2013年11月3日 星期日

mouth


  • Do not badmouth me!  --> 不要說我壞話! 



  • I really put my foot in my mouth when I asked her how her husband was. I forgot that he died last year. -->我真的說錯話了....我問他她老公過得如何...但我忘了她老公去年死了


  • Jake looks a bit down in the mouth. Shall we try to find out what's wrong? -->JAKE看起來很沮喪...我們要去問問他怎麼了嗎? 

  • did not say that. Do not put words in my mouth! -->我可沒有說過這些話! 

  • I think the best form of advertising is by word of mouth. People don't believe a lot of what they hear or see in paid-for advertisements, but when they hear a recommendation directly from a friend, they are far more likely to act on it.-->最好的廣告就是口耳相傳

  • a mouthpiece
電話筒或者樂器的吹口...但也可以當成"發言人""為...出聲的人"


  • You took the words right out of my mouth! -->我才剛想講,就被你講走了

~ (..experience)~ left a bad taste in my mouth  --> ~ 對我來說是不好的經驗


  • I had my heart in my mouth. --> 我快被嚇死了

  • He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. -->他是含著金湯匙出生的


  • When both my parents were out of work, we lived from hand to mouth.
-->幫我父母都沒有工作時,我們生活的非常貧困(連吃的都有問題等級的貧困)

  • mouthy child -->多嘴的小孩 (愛頂嘴) 

  • mouth off -->無禮的說話 , 頂嘴(talk back)

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