A man wanted to buy an ass. He went to the market, and saw a likely one. But he wanted to test him first. So he took the ass home, and put him into the stable with the other asses....

古汉语中有“其臭如兰”，可见，“臭”在古代不单单指“难闻的气味”，它的语义范围要比现在广的多，可用来形容各种味道。巧的是，stink（发臭）在古英语中也是个中性词，用来形容“各种气味兼...

Grasp the cone with the right hand firmly but gently between thumb and at least one but not more than three fingers, two-thirds of the way upon the cone. Then dart swiftly away to ...

This evening I met a friend at a local bar.  She brought her laptop along so she could show me some of her latest digital art designs.  As we chatted and scrolled through...

历史上总有那么一些“悬案”，惹得大家争论百年、千年，也未争出个所以然。这种“争论不休”的问题，可用短语a moot point来表达。 就词的强弱意义而言，a moot point最初指“有待商榷的问题...

During my junior year in high school, Mr. Reynolds, my English teacher, handed each student a list of thoughts or statements written by other students, then gave us a creative writ...

Work one‘s butt off 很努力地(做一件事) 发现美语里不少口语都跟'butt'(屁屁)有关，像 'kick ass'(Kick ass 了不起)。 这里的'work one‘s butt off' 也是。不过，努力工作和屁股有什么关系...

Difficult childhood? Can‘t spell? You should be perfect entrepreneur material. A survey of Britain‘s 69,000 self-made millionaires has unraveled the mindset of the successful ent...

People who sleep fewer than six hours a night are more likely to die early, researchers have found in a study they claim provides ‘unequivocal evidence‘ of a link between sleep d...

1．When pigs fly 无稽之谈 如果哪一天猪都能飞起来，那可真是怪了，所以这句话就用来表示某事根本不可能，纯属无稽之谈。 例如：He‘ll win a match when pigs fly. 他要是能赢得比赛就怪了...