(1分) Idioms are phrases and sentences that do not mean exactly what they say. Even if you know the meaning of each word you see or hear, you may not understand the idiom because you don’t understand the culture behind it. For example, if an American boy asks his mother what’s ...
Idioms are expressions that don't mean what they appear to mean. For example, when you say 'it's raining cats and dogs', you don't mean that cats and dogs are falling out of sky, but rather that it's raining heavily. Idioms provide interesting insights into languages and thought proces...
An idiom is an expression whose words alone don't mean what the actual idiom means.习语是一种表达，其文字内容并不表示真正的习语意思。What that means is the words themselves and the actual meaning of the idiom are completely different.这意味着单词本身和习语的实际含义完全不同。So, for example:...
1.从第一段“Idioms(习语) are phrase and sentences that do not mean exactly what they say”可知,其蕴含的意义往往不能准确地从单个词语中推测出来。 2.从第二段“that means she doesn't have plans for dinner and she will decide later”可知,I'll play it by ear说明妈妈还没有关于晚餐的计划。
Let’s take a look at six interesting English idioms and find out what they really mean. When pigs fly Pig’s can’t fly! It’s impossible, which is precisely what the expression means.We say it as a response when someone tells us something that we think is impossible or very ...
Idioms(习语) are phrases and sentences that do not mean exactly what they say. Even if you know the meaning of each word you see or hear, you may not understand the idiom because you don't understand the culture behind it.For example, if an American boy asks his mother what's for ...
To “pull punches” is to be careful how you word something to avoid hurting someone’s feelings. This phrase is almost always used in the negative, to describe a situation where someone says exactly what they mean. Man, this movie reviewer reallydoesn’t pull punches. It sounds like she ...
Idioms are phrases that have a different, hidden meaning that might be different from what they initially seem to be saying. Native English speakers will use idioms in their daily speech and understand what they mean right ...
if an American boy asks his mother what's for dinner tomorrow,she may say"I'll play it by ear", that means she doesn't have plans for dinner and she will decide later.“Play by ear” use d to mean playing musi c using the sheet music, but now people often use it when they're...
And what is the chance that you would find a snowball in hell?你在地狱里找到雪球的可能性有多大？Well, there isn't one.基本没有。So if there is not a snowball's chance in hell, it means that it's just not gonna happen.所以如果地狱里没有找到雪球的机会，就意味着它不会发生。Very ...