糊涂英語·咬文嚼字·開心一刻

Have a crush on sb.

美國電視連續(xù)劇《再續(xù)前緣》的女主角西拉·沃德，在談到中學(xué)時(shí)的戀人時(shí)說：

“I had this huge crush on him\"

可不要誤解為把他壓碎喲，真正的意思是：我當(dāng)時(shí)非常愛他。句中的huge是強(qiáng)調(diào)語氣的修飾語。 have a crush on sb：愛上某人。

女主角講那句用了修辭學(xué)的加枝添葉法，相等于源出英國的片語be nuts about/crazy about。

用地道英語表達(dá)：“我想我很愛你”，可以說：I think I‘m nuts about you. （姚普光）

A skeleton in the closet

A skeleton in the closet：“壁櫥中的骸骨”。英國人往往把closet說成cupboard。據(jù)說一家人謀殺了一個(gè)人，把骸骨暗藏在壁櫥中，不讓人知道。因此a skeleton in the closet就成了那家人的秘密，用以指不可或不愿外揚(yáng)的家丑，簡稱作family skeleton。很多老家族，少不了這種骸骨：Many old families have a number of skeletons in their closets which they are loath to discuss.（許多老家庭中有很多秘密是他們不愿談?wù)摰模＿@是西洋人一般的看法，沒有想到family skeletons竟成了八卦新聞主題了。（阿五）

咬文爵字

grass roots : 基層群眾

基層群眾(the ordinary people ，not the ones with power and knowledge.) The feeling among the grass roots of the Democratic Party is that the leaders are not radical enough.民主黨的基層群眾認(rèn)為，民主黨的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人不是很激進(jìn)。

John Doe :某甲；張三；李四。

無名氏（A name used for an unknown person ，especially in police and law business）。The police are looking for a John Doe who stole the diamonds.警察正在尋找偷了鉆石的家伙。

lovesick :害相思病的。

為情所苦，害相思病的(spending all your time thinking about someone you love ，especially someone who does not love you; yearning.)。You‘re acting like a lovesick teenager.你的所作所為就像得了相思病的少年。a lovesick song ，相思歌。

lovebirds :一對情侶，恩愛夫妻。

互相愛戀的兩人(two people who show by their behavior that they love each other very much.)。 Danny and Merry have been lovebirds for 50 years.丹尼和瑪麗恩恩愛愛50年了。

開心一刻

A drunkard

A drunkard dreamed someone bought him a drink. He disliked cool liquor and ordered a servant to heat it. At this moment， he awoke from the dream all at once.

He felt terribly regretful and said to himself， \"Had I known I was going to wake up， I would have drunk the cool wine!\"

一名醉漢夢見有人請他喝酒，他嫌酒涼，便叫服務(wù)員拿去熱一熱。這時(shí)他突然從夢中醒來。

他懊悔萬分，自言自語地說道：“早知道會醒來，就應(yīng)該把涼酒給喝了！”

A miser

There was a miser who never entertained others. One day， his neighbor borrowed his hall to give a banquet there.

A pass-by who saw the scene of activity and excitement asked the servant of the miser: \"Is your master entertaining guests today?\" The servant answered: \"No， it will be next generation that my master will give entertainments.\"

The miser chanced to overhear the remark and loudly reproached the servant: \"Who allow you to fix the date?\"

有位吝嗇鬼從不請客。有一天，他的鄰居借他的大廳設(shè)宴請客。

一位過路人看到熱鬧的景象便問吝嗇鬼的仆人：“今天你家主人請客嗎？”仆人答道：“不是，要我家主人請客等下輩子吧！”

吝嗇鬼碰巧偷聽到那句話，便大罵仆人：“誰允許你決定日子的？”