【往期回顾】 【本期内容】 首先让我们来看看由Lewis Arnold执导、美国AMC电视台和英国Channel 4频道联合制作、嘉玛·陈、 科林·摩根等主演的科幻迷你剧《真实的人类》(Humans)中的片段:
在该片段中,女主和她妈妈之间有这么一段对话: - She yelled for help. - She yelled for help? What were you doing to her? - Nothing! Why would you assume I was?
- OK, OK, don't jump down my throat.
这里的jump down my throat是什么意思呢? 其实,这是个英语习语:jump down one's throat。当然,它不是真的表示“跳进我的喉咙里”,而是“对我大喊大叫”的意思,也可以表示“很生某人的气”。
如: I heard you. There's no need to jump down my throat. 我听到了,你没必要对我大呼小叫。 He jumped down my throat when I put forward a different idea. 当我提出不同想法时,他对我很是生气。
除了上面的习语表达之外,我们还可以用下面这些说法来表达“大呼小叫”: yell at sb. exclaim / shout at sb. scream at sb. holler at sb. rave at sb.
此外,英语中也有不少有关throat的习语,比如:
1)be at each other's throats 表示“(两个以上的人或群体等) 打架斗殴;激烈争吵;吵架”,如: The idea that Billy and I are at each other's throats couldn't be further from the truth. 认为我和比利斗得你死我活的想法真是大错特错。
2)cut one's own throat 表示“(尤指生气和要加害于人时)自食恶果,卡自己的脖子,自寻死路”,如: It’s cutting your own throat to be so careless. 你这么粗心大意是在害自己。
3)force/thrust/ram sth down sb's throat 表示“强加于人;强迫接受(观点)”,如: It's a mistake to force your own ideas down his throat. 你把自己的想法强加于他是错误的。
4)clear one's throat 表示“清喉咙;清嗓子”,如: When the bell rang, she would stand up and clear her throat. 当铃一响,她就站起来,同时清清她的喉咙。
5)have a frog in one's throat 表示“(暂时)失音,嗓音嘶哑”,如: She speaks as if there were a frog in her throat. 她说话声音很沙哑。
6)have a lump in one's throat 表示“(因愤怒或情绪激动而)喉咙哽住,哽咽”,如: He had a lump in his throat as he said goodbye to his girlfriend at the airport. 当他在机场告别女友时,他哽咽了。
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