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易 被 误 用 的 英 语 词 汇 与 习 语

易 被 误 用 的 英 语 词 汇 与 习 语
易 被 误 用 的 英 语 词 汇 与 习 语

1. out to lunch !

我和同事埋头工作一上午,转眼就到了午休时间,公司里德高望重的老美顾问这时探首进来,我看准他要出去吃饭,就说:“out to lunch?"

老先生顿了一下,然后孩童似的西西笑了起来,笑得那么开怀,连脸都胀红了。见同事一脸茫然,他才喘气告诉我们out to lunch 正面意思是去吃午饭,若当俚语解,是指这个人脑子不清楚,做白日梦,不专注,甚至有呆呆的意思呢

2. Nickel and Dime Someone

一个客户在电话线上和我就一笔生意讨价还价,硬要在我的报价上要砍掉一角钱,当时我和他据理力争,他说:”I'm not trying to nickel and dime you.“我当时就冲口回答:”I don't need your nickel and dime.(我才不要你的分分角角呢)”

事后经美国同事解释,原来那个客户当时就是和我在讨价还价。

3. Dress Code

刚到美国,我利用课余时间在一家餐馆打工,负责接电话。

有一次,一个电话问道:“What's your 'dress code' ?" 我想可能是我没听清楚,对方应该是要问address 和zip code 。我马上口述了一遍我们餐馆的地址。

她先是愣了一下,然后解释给我听,原来"dress code" 指的是餐馆对顾客服装上特别的要求。在美国,较高级的餐馆会要求顾客穿着正式的服装。

4. There's one born every minute

愚人节April Fool's Day 那天,好友Jenner 在“愚弄”我失败后,仍不罢休,她坚信一定可以找到一个愚弄我的方法的。我劝她放弃,她却说:“There's one born every minute." 我听后觉得一头雾水,每分钟都有一个人出生?问了Jenner 才明白,这句话是一句saying,意思是“总会有人上当的”。

5. 再迟到,给你一脚?Get the boot 委婉表达解雇某人

一日,Jenner 告诉我她在去打工的路上高跟鞋坏了,结果迟到了半小时,正碰上老板心情不好,冲她斥道:“ If you're late again, you're getting the boot.”所以,Jenner感到很是委屈。可我对她老板说的话感到纳闷。

这句话有两种解释:1,如果你再迟到,就给你一脚。2,如果你再迟到,你会得到靴子。

后来查字典终于真相大白:get the boot 是委婉的表达解雇某人的意思,同样的这个意思,还有一种书面表达方法是give sb. the boot.

(get booted 在chatrooms 还有被踢出去的意思。)

6.别跟Jack 打招呼

老美同事Jack 跟我们闲聊说,如在公众场合或是飞机上,碰巧遇到他可千万不要随意跟他打招呼!

我们问为什么,他就反问我们说如果碰到他,第一句会讲什么?大伙异口同声的回答说:“Hi ,Jack!”Jack 马上回答说:“See! It is 'hijack' !”搞不好警察马上会掏枪把你制伏,因为跟Jack 打招呼容易被误听成hijack(抢劫或劫机)。

听完大伙顿时笑成一团。

7.I have no culture

初到美国,去医院看病令人发怵,不仅不熟悉这里的规章制度,

语言也是问题,医学上的词语也让人颇感陌生。

一次,我患尿路感染,去看医生,想要个处方,医生不给,还说:“I have no culture。”我想,处方与“文化”有什么关系,怎么搞的那么复杂。

回家我闷闷不乐,丈夫问我怎么了,我说了一遍,丈夫哈哈大笑说:“医生说他没有尿样病菌培养检验结果,不能先给处方。”我这才明白“culture“是在这里的意思!

culture:[C] (biology 生) group of bacteria grown for medical or scientific study 培养的细菌:

* a culture of cholera germs 培养出的霍乱菌.

