手機(jī)版
“horse”這個單詞也算是我們學(xué)英語會比較早接觸到的一個跟動物有關(guān)的單詞。那么horse都有哪些有趣的習(xí)語呢？
1 a horse pill
大藥丸，大型丸劑。
This is not a horse pill. This is your pain pill which doctor prescribed.
這不是大藥片。這就是醫(yī)生給你開的止疼藥。
2 a horse laugh
狂笑，譏笑，不信任的笑。
At the end of the joke she gave a horse laugh that could be heard a street away.
在那個笑話結(jié)束時，她發(fā)出一陣狂笑，隔著一條街都能聽到。
3 a horse of a different color
完全是另一回事。
Taking the exam is one thing but passing it is a horse of a different color.
考試是一回事；通過考試又是另一回事。
4 be on one's high horse
趾高氣揚(yáng)，藐視他人。
Since Bob was elected president of the club, he's been up on his high horse.
自從鮑勃當(dāng)選為俱樂部主席以來，他就趾高氣揚(yáng)起來了。
5 beat a dead horse
徒勞無益，白費(fèi)口舌。
I hate to beat a dead horse, but it is very important that you understand this before you leave.
我不想多此一舉，但你離開以前必須了解這個。
6 hold one's horse
忍耐，鎮(zhèn)靜，別沖動。
Dad, please hold your horse before you get mad at me...
爸，在對我發(fā)火之前，請你忍耐一下……
7 clothes horse
愛打扮，趕時髦的人。
Princess Diana was a real clothes horse. It's hard to imagine how much she had spent on clothes.
戴安娜王妃是一個很講究穿戴的人，很難想象她花在衣服上的錢有多少。
*此外clothes horse figure指“衣服架子”，就是那種穿什么都好看的人。
8 talk horse
吹牛。
They often talk horse when they are free.
他們有空時常常在一起吹牛。
9 one-horse town
落后的小地方。
Then Beijing was a gray, drab, one-horse town where the main means of transportation was the bicycle.
那時的北京是一個灰色、乏味、設(shè)施簡陋的城市，主要交通工具是自行車。
10 horse-and-buggy days
馬車時代，以往歲月。
The post-industrial crisis always reminds citizens of the horse-and-buggy days.
后工業(yè)時代的危機(jī)總是能讓人們回想起以往的歲月。
（來源：網(wǎng)絡(luò)）
