關(guān)于大材小用的英語口語
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大材小用
When I ask my friend if she likes my new dress, I was fishing for a compliment.
我問她是否喜歡我的新衣服時(shí),其實(shí)是想讓她夸我?guī)拙洹?/p>
fish for:摸索;尋找
It's like shooting fish in a barrel.
這太簡單了。
My neighbour is a cold fish.
我的鄰居是一個(gè)冷漠的人。
I used to drink like a fish and get drunk all thetime.
我以前酒喝得很猛而且每次都喝醉。
drink like a fish:大喝;豪飲;一大口一大口地喝酒
Why does he always enjoy being a big fish in a small pond? He deserves a betterposition!
為什么他總喜歡把自己大材小用呢?他可以做一個(gè)更好的職位。
A big fish in a small pond:大材小用
Now it's time to fish or cut bait. I need your answer by six o'clock tonight -- otherwise we'll leave you out of it!
現(xiàn)在你必須做出抉擇了。我必須在今晚六點(diǎn)前得到你的答復(fù),否則我們就把你排除在外。
fish or cut bait:做出決定
兔子不吃窩邊草
1、The fox preys farthest from his hole.
兔子不吃窩邊草。
Prey 是“捕食”的意思,英文原意是說狐貍捕食,遠(yuǎn)離洞府。在中文里最恰當(dāng)?shù)尼屃x自然就是“兔子不吃窩邊草了”。
The fox may grow grey,but never good.
本性難移
The fox knew too much,that's how he lost his tail.
聰明反被聰明誤
例句有:
Even the fox preys farthest from his hole ,why don'tyou just let it go?
譯為連兔子都不吃窩邊草,你還是看開些吧
2、Even a rabbit will bite when it is cornered.
兔子逼急了還會(huì)咬人呢!
cornered. adj. 有角的;被困得走投無路的vt. 把…逼入絕境(corner的過去式)
eg:He fought like a cornered animal.
他象一只困獸般掙扎。
3、A sly rabbit will have three openings to its den.
狡兔三窟
Sly: adj. 狡猾的;淘氣的;詭密的
den.: 獸穴,窩巢
4、Waiting for a rabbit to hit upon a tree and be killed in order to catch it.
守株待兔
5、The hounds are killed for food once all hares are bagged
兔死狗烹
Hound: 獵犬
Hare:野兔
Bagged:被裝入袋中,這里指被捕獵
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