数字之俚语妙用
以下是带数字的词语 在日常生活中较为常用。
1 ten to one 很有可能
eg. Ten to one he’ll be late.
2 five-and-ten 廉价商品
eg. The meat is five-and-ten recently.
3 have two left feet 笨手笨脚
eg. My wife is a good danced, but I’ve got two left feet.
4 deep six 丢掉,置之不理
eg. We have to give my suggestions the deep six.
5 in seventh heaven 十分高兴
eg. After I was given my first camera, I was in seventh heaven.
6 zero in on 集中注意力于
eg. In the medical world. They’re zeroing in on a cure for the common cold.
7 from day one 从一开始
eg. He was mean to me from day one.
8 take ten (minutes) 休息十分钟,小憩一会儿
eg. Let’s take ten and go on working then.
9 be on cloud nine 情绪高涨
eg. My mother bought me a toy, and I’m on cloud nine.
10 one in thousand 百里挑一
eg. My sister is one in a thousand.
11 Have two left feet
怎么会有人有两只左脚?so想想看,两只左脚当然行动不便咯,所以得出来是笨手笨脚的意思。
eg. He has aflexible body, but I've got two left feet.
他身体灵活,可是我却笨手笨脚。
12 At sixes and sevens
什么,在六在七?有没有一点点读起来像杂七杂八?巧了,它就是脏乱的意思,翻译为乱七八糟的,杂乱无章的。
例句:Her home is always at sixes and sevens.
13 kill two birds with one stone
字面意思嘛,一眼看出来它是一石二鸟,一箭双雕的意思。
例句:I want to come up with an idea which can kill two birds with one stone.
接下来是一些带数字的对仗工整的谚语和习语
1.Between two stools you fall to the ground.
欲坐双凳必坠地。
2.Better master one than engage with ten.
十事半通,不如一事精通。
3. Never make two bites of a cherry.
一颗樱桃不要分两口吃;做事不要拖泥带水。
4. A stitch in time saves nine.
小洞不补,大洞尺五;及时处理,事半功倍。
5. One enemy is too many, and a hundred friends too few.
敌人一个也嫌多,朋友上百也嫌少。
6. A man at sixteen will prove a child at sixty.
十六不成人,六十不成器。
7. One flower does not make a spring.
一花独放不是春。
8. One today is worth two tomorrows.
一个今天胜似两个明天。
9.One swallow does not make a summer.
一燕飞来不成夏。
10.He that is not wise at twenty , nor strong at thirty , nor rich at forty ,nor wise at fifty , will never be handsome ,strong, rich or wise.
二十不俊一生丑,三十不强一生弱,四十不富一生穷,五十不智一生愚。
素材来源/就业部
编辑/陈柯里
审核/王静怡
2020.10.17