英文中这些奇怪的外来俗语
作者:碳包
2018-12-30 11:00
英文里充斥着古怪的习语,像是“The moments when we escape a dicey situation by the skin of our teeth——我们从牙口间隙脱离危险境地(死里逃生)”(就像钦定版圣经中Job创造的那样)。但是在任何词典中,都还有变化的空间。无论老的小的,高的矮的,过着拮据的生活,还是富裕的日子,你都可以借用其他语言里有趣的俗语来丰富你的表达。
1、EATING A CABLE
Spanish西班牙语🇪🇸
to be in financial difficulty
陷入经济困境
If you’re down to your last savings, perhaps you’ll only have your cables left to eat.
如果你穷得只剩下最后的积蓄时,可能你就只剩下电缆可以吃了。
2、TO RIDE AS A HARE
Russian俄语🇷🇺
To travel without a ticket
逃票旅行
If you are travelling without a ticket, you’ll be shaking like a hare when the ticket inspector comes to you.
如果你没有为旅途买票,那么当检票员来找你的时候,你就会发抖得像野兔一样。
3、TO HAVE A WIDE FACE
Japanese日语🇯🇵
To have lots of friends and to be well liked
有很多朋友,很受欢迎
These days, this could be interpreted to mean you have a wide friendship circle on social media.
现在,这会被理解为指你在社交媒体上有广泛的交友圈。
4、TO LIVE LIKE A MAGGOT IN BACON
Deutsch德文🇩🇪
To live the life of luxury
过着奢侈的生活
If a maggot’s found themselves some bacon, they really are living the high life.
如果蛆虫为自己找到一些培根,那么它们就真的过得很好。
5、STOP IRONING MY HEAD
Armenian亚美尼亚语🇦🇲
Stop annoying me!
别烦我!
Traditionally used to stop nagging wives, but said now to anyone who’s being irritating.
习惯上是用来阻止碎碎念的妻子的,但现在也对所有恼人的家伙说。
6、TO HAVE LONG TEETH
French法语🇫🇷
To be ambitious
胸怀抱负
By this logic, you can argue that vampires are certainly ambitious.
按照这个逻辑,你可以说吸血鬼必定是野心勃勃的。
7、NOT MY CIRCUS, NOT MY MONKEY
Polish波兰语🇵🇱
Not my problem
不是我的问题
This is certainly a more colourful way to wash your hands of a problem.
要撇清你和某个问题之间的关系,这确实是一种生动有趣的表达方式。
8、MY EYE WENT WITH ME
Maltese马耳他语🇲🇹
I fell asleep
我睡着了
After all, your eyes can’t see anything if you’ve fallen asleep.
毕竟,当你睡着的时候你的眼睛什么也看不见。
9、I'M SWEATING CARROTS!
Dutch荷兰语🇳🇱
Literally means ‘I’m sweating very heavily’
字面意思是“我出汗很严重”
This is a slightly nicer way of saying ‘I’m sweating like a pig!’
这要比“我出汗出得像猪一样”要稍微好一些。
10、WORK IS NOT A WOLF; IT WON'T RUN OFF INTO THE WOODS.
Ukrainian乌克兰语🇺🇦
You can always return to a piece of work later on
之后你总能回到工作中去
This is a good phrase to use on a friend who panics about assignments and chains themselves to a laptop to get them done.
这是一个很好地短语,可以用来用在那些对任务感到惊慌,并把自己锁在电脑前去完成任务的朋友们身上。
11、IT FELL BETWEEN CHAIRS
Swedish瑞典语🇸🇪
When you want to say,’Yeah, I know I was supposed to do it but I forgot.’
当你想说:“是的,我知道我本应该这么做的,但是我忘了。”
This happens when two people were meant to do something, but both of them forgot all about it.
这种情况发生在两个人都打算做某事,但他们两人都忘光了的时候。
12、MY COTTAGE IS AT THE EDGE
Ukrainian乌克兰语🇺🇦
Means:‘ I’m only slightly involved.’
意思:“我只是略有涉及。”
As you’re only on the periphery of the problem, you’re just not that worried about it.
因为你只是关系到问题的周边,所以你就没有那么担心这个问题。
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