你知道与水有关的英语口语吗?
水和我们的日常生活密切相关,因此英语中也就有了很多与水有关的短语。来看看下面这些说法,你都知道是什么意思吗?
to be in hot water/in deep water:陷入困境
keep one's head above water:不负债,免遭灭顶之灾
water over the dam:木已成舟,既成事实
to hold water:(理论、计划等)证明合理,说得通
throw cold water:泼冷水
A lot of/much water has flown/run under the bridge since:自从那时起, 已经过了很久
above water:脱离困境的
as unstable as water:像水一样不稳定,变化无常
as weak as water:身体非常虚弱;意志薄弱;性格懦弱
back water:退缩;死气沉沉的状态;文化落后的地方
make one's mouth water :使某人垂涎
Don't cast out the foul water till you bring in the clean (=Don't throw out your dirty water until you get in fresh):清水未来,莫泼脏水
Draw water in/with a sieve(=pour water into a sieve):竹篮打水一场空
draw water to one's own mill:处处为自己打算;谋取私利
fish in troubled/muddy waters:混水摸鱼;趁火打劫
get to/reach smooth water:安然摆脱困境;进入顺境
get/wring water from a flint:缘木求鱼
He knows the water the best who has waded through it:要知河深浅,须问过来人
in low water:缺钱,经济拮据
in rough / troubled water:灾难深重
in smooth water:处于顺境中;日子好过
like water off a duck's back:不起作用;毫无影响
limn on water:瞬刻即逝,徒劳无益
Much water runs by the mill that the miller knows not of:我们眼前所发生的事情, 有许多是我们不知道的
No safe wading in
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