8.Entertainment Center 电视架

初到美国很辛苦,一切都要从都开始。租到房子的那天,来不及买家具,只好睡地板。第二天买了床,电视机和录像机,有没有电视架,放到地上看吧。晚上,先生回家来对我说:“先别吃饭了,小李开车带我们去看entertainment center。“我听了很不高兴的说:”肚子还饿着,哪有兴致去“娱乐中心”。先生知道我的英语有闹笑话了,笑着对我说:”你知道…entertainment center?是什么吗?小李带我们去买电视架!

9. Sugar Daddy

Liz与我一起去Costco购物,人口处迎面来了一对男女,年轻娇媚的女士同Liz很大方的打招呼,拉着年长男士的手远离后,我便对Liz说:“从他们亲密的样子看来,这对父女的感情一定很好。”Liz用很轻蔑的与其回答:“Of Course,He is her sugar daddy。”

听了sugar daddy 两字,孤陋寡闻的我心中十分纳闷,我们一般均用Sweet来形容父母兄弟姐妹等,为何Liz却以Sugar 来代替,难道这两个均含有甜味的字可以互用?或是她用错了字?

回到家立即查字典,才弄明白Sugar Daddy的意思是,赠送豪华礼物来博取少女欢心的老头!我真是够土的!

`sugar-daddy n (infml 口) rich man who is generous to a younger woman, usu in return for sexual favours 对年轻女子慷慨的阔男子(通常为换取性方面的好处).

10.Put one's best foot forward 全力以赴

朋友的朋友是位刚从大学毕业不久的女孩。年底在纽约找到了工作。离家上千里,元旦就不回家了。New Year's Eve我们邀请朋友和那女孩一起来玩。

聊天中得知,那女孩曾经是大学田径队跑中长跑的。由于我年轻的时候也有这样的爱好,所以我们谈的特别投机。

她说,她没有得过什么特别好得名次,“But I always put my best foot forward。”

我问:“起跑时,你左脚在前还是右脚在前?”

她思索了好一会:“左脚在前。”

我随即兴奋得附和说:“我也是。”

一次偶然得机会,我看到put one's best foot forward是全力以赴的意思。我才恍然大悟,难怪当时那么简单的提问她还会花时间去思考!

11. A peeking Tom

When small children peek through fences or into windows,they are probably just being curious。When a grown man does the same thing,it is

often because he has other motives-and they aren't always innocent or respectable ones。A man snooping like that is a a peeking Tom,"The neighbors have called the police,They are certain there is a peeking Tom in the neighbourhood tonight。

Peek是窥视地意思,一个小男孩从围墙或窗户外偷看别人,可能是由于出于好奇心的驱使。但是当一个大男人做出同样的举动时,他就可能有猥亵的念头。我们称这样的人叫”Peeking Tom“。”邻居们都打电话报警,说今天晚上有个偷窥狂在附近出没!

peek / pi:k; pik/ v [I, Ipr] ~ (at sth) look quickly and often secretively (at sth) 匆匆地(常为秘密地)看(某物); 偷看; 窥视: * No peeking! 禁止窥视! * peek over the fence 向篱笆那边瞥一眼* peek at sb's diary 偷看某人的日记.

12. A WINDFALL

Many words in English began as idioms.

A windfall is one of them.

It once referred to fruit that had been blown to the frond by the wind, but has now come to mean sudden good luck--Particularly in receiving money unexpectedly.

eg: "Felix won some money in the lottery and got a welcome windfall."

(那这个也算吧?)

13. John

John在美国算是大众化的名字,除了我们实验室又一个John 外,每次上德文课,当老师叫一声John来回答问题时候,此时教室里又好几声回应。

14.吹horn

大卫和我是搭档,同一室工作,他颇得公司赏识。

一天,经理叫我请大卫去办公室走一趟。不料大卫头也不抬就答道:“I don't blow my horn。”

办公室那里有horn(号角,喇叭)呢?我只好将原话象经理复述。不料他说:“Then you blow for him。”当我发呆不语时候,他解释说:总公司派人来了解大卫,想表彰他。

我明白了,就一五一十地介绍了大卫,给他吹了一次“horn”。

15.Egghead...

