Imagine we all have to wear masks all the time for years and years. If that happens, this expression might change. But for now we still use it. Here is our next expression. It's an easy one: on the nos...
For the human emotion of rejection, the phrase to have one’s nose put out of joint(接头) is very descriptive. The expression is not new. It was Used by Erasmus in 1542. This is only a sampling of expressions in English dealing with the nose. There are a number of others. However,...
1.An act of directing the eyes on an object: contemplation,regard,sight,view. 2.A disposition of the facial features that conveys meaning, feeling, or mood: aspect,cast,countenance,expression,face,visage. 3.An outward appearance: aspect,countenance,face,physiognomy,surface,visage. ...
10. A distinctive, graceful, or artistic expression or arrangement of words: the poetic turn of a phrase. 11. A deed or action having a good or bad effect on another: "He thought some friend had done him an ill turn" (Stephen Crane). 12. A short walk or excursion out and back: ...
only smaller. A wicked grin was on his face as he noticed your expression. ‘Don’t worry, baby girl. Your going to like it I promise. See…’ He trailed off, his eyes wandering up and down your now naked body. As his blue hues meet yours he smirked again, seeing the desperation...
It comes from an old joke story about a judge who asks someone to make him three shirts out of nine yards of cloth only to receive a giant shirt made from “the whole nine yards”. Although we’re lacking a “missing link” between the two, the expression must have gained currency ...
to make the answerer, in consequence of the argument, to use an ungrammatical expression; or, as a last resort, to make him repeat himself. 4 There are two styles of refutation: for some depend on the language used, while some are independent of language. Those ways of producing the ...
The anger on human face is related to unpleasant and irritating conditions. The expression of anger is expressed with squeezed eyebrows, slender and stretched eyelids. The disgust expressions are expressed with pull down eyebrows and creased nose. The surprise or shock expression is expressed when ...
an expression / look on one's face 脸上的表情（表情是一时的，表面的）总之，“记住一般，意会句...
In the evening Squealer called them together, and with an alarmed expression on his face told them that he had some serious news to report. ‘Comrades!’ cried Squealer, making little nervous skips, ‘a most terrible thing has been discovered. Snowball has sold himself to Frederick of Pinch...