到周末,上班族们常常会和朋友出去聚聚餐,联络联络感情也顺带犒劳犒劳自个儿。虽然开心惬意,有时却会因为各种原因把胃给吃坏了。这不,同事Linda就是周日和朋友出去吃了不干净的食物正闹肚子疼呢。可见这胃呀挺娇气的,得护着点儿啊~今天我们就来学两个跟它相关的短语吧!
1. Butterflies in one’s stomach, 形容由于恐惧、焦虑或者紧张而产生的忐忑不安的心理状态。试想肚子里装了一些展翅挣扎的蝴蝶,会是啥感觉呢?不就是紧张万分吗?让我们用一个例句来说明吧~
例句: To tell you the truth, delivering a speech to so many people is giving me butterflies in my stomach right now. But I know to run for President of the Students’ Union, it’s a must.
说实话,在这么多人面前发表演讲真是让我紧张万分。不过我很清楚,要竞选学生会 ,这是必须的。
2. Eyes bigger than one’s stomach, 眼馋肚饱,引申为贪心不足。明明已经吃不了还一味死撑,就是眼馋肚饱,即中国俗语说的“贪心不足蛇吞象”。看个例句巩固下吧~
例句: It turned out that Tom's eyes were bigger than his stomach; he needed to work much longer hours, seven days a week, but ended up losing money with his new store and had to close it down after a year of trying.
到头来Tom眼高手低,一个星期得工作七天,每天的时间更长。新店反倒赔钱,在试过一年后,只好关门大吉了。