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英语成语趣味典故来自郑新民谈英语教学与研究00:0007:18
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学习英语成语是提升我们英语语言知识的一个好方法。今天我们为大家挑选了7条英语成语,请大家读一读,听一听,说一说,用一用。如有兴趣,还可以进一步研习一些其他的英语成语。通过不枯燥的学习,我们也会在不知不觉之中对英语国家的文化增加进一步的了解。
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playitbyear
Meaning:Playingsomethingbyearmeansthatratherthanstickingtoadefinedplan,youwillseehowthingsgoanddecideonacourseofactionasyougoalong.
Example:“Whattimeshallwegoshopping?”“Let’sseehowtheweatherlooksandplayitbyear.”
Origins:Thissayinghasitsoriginsinmusic,as“playingsomethingbyear”meanstoplaymusicwithoutreferencetothenotesonapage.Thissenseofthephrasedatesbacktothe16thcentury,butthepresentuseonlycameintobeinginmid 20thcenturyAmerica,primarilyreferringtosports.Thesedays,theexpressionhaslostthisfocusonsportsandcanbeusedinanycontext.
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cantdosomethingtosavemylife
Meaning:“Can’tdosomethingtosaveyourlife”isahyperbolicwayofsayingthatyou’recompletelyineptatsomething.It’stypicallyusedinaself deprecatingmannerortoindicatereluctancetocarryoutataskrequestedofone.
Example:“Don’tpickme–Ican’tdrawtosavemylife.”
Origins:AnthonyTrollopefirstusedthisexpression,in1848inKellysandO’Kellys,writing,“Ifitwastosavemylifeandtheirs,Ican’tgetupsmalltalkfortherectorandhiscurate.”
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turnablindeye
Meaning:To“turnablindeye”tosomethingmeanstopretendnottohavenoticedit.
Example:“Shetookoneofthecookies,butIturnedablindeye.”
Origins:Interestingly,thisexpressionissaidtohavearisenasaresultofthefamousEnglishnavalheroAdmiralHoratioNelson,who,duringtheBattleofCopenhagenin1801,isallegedtohavedeliberatelyraisedhistelescopetohisblindeye,thusensuringthathewouldnotseeanysignalfromhissuperiorgivinghimdiscretiontowithdrawfromthebattle.
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fatchance
Meaning:Weusetheexpression“fatchance”torefertosomethingthatisincrediblyunlikely.Bizarrely,andcontrarytowhatonemightexpect,therelatedexpression“slimchance”meansthesamething.
Example:“WemightwintheLottery.”“Fatchance.”
Origins:Theoriginsofthisexpressionareunclear,buttheuseoftheword“fat”islikelytobeasarcasticversionofsaying“slimchance”.Asimilarexpressionis“Chancewouldbeafinething”,whichreferstosomethingthatonewouldliketohappen,butthatisveryunlikely.
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potcallingthekettleblack
Meaning:Weusethisexpressiontorefertosomeonewhocriticisessomeoneelse,forsomethingtheytheythemselvesareguiltyof.
Example:“You’regreedy.”“Potcallingthekettleblack?”
Origins:Firstusedintheliteratureofthe1600s–notablyDonQuixotebyCervantes–thisexpressionhasitsoriginsintheMedievalkitchen,whenbothpotsandkettlesweremadefromsturdycastironandbothwouldgetblackwithsootfromtheopenfire.
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drivingmeupthewall
Meaning:Thisexpressionisusedwhensomethingorsomeoneiscausingextremeexasperationandannoyance.Asimilarexpressionmeaningthesamethingis“drivingmeroundthebend”.
Example:“Thatconstantdrillingnoiseisdrivingmeupthewall.”
Origins:Thesayingevokessomeonetryingdesperatelytoescapesomethingbyclimbingupthewalls.However,it’sunknownwhenitwasfirstused.
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knowtheropes
Meaning:Someonewho“knowstheropes”isexperiencedatwhattheyaredoing.“Showingsomeonetheropes”meanstoexplaintothemhowsomethingisdone.
Example:“AskJohn,heknowstheropesaroundhere.”
Origins:Thisphrasehasitsoriginsinthegoldenageofsailing,whenunderstandinghowtohandletheropesnecessarytooperateashipanditssailswasanessentialmaritimeskill.Bythemid 19thcenturyitwasacommonslangexpression,anditsurvivestothisday.
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郑新民,1957年生,福建省福州市人,香港大学哲学博士(PhD),上海外国语大学教授、博士生导师、博士后合作导师。担任上海市学位委员会第五届学科评议组成员,兼任中国英汉语比较研究会外语教师教育与发展专业委员会常务理事,美国纽约大学和英国利兹大学高级访问学者。主要研究方向为应用语言学、外语教育、外语教师认知和外语课堂教学等。英文专著:ChangingPedagogy:AnalyzingELTTeachersinChinaLondon/NewYork:Continuum,2008),全球著名应用语言学专家DavidNunan为该书作序,称赞该书拓展、延伸和更新了外语教学理论,尤其对外语课程论理论是一个重要的贡献。中文专著:《语言教育新概念》(北京师范大学出版集团/安徽大学出版社,2011),《信念与追求—走近上外》(北京师范大学出版集团/安徽大学出版社,2016),《英语学术论文写作之探—来自郑新民研究团队的报告》(北京师范大学出版集团/安徽大学出版社,2017),《英语博士成长札记》(北京师范大学出版集团/安徽大学出版社,2017)。已在SSCI和CSSCI发表学术论文50余篇。
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