March 22, 2010

Useful English Idioms

Expressions you may want to know

今天來認識和 elbow 有關的慣用語。在美國常用的慣用語當中,用 elbow 組成的俗語

不少,其中有兩組較常用的是: to rub elbows  /  elbow room

 

To rub elbows 意思是出去和別人接觸、交際 to associate with someone; to work closely with someone. (No physical contact is involved.)

 

例句1

I like Mr. Lewis. He’s one of the richest, most powerful men in New York , but he’s not stuck-up at all. In fact he really enjoys getting out and rubbing elbows with all us ordinary people.

我很喜歡Mr.Lewis. 他是紐約最有錢有勢的人之ㄧ,但是他卻一點架子也沒有。事實上,他很喜歡和我們這些普通人交往。

 

to rub elbows不一定是指交朋友To rub elbows也可以解釋為一般的接觸

 

例句2

If you travel across America by bus, you rub elbows with all sorts of people. You’ll meet older retired people, young students and others who ride the bus because it’s cheaper than flying.

要是你乘長途汽車到美國各地旅行的话,你就會接觸到各種人。你會碰到退休的老年人、年輕的學生等。他們做長途汽車是因為比搭乘飛機便宜。

 

elbow room 最普通的解釋是足夠的活動空間;足以走進的地方

 

例句1

My husband and I are looking for a bigger house to move into. We have six children and a seventh on the way, and we need a lot more elbow room than we have now.

我和我丈夫正在找一棟大一點的房子。我们有六個孩子接著又要生第七個了。我們需要比現在更大一些的地方。

 

例句2

I can think of one person who has more elbow room than she needs--the Queen of England. They say that Windsor Castle has more than a thousand rooms. Now that's real elbow room.

我知道有一個人所占有的地方比她需要的多得多,這人就是英國女王。他們說,温莎堡裡有一千多間房間。這才是真正的面積大呢。

 

 

資料來源:美國之音中文網   voanews.com

整理:Josie Lai

 

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  • 1樓

    1樓搶頭香

    Chaing Je-ming, the former Chinese communist leader, once told a group of reporters that
    he had rubbed shoulders with then American President Bill Clinton.
    So, I guess the term could be translated in to Chinese: Ba-Jo-yen-hwang

  • Clay Hsieh at April 10, 2010 03:53 PM comment
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    2樓頸推

    Sorry, Chinese might be read like this:把臂言歡

  • Clay Hsieh at April 10, 2010 04:30 PM comment
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