星期天,我们到朋友Helen家看录像带。她的弟弟正在电脑旁打报告,抬头向我们打了一声招呼后,完全不受干扰的又继续埋头工作。

Helen说:“我们看我们的电影,不必管他,he is such an egghead!”“鸡蛋脸?不会吧!我觉得他应该算是方面大耳的国字脸呀!“我如此的回答。

看我一本正经的模样,大家都笑了起来。原来,Egghead是指那些有呆气的读书人或者爱讲道理的知识分子,和什么脸形,面相都无关系!

egghead n (infml derog 口, 贬) very intellectual person 很有学问的人:

* The eggheads at the university know nothing about business. 大学的饱学之士对做生意一窍不通.

16.爱错了地方

文友周娟与美国丈夫查理,邀请了一对美国夫妇到一家中国餐

馆吃晚饭。

以为年轻的来自中国大陆的男性服务员,笑容可掬的走来帮他们点菜。点菜完毕,周娟用英文对这位服务生说:“你的Nipples很漂亮。”

这三个美国人听了,哈哈大笑。周娟不知道大家为什么发笑,便向查理询问。

查理说:“你把Dimples(酒窝)说成了Nipples(奶头)。你是爱错了地方,大家怎么能不笑呢?“

17.Spring chicken

办公室搬新家,大伙儿都卷起袖子分工合作。业务部经理George老先生也兴致匆匆地想来帮忙打包。可是,他才搬了几下就气喘吁吁的喊暂停。他自我解嘲地说:“Who am I kidding? I am not' Spring chicken…!”

春天的鸡?我好奇的问旁边的台湾同事Cindy:“他们老美也排十二生肖呀?那么George不是属鸡的了?”

Cindy笑着回答我说:“你弄错了,?spring chicken…就是我们一般所说的?童子鸡…。这句话是指,他不再年轻,没有当年的体力了,跟十二生肖没有关系。”

be ,no (spring) `chicken (idm 习语) (infml 口) (esp

of women) be no longer young (尤指女子)已不年轻

18.A dead letter

A letter that the post office is unable to deliver——maybe it's addressed incorrectly or the person to whom it's addressed has moved——is a dead letter. So, too, is a law, an order or a directive that has lost its effectiveness and is no longer used. “that order from the boss is a dead letter, Nobody obeyed it anyway."

一封可能因为地址写错或收信人已经搬离该处的信,邮局无法递派出去,便称之为“a dead letter”;现在,人们常用“a dead letter”来比喻那些已失效或不再通行的法律,命令或指令。“老板的命令毫无作用,根本没有人遵照行事!”

19.Bunny与Rabbit

时值年底,因资金结余。老板问大家有无新的仪器定购。众人纷纷摇头。这时有位博士生表情诡异的说:“We need some lab bunnies。”

我不明所以,以为是做实验所需的动物,便接口说道:“No,we don't need rabbits,we have nothing to do with that for a year。”

结果美国同事哄堂大笑。

原来,此bunny非兔子而乃指人是也。今年73岁的“花花公子”杂志的老板海夫在五六十年代的社交,出版界叱咤风云,他本人也风流潇洒,身边常常美女如云,美女个个十沉鱼落雁,闭月羞花。人人头戴兔宝宝的大耳环,因此得名playboy bunny。

我们实验室这位博士爷开玩笑,借用了此字,把playboy bunny改成lab bunny,结果让我老农进城出了个大洋相!

bunny n

1 (used by and to small children 用作儿语) rabbit 兔子.

2 (also `bunny girl) (often sexist 常含性别偏见) night-club hostess, esp one wearing a costume that includes false rabbit's ears and a tail 兔儿女郎(夜总会的女招待, 尤指以假的兔子耳朵及尾巴为装饰者).

