短语money doesn‘t grow on trees 的字面意思是“钱不会长在树上”，实际想表达的意思是不要乱花钱，因为挣钱不容易。 My daughter Claire wants a car for her 17th birthday, but I can‘t ...

短语blow your own trumpet的意思就是“自吹自擂、自卖自夸、大言不惭”。 He‘s always blowing his own trumpet - it‘s so boring! Why can‘t he be more modest about his abilities? You...

短语 ducks in a row 的意思是把事情组织的一丝不紊或井井有条，这是个美式英语表达。 With the recession looming, the government has to get its ducks in a row and invest in job creatio...

匠在 “磨石 grindstones” 上磨光刀具的时候，弯着腰，脸几乎都贴在磨石上专注地工作。据说，由于磨刀时的姿势看起来非常专注、辛苦，所以人们开始用表达 “keep your nose to the grindstone ...

如果某人赤手空拳做成了某件事 done something with their bare hands，那就是说他没有借助任何工具或武器就完成了这件事儿。 I didn’t have a fishing rod, so I caught the fish with my ba...

今天要和大家分享的口语表达是：You name it。这是个常用的口语表达意思是 whatever you can think of，凡是你想得到的。也就是，凡是你说的出的不管什么，都有了或都干了。 - Do you like ...

1 There were far more girls than boys at the dance so there were obviously several wall flowers。 来参加舞会的女孩比男孩多得多，很显然有的女孩只有坐冷板凳了。(桂竹香——舞会上没...

600. I can’t recall how long it’s been.      我不能记起那是多久前了。 601. A strange thing happened to me this morning.      今天早上我发...

691.  You have wonderful taste in clothes. 你对服饰很在行.  （我喜欢你的穿衣风格） 692.What did you like best about the movie?       你最欣赏这...

听别人说了几句“恭维话”，就“上了圈套”，然后被人“唆使”着干事去了。今天我们就来学学这三个词的表达。 ★、 恭维话 blarney Blarney 就是“恭维话”，例如： Only a fool will bel...