不要上當(dāng)，“see the elephant”不是“看見大象”的意思！

see the elephant

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see the elephant 也可說成 get a look / sight at the elephant，意思是“開眼界”、“長(zhǎng)見識(shí)”。

“看到了大象”就等于“看到了世界”，就是“見過世面了”?因?yàn)?ldquo;see the elephant”這句俚語(yǔ)誕生的年代，只有在非洲和亞洲才能看到大象，對(duì)當(dāng)時(shí)的人來說能看見大象就真的是相當(dāng)于是見過世面的了，算是開了眼界了。就這樣，“see the elephant”就成了“見見世面”的意思了。

例：

The boy came and saw the elephant in the city.

男孩到城里來大開了眼界。

see red

to become very angry

非常生氣;暴怒

see red 源于斗牛，公?？吹郊t色就會(huì)發(fā)怒。因此，see red意思是“怒不可遏”、“火冒三丈”。

例：

When Jim realized that he had been duped, he started to see red.

當(dāng)吉姆意識(shí)到受騙，他立即火冒三丈。

see the back of sb/sth

If you are pleased to see the back of someone or something, you are pleased that you no longer have to be involved with him, her, or it

巴不得…早點(diǎn)結(jié)束;再也不愿見到(某人)

例：

The hotel staff were glad to see the back of such a difficult guest.

賓館員工很高興把這么難伺候的客人打發(fā)走。

see stars

If you see stars, you are partly unconscious because you have been hit on the head.

(頭部受撞擊而)眼冒金星

想一想，除了抬頭望天之外，你還能在什么時(shí)候看到星星?就是被撞倒或是打到眼冒金星的時(shí)候了。所以see stars又有“眼冒金星”的意思。

例：

I bumped my head on the door, and saw stars for some five minutes afterwards.

我一頭撞在門上，接下來的5分鐘里，眼前金星直冒。