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Horse's mouth是什么意思?⊙
今天我们要学习的单词跟「马」有关。
它就是the horse's mouth。
不过如果你按照表面意思,把它理解成「马嘴」,那就大错特错了。
它的真实意思,和「马」一点关系也没有,而是表示「可靠的信息来源」。
The source of a truthful or honest statement. A likely origin of the phrase is how a horse's age can be determined with a fair degree of accuracy by the number, length, and shape of its teeth.
可靠言论的来源。据说这种说法是因为,马的年龄,可以根据其牙齿的数量、长度、形状,进行精确的判断。
和horse有关的其他俚语
High horse: 趾高气昂、目空一切。常与get off, on等连用。
例如:
My sister needs to get off her high horse and stop lecturing me.
我希望我姐姐能不要再对我颐指气使。
Horse laugh: 嘲讽的笑
例如:
He came out with a horse laugh that caused some eyebrows to raise.
他露出嘲讽的笑容,眉毛都上扬起来。
Hobby-horse: 一个经常被谈论、抱怨的问题或话题。
例如:
Ah, here we go again. Once grandpa gets on his hobby-horse about the government, there's no stopping him!
啊,又来了!每次外公说到关于政府的话题就滔滔不绝。