地道英语口语500句 迷你对话学地道口语第553期:提心吊胆等待结果

迷你对话学地道口语第553期:提心吊胆等待结果  

Subject：I am Waiting for the other shoe to drop.,迷你对话,A:Half of us have already known our school reports, and now the rest of us are waiting for the other shoe to drop.,我们其中的人有一半已经知道我们的考试成绩了，现在剩下的人正在提心吊胆地等待最后结果。,B: Don’t worry! You will be all fine.,别担心，没事的。,地道表达,wait for the other shoe to drop,1.解词释义,Wait for the other shoe to drop的字面意思是“等待另外一只鞋掉下来”，比喻为“提醒吊胆地等待最后结果”。其英文解释为：to wait for the inevitable next step or the final conclusion。
　　　
此语有此意思源于一个故事：旅馆里有位客人正在酣睡，忽然，他被头顶上“咚”的一声惊醒了。他回过头来想，一定是楼上的旅客上牀拖鞋，一只皮鞋掉在地板上的声音，于是他再也合不上眼睛了，屏息静气地等待另外一只鞋子掉下来，才能安心入睡。,2.拓展例句,e.g. He just opened his mail and moaned. Now, I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop when he finds the subpoena.,他刚才查看了邮件，在抱怨。当他找到传票的时候，我也在提心吊胆地等待传票。,e.g. They look so worried because they are waiting for the other shoe to drop.,他们看起来很着急因为他们正在等著公布结果。,Ps：school reports：学校成绩报告单the rest of：其余的