20.Not Brown Enough

那天正在聊天,Cathy说她有时候很迷糊,“Probably I am not brown enough!”结果Donna安慰她说:“Never mind,we are the same,and this is not true!”听了这些对话,我才真是迷糊了,连忙要她们解释。

原来,Cathy的头发不是棕色而是金黄色的,而一般美国人认为金发女人波大无脑,棕发女人比较精明能干!Cathy,Donna两人都是金黄色发,难怪要同病相怜了。

21.都是plastic

朋友的学生阿丹刚来美国留学,有一次吃饭的时候,在座有位朋友说,现在有一张“plastic”就可以周游天下。

生性活泼的阿丹马上就问:“什么是plastic?”那位朋友回答:就是信用卡。

过几天阿丹到超级市场买东西要付帐的时候,收银小姐问阿丹:“Plastic or paper?"

阿丹马上从他的口袋里面掏出皮夹子,要抽出信用卡给收银小姐,收银小姐以为阿丹不懂英文而手足无措时,正巧后面的顾客到阿丹前面,一手拿着纸袋一手抓着塑料袋在阿丹面前晃一晃,这时阿丹才悟出来他会意错了意思。原来收银小姐问的是”纸袋“还是”塑料袋“(plastic bag or paper bag)而不是信用卡!

22. A Chinese puzzle

Apparently the Chinese are quite skilled at constructing intricate puzzles which require a great deal of time and thought to solve. From that,anything difficult to comprehend or something extremely complex is referred to as a Chinese puzzle. “I have never been able to understand mathematics,”Julia frowned,“The subject continues to remain a Chinese puzzle to me."

显然地,中国人精于设计复杂的七巧板(puzzle),使人们花很多时间和心思才能拼成。因此,凡任何难以理解,错综复杂的事物,都可以比喻为“a Chinese puzzle”。

“我一向都理解不了数学,”朱利亚愁苦地说,“这个科目对我来说就像中国地七巧板一样复杂!”

23. Too Many Irons on the Fire

那天我和Marilyn约好去Sandra家坐坐,我晚到了。刚要开门,就听见Marilyn嚷嚷说:“......too many irons on the

fire”,我不知道是什么东西放在火上,又不希望又什么意外发生,结果啥都没有!

原来“too many irons on the fire”就表示一个人有太多的事情要做,太忙了!就像以前老祖母放很多熨斗在火炉上,衣服一件接着一件烫,忙不过来。这可真是现代人的写照啊!

24.“优美”的闲言闲语?

两年多前刚来美国不久,我与洋老公迁入一教堂顶楼居住。每逢周末,有不同教堂组织前来礼拜,楼下不时传来优美的圣歌。一日我对老公说:“Listen to the beautiful gossip,isn?t it nice?”

老公一听不禁捧腹,笑着说:“是gospel,不是gossip,你听到他们笑唱别人的闲话吗?”

Well,gospel(圣歌,福音),gossip(闲话),相差十万八千里,可得小心使用!

25.She has her own pets

表妹女儿的同学来家里玩,两个孩子在一起谈到学校里的事。那天她们又在你一句我一句的争论不休。只听那位同学说:“Mrs O…Brien(the teacher)has her own pets。”

听到这句话,表妹插话了:“你们的老师我知道,开家长会时我们常得空聊聊,曾经她讲过她对动物毛发过敏,所以她不会养宠物的。”

两个女孩子懵懵懂懂的。表妹的女儿突然搞清楚了,推着妈妈往厨房里走。“妈妈,你在说什么呀!我们在讲老师特别喜欢班上哪几个人!”

26.OLD MAN

“My old man is a pretty remarkable person,”Heloise smiled。“All I have to do is give a loud cry and he wakes up,climbs out of his warm bed,puts on his slippers in the dark,turns on the light,and hurries to my room bearing a gift that's guaranteed to silence me!What a guy,that old man of mine!I wonder where my old lady met him?”In colloquial speech,someone?s old man is his or her father,husband or boyfriend。His or her old lady is his/her mother,wife or girlfriend。

“我的old man是个讨人喜欢的人,”荷露易丝得意的说,“只要我大声哭,他就会醒来,爬出他温暖的被窝,摸黑穿上拖鞋,打开灯,急忙跑到我的房间用一个让我不哭的玩具哄我!old

man是我老爸!真不知妈妈怎么碰到这个好人?””old man“是一个俗语,比喻父亲,丈夫或男朋友。”old lady“则是指母亲,妻子或女朋友!

