會說話的“五官”——“五官”習語妙用

王希萍

英語中有許多習語是由表示人的“五官”的單詞組成。學生如果在作文中能使用這些習語，定能使語言生動，文采倍增。

1.Eye

an eye for an eye 以眼還眼，報復

catch sbs eye 引某人注目；令人矚目

give someone a black eye打得鼻青臉腫

be all eyes極注意地看著，非常留神

see eye to eye(with)意見一致，立場相同

see with half an eye 一看就明白

shut ones eye to 置之不理

have an eye for 對……有判斷力

keep an eye on 照看，密切注意

in the eyes of在……的心目中，在……看來

make eyes at sb向某人送秋波

make sb open his eyes使某人瞠目結舌，吃驚

2.Ear

go in at one ear and out at the other左耳進右耳出；當耳旁風

pick up ones ears豎起耳朵聽

up to the(ones)ears深陷在(債務等中)

wet behind the ears乳臭未干

be on ones ears在發怒

be all ears全神貫注地傾聽

give ear to聽，傾聽，注意

give ones ears不惜任何代價(要)have an (no)ear for

對……聽覺靈敏(不靈敏)

sleep on both ears酣睡

turn a deaf ear to對……根本不聽，不理會

3.Mouth

down in (at) the mouth 垂頭喪氣from mouth to mouth

口口相傳，廣泛流傳

put words in(to)someones mouth教人怎么說，誣指某人說過某話

stop someones mouth使某人緘默

take the words out of someones mouth搶先說某人想說的話

from the horses mouth(消息等)直接得來的

in the mouth of出于……之口

make a mouth做怪臉，做苦相

open ones mouth wide獅子大開口(指索高價)

4.Nose

lead someone by the nose控制某人，牽著某人的鼻子走

pay through the nose 付出過高的價格

turn up ones nose (at)瞧不起，嗤之以鼻

under someones (very) nose在某人面前，當著某人的面

as plain as the nose on your face一清二楚

bite sbs nose off氣勢洶洶地回答某人

follow ones nose筆直走，憑本事行事

look down ones nose at瞧不起

thumb ones nose(at)(對……)作蔑視動作

5.Tongue

give tongue直言無忌

hold ones tongue 住嘴，別說了

keep a civil tongue in ones head有禮貌，彬彬有禮

with ones tongue in ones cheek言不由衷

bite the tongue保持緘默

have lost ones tongue嚇得(羞怯得)說不出話來

on the tongues of men(on everyones tongue) 被眾人談論著

smite with the tongue含血噴人，譴責★