與身體部位有關的英語俚語
英語當中有很多俚語是跟人的身體部位有關的,有些意思很直白,有些需要你仔細揣摩一番,還有些就比較難懂了。下面就跟著小編去看看吧。
眼睛
an eye for eye 以牙還牙
have bedroom eye有一雙性感的眼睛
an eye for something對某物有鑑賞力
eye someone細看某人,打量某人
have eyes bigger than one’s stomach眼饞肚飽
four-eyes四眼對戴眼鏡者的貶稱
give someone a black eye 把某人打鼻青眼腫
make goo-goo eyes at someone對人拋媚眼
green-eyed monster嫉妒心
in a pig’s eye胡說,廢話
keep one’s eyes peeled 留心,警惕
see eye-to-eye 看法一致
耳朵
be all ears 聚精會神地聽,洗耳恭聽
bend someone ear與某人喋喋不休
blow it out one’s ear胡說八道
chew someone’s ear off對某人喋喋不休
have an ear for music有音樂方面的天賦
fall on deaf ears和沒有心思的人說話;沒被理睬
good ear 辨別聲音
keep one’s ear to the ground注意聽
perk up one’s ear引起注意,堅起耳朵
play by ear 聽過歌曲後,不看樂譜而憑記憶演奏
put a bug in someone’s ear事先給某人暗示;警告某人
talk someone’s ear off因喋喋不休而惹怒某人
鼻子
as plain as the nose on one’s face一目瞭然,顯而易見
keep one’s nose to the grindstone埋頭苦幹,勤奮工作
“It’s on skin off my onse”與我毫無關係
take a nose dive突然衰弱,突然變弱
have a nose for finding something善於發現某事物
nose out 以微弱的優勢打敗對手,險勝
get one’s nose in the air媚上傲下的,自負的
pay though the nose to花很多錢
poke one’s nose in someone’s business干預某人的事物,管閒事
right under one’s nose顯而易見的,一目瞭然
turn one’s nose up at someone or something拒絕某人或某事
嘴巴
bad-mouth someone說某人壞說,撒佈流言蜚語
big-mouth 多嘴的人,喋喋不休的
down in the mouth神情沮喪的,垂頭喪氣
live hand –to-mouth勉強餬口,勉強維持生活
mouth off傲慢無禮,頂嘴
run off at the mouth滔滔不絕地淡論,沒完沒了
shoot off one’s mouth隨便亂說,信口開河
手
at hand緊迫的,重要的
give someone a hand 幫助某人
hand it to someone佩服某人
hands down無疑,當然
know something like the back of one’s對某事物瞭如指掌
live hand-to-mouth毫無積蓄,勉強餬口
an old hand at something做某事的老手,熟手
on hand在手頭,現有
out of hand失去控制,無法控制
the right hand doesn’t know what the left hand
is doing互不通氣
try one’s hand at something試試身手
腳
get back on one’s feet 從失敗中重新站起來
get cold feet在最後時刻失去勇氣,臨陣畏縮
foot the bill付賬,買單
get a foot in the door邁向目標的第一步
get one’s feet wet逐漸熟悉情況
hotfoot it急匆匆
one foot in the grave一隻腳已經踏入墳墓,行將就木
put one’s foot down禁止,阻止
pussy-foot around謹言慎行,拐彎抹角
quick on one’s own two feet很快想出辦法
be swept off one’s feet被誘惑,被迷住
stand on one’s own two feet獨立自主,自主
throw oneself at someone’s完全屈服於某人,完全拜倒在某人腳下
get under one’s feet阻礙某人,妨礙某人
get off on the wrong foot 朋友之間剛開始時關係不好
長沙俚語