to become very angry 非常生气;暴怒see red源于斗牛,公牛看到红色就会发怒。因此,see red意思是怒不可遏、火冒三丈”。例句:When Jim realized that he had been duped, he started to see red.当吉...
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巴不得早点结束;再也不愿见到(...
想一想,除了抬头望天之外,你还能在什么时候看到星星?——被撞倒或是被打到眼冒金星的时候。所以see stars又有眼冒金星”的意思。if you see stars, you are partly unconscious because you have been...
断断续续”,或时断时续”,意思是时而中断,时而继续地接连下去(continue from time to time)。与英文惯用语fits and starts”意思相近,表示short, inconsistent, and irregular intervals...
美中不足”,字面意思是beautiful yet incomplete”,指总的方面虽然很好,但局部不够完善,有缺陷(a flaw in an apparently perfect thing)。与英文俗语fly in the ointment”意思相近,表示a ...
患难见真情”,意思是指只有经过共同的患难才能看出自己的知心朋友,与英文谚语A friend in need is a friend indeed”意思相同,表示A true friend is a person who will help you when you reall...
每个人在生活中都要面对许多选择,有时候可能会摇摆不定”,难以抉择。摇摆不定”,意思是指心意犹豫不决,来回变化(irresolute and hesitant)。与英文习语blow hot and cold”意思相近,表示to be changeable or un...
千载难逢”,意思是一千年里也难碰到一次(occurring only once in a thousand years)。通常形容机会极其难得,非常罕见。千载难逢的机会”可以翻译为chance of a lifetime”,表示An extremely impor...
悬崖勒马”,汉语成语,意思是在高高的山崖边上勒住马(draw [rein] in one's horse at the edge of a cliff)。比喻到了危险的边缘及时清醒回头(desist from doing something before it is too la...
进退维谷”,意思是无论是进还是退,都是处在困境之中,维相当于是”,谷比喻困境”。与进退两难”同义,可以翻译为be thrown into a dilemma”。与英文习语between a rock and a hard place;bet...