362 复习
eat like a horse 吃得很多,饭量大
She's so thin, yet she eats like a horse. 她那么瘦,可饭量很大。
<—> eat like a bird 吃得很少,饭量小
You eat like a bird – I don't know how you stay healthy. 你吃得太少了——我不知道你怎么能保持健康。
work like a horse 辛勤工作
这节课讲一个幽默的说法,有亲朋好友来家里住,把家里的食物都吃光了,我可以开玩笑说:
eat me out of house and home
house 房屋,住宅
home 家,住宅
把我家吃光了,吃光我的家当,把我吃穷了
请大家跟我读
eat me out of house and home
eat you out of house and home 把你(们)吃穷了,吃光你(们)的家当
eat him out of house and home 把他吃穷了
eat her out of house and home 把她吃穷了
eat them out of house and home 把他们吃穷了
eat (somebody) out of house and home
把(某人)吃穷;吃光(某人)的家当
你都把我吃穷了!
You ate me out of house and home!
上周Mike来我家住了一个星期——
Mike came to stay for the week and ate me out of house and home!
Mike来住的那一个星期,把我家都吃光了!
stay 暂住 (上节课学的 stay 是“保持”,“保持健康”stay healthy)
for the week 这里的the表示特指,语境前面提到了Mike来住一星期,所以the week指“这/那一个星期”。如果不用特指,只说“来住一个星期”,就说for a week。
请大家跟我读
Mike came to stay for the week and ate me out of house and home!
礼尚往来——
I went to stay for a week and ate them/him out of house and home!
我去(Mike家)住了一个星期,把他(们)家吃光了!