27.Go Wild

圣诞节过后去上班,一见到我那位美国朋友,互相问候之后,她说,“You went wild this Christmas。”

我带着无奈的口气说:“没有,我先生赶上了”流感潮“,发烧,咳嗽,所以哪儿也去不成,只能呆在家里。”

除了表示同情,她继续说:“我说你今年送给我的圣诞节礼物让你破费了。”

原来如此,她并没有指我到出走。这不由使我想到上海人用类似的说法——野哗哗,来形容过分,过多,没有计划!

28. A Man of Means

我的英语程度比同班同学好......有一天我们老师在家中举行了一个Party,并且特别介绍了一位青年企业家让我们认识,她说这位青年事业成功,是一位“a man of means”。

同学们都不懂老师的意思,而我当时也只知道mean的意思是卑鄙,低贱,自私而已!结果,那天每个人都刻意避开他。隔一天,老师责问我们何以如此不友善?

后来,当我们知道“a man of means”在这儿是当“有钱人”解释时真是无地自容!

29.Dead meat

合同工Jerry不是很受欢迎,所以他走时,大家也都松了一口气。第二天早晨见Lori坐在Jerry原来的位臵上,我就开玩笑地冲她说:“Hi jerry!”其他人听了都笑了,且说我可真mean (“坏”的意思)。果然,再见到Lori时候,她就对我说“Dead meat。”

我听了心想,她一定是生气了,不然怎么会这样叫我,于是找到她,向她解释说我只是开玩笑,如果她生气的话,那么我道歉。她忙说知道我开玩笑,怎么会生气。

原来“Dead meat”是指“You are in trouble”。就像是中文里一方和另一方开玩笑后,另一方会说:“好吧,这下你麻烦了,我要给你点颜色看看”,和Dead meat的表层意思一点关系都没有!

30.At one's peak

A person at his/her peak has reached the highest level of his/her capability. An athlete may feel he /she at his/her peak at a certain time of the day or after a certain amount of exercise. Someone else may think he is at his peak when he is well-rested. The same term can define someone who has attained the highest level of his/her individual achievement in life。“My grandfather decided to retire once he felt he was no longer at his peak。”

Peak是山峰。“At one…s peak“比喻人在某方面得才能或成就已经登峰造极。对于一个运动员来说,一天的某个时间或经过一定训练后,他/她处于最佳状态。一个人如果休息的很好,可以认为他的精神状态处于颠峰。这个短语也可以比喻一个人一生中最辉煌的阶段。例如:”祖父觉得自己的颠峰时刻已过,便决定退休!“

31.Drug-free

妈妈来我这里小住,我开车载她四处逛逛。有次跟在一辆大卡车后面,卡车车身砌满了公司名号,还标榜该公司是个Drug-free company。妈妈英语程度有限,看了以后疑惑的问我说:“这家公司怎么这么好,员工生病了,还有免费的药可吃?”

原来妈妈不知道,这句词中的Drug-free是指“不吸毒”的意思,她误以为是指“免费吃药”!

32.Shot in the neck 喝醉酒

感恩节去舅舅家串门,到那里时,他们刚用过晚餐不久,大家交谈的交谈,收拾的收拾,唯独没有看到表哥,我便问,怎么表哥不在?舅舅的洋媳妇笑笑说,表哥“shot in the neck”

我一愣,怎么会被射中颈部?看看周围的人个个高高兴兴的,有说有笑,一点不像出过什么事,实在糊里糊涂,便拉过先生悄悄的问他,那到底是怎么一回事。经他一解释才解开了疑团。

原来,shot in the neck是喝醉酒的意思!

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