如果我们说某人 stands tall 很神气地站在那儿，意思就是说此人满怀自信、自豪。 Our athletes stand tall after winning many gold medals at this year‘s Olympics. The critics thought th...

如果某人in the palm of your hand，那你就完全的管控了此人。 Elvis Presley was a great performer; he had the audience in the palm of his hand. Joan knew all her neighbours‘ shamefu...

在日常生活中，我们形容一个人说话弯弯绕绕的时候，会用一个词——拐弯抹角。和这种人打交道特别累，因为他们有话不直接说，非要遮遮掩掩。 “拐弯抹角”，汉语成语，也称“转弯抹角”，字面意...

短语 child‘s play 用来形容非常容易做的一件事，小菜一碟，易如反掌。 I finished the test very quickly. It was child‘s play! Stop trying to fix the car and call a professional mech...

。 闺蜜约你逛街，可你加了几天班，只想躺 同事约你聚餐，不过你已经答应爸妈回家吃饭了 刚认识的男生想和你约会，但你对他并不感冒 …… 怎么办？ “改天吧&rd...

我们用 monkey business 来描述不正当行为、胡闹。这个短语也能用来表达那些不诚实或违规的行为。 Two policemen showed up on my neighbour‘s doorstep this morning. I‘ve always suspecte...

翻译：要学好英语，大量的练习是必要的 【英文对比翻译】 Chinese Style -- To learn English well, a great deal of practice is necessary. American Style -- To learn English well, one ne...

短语putting out fires通常指在工作环境中解决很多小的问题，问题虽小，但很棘手，需要在恶化前快速解决。 Sorry I didn‘t have time to meet you for lunch today. I was busy at work all d...

“互粉”，即互相关注，互当粉丝，也称“互关”。在微博中，“关注（following）”是指你关注的人，而“粉丝（follower）”指关注你的人。当你与其他用户互为关注后，就是“互粉”，可以翻译为...

如果你坚持做某事直到you are blue in the face，意思就是你花很长时间做一件事情，做到脸都发青了也没用，不会成功。 Martin argued with his mother until he was blue in the face, but she...