Useful English Idioms that Native Speakers Commonly Use

Hello, today, we are learning some water related idioms.

大家好，今天我们来学习一些与水有关的成语。

In fact, we're going to cover 10.

事实上，我们将涵盖 10 个。

Now, I'm going to start by giving you the idioms and the meanings.

现在，我将首先向您介绍习语和含义。

And then I will read you a short story.

然后我会给你读一个短篇小说。

So you can hear those idioms in context.

所以你可以在上下文中听到这些习语。

So get your notebooks to the ready.

所以准备好你的笔记本。

And give me a second.

给我一秒钟。

Just a quick note, you can download the notes for this lesson by clicking on the link in

只是一个快速笔记，您可以通过单击 下面描述中 的链接下载本课的笔记

the description below.

。

Let's go.

我们走吧。

Number one.

第一。

"To keep one's head above water".

“保持头脑清醒”。

"To keep your head above water" means to manage to survive something and usually financially

“To keep your head above water”意思是设法在某些事情上生存下来，通常是在经济

or emotionally.

上或情感上。

So if you're having a hard time financially, maybe you've lost your job.

因此，如果您在经济上遇到困难，也许您已经失业了。

Or if you've gone through a breakup, or someone in your family has passed away, then you're

或者，如果你经历了分手，或者你的家人去世了，那么你

going to have to try to keep your head above the water, you will have to try to survive

将不得不努力保持头脑清醒，你将不得不努力在

that difficult situation.

这种困难的情况下生存下来。

Number two.

第二。

"To make a splash".

“引起轰动”。

"To make a splash" means to make a big impression, or to draw attention to yourself.

“引起轰动”意味着给人留下深刻印象，或者引起人们的注意。

So if I am going into a new career, perhaps I'm going to go into painting.

所以如果我要从事新的职业，也许我会从事绘画。

And I take all of my art to an art gallery.

我把我所有的艺术都带到了艺术画廊。

And all those pieces of art sell and lots of people start talking about my art, then

所有这些艺术品都卖了，很多人开始谈论我的艺术，然后

you could say "Anna is making a splash on the art scene, everyone's talking about her

你可以说“安娜在艺术界引起了轰动，每个人都在谈论她的

work".

作品”。

Number three.

第三。

"To be in deep water".

“在深水中”。

If you're in deep water, then you are in trouble.

如果你在深水中，那你就有麻烦了。

You are in a difficult situation, just like if you were in deep water.

你处境艰难，就像你在深水中一样。

Number four.

排名第四。

"To be in the same boat".

“在同一条船上”。

If you're in the same boat as someone else, then it means you're in a similar or the same

如果你和其他人在同一条船上，那么这意味着你处于相似或相同的

situation or circumstance.

情况或环境中。

So, if I am struggling to get any work done, because I have a new baby.

所以，如果我正在努力完成任何工作，因为我有了一个新孩子。

And I complain to the young woman on the bus about my situation, she might say to me, we're

我向公交车上的年轻女士抱怨我的处境，她可能会对我说，我们

in the same boat, I just had a baby three months ago, and I can't get any work done

在同一条船上，我三个月前刚生完孩子，我也无法完成任何工作

either. Number five.

。五号。

"To be like a fish out of water".

“如鱼得水”。

If you are a fish out of water, then you are not going to feel very comfortable, you'll

如果你是离开水的鱼，那么你不会感到很舒服，你

certainly feel like you're in the wrong place.

肯定会觉得自己来错地方了。

So, if you're ever in a situation that makes you uncomfortable, you just don't feel right.

所以，如果你曾经处于让你不舒服的情况下，你就是感觉不对。

There doing that thing, then you could say I'm a fish out of water here, I need to be

在那里做那件事，然后你可以说我是一条离开水的鱼，我需要

doing something else.

做点别的事情。

For example, if I asked you to stand on stage and sing a song, most of you would feel like

例如，如果我让你们站在舞台上唱歌，你们中的大多数人都会感到如鱼得水

a fish out of water.

。

Because it's quite a scary thing to do to stand up and sing in front of people, especially

因为在人们面前站起来唱歌是一件非常可怕的事情，尤其是

if it's unplanned.

在没有计划的情况下。

Number six.

第六名。

"To be in hot water".

“在热水中”。

If you are in hot water, then you are in trouble.

