堆到脖子上啦.doc

堆到脖子上啦!



因为上面是 head(脑袋),下面是 body (躯干),所以
neck(脖子)这个部位在人的身体零件中,好象有些无足轻重,
但看看下面这些和neck有关的事情,你就会很留意自己的neck了;
先说我们经常会:
crane one's neck to see sth. “伸长脖子看什么东西”;
而 a pain in the neck“脖子的伤痛”则是“恶心、讨厌”
如果有个很让你讨厌的男生老缠着你,你就可以明白地告诉他:
You gave me an awful pain in the neck.
“你真让我觉得讨厌!”。
如果听到有个人这么对你说:
I'm really up to my neck in my work today, I couldn't
get away from the office till 6:30. So I had to break
my neck to get to my sister's engagement party at 7
o'clock.
他在告诉你,他今天的工作是 up to neck (堆到脖子上了),
简直就是“忙得不可开交”;

而 he had to break his neck to do sth. 并不是说
“他不得不将脖子扭断”,而是表示“拼命地去完成一项任务”,
这里就是指“他拼命地在7点以前赶去参加“妹妹的订婚”;
以前可是有件事是必须要靠“脖子”来完成的,那就是“绞刑”,
所以 save one's neck 就等于是“挽救了脖子,避开了绞刑,
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