文本来源：佛山英语培训学校 爱德华国际英语

 

下面这些与身体部位相关的英语习语，你一定得知道。不要根据词的表面意思猜测含义，不然会闹出笑话。各条习语，均有解释和说明。

 

1. All ears

1.洗耳恭听

awaiting an explanation, listening eagerly and carefully

形容恭敬地专心倾听，等待答复。

Tell me how you managed to pass the exam, I’m all ears.

快说，你是怎么通过考试的，我洗耳恭听。

 She was all ears to find out where her husband had been the night before.

她目不转睛地听丈夫解释前夜去了何处。

 

 2. Cold shoulder

2.冷淡对待

 (give sb the cold shoulder, get the cold shoulder) – paying no attention to something, a deliberate act of disrespect, an attitude of rejection （冷遇某人）——不关注某事、故意怠慢、拒绝的态度。

I hoped she would come to the cinema with me, but I just got the cold shoulder. 要是她能来和我一起看电影该多好啊，只可惜我吃了闭门羹。

 The manager has given the cold shoulder to our proposal to buy a new company car. 经理对于我们提出的关于购买新车的提议置之不理。

 

3. Itchy feet

 3.流浪癖

a strong impulse to travel, restlessness, desire to leave 强烈渴望旅行、坐立难安、想要离开。

Seeing a boat always gives me itchy feet. 我一看见船就想远行。

No wonder she’s got itchy feet. She’s been working in the same office with the same people for more than twelve years. 难怪她那么想出去走走。她已经在这间办公室跟这些人一起工作了十二余年。

 

4. Long arm of the law

4.法律制裁

the far-reaching power of the authorities; the police, the law 当局、政策、法律的强大效力。

 Stop this dirty business, the long arm of the law will reach you some day. 快停下你龌龊的勾当，总有一天，你会受到法律的制裁。

He tried to live on shoplifting, but long arm of the law caught him in a week. 尽管他试着以偷窃维生，但一个星期就遭到逮捕。

 

 文本来源：佛山英语培训学校 爱德华国际英语