Showing posts with label English. Show all posts
Showing posts with label English. Show all posts

Friday, 21 October 2011

English slang, Idiom

Dry as a wooden god
[Definition] Very dry area or very thirsty: That desert is as dry as a wooden god.

Six of one, (and) half a dozen of the other
[Definition] Two things are almost the same or equal

clique - small group of people.

He wears cowboy spurs - He is a cowboy

hip flask

Pink eye

H.P.: Hire purchase

You want to bounce something of/off me = You want to try something with me

cut somebody some slack (spoken)
to give someone additional freedom

straggler -落后者 -someone who strays or falls behind.

cup, car, (beer) stein, tumbler,

squeaky wheel gets the grease

Bob's your uncle = There you have it.

coon: Insulting term for a black person

Wednesday, 12 October 2011

定语和补语的区别

定语是形容名词的,有前置定语和后置。补语一般修饰一句话,起补充说明的作用。区别他们,你就把句子成分分一下,把所以修饰的词去掉,不该变句子意思的就是定语,少了成分的就是补语!