under the weather Feeling sick; ill. It can also mean that a person is feeling sad or depressed. 不舒服; 身体不适 in the old days, when a sailor was feeling seasick, he was sent down below to help his reocvery, under the deck and away from t...
今日短语 短语 money doesn't grow on trees 的字面意思是钱不会长在树上,实际想表达的意思是不要乱花钱,因为挣钱不容易。 例句 My daughter Claire wants a car for her 17th birthday, but I can't afford it. Money...
If you are feeling that life just cannot be any worse for you, it can be challenging to think positive thoughts. When we are stressed, depressed, upset, or otherwise in a negative state of mind because we perceive that bad things keep happening to us...
在维多利亚时代,饮茶在英美人士中间还没有形成习惯,所以当时用one's cup of beer或one's cup of wine表示喜好;正中下怀;钟爱的事物;恰合口味。后来饮茶风行开了,早点时人们甚至以饮茶代替...
Cut to the chase。 很多人都知道chase这个词解释追赶。Cut to the chase这个习惯用语来自好莱坞电影。 很多电影里最精彩的片断是跟踪追击的场面,不论是牛仔英雄纵马追杀恶棍、还是警方飞车追捕...
A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor.[qh] 一群毕业生,各自在事业上都已有所建树,相约一起去看望他们年老的大学教授。[qh] The conversation soon turned into complaints about stress...
to suspect that something is wrong; to sense that someone has caused something wrong. 怀疑事情出错了,或者怀疑某人有问题,我们可以翻译为:哪里不对劲。 例如: 有人跟你说有一个工作月入十万,工作轻松。...
beat around the bush 和 beat about the bush 是拐弯抹角,旁敲侧击 或 说话绕圈子的意思。beat是拍打,bush是灌木丛,around 和 about 都是四周的意思。据说从前英国贵族打猎时,会先派人进树林,用树枝...
New slang: Speak of the devil. someone appears after you mention them. Speak of the Devil is short for Speak of the Devil and he shall come. It was believed that if you spoke about the Devil it would attract his attention. That's why when you're ta...
Third wheel,in english :One who deters /d琂尀/ the socialization of a couple, perhaps when being invited out of pitty or through a feeling of duty. The third wheel may feel uncomfortable about watching the couple canoodle [k'nu搂()l] on his he...