人体部位和英语习语

1、人体部位和英语习语1.HeadTheheadisthoughttobethemostimportantpartofthehumanbody.Soaleaderisoftencomparedtoahead首脑.ThuswehaveHeadofStateortheheadofadelegation.Theheadiswherethebrainislocated.Itisnaturallyassociatedwithideasandintelligence.Veryoften,weneedotherpeople'sideasandopinionswhenwewanttodosomething

2、well.Theisbecausetwoheadsarebetterthanone三个臭皮匠顶个诸葛亮.2.EyeTheeyesareextremelyprecioustous.ThatiswhywesayMindyoureye留神！whenweremindingsomeonetobecareful.Notonlyhumanbeingsandanimalshaveeyes,manythingsalsohaveeyes-theeyesofaship,theeyeofaneedle,theeyeofatyphoon,andsoon.3.EarTheearistheorganofhearing.Ap

3、ieceoflightmusiciseasyontheear.悦耳动听.Weareusuallyallears专心聆听forbitnews.Whentheythinksomebodyisoverhearing,Englishpeopleuseeitherofthetwoproverbs:Wallshaveears隔墙有耳andPitchershaveears壶罐有耳尖.Niceboysandgirlsrespectotherpeople.Theywillnotsecretlylistentoothers'privateconversations.Theyalsothinkthatlit

4、tlepitchershavebigears小孩子耳朵4.NoseTheEnglishphrasefacetoface面对面anditsChinesecounterpart对应areexactlythesame.ButEnglishpeople,toexpressthesameidea,cansaynosetonoseinstead.ThereisnosuchsubstituteinChinese.Thewordnoseappearsinmanyidioms.HerearetwowhicharequitesimilartotheirChineseequivalents:leadsomebody

5、bythenose牵着某人的鼻子走andturnupone'snoseatsomebodyorsomething对某人或某物嗤之鼻.Englishpeoplecansayasplainasthenoseinone'sface一清二楚tomeanveryobvious.Maybetothem,thenoseisthemostconspicuouspartoftheface.5.LipWehavetwolips:theupperlipandthelowerlip.Ifone'stwolipsareclosed,onecannotspeak.Soitgoeswithoutsa

6、yingthatdon'topenyourlips不要开口meansdon'tspeak.Hislipsaresealed.Arehislipsreallystucktogetherbywaxorglue?No,hislipsaresealedwhenaskedaboutsomethingthathemustkeepsecret.Sometimesatopsecretisbetrayedbecauseithasescapedsomeone'slips脱口而出.Thentheincidentmaybecomeapieceofnewsthatisoneverybody

7、9;slips众口本目传.6.TongueWeallknowwecannotspeakwithoutthetongue.Sothetongueiscloselyrelatedtospeech.Toholdone'stongue保持沉默meanstokeepsilent.Apersonwhohastoomuchtongue太多嘴isdislikedbyall,forheistootalkative.Mothertongueisnotthetongueofamother:itisaperson'snativelanguage.Dontyouhaveamothbelowyournos

8、e你鼻子底下不是有张嘴吗？TheChinesesaysotoblameapersonwhodidnotsaywhatheshouldhavesaid.ButthisnottherightwaytoexpresstheideainEnglish.Englishpeoplewouldsay,Youhaveatongueinyourhead,haven'tyou?7.FaceFacehastodowiththeideaofrespectanddignitybothinChineseandEnglish.Youloseyourface丢面子ifyoufailagainandagain,buta

9、decisivevictorywillsaveyourface挽回面子afterallyourfailures.Whenyoufeelunhappy,youpullalongface拉长脸转doesnotrefertotheface.Itisamilitaryordertoturnroundandfaceintheoppositedirection.Itistheexactequivalentofaboutturn.TheideaisconveyedinChineseinthesameway.Butaboutface向后8.ShoulderTheshoulderscanbearheavythi

10、ngs.Yourfatherhasagreatresponsibilityforthefamilyonhisshoulder.Whenfacedwithdifficulty,thefamilyshouldstandshouldertoshoulder肩并肩toovercomeit.Youshouldnotturnacoldshoulder不理睬友.Bothexpressionsmeantreatingotherscoldly.9.Backtoyourfamilymembers.Norshouldyougiveyourfriendsthecoldshoulder冷落朋Agoodhostishos

11、pitabletohisguests.But,ifguestistiresome,thehostisgladtoseehisback他离开.Ifyourfriendhasdonesomethingreallywell,youmaygivehimapatontheback轻轻拍背部toshowyourappreciation.Ifyouturnyourbackonsomebody不理睬他人,youmeanyoudonotlikemakingfriendswiththatperson.10.HeartTheheartisanextremelyimportantorganinsidethechest

