俚语嘴巴的表达四

俚语嘴巴的表达四

Now,

the

VOA

Secial

English

rogram

WORDS

AND THEIR STORIES.

现在是美国之音慢速英语词汇掌故节目。

eole

use

their

mouths

for

many

things.

They

eat,

talk,

shout

and

sing.

They

smile

and

they

kiss.

In

the

English

language,

there

are

many

exressions using the word mouth. But some of them are not so nice.

< br>嘴巴的用途很多人们用嘴吃饭、谈话、呐喊、唱歌、微笑和亲吻。在

英语中有很多 包含嘴这个单词的短语。但其中一些可不太友好。

For examle, if you say bad things about a erson, the erson might rotest

and say "Do not bad mouth me."

Sometimes, eole say something to a friend or family member that they

later regret because it hurts that erson's feelings. Or they tell the

erson something they were not suosed to tell.

有时人们对朋友和家人说了什么过后他们觉得后 悔因为这伤害了他

人的感情。或者他告诉了某人一些不该告诉的东西。

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The

seaker

might

say:

"I

really

ut

my

foot

in

my

mouth

this

time."

If

this

should

haen,

the

seaker

might

feel

down

in

the

mouth. In other words, he might feel sad for saying the wrong thing.

这个发言者可能会说：

“这次我真的 说错话了”

。

如果发生这种情况这

个发 言者可能会感到沮丧。换句话说他可能为说错话觉得悲伤。

Another

situation

is

when

someone

falsely

claims

another

erson

said

something.

The

other

erson

might

rotest:

"I

did

not

say

that.

Do

not ut words in my mouth."

另一种情况是当有人谎称别人说了什么时。别人可能会抗议：

“我没

有这样说。不要把这个话强加于我。

”

Information

is

often

sread

through

word

of

mouth.

This

is

general

communication

between

eole,

like

friends

talking

to

each

other.

"How did you hear about that new movie?" someone might

ask. "Oh, by word of mouth."? A more official way of getting

information

is

through

a

comany

or

government

mouthiece.

This

is

an

official

sokeserson.

Government-run

media

could

also

be

called

a

mouthiece.

信息往往是 通过口耳相传传播这是人们之间的日常沟通方式。

例如朋

友之间 互相交谈

“你是怎么听说那部新电影的？”

有人可能会问。

“哦

通过口耳相传。

”更正式的获取信息的 方式是通过公司或政府的喉舌

这个喉舌是指官方发言人。政府开办的媒体也可以被称为喉 舌。

Sometimes when one erson is seaking, he says the same thing that his

friend

was

going

to

say.

When

this

haens,

the

friend

might

say:

"You took the words right out of my mouth!" Sometimes a

erson has a bad or unleasant exerience with another erson. He might say

that exerience "left a bad taste in my mouth." Or the erson

might

have

had

a

very

frightening

exerience,

like

being

chased

by

an

angry dog. He might say: "I h

ad my heart in my mouth."

有时某人说出了他朋友正要说的 话。

发生这种情况时他的朋友可能会

说：

“我也正想这么说。

”

有时某人跟另一人之间有不愉快的经历 他可

能说那种经历“给我留下了一个坏印象”

。或者某人有一段 非常可怕

的经历例如被一只疯狗追赶他可能会说

“我的心都快跳 到嗓子眼了。

”

Some eole have lots of money because they were born into a very rich

family.

There

is

an

exression

for

this,

too.

You

might

say

such

a

erson,

"was born with a silver soon in his mouth."

有些人出生在一个非常 富有的家庭而有很多钱。

有句短语正好形容这

种情况。你可能会 说这个人“含着金汤匙出生。

”

This rich erson is the oosite of a erson who lives from hand to mouth.

This erson is very oor and only has enough money for the most imortant

things in life, like food.

与富人相反的则是仅能糊口的人这类人非常贫穷他的钱刚够购买生

活最需要东西例如食物。

arents might sometimes withhold sweet food from a child as a form of

unishment

for

saying

bad

things.

For

examle,

if

a

child

says

things

she

should not say to her arents, she might be described as a mouthy child.

The arents might even tell the child to sto mouthing off.

家长有时会扣押孩子 的甜食作为孩子说坏话的一种惩罚。

例如如果一

个孩子对他的父 母说了不该说的东西他可能会被视为多嘴的孩子。

孩

子的家长甚 至可能会告诉孩子“不要再胡说了”

But enough of all this talk. I have been running my mouth long enough.

这次节目说得够多的了我说起来没完没了。

1 Do not bad mouth me.

别说我坏话。

Mouth

在这里做动词表示

“说某人坏话”

。

例如：

I won

’

t bad mouth Jay even if it kills me.

打死我也不说杰伊的坏话。

2 I really ut my foot in my mouth this time.

ut

one

’

s

foot

in

one

’

s

mouth

这个短语的意思是

say

something

embarrassing, make a faux-as

（失言说错话了）

。当你说了不该说的话< /p>

时突然发觉你说错话了就会这么说。

例如：

“

I certainly ut my foot in my

mouth at the arty last night when I asked Mister Brown to say hello to his