2. to receive the meaning of a joke; to understand a joke. John told a joke, but I didn't get it. Bob laughed very hard, but Mary didn't get it. get on 1. to get along; to thrive. Well, how are you two getting on? We are getting on okay. 2. Go to get on something...
28. more than meets the eye hidden motives, meaning, or facts 29. pick the eyes out Austral and NZ to select the best parts or pieces (of) 30. see eye to eye to agree (with) 31. set eyes on lay eyes on clap eyes on (usually used with a negative) to see: she had never laid...
light into Informal To attack verbally or physically; assail. light out Informal To leave hastily; run off.Idiom: go light on 1. To use, acquire, or consume in small or moderate amounts: go light on the garlic. 2. To treat leniently. [Middle English, from Old English lēoht, līh...
idiom指一种语言中一般由几个词结合成短语或句子的特殊表达方式,即惯用语、成语。也指方言。双语例句用作名词(n.) The tongue is one of the vocals.舌头是发声器官之一。 The dog's tongue was hanging out.这条狗把舌头伸在外面。 English is her mother tongue.英语是她的母语。 He speaks English, but...
Soon, though, Bond is launching himself out of trouble with the help of a jet pack and we’re plunged into the first of several underwater scenes, as SPECTRE hides some stolen nuclear missiles in the seas off the Bahamas. These subaquatic adventures are the film’s trademark, and ...
There’s no definitive origin of the phraseget your hands dirty. But, it is alluded to in the Bible when Pontius Pilate made a show of his innocence in Jesus’ death by washing his hands in a bowl of water in front of everyone. However, it wasn’t used as an idiom or a common ...
aJust when government officials opened an investigation into whether they are husband and wife, Andrew's home in Alaska, they were forced to use the weekend to prove they really planning to get married. There, Margaret met Andrew are both hospitable and curious members of the family, mother ...
第12章文化形式差异与翻译汉译英教学课件 Translation,involvingthetranspositionofthoughtsexpressedinonelanguagebyonesocialgroupintotheappropriateexpressionofanothergroup,entailsaprocessofculturaldecoding,re-codinganden-coding.SL--decode--TL Astranslatorswearefacedwithanalienculturethatrequiresthatitsmessagebeconveyedin...
For global brands looking for growth, it is hard to ignore China, the world’s biggest consumer economy. Western brands trying to break into the market, however, would have to delve deep into the cultural and social codes to thrive.
The work is mainly comprised of over 400 calligraphic variants of the Chinese character “niao”, meaning bird, carved in colored acrylic and laid out in a shimmering track that rises from the floor into the air. On the gallery floor Chinese characters in the “simplified style” script popula...