12、.Itusuallystandsforsomethingimportantorthecentreofsomething,forexample,theheartofthematter问题的核心ortheheartofmystery.Manyotherexpressionsmakeuseofthewordheart.Alovercanbecalledasweetheart情人章isamedalgivenasanhonortoAmericansoldierswoundedinbattle.Ifyourfriendisintrouble,youmayencouragehimbysayingDon

13、9;tloseheart不要灰心.11.Stomach.ThePurpleHeart紫心徽Thestomachisnaturallyrelatedtoone'sappetite.Ifyoudislikeheavyfood,youhavenostomachforit反胃.Thewordisalsorelatedtoone'sinterestsorlikings.Ifyoufindsomethingboringorvulgar,youhavenostomachforit,either.Badfoodturnsyourstomach.Similarly,yourstomachturn

14、satabadjoke.Stomachcanalsobeaverb.Lookatthisexample:Howcouldyoustomach忍受suchrudewords?Apparently,stomachherecanbereplacedbytolerate.12.ArmEverypersonhastwoarms:therightarmandtheleftarm.Therightarmisusuallystronger,sowecallagoodhelpertherightarm得力助手.Weallknowanarmisnotverylong.Butwhenyoukeepsomeoneat

15、arm'slength保持品巨离,thedistanceislongenough.Forthatmeansyoudonnotlikethatpersonandyoutryyourbesttoavoidhimorher.Weshouldindeedkeepthebadfriendsatarm'slength.13.HandQuiteanumberofphrasesformedformthewordhandareverysimilartotheirChinesecounterparts.Herearesomeobviousexamples:afreshhand新手,shortofh

16、ands人手短缺了.Butdonotalwaystakethisforgranted.Studytheseexamplesandyouwillunderstand.HelivesfromhandtomouthHehasjustenoughmoneytoliveon.WegavethemabighandW,handinhand手拉手andwashone'shandsofsomething洗手不干egavethemlotsofapplause.14.FingerHowmanyfingersdoeseachofyourhandshave?Nowlet'snametheminEngli

17、shfromthesmallest:thelittlefinger,theringfinger,themiddlefinger,theindexfingerandthumb.Eachfingerhasitsownparttoplay.Ifyourfingersareallthumbs笨拙,thatistoobad.Thatmeansyouareveryclumsy.15.ThumbChinesepeopleturnuptheirthumbstoexpressappreciation.Englishpeopledosotoexpressnotonlyappreciationbutalsoappr

18、oval.Chinesepeopleneverturntheirthumbsdowntomeananything.ButEnglishpeopledo.Theydosotoshowdepreciationdisapproval.ThusinEnglishyoucansay,Weturnthumbsup赞成toJack'ssuggestionbuttheyturnthumbsdown不赞成toit.Similarly,youcanwarmlypraisesomeonebysayingThumbsup真棒！andshowyourdissatisfactionbysayingThumbsdo

19、wn差劲！16.NailIfyouseetwoofyourclassmatesfightingtoothandnail又抓又咬,youmuststopthematonce.Otherwise,atleastoneofthemwouldbehurt.Nailalsomeansathinpointedpieceofmetalforhammeringintosomething.Butitisrelatedtothebodyinthissentence:Peterisashardasnails结实的象铁打的.Weallhopethatweareasstrongandhealthyasheis.Then

20、ifIsayyouhavehitthenailonthehead中肯,针见血,Idonnotmeanthatyouhavedonesomethingcruel.Imeanthatyouhavesaidexactlytherightthing.17.LegThewordlegappearsinmanycolloquialexpressions.Ataparty,whenyoufeellikedancing,youcansaytoagoodfriendofyours,Let'sshakealeg.Obviously,itmeansLet'sdance.Whenyouwantyour

21、fiendtohurry,youcanalsoshakealeg.InAmericanEnglishitmeanshurry.Thearmsandlegsareveryimportanttous.Thereforewhenaskedwhyyouarenotgoingtobuysomethingexpensive,youmayanswer,Itcostsanarmandaleg!Youmeanthatitisreallyexpensive.Ifyoupullone'sleg,itmeansyoumakefunofsomeone.18.ToeToconveytheideafromheadt

22、ofoot,Englishpeoplesansayfromtoptotoe.ButChinesepeopledon't.Somepeopleturntheirtoesout八字脚whentheywalk.Someturntheirtoesin.Whenfacedwithdanger,wemustbealertandreadyforaction,thatistosay,wemustbeonourtoes保持警惕.19.SkinHumanbeingshaveskin.Sohaveanimalsandplants.Theskincanbethinkorthin.Athink-skinnedp

23、erson,orapersonwhohasathinskin,iseasilyupsetoroffendedwhileathick-skinnedperson,orapersonwhohasathinkskin,isquitethecontrary.Bothexpressionsaresometimesderogatory贬义.Thatistosay,sometimestheformerreferstoapersonwhoistoosensitive;thelatterapersonwhohaslittlesenseofshame.20.HairMostpeoplewillonlythinko

