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英语俗语非常多,要把这些都学完,这个任务量可是非常巨大的。即时我们打定主意,要学某一方面的所有idioms, 也是非常艰巨的,而且我们还要学怎样更加恰当的使用这些俗语。有一些idioms是比较常用的,但是也有很大一部分,是很少出现在日常生活中的。
所以如果你打定主意要学非常local的英文idioms的话,小编建议,不用列一个长长的清单出来,这样会给自己超大压力。我们不妨从一些有趣的主题开始,去展开学习。小编给大家分享一下一些常用的idioms吧,都是和吃相关的表达,所以大家应该不会感到枯燥。
1. a piece of cake!
通常指某些事情非常容易,很简单。
例如: I"m confident I passed the exam , It was a piece of cake !
2. (to) put all your eggs in one basket
这个短语表示你没有去风险均摊。通常用来形容钱或者机遇,或者未来和希望上面
字面含义是如果把所有鸡蛋放在一个篮子里,我们就没有了风险的承担能力,一旦发生意外,就将失去一切。
例如:While my brother trained to be a professional footballer , he also studied a degree in engineering. Because my dad told him not to put all of his eggs in one basket.
My uncle invested all of his savings into a company that went bankrupt. I don"t know why he put all of his eggs in one basket.
3. (to) be in a pickle
我们通常会在比较棘手的环境下,例如遇到困难的时候使用这个idiom,通常会说to be in a bit of a pickle. 这个当问题不是那么严峻的时候可以用。
例如:We"re in a pickle , We"ve just locked the keys in the car!
I promised to pick up my sister form the ariport, but I"m still at work and I can"t leave yet! I"m in a bit of a pickle , can you help ?
4. to bite off more than one can chew
这是小编最喜欢的俗语,这是当你尝试干某事 , 但是太难了,做不成的时候可以使用。做不成也许是因为你技能不够,也许是因为你没时间去做。
例如:He"s been working back late every night this week trying to finish the project. I think he"s bitten off more than he can chew.
I"m so sorry ! I haven"t got time to meet you for lunch today . I"m organising my sister"s surprise party , and I"ve bitten off more than I can chew ! There"s so much to do !
5. to butter someone up
你非常友好的对待某人,然后你就能得到那些人的回报了。
例如:I know that Paul has a spare ticket to the concert , Perhaps if we butter him up , he might offer it to us !
He"ll have to butter his boss up if he wants to take extra leave at Christmas.
6. in a nutshell
这个短语表示用非常简单的语言去描述某物,尽量做到用最少的单词来描述清楚。
例如:当和朋友谈论电影的时候,我们可以非常简单的概括故事出来,It"s a complicated story , but in a nutshell, it"s about three astronauts who disappear for about thirty years before returning to earth with no memory of anything that had happened !
I don"t want to explain their whole history, but in a nutshell, they just wanted different things out of life . She wanted travel and adventure, he wanted to focus on his career . So in the end , they broke up .
上面这些是小编经常用的一些,不知道对大家来说是不是piece of cake ! 如果大家知道其他的有趣的俗语,请在下面留言给我,谢谢!
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