如果你在热水中，那么你就有麻烦了。

In real trouble.

真麻烦。

If you're in deep water is very similar.

如果您在深水中，则非常相似。

But hot water definitely denotes that someone's angry with you or that you are facing criticism,

但是热水肯定表示有人生你的气，或者你正面临批评，

for example.

例如。

So, if I am supposed to be home early, because it's my anniversary, and I forget and I stay

所以，如果我应该早点回家，因为今天是我的周年纪念日，我忘记了，而且我在

out really late.

外面呆得很晚。

And I'm going to be in hot water when I get home.

当我回到家时，我将陷入困境。

I'm going to be in big trouble with my partner.

我和我的搭档会有大麻烦。

Number seven.

七号。

"To be like water off a duck's back."

“就像鸭子背上的水一样。”

If something is like water off a duck's back, then it means that you're unaffected by it.

如果有东西像鸭子背上的水，那么这意味着你没有受到它的影响。

It's... it's not going to have any impact on you.

它是……它不会对你产生任何影响。

And we're usually talking about criticism or insults, or anything that should impact

我们通常谈论的是批评或侮辱，或者任何应该影响

you, but doesn't.

你但没有影响的事情。

Just imagine water that you pour on a duck's back.

想象一下您将水倒在鸭子的背上。

Their feathers are kind of waterproof, so the water just flows off their back.

它们的羽毛有点防水，所以水会从它们的背上流下来。

No problem, the duck doesn't care.

没问题，鸭子不在乎。

So, if I criticize you, and you say, I don't care, then my criticism is like water off

所以，如果我批评你，你说，我无所谓，那我的批评就如

a duck's back.

Eight.

鸭子背上的水一样。

八。

"To be wet behind the ears".

“耳后湿润”。

"To be wet behind the ears" means to be naive, which is when you don't know very much.

"to be wet behind the ears" 意思是天真，也就是当你知道的不多的时候。

You have a lot to learn.

你有很多东西要学。

Often we make silly decisions when we have no experience and we don't know what to expect.

当我们没有经验并且不知道会发生什么时，我们常常会做出愚蠢的决定。

So, you might be a little bit behind the years.

所以，你可能有点落后了。

If You're young, particularly.

如果你还年轻，尤其如此。

Number nine.

第九号。

"Blood is thicker than water".

“血浓于水”。

This means that family is more important than anyone else, or anything else.

这意味着家庭比任何人或任何其他事物都更重要。

Blood is thicker than water.

血浓于水。

Number ten.

十号。

"Don’t make waves"

“Don't make waves”

This advice means don't disturb the calm.

这个建议的意思是不要扰乱平静。

Don't make trouble.

别闹了。

Don't do something that's unusual that will stir things up.

不要做一些不寻常的事情，以免引起轰动。

Just do what everyone else does.

做别人做的事。

Don't make waves.

不要掀起波澜。

I need more fingers.

我需要更多的手指。

Number eleven.

十一号。

"To be up the creek without a paddle".

“没有桨就可以在小溪上游”。

Now there are a few variations of this but basically to be up the creek without a paddle

现在有一些变体，但基本上没有桨就在小溪上游

means that you're in a difficult or hopeless situation.

意味着你处于困难或绝望的境地。

Just like if you're sat in a little canoe paddling up the creek, and then you lose your

就像你坐在小独木舟上沿着小溪划桨，然后你失去了

paddle.

桨。

Now you can't steer that or accelerate the boat anywhere you are just being taken by

现在你不能在任何地方驾驶或加速船，你只是被

the water wherever the water wants you to go.

水带到水想你去的地方。

So, you are up the creek without a paddle in a difficult and hopeless situation.

所以，你在困难和绝望的情况下没有桨就在小溪上游。

Number twelve.

十二号。

"To be like a drowned rat".

“落汤鸡”。

If you are like a drowned rat, then you basically are soaking wet like soaked wet through and

如果你像落汤鸡，那基本上就是浑身湿透，全身湿漉漉的

you look all bedraggled.

。

I call caught in the rain, like a drowned rat.

我呼唤淋雨，如落汤鸡。

Okay, if you're still with me, then please click that like button so that I know you

好吧，如果你还在和我在一起，那么请点击那个喜欢的按钮，这样我就知道你

are enjoying this content, and I can make more.

