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“名詞match本意是“火柴”,這里用的就是詞的本意。但問這句話的人也可能在詢問你是否需要幫助?;鸩袷呛苄〉囊粯?xùn)|西,如果你手負(fù)重物,可能連小小的火柴也拿不出來呢??梢栽O(shè)想一下場景:當(dāng)你一手拿著一杯酒,兩只手都占著,忽然一個(gè)人問你“You havematches?”,你就要想一想,人家是真的要抽煙所以向你借火柴,還是只是開玩笑地問你是不是需要幫忙。這是口語中經(jīng)常聽到的一句話,如果別人是想幫忙,你可千萬別誤以為人家真的是向你要火柴?!?beerSmall beer是“小啤酒”的意思嗎?難道啤酒還分大???其實(shí),在英國smallbeer指的是口味比較淡的啤酒,但是在美語中則是“少量啤酒”的意思。比如說夏天有客人來訪,問他要喝些什么:Anything todrink?客人就可能回答說:“I39。ll have a small beer(給我一點(diǎn)兒啤酒。)”比喻用法中說的smallbeer,指規(guī)模或者格局不大的事物。自以為了不起,不是小人物的人:He thinks no small beer small beer常用作與人比較的表現(xiàn)。口語中常用small beer作形容詞,因此開快餐店的朋友可以說:Ours is a smallbeer fastfoodjoint beside McDonald。 off one39。s nose從字面上解釋是:不會(huì)從我鼻子上掉皮。但是,你要是在跟別人講話的時(shí)候用這個(gè)俗語的話,你真正的意思是:這件事不是你的問題,也不是你的麻煩,而你也不在乎。例子:“Hey, it39。s no skin off my nose if Susie39。s going out nowwith that guy!I don39。t care what she doesI broke up with her amonth ago, when I met 39。s a lot more my style.”這個(gè)人說:“嗨,要是蘇琪現(xiàn)在跟那個(gè)家伙好,一起出去玩,我可一點(diǎn)都不在乎。她干什么我都無所謂。我在遇到卡倫以后就和她斷了關(guān)系??▊惡臀腋嗯湟恍?。” save one39。s skinTo save one39。sskin的意思從表面看來是:救了某人的皮。但是,實(shí)際的意思是:安全地逃出了危險(xiǎn)的境地,沒有受到傷害。例子:“My son was in a bad auto accident last other carwent through a red light and smashed into wrecked his car,but he was wearing his seat belt and that saved his skinhewalked away without a scratch.”這句話的意思是:“我的兒子上星期在開車時(shí)發(fā)生了嚴(yán)重的車禍。那一輛車穿紅燈,然后撞上了我兒子的車,把他的車給撞壞了,但是因?yàn)樗麕е踩珟?,所以他一點(diǎn)都沒有受傷?!倍?。奇奇怪怪的數(shù)字短語(1)等值翻譯:a drop in the ocean滄海一粟within a stone39。s throw一箭之遙ki11 two birds with one stone一箭雙雕A fall into the pit, a gain in your ,長一智。(2)不等值翻譯:at sixes and sevens亂七八糟on second thoughts再三考慮by ones and twos兩兩地,零零落落地Two heads are better than 。Can you e down a little?Sorry, it39。s one price for all。你能便宜一點(diǎn)賣嗎?對不起,不二價(jià)。He had one over the eight after be drank only half bottle of the wine。他才喝了半瓶酒就醉得七歪八倒了。(3)不必譯出:One man39。s meat is another man39。s 。I39。ll love you three score and 。Ten to one he has forgotten 。His mark in math is second to none in the 。She is a second Lei 。I always believe my sixth 。He talks about you nine times out of ten when we have a 。The parson official1y pronounced that they became 。I used to study in France in the year 。三。超級實(shí)用英語四字短語合集Are you kidding me? 跟我開玩笑???Back in a moment!馬上回來!Boys will be boys!本性難移!Come to the point!有話直說!Do I have to? 我一定