24、fthehaironourheadwhenthewordhairismentioned.Infact,someanimalsandplantsalsohavehair.Ahorriblescenemaymakeaperson'shairstandonend毛骨悚然.Butacourageouspersonwillnotturnahair不畏惧eventhoughheisinfaceofdanger.Sometimes,afriendofyoursmaybesoangrythathemayactfoolishly.Thenyouhadbettergivehimthisadvice:Kee

25、pyourhairon另U发脾气.人体名称的转义与习语在汉语中,人体各部位的名称除本义外,还常常有其他的含义,在英语中,也有类似的情况,以下列出一些常见的用法：1、Thehead首脑ofourstategovernmentisthegovernor.2、Useyourhead脑筋,andyoullfindaway.3、Hewasafraidtomakeamistakebecausehemightloseface面子withhisfriends.4、Alldogshavegoodnoses,butthenoses嗅觉ofhuntingdogsarebest.5、Tontookthebreadof

26、hisbrothersmouth生计.6、Thisoldstatueshowsthehand手艺ofagoodsculptor.7、Inthecapitalistcountriestheworkingpeoplelivedatthefoot底层ofthesocialladder.8、Theyoungpeopleshouldhavebroadshoulders重任.9、Beijingistheheart中央ofpolitics,economyandcultureinourcountry.10、Theheart要/电oftheteacherstalkwasthatsheistheretohelpu

27、s.11、Theforeignguestshavestomach爱好forBeijingroastducks.12、Chineseisourmothertongue语言.13、Hewassofrightenedofspeakingbeforeanaudiencethathelosthistongue口才forafewmoments.14、Thegirlhasasweettooth嗜好.15、Theyarerelatedbyblood血统.16、Whoownsthearm权力ofthelaw?17、AfterpickingProfessorRobertsbrains果,Johnwroteaver

28、ygoodarticleandwonthefirstprize.18、Ididnotlikemygirlfriendatall,soIalwayskeptheratarmslength淡,thoughshewantedtobefriendly.19、JoneswastherebutSmithturnedhisback不理睬onhim.20、Ifyouraiseyourelbowtoooften当醉鬼,youllloseyourhealthandmoney.21、Hesayshehasnearlyhalfamillion.Halfamillionmyfoot胡说!Hehasntgotabean,

29、andhetriestoborrowformeverybody.22、Hesaluckyfellow,healwaysseemstofailtofallonhisfeet处于顺境.23、Samssuccessinbusinesshasturnedhishead脑;nowhethinksheisanotherHenryFord.24、Layyourheadstogether窃取别人脑力劳动的成冷冲昏某人的头聚在一起商量andseeifyoucanthinkoutascheme.Letslayputourheadstogetheranddecidewhattodo.25、Tradewasveryb

30、ad,butIjustmanagedtokeepmyheadabovewater不背债.26、Donttakewhathesaysseriously;hesonlypullingyouleg愚弄某人.27、Dr.WhitewasannoyedwhenyoungDr.Brownbegantopractiseinthevillage;hesaidthatBrownwastreadingonWhitestoes触怒某人.28、Hepaidthroughthenose被敲竹杠forthishouse,itisntworththatmuchmoney.29、Thepolicemanwarnedthebo

31、ystokeeptheirnosescleanunlesstheywantedtogotojail.安分守己30、Hewasfailureinanexamination,sohisheartwasinhisboots沮丧.31、WhenIheardthenewsmyheartcameintomymouth吓的要命.32、Duringhisillnesshewastedawayhewasjustabagofbones骨瘦如柴.33、Speakup;Imallears洗耳恭听.34、Grandfatherbroughtinadozenearsofcorn玉米穗fromthefieldforlunc

32、h.35、Harrysrequestforsilencefellondeaf没有被理睬Everyonejustkeptontalking.36、LendGiveanear注意听now!WhatImgoingtosayisveryimportant.37、KeepHaveyoureartotheground向.Learnwhatpeoplearethinkingandsaying.thecaptainsaid.38、ItmakesnodifferencewhatItellhim.Itgoesinoneearandouttheother左耳进右耳出.39、Dontgetexcitedanddont

33、planwhatyouaregoingtodojustplayitbyear见机行事.40、Theyturnedadeafear不听toourrequestforhelp.Wehavetoaskforhelpelsewhere.41、Ihavenotimetorest.Iamuptomyears忙于inwork.42、Helikesconcertsbecausehehasaearfor对有鉴赏力music.43、Philiphasagoodeyefor对有鉴赏力beautyindesign.44、Theteachergavethestudentsacoldeye给冷眼andhebegantopayattention.45、Ibelieveinrevenge.hegrowled,aneyeforaneyeanda