9 English Idioms with Explanations and Examples | Learn English Vocabulary Lesson

带有解释和例子的9个英语习语|学习英语词汇课#Spon

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电子音乐

- Hello, everyone!

大家好！

And welcome back to English With Lucy.

欢迎来到跟Lucy学英语

I have been testing out

我已经测试了新的循环播放功能

the new poll function on Instagram.

在Instagram上。

If you don't already follow me

如果你还没关注我，

it's @LearnEnglishWithLucy.

请点击关注@LearnEnglishWithLucy.

Somebody already took EnglishWithLucy

因为有人已经占用了（用户名）EnglishWithLucy，

so I had to add learn, I'm sorry.

所以我不得不加上“learn”，我很抱歉。

So yes, on my Instagram Stories

所以是的，在我的Instagram故事上

I've been asking you guys

我一直在问你们

what you want to see in my videos.

你们想要在我的视频里看什么。

I'm going to be talking to you

我将和你们谈论

about some really lovely expressions and idioms.

一些非常有趣的表达和俗语。

And I've decided that I'm going to talk about

我已经决定我将谈谈，

expressions and idioms that relate to animals.

和动物有关的表达和俗语。

Because in a lot of our daily conversation,

因为在很多我们的日常对话中，

we mention animals

当我们提到动物的时候，

but we don't always intend to talk about animals.

我们并不总是在谈论真正的动物。

So let's talk about that today.

因此今天让我们今天来聊聊这些话题。

Quickly, before we get started,

在我们开始之前，请允许我占用一点时间，

I'd just like to thank the sponsor of today's video,

首先感谢今天的视频的赞助者，

it is Lingoda.

Lingoda。

You guys should already know this.

你们应该已经知道这一点。

Lingoda is an online language academy.

Lingoda是一个语言网络课平台。

You can learn English, Spanish, German, and French.

你可以学习英语， 西班牙语，德语和法语。

And you have real face-to-face video lessons

你会有真正的 面对面的视频课程

both with private tutors and with groups as well.

和私人教师 或者和小组都行。

You sign up on a monthly subscription package basis.

您可以注册按月的订阅包。

And they've given me a very special offer for you.

他们给了我一个非常特别的对你们的优惠。

You can get 50 Euros or $50 off your first month at Lingoda.

你可以得到50欧元或50 $ 当你结束第一个月的在Lingoda的学习。

All you have to do is click on the link

所有你要做的就是点击链接

in the description box

在说明框中

and use the code LUCY2.

并使用代码LUCY2。

Right, let's get started with the lesson.

好了，让我们开始课程。

Now the first one,

现在第一个，

what am I talking about

我在谈论什么

if I talk about the birds and the bees?

如果我说小鸟和蜜蜂？

So I might say something like,

我可能会这样说，

"I learned about the birds and the bees

“我知道了小鸟和蜜蜂

"from my friends at school."

“从我学校朋友那里。”

Or "My mom refused to teach me

或者，“我妈妈不肯教我

"about the birds and the bees."

“关于小鸟和蜜蜂。”

What could it possibly mean?

它可能意味着什么？

It means sex education or sometimes just sex.

它意味着性教育或有时只是性。

If I ask you, "Where did you learn

如果我问你，“你在哪里学习了小鸟和蜜蜂？”

"about the birds and the bees?"

I'm asking you, "Where did you learn

我是在问你，“你在哪里学到

"about how babies are made?", for example.

婴儿是怎么诞生的？”，例如，

It's an important one to know

它是很重要的一点

to avoid any awkward situations.

对于知道避免任何尴尬的情况来说。

I don't want somebody to ask you

我不希望有人来问你

about the birds and the bees

关于小鸟和蜜蜂

and for you to start talking about honey and parrots.

和一开始就和你讨论 蜂蜜和鹦鹉。

(laughing)

哈哈

The next one is to have ants in one's pants.

下一个是讲有蚂蚁在一个人的裤子上。

I wonder if this one translates into your language.

我想知道怎么把这个翻译成你的语言。

Comment below if this one is the same in your language.

