时间:2019-02-09 作者:英语课 分类:实用英语


英语课

 习语:风水轮流转


参加过同学聚会的人最深的感受是什么?变化!当年默默无闻、闷头看书的人现在侃侃而谈;当年天天挨批、站墙角的人现在事业如日中天……感叹世事变化,真个是“风水轮流转,三十年河东三十年河西呀!” 习语“shoe is on the other foot”暗含有“风水轮流转”之意,在不同语境下可译为“现在情形与以前不同啦”,“今非昔比”,“三十年河东,三十年河西”。 据说,19世纪以前,鞋和靴子是不分左右脚的,两只鞋随便换着穿。但是如果你的脚一直穿同一只鞋子,久而久之,鞋子的形状就会与穿鞋的脚一模一样。到了这时,如果左脚再穿右脚鞋——不好意思——今非昔比,你很难再像从前那样不分左右脚来穿鞋。 随着时间的推移,现代意义上的“shoe is on the other foot”有了其比喻义:双方地位发生了变化(风水轮流转;三十年河东,三十年河西);今非昔比(形势与以前不同了)。
看例句:For the last ten years the Tigers have been the worst team in the league 1: we've finished down at the bottom 2. But now the shoe is on the other foot: we have all these good young players and we're beating everybody else in the whole league.在过去的十年里,我们“老虎队”一直是参加联赛的所有球队中最差的一个,比赛总是最后一名。现在不同啦,我们的队员都很年轻,球技也好,“老虎队”目前所向披靡。

n.同盟,联盟,社团,联合会
  • I'll never forget the day when I joined the Youth League.我永远不会忘记我入团的那一天。
  • Half of the students in our class are League members.我们班有一半学生是团员。
n.底部;屁股,臀部;adj.底部的
  • The bottom of the cup is broken.这杯子的底破了。
  • The channel must have a flat bottom.沟道的底要平。
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