有趣的“脖子”習語

美國人在講話和寫文章的時候經(jīng)常用一些和人體各部份有關(guān)系的成語或俗語。今天就給大家介紹幾個和脖子有關(guān)的習語吧!

1. To me, the worst pain in the neck is somebody who sits behind me in a movie theater and talks to his friends all the time the picture is on.

對我來說，最討厭的事兒就是在電影開演的時候坐在我后面的人跟他同伴老聊個沒完。

2. I broke my neck trying to raise you kids and look at the way you pay me back! One son in jail, the other too lazy to work and my daughter ran away with her hairdresser.

我累死累活的把你們撫養(yǎng)成人，看看你們是怎么報答我的?一個兒子坐牢，另一個太懶不愿意工作，女兒竟然跟理發(fā)師私奔了!

3. I feel sorry for Miss Jones who teaches that second grade class. She has such noisy, unruly kids that she must feel like wringing their necks every day.

我可真同情教二年級的瓊斯小姐。她教的那些孩子天天吵吵鬧鬧、無法無天的，我想她每天簡直都恨不得掐斷他們的脖子。

4. I'd rather not be in debt - I don't want that millstone around my neck.

我不愿意負債，我可不愿意背負那個負擔。

5. You really saved my neck. I'd have been in so much trouble if you'd told him the truth.

你真是救了我的命了!如果你告訴了他真相我就麻煩了。

6. Look at that traffic! I refuse to risk my neck just to cross the street to buy a paper.

看看那些車開得快的，我可不愿意冒險穿過馬路去街對面買報紙。

7. Why should I stick my neck out to do something for her? What's she ever done for me?

我為什么就應該冒險為她去做這些事?她又為我做過什么?

8. Molly is necking with Ted and thinking of Ken.

莫莉和泰德親熱的時候還想著肯。

9. Right now I'm up to my neck in work.

我現(xiàn)在忙得不可開交。

10. I can't believe he's failed the test twice -- he must be dead from the neck up!

我真不敢相信他兩次考試都沒過，他可真夠笨的!