolution 图片1 A security guard stands behind a New Year sign in Burma. Photo: Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters Today's Phrase A New Year's resolution is a goal made on 1st January, which a person aims to complete within that year. Examples Have y...
To be on ice Photo: Tsuno Yoshikazu/AFP/Getty As temperatures plummet in Tokyo, icicles hang from the wings of a frozen crane sculpture on a fountain. Today's Phrase 'To be on ice' is an expression used to talk about decisions or plans that are not g...
A leg up 胜人一筹 Cheerleaders perform before the NFL football game between the St Louis Rams and the New England Patriots at Wembley Stadium in London. Photo: Darren Staples/Reuters 今日小常识 According to some authors, cheerleading started...