喜欢这个内容，我可以制作更多。

And now let's move on to the short story which includes, I think, all of the phrases we've

现在让我们继续看短篇小说，其中包括，我认为，我们

just covered, but you'll have to find out by ticking them off the list.

刚刚涵盖的所有短语，但你必须通过从列表中勾选它们来找出它们。

So, listen out for them.

所以，听听他们的意见。

Here we go.

开始了。

A long time ago, in a small coastal town called Freenook, a young man named Jack told his

很久以前，在一个叫弗里努克的沿海小镇上，一个名叫杰克的年轻人告诉他的

mother that he was quitting his job as a postman and setting out to sea.

母亲，他要辞去邮递员的工作，准备出海了。

He had always dreamed of becoming a professional sailor and spent all of his savings on buying

他一直梦想成为一名职业水手，并花光了所有的积蓄买

a boat.

了一艘船。

His mother gave him a disapproving look.

母亲不以为然地看了他一眼。

“You don’t know the first thing about sailing” she said.

“你对航海一无所知，”她说。

These words were like water off a duck’s back.

这话如鸭子背上的水。

“I many be a little wet behind the ears, but I’m a sailor at heart and nothing is

“我的耳朵后面可能有点湿漉漉的，但我内心深处是一名水手，没有什么

going to stand in my way” he replied.

能阻挡我前进的道路，”他回答道。

His Father did not approve.

他的父亲不同意。

The family had been struggling financially for many years, and were just about able to

多年来，一家人经济拮据，勉强

keep their heads above water.

维持生计。

But without Jack’s contributions they would not be able to survive.

但如果没有杰克的贡献，他们将无法生存。

Jack reassured them that he would be able to make a good living at sea and that everything

杰克向他们保证，他可以在海上过上好日子，一切

would be fine.

都会好起来的。

At first, everything seemed to be going smoothly and, to his family’s surprise, Jack was

起初，一切似乎都很顺利，令他的家人惊讶的是，杰克

even making a splash in the sailing community.

甚至在航海界引起了轰动。

But one day as he ventured further out to sea, a huge storm hit and Jack found himself

但是有一天，当他冒险出海时，一场大风暴袭来，杰克发现自己

in deep water.

陷入了深水中。

His little boat were tossed around mercilessly by the waves and Jack felt certain that he

他的小船被海浪无情地抛来抛去，杰克确信自己

was going to drown.

快要淹死了。

Eventually, with the impact of an enormous wave, his boat was smashed to pieces and Jack

最终，在巨浪的冲击下，他的船被打碎了，杰克

was thrown into the sea.

也被扔进了海里。

Miraculously, Jack survived and was washed up on the beach, looking like a drowned rat.

奇迹般地，杰克活了下来，被冲上海滩，看起来像一只落汤鸡。

Many fellow sailors were, metaphorically, in the same boat, caught out by the storm

隐喻地说，许多水手同胞在同一条船上，被风暴困住

and now left boat-less.

，现在没有船了。

He returned to his family and his job delivering the post, despite feeling like a fish out

他回到了家人身边，回到了投递职位的工作中，尽管他感觉自己像一条离开

of water as this wasn’t were he belonged.

水的鱼，因为这不属于他。

His adventure had put him in hot water with his family, who had been worried sick about

他的冒险使他和一直为他担心得要死的家人陷入困境

him.

。

Regardless of their criticism he kept quiet, not wanting to make waves, and it wasn’t

不顾他们的批评，他保持沉默，不想兴风作浪，

long before he was planning his return to the sea, because he realised that he could

不久他就打算重返大海，因为他意识到，

achieve anything he set his mind to.

只要他下定决心，他就能实现任何目标。

He had been up the creek without a paddle, but he had always found a way to navigate

他一直在没有划桨的情况下逆流而上，但他总能找到一种方法来度过

through the toughest of times.

最艰难的时期。

When he left home for a second time, he felt sure that his family would never forgive him,

第二次离家出走时，他觉得家人绝对不会原谅他，

but they did, after all, blood is thicker than water.

但毕竟血浓于水。

And Jack lived happily ever after, at sea.

杰克从此在海上过上了幸福的生活。

Did you spot all the idioms?

你发现所有的习语了吗？

I hope so.

希望如此。

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