關(guān)于“骨頭”的地道習(xí)語(yǔ)
a bag of bones 骨瘦如柴的人
eg. If you dont eat more youll soon be a bag of bones .
你要再不多吃些,真的要變得骨瘦如柴了。
be skin and bone 瘦得皮包骨;極瘦
eg. He was all skin and bone after his illness.
他病后瘦成了皮包骨。
be as dry as a bone 干燥極了、口渴極了
eg. Lets stop for a drink. Im as dry as a bone.
咱們停下來(lái)喝點(diǎn)什么吧,我的嗓子干得直冒煙。
be bone idle 懶到家了、懶到極點(diǎn)了
eg. The boy has a good enough brain but hes bone idle and wont study.
這個(gè)男孩腦子十分好,但就是懶惰成性,不肯學(xué)習(xí)。
close to the bone 近乎下流的、卑鄙的
eg. Some of his jokes were a bit close to the bone.
他的有些笑話近乎下流。
be chilled to the bone 凍僵了
eg. You will be chilled to the bone without your overcoat.
要是不穿大衣你會(huì)感到寒氣刺骨。
bone of contention 爭(zhēng)論的焦點(diǎn)
eg. The division of their fathers property is their bone of contention.
父親的財(cái)產(chǎn)分配問(wèn)題是他們爭(zhēng)吵的原因。
feel in your bones 直覺(jué)地意識(shí)到,從內(nèi)心(預(yù))感到
eg. She felt in her bones that she would succeed.
她堅(jiān)信自己能成功。
bone up 刻苦用功讀書
eg. I must bone up on my French before we go to Paris.
在我們?nèi)グ屠柚埃冶仨毧炭鄬W(xué)習(xí)法語(yǔ)。
throw someone a bone 給某人東西,但并不合乎他的期望
eg. The company gave another man the promotion Bill expected. But they threw him a bonethey sent him out to head a branch office way off in Iowa. And thats a dead-end job nobody wanted.
這家公司把Bill所向往的升遷機(jī)會(huì)給了別人,然而他們還是給了Bill一點(diǎn)恩賜,但是這并不合乎Bill的期望,他們派Bill去主持遠(yuǎn)在依阿華州的分部辦公室。這是無(wú)人問(wèn)津、一無(wú)發(fā)展前途的職位。
a bag of bones 骨瘦如柴的人
eg. If you dont eat more youll soon be a bag of bones .
你要再不多吃些,真的要變得骨瘦如柴了。
be skin and bone 瘦得皮包骨;極瘦
eg. He was all skin and bone after his illness.
他病后瘦成了皮包骨。
be as dry as a bone 干燥極了、口渴極了
eg. Lets stop for a drink. Im as dry as a bone.
咱們停下來(lái)喝點(diǎn)什么吧,我的嗓子干得直冒煙。
be bone idle 懶到家了、懶到極點(diǎn)了
eg. The boy has a good enough brain but hes bone idle and wont study.
這個(gè)男孩腦子十分好,但就是懶惰成性,不肯學(xué)習(xí)。
close to the bone 近乎下流的、卑鄙的
eg. Some of his jokes were a bit close to the bone.
他的有些笑話近乎下流。
be chilled to the bone 凍僵了
eg. You will be chilled to the bone without your overcoat.
要是不穿大衣你會(huì)感到寒氣刺骨。
bone of contention 爭(zhēng)論的焦點(diǎn)
eg. The division of their fathers property is their bone of contention.
父親的財(cái)產(chǎn)分配問(wèn)題是他們爭(zhēng)吵的原因。
feel in your bones 直覺(jué)地意識(shí)到,從內(nèi)心(預(yù))感到
eg. She felt in her bones that she would succeed.
她堅(jiān)信自己能成功。
bone up 刻苦用功讀書
eg. I must bone up on my French before we go to Paris.
在我們?nèi)グ屠柚埃冶仨毧炭鄬W(xué)習(xí)法語(yǔ)。
throw someone a bone 給某人東西,但并不合乎他的期望
eg. The company gave another man the promotion Bill expected. But they threw him a bonethey sent him out to head a branch office way off in Iowa. And thats a dead-end job nobody wanted.
這家公司把Bill所向往的升遷機(jī)會(huì)給了別人,然而他們還是給了Bill一點(diǎn)恩賜,但是這并不合乎Bill的期望,他們派Bill去主持遠(yuǎn)在依阿華州的分部辦公室。這是無(wú)人問(wèn)津、一無(wú)發(fā)展前途的職位。