【iEnglish，从我开始】（05）被炒鱿鱼
某人被炒鱿鱼就有以下说法咯：
give somebody the boot
on one's way out
show somebody the door
还有最直接的You're fired.

拓展：
下岗 lay off
解雇 get one's sack


Don't bother him because he has many irons in the fire.
別打扰他，他事情太多，忙得很！
to have(many) irons in the fire意思就是 to have a lot of activities going on at the same time，同时有很多事情做，忙的不可开交 ^^


赖世雄即学即用--口语成语--衣的成语（4）
glove n. 手套
fit like a glove完全合适

handle with kid gloves温和妥善地对待
A:Our boss looks cross today.
B:You'd better handle him with kid gloves today.He got out of bed on the wrong side this morning.
A:老板今天气呼呼的。
B:你对他可要谨慎些，从早晨起来他气儿就不顺。

hat n. 帽子
pass/send the hat round for someone为某人筹捐

talk through one's hat 信口开河，胡说八道

hats off to somebody向某人致敬

 

『影视前沿No.66』“小天狼星”近日过半百生日

welder（焊接工）  homemaker（这里其实就是housewife） B.A.（Bachelor of Arts）

subsequently（随后，后来）  Greenwich Young People's Theatre（格林威治青年剧院）

portrayaln. 描写;描画;绘画;肖像


跟我一起洋话连篇:
no end没有终点
keep this to ourselves 天知、地知、你知、我知
at a loss for words 无言以对
take something with a grain  of salt 对某事有保留、持怀疑态度
make it hot for him/teach him a lesson给你点颜色看看


firewater:n. 烈酒；威士忌 (From cowboy and Indian talk.)
例：This firewater leaves little to be desired.这款威士忌完美无缺。

 

注：leave little to be desired:完美无缺
leave much to be desired:有许多需要改进的地方

1,Could you co-sign this approval sheet? Accounting’s getting really picky.

2,你能也在这份批准书签字吗？财务部变得越来越严格了。


每日一句英译汉
He bought a baker's dozen of biscuits.
【关键词】a baker's dozen
【误译】他买了面包师做的12块饼干。
【原意】他买了13块饼干。
【说明】虽然一打（a dozen）=12个，但a baker's dozen是引自一个典故的习语，意为“13”。



Sri Lanka 斯里兰卡  Sumatra苏门答腊

nocturnal[nɔk'tə:nəl]

 

Lose one’s cool 沉不住气