习语也搞笑:15个有趣的英语惯用表达

习语也搞笑:15个有趣的英语惯用表达  

1. a worm’s eye view
Many have heard the expression a bird’s eye view
but have you ever heard of a worm’s eye view? If you have a worm’s eye view of something
you only understand or know a little bit about it - and
unfortunately
it is usually the worst or least important part!
Example: What does he know about prepositions? He only has a worm’s eye view of English grammar!
例：他哪里懂介词了？他对英语语法的了解少得可怜！
2. a party pooper
A party pooper is someone who (always) ruins the fun.
Example: Frieda said that she can’t e to our 80’s Rock Star party. She has to stay home and wash her hair - what a party pooper!
3. everyone and his brother
The English expression everyone and his brother refers to a very large number of people.
Example: Everyone and his brother was at the stamp collectors’ convention last weekend. I had never seen so many people in my life!
4. The world is your oyster.
If the world is your oyster
you have the ability to do anything you want or set you mind to do.
Example: The young people of today have so many advantages. The world is their oyster.
5. The worm has turned.
Here is another worm idiom. The English idiom the worm has turned is used to say that someone who was always weak and did what he was told has now bee strong and confident.
Example: It looks like Rinaldo isn’t listening to you anymore. The worm has turned.
6. to knock your socks off
When someone or something knocks your socks off
he
she or it amazes or impresses you.
Example: Abrar’s version of the Canadian national anthem really knocked our socks off!
7. top banana
Similar to head honcho
big cheese or big enchilada
the term top banana refers to the leader of a group or anization.
Example: Our principal
Mr. Williams
is the top banana at our school.
8. the lights are on
but nobody's home
Used when describing a person struggles to fit into normal society
and subsequently rejected and described to people as a bit slow.
Example: Don't ask Dudley if he knows it
because… well
you know
the lights are on but nobody is home.
9. when pigs fly
The phrase "when pigs fly" is a response equal to "it will never happen"
or "I will never do it".
Example: The things you want to create is can only be plete when pigs fly.
10. to have Van Gogh's ear for music
If you have Van Gogh's ear for music
you are a tone deaf.
Example: He has Van Gogh’s ear for music and sings like a rusty hinge.
11. to pig out
This idiom means eating too much of something; to make a pig of oneself.
Example: Don't you girls pig out on too much candy!
12. everything but the kitchen sink
Almost everything
whether needed or not.
Example: She must have brought everything but the kitchen sink along on the trip
and how she lifted her suitcase
I do not know.
13. to put a sock in it
Asking a noisy person or a group to be quiet or to shut up.
Example: Oh
dry up; put a sock in it.
14. to have a cast iron stomach
A person who has a cast iron stomach is someone who has no problems with eating anything or drinking anything.
Example: I cannot eat this type of food because i don’t have a cast iron stomach.
15. use your loaf
If you tell someone to use their loaf
you are telling them in a slightly angry way that they should think more carefully about what they are doing.
Example: You haven’t even switched the thing on. Come on
Jamie
use your loaf!