有一种花:她芳香又迷人,浪漫而又多刺。她就是玫瑰,Rose 。今天我们就来说说关于玫瑰的有趣的英语短语。
总有人将漂亮女孩比作花朵,那么如果说The girl is the rose ofthe party. 也就是说 she is the most attractive girl.
而如果有人对你说,You have roses in your cheeks. 千万不要一头雾水,那是在夸你面色红润。
是否因为事事进展得很顺利 Everything is coming up roses.
一切看起来都不错嘛,但别忘了,世上没有不带刺的玫瑰,也就是指事事不完美:Every rose has its thorn .
不同颜色的玫瑰有着不同含义,红色玫瑰就代表 passinate love 热烈的爱;粉色玫瑰就指 erternal love永恒的爱;黄色的却代表了 lostlove or faded love 逝去的爱。
一下子说了这么多有关苹果的短语,记不住吗?那就吃个香蕉吧,香蕉可是有助于短暂的记忆,可不是我瞎掰的哦。
Banana, a long curved fruit with a thickyellow skin and soft flesh, that groves on trees in hot countries . a bunch ofbananas 一把香蕉
Go bananas, means to become angry, crazyor silly. 发怒,发疯。
Don’t talk about mathematics any more.I’ll go bananas. 别再跟我提数学了,我快发疯了!
香蕉软软的,那么所谓香蕉共和国,指什么呢?Banana republicmeans a small, poor country with a weak government, that depends on foreignmoney.也就是指政府无能,依靠外资的贫穷小国。
在电影中,特别是喜剧电影中,总会有人通常都是举止优雅,然后,突然一下,就摔倒在地,原来是不小心踩到了香蕉皮,真是令人尴尬。所以在英国口语中呢,banana skin stands for sth. that could cause difficulty orembarrassment, especially to sb. in a pubic position. 也就是指造成麻烦,使人当众出丑的事物。
夏天,女生爱吃一种冰淇淋,叫香蕉船,而英文就是banana split, 要记住呦。
中国有句俗语,吃不到葡萄说葡萄酸。英文也有此说,但简单很多,sourgrapes, sth. used to show that you think sb. is jealous and is pretending thatsth. is not important 酸葡萄。
Eg.He said he didn’t want the job anyway,but that’s just sour grapes. 他说他并不想干这份工作,其实只是吃不到葡萄说葡萄酸而已。
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