7 BITE: 咬，吃

7 BITE: 咬，吃

詞組講解

1. bite off more than one can chew ** 試圖做過多的事或太費周折的事

解 〈口〉習語；詞義溯源：吃的東西太多以至于難以［咀嚼（chew）］

例 Eighteen credit hours this semester? Don't you think you might be biting off more than you can chew?

2. bite one's nails ** 因為焦急而咬指甲；心急如焚

解 習語；詞義溯源：咬［指甲（nails）］

例 With only one minute left in the game, Cleveland basketball fans were biting their nails hoping for a miracle win.

3. bite one's tongue ** 忍住不說，保持緘默

解 習語；詞義溯源：咬自己的舌頭

例 Sometimes it is best to bite your tongue rather than say something that will hurt another person.

4. bite sth. off / bite off sth. *** 咬下

解 短語動詞；詞義溯源：咬［下（off）］某物

例 We each bit off a piece of the candy bar and passed it to the next guy.

5. bite the bullet ** 硬著頭皮接受不愉快的事

解 〈口〉習語；詞義溯源：咬［子彈（bullet）］

例 When the company asks you to relocate, it's either bite the bullet and go or lose your job.

6. bite the dust ** 陣亡倒下；被打敗，被拒絕

解 〈口〉習語；詞義溯源：吃［灰塵（dust）］；多用于描述美國西部開荒者的電影中

例 Four teams have bitten the dust, leaving only eight more in the competition.

Didn't General George Custer bit the dust at the Battle of Little Big Horn?

7. bite the hand that feeds one ** 忘恩負義，恩將仇報

解 習語；詞義溯源：咬給自己［喂食、喂飯（feeds）］的手

例 The American ambassador accused Haiti of biting the hand that feeds it.

參考譯文

1. 這個學期修18個學分？你不覺得自己有些自不量力嗎？

2. 比賽只剩下一分鐘，克利夫蘭籃球隊的球迷們非常緊張，希望能有奇跡發(fā)生，贏得比賽。

3. 有的時候與其說一些傷害別人的話，不如保持沉默。

4. 我們每人在糖果上咬一口，然后把它傳給下一個人。

5. 當公司要給你重新安置的時候，你要么硬著頭皮去做，要么丟掉工作。

6. 有四支隊伍已經(jīng)被淘汰，只剩下八支隊伍相互競爭了。

喬治·卡斯特將軍不是在小大角河戰(zhàn)役中陣亡的嗎？

7. 美國大使指責海地忘恩負義。