美国习惯用语:362 just for laughs
时间：2019-01-16 作者：英语课 分类：美国习惯用语
我们今天要讲几个用到laugh这个词的习惯用语。 大家也许早就知道它的意思意思是“笑。” 在日常交谈、讲演或者非正式的书面语言中时常会听到用laugh这个词组成的习惯用语。例如人们常会说做什么事情的目的是: just for laughs。Just for laughs用来说做什么事情的目的就是想要轻松一下。例如有个大学生刚考完试，听听他跟同寝室的朋友怎么说:
例句-1：Hey，Joe! Come on and grab 1 your jacket -- let's go out and have a couple 2 of beers just for laughs.
显然这个大学生要松弛一下紧张的神经，想出去乐一下，所以他约室友去喝两杯啤酒。
他话里的just for laughs解释“就为了轻松一下。”当然这是无可非议的，然而有时just for laughs却会用来说某种低级趣味甚至是损害他人的恶作剧。
比方说就是刚才那大学生一次去参加游泳聚会，想不到他是高兴而去，败兴而归。某些人的恶作剧完全破坏了他的兴致。我们来听听是怎么回事:
例句-2：Just for laughs these guys 3 threw Mary into the pool 4 with all her clothes on. But she didn't know how to swim. So I had 5 to jump in and pull 6 her out before she drowned 7.
他说：这些人就为了取乐，竟然把Mary连人带衣服的一起扔进游泳池里。可是Mary压根儿不会游泳。我只好跳进水里把Mary拖上岸来。她差点淹死。
这些人为了自己逗笑，竟然不顾他人的生命安危。这真是把自己的欢乐建筑在他人痛苦之上的行为，所以这段话里的just for laughs意思是就是为了取笑，而且往往是带有恶意的取笑。
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我们再学一个习惯用语: laugh out of the other side 8 of your mouth。让我们听个例子来体会习惯用语laugh out of the other side of your mouth是什么意思。他说的是一钱如命的Bill 9自作聪明地问一个人低价买进一辆汽车。
例句-3：Bill thought 10 he got 11 a real 12 bargain 13 because the car was 14 half the normal 15 price 16. Now he's laughing out of the other side of his mouth. The police 17 came 18 to tell him the car was stolen 19. So he loses 20 both the car and the money.
原来Bill是杀到半价买进这辆车的。他当时真是高兴，以为自己占了大便宜，但是想不到警察来对他说这辆车是赃货。这一来Bill既没了车又丢了钱。
刚才说过Bill是一钱如命的家伙。起初买了便宜货想必得意扬扬，但是后来面临这种赔了夫人又折兵的局面，他必定会捶胸顿足、懊丧万分。可见laugh out of the other side of his mouth这个习惯用语是用来描绘这种乐极生悲的局面的。它的含义是意外打击使人哭笑不得、转喜为忧。
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刚才的习惯用语使人连想起一句老话: 别高兴得太早。人们常规劝别人说: 得意莫忘形，失意别消沉。英语里有一句习惯用语有类似的含义，这个习惯用语是: have the last laugh。 Have the last laugh看来意思很明白，就是笑在最后，谁能在最后笑呢？当然是取得最终胜利的一方，所以have the last laugh说的是获得最后胜利。我们来听个例子。
例句-4：The boys thought they had tricked 21 the girls by locking 22 them in the kitchen. But the girls had the last laugh when the boys got hungry and realized 23 they couldn't get into the kitchen for food.
他说：男孩儿们把女孩锁进了厨房自以为得计，但是实际上最后胜利者却是女孩；男孩饿了想吃东西的时候才想起这一下他们可就进不了厨房拿吃的了。
Have the last laugh这个习惯用语来自谚语: He laughs last who laughs best. 笑到最后的人才笑得最好。 Have the last laugh这个习惯用语言简意赅，含意是取得最后胜利才是真正的胜利，所以大可不必为最初的成败而情绪波动。
- It is rude to grab a seat.抢占座位是不礼貌的。
- The thief made a grab at my bag but I pushed him away.贼想抢我的手提包，但被我推开了。
- I have a couple of things to do.我有几件事要做。
- I'll come again in a couple of days.我过两天再来。
- Sorry, guys. I goofed. 对不起，各位。我搞砸了。
- A few of our guys were thinking about going over the hill. 我们的人中有几个在开小差。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The swimming pool was opened to the public on July 1.游泳池于七月一日对外开放。
- At the end of half an hour the pool was nearly dry.这样过了半小时，坑里的水差不多舀光了。
- I just had a good idea!我有个好主意！
- The boy had a small branch of a tree in his hand.这个男孩手上拿一条小树枝。
- Pull your chair up to the table.把你的椅子挪近桌子。
- Please pull the door to when you go out.你出去请把门带上。
- Voices rose in a crescendo and drowned him out. 人们讲话的声音越来越大，盖过了他的声音。
- Two children drowned after falling into the river. 两个孩子掉进河里淹死了。
- The shop is on the west side of the street.商店在街道的西边。
- There was a lot of people on every side. 到处都是人。
- Bill is both a good swimmer and a good cook.比尔不仅是个游泳好手，而且是个烹调能手。
- It will save trouble if you pay the bill now.如果你现在付账就没事了。
- It was just a thought.这仅仅是一个想法。
- She thought he had a cold.她认为他感冒了。
- I just got some bad news.我刚得到一些坏消息。
- I have got far too much work to do.我要做的事太多了。
- You know her real name?你知道她的真正名字？
- The real world does not look that way!现实世界不是这样的！
- In some shops you have to bargain.在一些商店中买东西要讲价。
- These shoes are a bargain.Smith is closing them out.这些鞋子系廉价商品，史密斯正在削价出售。
- He received four years of normal edication at college.他在大学受了四年正规教育。
- Everything is normal here.这里一切正常。
- The goods have gone up in price.这些商品的价格已经上涨。
- They are selling the bikes off the market price.他们按低于市价卖出自行车。
- They sent him over to the police.他们将他遣送警察局。
- It took the police only several days to break the case.警察只用了几天就破案了。
- I was surprised why he came here so early.他为什么那么早到这里，我很惊奇。
- The doctor came in time to save his life.医生及时来抢救他的生命。
- A girl was killed yesterday in a crash involving a stolen car. 昨天有一女孩在一桩涉及窃车的撞车事故中丧生。
- The stolen car was returned to its rightful owner . 被盗的汽车还给了其合法的主人。
- While climbing up the stairs the old man always loses his breath. 那老人上楼时总是气喘吁吁的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- When a body is immersed in a fluid, it apparently loses weight. 身体浸入水中就会明显减轻重量。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The swindler tricked the old lady out of her necklace. 那个骗子把老妇人的项链骗走了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- I was tricked into giving the old man some money. 我被骗了，给了那老头儿一些钱。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- I took the precaution of locking money in the safe. 我把所有的钱都锁在保险箱里以防万一。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Don't neglect locking [to lock] the door when you leave. 走的时候别忘了锁门。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》