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| 《海外文摘》2002年第10期 文摘类期刊-趣味英语 |
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egg on one‘s face
The Pentagon‘s been left with egg on its face. egg on one‘s face源于人们吃鸡蛋或果酱不小心弄到脸上，自己还不知道。人们认为这是丢脸的事，故以此语指“丢脸”、“出丑”。上句可译为：五角大楼丢尽了脸。
someone‘s face is a picture
Her face was a picture when I told her the news. someone‘s face is a picture，可不是“某人的脸是一幅画”的意思，而是指“非常震惊或生气”。上句可译为：当我把这个消息告诉她时，她非常惊讶。
in the can
The boy already had one success in the can. in the can 原指电影片子已拍摄好，装进金属盒内（in the can）待放。后喻指“已完成”、“已同意”、“达成一致”。上句可译为：这个男孩已经取得过一次成功。
call on the carpet
He was called on the carpet by the boss for failing in his mission. call on the carpet 源自19世纪早期英国英语walk the carpet ，指仆人被叫到客厅里挨训。此语即指“训斥（某人）”、“将（某人）叫去训斥”。上句可译为：他因未完成任务受到老板训斥。
go to the dogs
He seems to have gone completely to the dogs and spends all his time in the pub. 人不能吃或没有用的食物常用来喂狗（to the dogs）。如果某人或东西沦落到像喂狗的食物那样，那就等于是废物，完蛋了。因此此语在口语中喻指“堕落”、“完蛋”、“毁灭”、“垮台”。上句可译为： 看来他已完全堕落了，整天泡在酒馆里。
咬文嚼字
top drawer ：最高地位
最上层抽屉，喻指“（社会地位）最高地位”（the highest social position）。She is rich but she doesn‘t come out of the top drawer. 她富有，但并不是出身名门望族。
egghead：知识分子、学究
秃顶男人，喻指“知识分子”、“学究”，常用于贬义（usu. derog a highly educated person, perhaps too highly educated）What do these eggheads know about practical thing? 这些学者对实际问题懂些什么？
disc/disk jockey：流行音乐节目主持人
唱片骑师，即指“流行音乐节目主持人，尤指在广播电视上”（person who plays and comments on recorded popular music, especially on radio or TV ）。此词常简写为DJ. That disc jockey plays nothing but oldies. 那个音乐节目主持人除了放一些老唱片外什么都不放。
church-mouse：一贫如洗
教堂老鼠，喻指“一贫如洗”、“穷光蛋”（very poor）。David is as poor as a church-mouse. 戴维是个穷光蛋。
chicken feed/chicken-feed：零钱、为数甚微的款项
鸡饲料，比喻“零钱”、“为数甚微的款项”（a small unimportant amount of money）They‘re losing $2000 000 on this deal, but that‘s chicken feed. chicken feed. 这笔买卖他要损失200万美元，但这只是笔小钱。
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