如果这个在你的语言中有相同表达请在下面评论。

But if you have ants in your pants,

但如果你有蚂蚁在你的裤子上，

it means that you are full of nervous energy,

这意味着你是充满活力。

you can't stop moving,

你不能停止活动，

you're maybe a little bit hyperactive.

你也许有点多动症。

So sometimes in the morning

所以有时在早晨

I really want to go on my run

我真的很想去奔跑

and I have ants in my pants.

因为我充满能量。

I can't stop moving until I go on my run

我不能停止移动，直到我去奔跑

and burn all my energy.

并且消耗掉我所有的能量。

Now the next one is a phrasal verb

接下来的一个是动词词组

and it is to chicken out.

它就是chicken out

To chicken out.

对于chicken out

I'm going to use it in a sentence for you.

我将在一个句子里为你们用它。

I was going to jump off the cliff but I chickened out.

我准备要跳下悬崖，但我退缩了。

It's inseparable.

它是分不开的。

You can't separate it.

你不能分开它们。

It means, to decide not to do something

它意味着，决定不做某事

because you are scared.

因为你感到害怕。

It's to avoid doing something because you are scared.

它指由于你害怕所以不做某事。

So I was going to jump off the cliff

所以我准备要跳下悬崖

but then I felt afraid so I didn't.

但后来我觉得害怕，所以我没跳。

I chickened out.

我退缩了。

The next one, I've got another phrasal verb for you

下一个，我有另一个动词短语教你们

and this is to clam up.

它就是clam up。

To clam up.

对于clam up

A clam is a shellfish, it's a type of seafood.

蛤是一种贝类， 这是一种类型的海鲜。

Delicious.

很美味。

But to clam up has nothing to do with shellfish.

但对于clam up和贝类没任何关系。

I could say, "I asked him where he was last night

我可以说，“我问他昨晚在哪里

"and he quickly clammed up."

而他赶紧clam up”

If he clammed up it means

如果他clammed up，这意味着

he shut his mouth, stopped talking.

他闭上了嘴，不再说话。

And it means to stop talking quite suddenly and abruptly.

它也意味着非常迅速和突然地停止说话。

Now the next one,

现在，到下一个了，

I can't remember if I've mentioned this in a video before.

我不记得是否我已在 之前在视频中提到这个。

Maybe, but I think it's very relevant

也许吧，但我认为它对于这个视频是非常相关的

and important for this video,

和重要的。

it is to hold one's horses.

它是控制住自己的马。

So it could be said as an exclamation,

因此，它可以作为一个感叹被说，

"Hold your horses!"

“控制住自己的马！”

"Hold your horses!"

“控制住自己的马！”

It means "Wait and be patient!

它的意思是“等待和耐心点！

"Stop being impatient."

“不要不耐烦。”

I remember my mom always used to say this to me,

我记得我妈妈总是对我 使用这个，

especially when it was snowing.

特别是当下雪时。

I always wanted to get outside,

我一直想去外面，

go in the snow and she used to say,

走在雪地里，而她常说，

"Hold your horses.

“别着急，

"If you're going out on the snow,

如果你要在雪地里走，

"you need to wear a hat, you need to wear a scarf,

你需要戴帽子， 你需要戴围巾，

"we need to get your coat on."

我们需要你穿上外套。”

And I was too excited, I had ants in my pants.

而我太激动了， 我充满活力。

I had to hold my horses and I had to wait and be patient.

我只好平息下来， 我不得不耐心点。

The next one is to be in the dog house.

下一个是在狗屋。

To be in the dog house.

在狗屋里。

So I might say, "My dad came back

所以，我可能会说，“我爸昨晚从酒吧回来得

"very late from the pub last night

很晚

"and now he's in the dog house."

现在他在狗屋里。”

To be in the dog house means

在狗屋里意味着

that you are in trouble with another person.

你同另一个人有麻烦了。

So my dad is in trouble with my mom.

所以，我爸在我妈面前有麻烦了。

My mom is not happy with my dad

我妈妈对我爸不满意

and she's put him, not literally, in the dog house.

而她把他，不要从字面上看，放在狗屋里。

Now the next one is such a useful one.

