时间:2019-01-14 作者:英语课 分类:美国习惯用语


英语课

To shake a leg


To pull one's leg


美国的成语和俗语,也和其他语言一样,有许多都是由身体各个部份的名称组成的。例如:To follow your nose是指"一直走"。另外还有:To play by ear,意思是看着办。其他还有用hand 和foot这些字组成的习惯用语。


在这次节目里我们要向大家介绍由腿,也就是leg这个字组成的习惯用语。中文里也有许多和腿这个字有关的俗语,像拉后腿、飞毛腿等。我们今天要讲的第一个习惯用语是:To shake a leg。Shake的意思是"摇动"。 Leg当然是指腿。你可能已经猜到,to shak a leg就是赶快行动的意思。


举个例子来说吧,一个妈妈对儿子说:


例句-1: "Come on, shake a leg, son, or you're going to be late for school."


这个妈妈说:"儿子,你快点儿吧!否则你上学要迟到了!"


下面我们再举一个例子。这是一个卡车司机在对卸货的人说话:


例句-2: "Let's shake a leg there, you guys! I got to get this truck unloaded 1 and on the way back to the warehouse 2 before dark."


他说:"喂!你们这帮人快点儿吧!我得把这车货卸完,在天黑前赶回仓库去呢。"


下面我们要讲的一个也是由leg这个字组成的习惯用语是:To pull one's leg。To pull one's leg 初看起来好像和中文里的"拉后腿"的意思差不多。但是,千万不要被表面现象所迷惑。To pull one's leg的真正意思是逗别人,开别人玩笑的意思。有时候,有的朋友故意讲一些话来骗我们,后来才发现他是在开玩笑。


例如,一个大学生上了同学的当,事后他说:


例句-3: "My roommate said this girl had told him she wouldn't mind going out with me. But when I invited her to a movie, I learned 3 he was just pulling my leg."


这个大学生说:"我的同房间同学说,那个女孩愿意和我一起出去玩。可是,当我请她去看电影的时候,我才发现我那同学是逗我,开我的玩笑。"


要是这个大学生聪明一点的话,他当时就可以对他的同学说:


例句-4: "Hey, stop pulling my leg, will you! I don't believe that girl really said she likes me and would like me to take her out."


这句话的意思是:"喂,你别逗我行不行!我才不信那个女孩真的说了她喜欢我,还要我邀她出去玩。"


今天我们讲了两个由leg这个字组成的习惯用语。它们是:To shake one's leg,这是指赶快动作的意思。


To pull one's leg,这是指和别人开玩笑。和leg这个字有关的俗语里还有一个很有趣的说法,那就是:Break a leg! 从字面上来看,break a leg难道是断了一条腿?或是倒霉?不是,break a leg的确切意思是祝愿别人成功。例如,你的朋友明天要去参加高考,你就可以对他说:Break a leg! 不管你明天要去干什么,我们在这儿也希望你Break a leg!


「美国习惯用语」第二十一讲就到里。欢迎下次再一起来学习美国习惯用语。再见。



从…卸下货物( unload的过去式和过去分词 ); 摆脱; 拆掉; 脱手
  • The lorry had been blacked by strikers and could not be unloaded. 那辆货车遭到罢工者抵制而无法卸货。
  • They unloaded books from a car. 他们从车上把书卸下来。
n.仓库;vt.存入仓库
  • We freighted the goods to the warehouse by truck.我们用卡车把货物运到仓库。
  • The manager wants to clear off the old stocks in the warehouse.经理想把仓库里积压的存货处理掉。
adj.有学问的,博学的;learn的过去式和过去分词
  • He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
  • In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里,他被视为有学问的人。
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