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写作资料技巧|跟baby有关的习语和表达 2

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bottle baby

抱着瓶子的孩子的意思是?对你说吧,这个习语指的是酒鬼。酒鬼天天抱着酒瓶,这么一联想很好记。

例句: The bottle babies sat there, waiting to be thrown out at closing time. 酒鬼们坐在那,等着关门时被赶走。

babe in the woods

Babe就是婴儿,woods是树林。A babe in the woods就是指一个在某一范围没经验,什么也不懂的人。你可以说一个人在经商或人际关系方面没经验是a babe in the woods。Babe in the woods这个习惯用语来自1595年一首非常时尚的诗歌《The Children in the Wood》,诗里写的是两个孤儿被丢弃在森林里的故事。Babe in the woods后来一般是指孤立无助或是没经验的人。

例句: Henry is like a babe in the woods at his company: everyone takes advantage of him. 亨利在公司就像一个不谙世故的林中孩子,每一个人都借助他。

child's play

这个习语的意思是易如反掌的事。

例句: For me, playing the guitar is child's play. It's so easy. 对我来讲,弹吉他小菜一碟,很简单。

jobs for the boys

当大家把工作、合同等交给朋友或熟人时,这类工作就是jobs for the boys,即走后门的工作。这里的boys指英国公立学校的毕业生。这类学生毕业后会组成一个名为老同学关系网的组织,让一些来自上层社会的权贵子弟能一同推荐某些利益或权利,甚至是好的工作机会,而一般中下层阶级根本不可能有机会打进这个圈子。

例句: The party has been accused1 of creating a jobs for the boys system of government. 该党被指责实行任人唯亲的政府用人机制。

like a kid in a candy store

假如说某人像糖果店里的孩子子,那样他们就是对某事特别激动。

例句: When I got the job, I was like a kid in a candy store. 当我得到那份工作的时候,我像糖果店里的孩子一样开心。

boys will be boys

指男生或男性一直有某些特别的行为,一般指他们一直淘气、吵闹或是不负责任。有一种无奈的感觉。

例句: My children are always being noisy with their friends. But boys will be boys. 我的孩子跟朋友在一块玩的时候一直吵吵闹闹的。但无法,男生就是男生啊。

throw the baby out with the bath water

把孩子跟洗澡水一块泼出去,意思是把要紧的东西跟无关紧要的东西一块扔掉了。

例句: There are some good points to the system. Let's not destroy the method for a few faults, or we shall be throwing the baby out with the bath water. 这种体制有它的优点,不要由于某些问题而废除它;不然,大家就是良莠不分,全盘否定。


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