英語博客-北美風(fēng)情 180、To bite the dust
Maura:We’re not going to make this a serious episode, because all of these expressions about dying are not to be used in any serious circumstance. You would never use these expressions if you were talking about a real person actually dying.
Harp:Yes. These are expressions if a thing dies or if someone dies who you don’t know or you’re not close to.
Maura:Right. So what we mean by that is someone who dies in the news that you don’t know at all or a person that dies in a movie or a book, someone that’s not really real. Anyone who is actually dying in real life, in the life of a friend or someone you know, these expressions are completely inappropriate.
Harp:Yes.
Maura:But the reason we decided to do an episode anyways, because there are so many expressions that mean to die.
Harp:Yeah, and there are fun expressions that you can hear out on the streets.
Maura:Yes. They’re funny, they’re not serious, and they’re not used in any serious way.
