记住：“eat a horse”不是“吃了一匹马”

eat a horse

我饿死了【汉语中：我能吃下一匹马】

You know what. I'm so hungry that I could eat a horse.

   你造吗？我饿得发慌了。

What's eating you?

≠ 什么把你吃掉！×

= 什么事在困扰你？√

eat除了“吃”，还有下面这个意思：

使困扰; 使不开心

- What's eating you? 

- I don't know how to improve my English! What can I do?

- 你怎么了？有什么烦心事吗？

- 我不知道怎么提高的英文！我该怎么办？

eat one’s words.

说错了，收回（之前说的话）

Sorry,I eat my words.

对不起，我收回我说的话。

eat sb alive

（对某人极为气愤而）尖锐批评，严厉惩罚，横加指责

The teacher almost eat Tom alive for his cheating in the test .

老师非常严厉地批评了汤姆，因为他考试作弊。

What do you do?

≠ What are you doing? 你在干什么呢？×

= What do you do for a living? 你是干什么的？√

- What do you do?

- I'm an English teacher. If you want to learn English, maybe I can help.

- 你是做什么工作的？

- 我是个英语老师，如果你想学英语，我可以帮助你哦~