straw in the wind A slight hint of the future, as in The public unrest is a straw in the wind indicating future problems for the regime. This expression alludes to a straw showing in what direction the wind blows, an observation also behind the idiom straw vote. See also: straw, wind...
你不必怕他,他是个懦夫。 NOTE This idiom compares a person to a model of a man filled with straw (= stems of grain plants such as wheat, etc. that have been cut and dried). 这个习语源于人与稻草人(straw)的比较。随便看 in your own time in your right mind in (your) shirtsleeves in...
switchingincollegestudentsbygivingsome examples,aswellasanalyzesthereasons causingthesephenomena. Keywords:code—switching;collegestudents; motiveanalysis 一 “草’’知秋 — — 以“straw”为例浅本斤英语习语的汉译 口 阎 锐 山西师范大学外国语学院