英语美语习语视频教学：native发音

To be an early bird

Meaning: This is the opposite of a night owl. It refers to a person who is up bright and early in the morning.

意思

：这是夜猫子的反义词，指

早起的人

。

Example: She’s an early bird. She is up every morning at 5.30.

例句

：她是个早起的人，每天早上 5:30 就起床。

*To be up = to be awake and out of bed.

*To be up = 醒过来、起床

The early bird catches the worm

Meaning: This means that if you are up early in the morning, you have more time to work and make money. If you stay in bed half the day, you will fall into poverty.

意思

：

早起的鸟儿有虫吃

。意思是早起就有更多时间工作赚钱，如果半天都赖在床上，就会陷入贫穷。

To have butterflies in your stomach

Meaning: When you have butterflies in your stomach, you feel very nervous or excited about something.

意思

：心里七上八下、紧张激动、小鹿乱撞。

Examples:

She had butterflies in her stomach when she was going to meet the boy she was in love with.

例句

：她去见自己喜欢的男生时，心里紧张又激动。

He had butterflies in his stomach the day he went for the job interview.

例句

：他去参加面试那天，心里非常紧张。

Talk until the cows come home

Meaning: Talk for a very long time without solving the problem or convincing a person to do something.

意思

：

说破嘴皮子、聊到天荒地老

，指说很久也解决不了问题，也说服不了别人。

Examples:

We can talk until the cows come home but we are never going to find a solution.

例句

：我们就算聊到天荒地老，也找不出解决办法。

Mother to son: “I’m not going to buy you that new bike. You can talk to me until the cows come home. I’m not going to change my mind.”

例句

：妈妈对儿子说：“我不会给你买那辆新自行车的。你就算说破嘴皮子，我也不会改变主意。”

To be dog tired

Meaning: This expression is used when you are so tired you have difficulty in keeping your eyes open.

意思

：这个短语用来形容你累到眼睛都睁不开。

Example: I had to go to bed as soon as I got home last night. I was dog tired. I didn’t even have the energy to cook.

例句

：昨晚我一到家就不得不上床睡觉。我累坏了，连做饭的力气都没有。

To smell a rat

Meaning: We use this idiom to indicate that we are suspicious about something.

意思

：这个习语用来表示我们对某事感到怀疑、觉得不对劲。

Example: There’s something not quite right with the balance sheet. I smell a rat.

例句

：这张资产负债表有点不对劲，我觉得其中有猫腻。

To have ants in your pants

Meaning: When you are agitated about something or excited and you cannot keep still. You are always moving. If you really had ants in your pants, in the literal sense, you would not be able to sit down.

意思

：形容因焦虑、激动而坐立不安，总是动来动去。从字面意思看，如果裤子里真有蚂蚁，你肯定坐不住。

Example: You’ve got ants in your pants. What’s wrong with you? You’ve been pacing up and down all morning.

例句

：你坐立不安的，怎么了？一整个上午都在来回踱步。

It sounds fishy

Meaning: We use this expression when something seems very suspicious.

意思

：用来形容某件事看起来很可疑、很蹊跷。

Example: The price of this car is far too low. We’d better find out why. It sounds fishy to me.

例句

：这辆车的价格太低了，我们最好弄清楚原因，我觉得这事很可疑。

We can also say: ‘There’s something fishy going on.’ This means that something suspicious is happening.

我们还可以说

：There’s something fishy going on. 意思是有可疑的事情正在发生。

Go on = happen

Go on = 发生

It’s fishy business

Meaning: This means the same. Something is not quite right. We suspect something.

意思

：和上面意思一样。指某件事不太对劲，我们有所怀疑。

To be a night owl

Meaning: This is used to describe person who likes doing things until very late in the evening - usually into the early hours of the morning instead of going to bed.

意思

：用来形容喜欢熬夜做事、直到深夜甚至凌晨才睡觉的人。

Example: He’s a real night owl, but he can’t get up in the morning.

例句

：他真是个夜猫子，但是早上却起不来。