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我們知道,
dog是狗,
house是房子,
doghouse就是“狗窩、犬舍”的意思。
?但是,
老外說“in the doghouse”,
可不是說“在狗窩里”,別搞錯(cuò)了!
in the doghouse
in the doghouse字面意思是“在狗窩里”,
但在英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)中其實(shí)還有別的意思
If you are in the doghouse, someone is annoyed with you and shows their disapproval.
如果你in the doghouse,那就是說有人被你惹得很煩躁,并向你表示反感
可以翻譯成
惹禍,惹麻煩;受冷落;失體面;丟臉
例:
Her husband was in the doghouse for leaving her to cope on her own.
她丈夫因讓她獨(dú)自應(yīng)付把她惹毛了。
I'm in the doghouse - I broke Sara's favourite vase this morning.我惹麻煩了——今天早晨我把薩拉最喜愛的花瓶給打碎了。
cathouse
doghouse是狗窩犬舍,
那cathouse呢?
其實(shí),
cathouse雖有貓窩的意思,
但在口語(yǔ)中,
更多的是用來表示:妓院。
例:
It is not a hotel, but a cathouse.
那不是旅館,而是妓院
get on like a house on fire
If two people get on like a house on fire, they like each other very much and become friends very quickly.
一見如故,情投意合
一旦房子著起火來,火勢(shì)就會(huì)非常迅猛地蔓延。就好像是兩個(gè)剛見面的朋友馬上就相處地非常融洽。所以這個(gè)短語(yǔ)就表示“(兩個(gè)人)迅速建立并保持非常好的關(guān)系”。
例:
I was worried that they wouldn't like each other but in fact they're getting on like a house on fire.
我之前還擔(dān)心他們會(huì)合不來,實(shí)際上他們卻一見如故。
bring down the house
這里的house指的是劇場(chǎng),bring down the house字面意思是“因?yàn)槿藗儫崃覛g迎,鼓掌喝彩達(dá)到了足以使劇場(chǎng)倒塌的程度”。也可以說成:bring the house down。引申意為“博得滿堂喝彩”。
例:
Why could Peg's performances bring down the house?
為什么佩格的演出能博得全場(chǎng)喝彩?
on the house
on the house字面是在房子上,
實(shí)際表示:
free, at the management’s expense (usually in reference to a drink or meal at a restaurant or bar)
店家負(fù)擔(dān)費(fèi)用,免費(fèi)。(通常指在餐館或酒吧喝的飲料或吃的飯)
on the house的這種用法,
源自美國(guó)。
以前,
在美國(guó)酒館消費(fèi)有個(gè)慣例︰
顧客每喝三杯,
酒館就奉送一杯,
這一杯就是on the house(算在酒館賬上)。
例:
All the drinks were on the house.
所有的飲料都是免費(fèi)的。
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