老外教你用“天气”表达地道口语(图)

http://www.sina.com.cn   2012年04月20日 11:31   新浪博客

本文选自《A Better Life》的博客,点击查看博客原文

  汉语中常有“阴沉着脸”、“愁云密布”等跟天气相关的词语,那么英语(微博)中有没有类似的表达呢?下面我们一起来看一下吧:

  1. What's up with him today? He has a face like thunder!

  他今天怎么了?他看着怒气冲冲的。

  2. I'm a bit disappointed in John and David. It turned out they were only fair-weather friends.

  我对约翰和大卫有点失望,原来他们不过是靠不住的酒肉朋友。

  3. We don't have a snowball's chance of winning that contract!

  我们根本就没有一点希望能签那份合同。

a storm in the teacupa storm in the teacup

  4. Don't worry about those two arguing. it's just a storm in a teacup.

  不用为他俩的争执担心,他们不过是小题大做罢了。

  5. The exam was a breeze.

  这次考试真是太容易了。

  6. We're snowed under at work.

  我工作忙得不可开交。

  7. They're blowing hot and cold over this issue. It's impossible to know what they want!

  他们在这件事情上摇摆不定,根本不可能知道他们到底想要什么。

  8. He's always working in his garden -- come rain or shine.

  他总在花园里干活,风雨无阻。

  9. It's going to get very busy on Thursday. Today and tomorrow are just the lull before the storm.

  我们周四会很忙的,今天和明天只是暴风雨来临之前暂时的宁静。

  10. I don't want to spend this extra money. I'll save it up for a rainy day.

  我不想把这些额外收入花掉,我打算存起来以备不时之需。

  11. I'm going to see which way the wind blows before asking her about a raise.

  我打算先观察一下形势,然后再提加薪的事。

  12. You'll steal her thunder if you wear that dress tonight!

  如果你今晚穿那条裙子,你会抢了她的风头的!

under the weather

under the weather

  13. I'm feeling a bit under the weather at the moment.

  我觉得不太舒服。

  14. This recession is quite serious and it's becoming difficult to weather the storm.

  这次经济衰退很严重,很难扛过去啊!

  (来源:英语点津)

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