英语博客-北美风情 209、Try not to step on anyone’s toes
时间：2019-01-01 作者：英语课 分类：英语博客-北美风情
英语课
Most people don’t like to be bothered or to disturb other people, but sometimes we do it anyway. In this episode, we look at expressions describing when someone is disturbed by another person. It could be something said or done that upsets this person, and it could be intentional 1 or unintentional. We don’t want to ruffle 2 any feathers with this episode, but these are good expressions to know.
Maura: If you imagine an animal that is in a cage, so they have bars around them, they’re trapped inside. If you come around and start shaking the cage and banging on it, that bothers the animal inside. They don’t like the noise and they don’t like to feel disturbed.
Harp 3: Exactly. If you think about a little bunny or a hamster in the cage and you shake the cage, you’re gonna bother the animal.
Maura: Right. It makes noise and it moves around. It’s the same idea, except this time you’re bothering a person. So, in other words, you’re rattling 4 someone’s cage.
adj.故意的，有意（识）的
- Let me assure you that it was not intentional.我向你保证那不是故意的。
- His insult was intentional.他的侮辱是有意的。
v.弄皱，弄乱；激怒，扰乱；n.褶裥饰边
- Don't ruffle my hair.I've just combed it.别把我的头发弄乱了。我刚刚梳好了的。
- You shouldn't ruffle so easily.你不该那么容易发脾气。