现在，下一个是如此常用的一个。

I use it all the time.

我一直用它。

It is to kill two birds with one stone.

它是用一块石头杀了两只鸟。

And you might be able to work out what it means actually.

你也许能理解 它的实际意义。

And I'd love to know as well

而我也很想知道。

if you have an alternative for this in your language.

如果这在你的语言有一个替代的表达。

Please, please, please comment below.

拜托，拜托，拜托请下方评论。

I love it when you talk about

我喜欢当你说

idioms being the same in your language.

这些俚语在你的语言有相同的表达。

To kill two birds with one stone

一石二鸟

is to get two things done,

是让两件事情完成，

to complete two tasks with just one effort.

完成两个任务而 只努力一次。

If I pick up my friend from school

如果我接学校的朋友

and I go shopping on the same trip,

和我去逛街在同一行程，

I killed two birds with one stone

我一石二鸟

because I've done two things with just one trip.

因为我已经做了两 事情而只是一个行程。

Okay, what's my next one?

好了，我的下一个是什么？

Straight from the horse's mouth.

直接从马的嘴。

If you hear something straight from the horse's mouth

如果你听到东西是直接 从马的嘴。

it means that you are hearing it from the original source.

它意味着你所听到的是来自于第一手资源。

So if someone asks me, "Are you sure you're right

所以，如果有人问我，

"about that piece of news?"

“对于这条消息你确定你是正确的？”

I'll say, "I heard it straight from the horse's mouth.

我会说，“我听到它直 从马的嘴。

"They told me directly."

“他们直接告诉我了。”

And the last one is to smell a rat.

最后一个就是闻到一只老鼠。

"Hmm, I smell a rat here."

“嗯，我在这里闻到一只老鼠。”

Now, I actually really like rats

现在，我其实真的很喜欢老鼠

and they're actually quite clean and shouldn't smell.

而它们实际上是相当 清洁，不应该闻。

But if you smell a rat,

但是，如果你闻到一只老鼠，

it means that you suspect trickery

它意味着你怀疑有阴谋

or wrongdoing in a situation.

或有错误情况。

So if something is maybe too good to be true,

所以如果某事是可能好到 难以置信，

like for example I've just had a Nigerian prince

例如像我已有一个尼日利亚王子

tell me that I've won 20 million dollars

告诉我，我已经赢得了2000万美金

and all I have to do is send him my bank details.

而我所要做的就是 我给他我的银行资料。

My mom might say to me, "Lucy, I smell a rat.

我妈妈可能对我说， “露西，我觉得此事有诈。

"I think there's trickery going on here."

我认为这里有弄虚作假。”

Yeah, so to smell a rat is to suspect trickery

是啊，所以闻到老鼠 是怀疑挂羊头卖狗肉

or malicious intent.

或有恶意。

Right guys, that's it for today's lesson.

对吧，伙计们，这就是今天的课程。

As I've said before,

正如我以前说过的，

if you have any of the translations for these idioms

如果您在你的母语中对这些习语有任何的翻译

in your own language,

please comment them below

请在下面评论他们

and remember to mention which language you're talking about.

记得提到你在讲的是哪种语言。

Also, if you'd like to contribute subtitle translations,

另外，如果您想贡献字幕翻译，

you can do that by following the link in the description box

您可以通过以下在说明框中的链接做到这一点

and you can translate the subtitles for this video

你可以把这个视频字幕翻译成你自己的语言

into your own language,

so you can help people

这样你就可以帮助人们

who aren't at such a high level as you are.

那些不像你这样高水平的人们。

Also, don't forget to check out Lingoda.

另外，不要忘记检查Lingoda。

The link is also in the description box

链接也是在说明框中

and you can use the code that I mentioned before.

你可以使用我前面提到的代码。

Don't forget to connect with me

不要忘了在我所有的社交媒体跟我连接。

on all of my social media.

I've got my Facebook, I've got my Instagram,

我有我的Facebook， 我有我的Instagram，

and I've got my Twitter.

我有我的Twitter。

And I will see you soon for another lesson.

而且我很快就会在另一个课程中看到你们。

Mwah!

Mwah！

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