英文中這些奇怪的外來(lái)俗語(yǔ)

英文里充斥著古怪的習(xí)語(yǔ)，像是“The moments when we escape a dicey situation by the skin of our teeth——我們從牙口間隙脫離危險(xiǎn)境地(死里逃生)”。但是在任何詞典中，都還有變化的空間。無(wú)論老的小的，高的矮的，過(guò)著拮據(jù)的生活，還是富裕的日子，你都可以借用其他語(yǔ)言里有趣的俗語(yǔ)來(lái)豐富你的表達(dá)。

 

 

1、EATING A CABLE

Spanish 西班牙語(yǔ)

to be in financial difficulty

陷入經(jīng)濟(jì)困境

If you’re down to your last savings, perhaps you’ll only have your cables left to eat.

如果你窮得只剩下最后的積蓄時(shí)，可能你就只剩下電纜可以吃了。

2、TO RIDE AS A HARE

Russian 俄語(yǔ)

To travel without a ticket

逃票旅行

If you are travelling without a ticket, you’ll be shaking like a hare when the ticket inspector comes to you.

如果你沒(méi)有為旅途買票，那么當(dāng)檢票員來(lái)找你的時(shí)候，你就會(huì)發(fā)抖得像野兔一樣。

3、TO HAVE A WIDE FACE

Japanese 日語(yǔ)

To have lots of friends and to be well liked

有很多朋友，很受歡迎

These days, this could be interpreted to mean you have a wide friendship circle on social media.

現(xiàn)在，這會(huì)被理解為指你在社交媒體上有廣泛的交友圈。

4、TO LIVE LIKE A MAGGOT IN BACON

Deutsch 德文

To live the life of luxury

過(guò)著奢侈的生活

If a maggot’s found themselves some bacon, they really are living the high life.

如果蛆蟲(chóng)為自己找到一些培根，那么它們就真的過(guò)得很好。

5、STOP IRONING MY HEAD

Armenian 亞美尼亞語(yǔ)

Stop annoying me!

別煩我!

Traditionally used to stop nagging wives, but said now to anyone who’s being irritating.

習(xí)慣上是用來(lái)阻止碎碎念的妻子的，但現(xiàn)在也對(duì)所有惱人的家伙說(shuō)。

6、TO HAVE LONG TEETH

French 法語(yǔ)

To be ambitious

胸懷抱負(fù)

By this logic, you can argue that vampires are certainly ambitious.

按照這個(gè)邏輯，你可以說(shuō)吸血鬼必定是野心勃勃的。

7、NOT MY CIRCUS, NOT MY MONKEY

Polish 波蘭語(yǔ)

Not my problem.

不是我的問(wèn)題。

This is certainly a more colourful way to wash your hands of a problem.

要撇清你和某個(gè)問(wèn)題之間的關(guān)系，這確實(shí)是一種生動(dòng)有趣的表達(dá)方式。

8、MY EYE WENT WITH ME

Maltese 馬耳他語(yǔ)

I fell asleep.

我睡著了。

After all, your eyes can’t see anything if you’ve fallen asleep.

畢竟，當(dāng)你睡著的時(shí)候你的眼睛什么也看不見(jiàn)。

9、I'M SWEATING CARROTS!

Dutch 荷蘭語(yǔ)

Literally means ‘I’m sweating very heavily’

字面意思是“我出汗很嚴(yán)重”

This is a slightly nicer way of saying ‘I’m sweating like a pig!’

這要比“我出汗出得像豬一樣”要稍微好一些。

10、WORK IS NOT A WOLF; IT WON'T RUN OFF INTO THE WOODS.

Ukrainian 烏克蘭語(yǔ)

You can always return to a piece of work later on.

之后你總能回到工作中去。

This is a good phrase to use on a friend who panics about assignments and chains themselves to a laptop to get them done.

這是一個(gè)很好的短語(yǔ)，可以用來(lái)用在那些對(duì)任務(wù)感到驚慌，并把自己鎖在電腦前去完成任務(wù)的朋友們身上。

11、IT FELL BETWEEN CHAIRS

Swedish 瑞典語(yǔ)

When you want to say,’Yeah, I know I was supposed to do it but I forgot.’

當(dāng)你想說(shuō)：“是的，我知道我本應(yīng)該這么做的，但是我忘了。”

This happens when two people were meant to do something, but both of them forgot all about it.

這種情況發(fā)生在兩個(gè)人都打算做某事，但他們兩人都忘光了的時(shí)候。

12、MY COTTAGE IS AT THE EDGE

Ukrainian 烏克蘭語(yǔ)

Means:‘ I’m only slightly involved.’

意思：“我只是略有涉及。”

As you’re only on the periphery of the problem, you’re just not that worried about it.

因?yàn)槟阒皇顷P(guān)系到問(wèn)題的周邊，所以你就沒(méi)有那么擔(dān)心這個(gè)問(wèn)題。