与气象相关的8种地道表达

与气象相关的8种地道表达  

,,1. Raining cats and dogs,pouring, raining very heavily,大雨倾盆,Where are you going, can’t you see it’s raining cats and dogs? You’ll get soaked in a minute if you go out now.,They didn’t go to the theme park because it was raining cats and dogs almost all day., ,,2. Face like thunder,being clearly very angry or upset,面露怒气或不悦,I don’t know what was happening, I just saw that a man with a face like thunder was chasing a little boy out of the grocer’s shop.,She didn’t say anything but her face was like thunder; she slammed the door as she left, and we haven’t seen her ever since., ,,3. Storm in a teacup,exaggerating a problem, anger or worry about something unimportant,过分放大小事的严重性、生气的程度或过度担心,Their debate was only a storm in a teacup – actually neither of them took the problem too serious.,The reports about the demonstration are astorm in a teacup – there wasn’t as much violence there as they say., ,,4. Chase rainbows,waste time trying to achieve something impossible,浪费时间追求不可能实现之事,My wife never believed I would make it as an executive manager; she always thought I was just chasing rainbows.,Can’t you see you’re only chasing rainbows? There’s no way to get this girl marry you., ,,5. Lightning fast,extremely fast,形容速度极快,I don’t think we can keep up with him, he’s got a lightning fast bike.,The robbery lasted only a minute, and then the robbers disappeared in a lightning fast car., ,,6. Head in the clouds,having unrealistic or impractical ideas, daydreaming,不能实行的或不切实际的想法、幻想,Is your sister in love? I see her walking around all day with her head in the clouds.,You have your head in the clouds if you think Mary will e to your birthday party after the nasty things you’ve done to her., ,,7. Snowed under,having too much to do,有许多事要做,I’d love to help you, but I’m pletely snowed under at the moment.,Could you e over and fix the tap in the bathroom? But of course, only if you aren’t snowed under, it’s not so urgent., ,,8. Under the weather,ill, sick, feeling unwell, sad or lacking energy,生病、不适、悲伤或缺乏活力,Do you mind if I stay out of work today? I’m feeling under the weather, I may have the flu.,I heard you were ill yesterday. Are you feeling better now or are you still under the weather?