标题: 【每日英语学习】@ 10月3日 Whistle in the dark [打印本页] 作者: 似雪无涯 时间: 3-10-2008 03:06 标题: 【每日英语学习】@ 10月3日 Whistle in the dark Whistle in the dark
大家肯定看到过那种喜欢吹口哨的人。为什么他们要吹口哨呢? 这恐怕个人情况不同。有的人心里高兴的时候就会吹口哨,但是,也有的人心里害怕的时候往往会吹口哨来壮自己的胆。这就是我们今天要给大家介绍的习惯用语:Whistle in the dark。
Whistle就是吹口哨,dark就是黑暗。To whistle in the dark从字面上来说就是:在黑暗中吹口哨。这就好像一个男孩儿半夜在坟堆里一边走,一边吹口哨,以表示自己不怕鬼。下面我们要举的例子和鬼毫无关系,但是它显示一个人想证明自己不害怕危险的处境。这是一个人在说他的朋友所面临的危险。
例句-1: Dick is dating a football player 's girl, and claims he's not afraid what the player will do when he finds out. But Dick is just whistling in the dark -- the football player is as big as a grizzly bear and twice as mean.
例句-2: John says he'll drive to Baltimore by himself to be interviewed by the school he applied for. He's just whistling in the dark. As a matter of fact, he's never driven on that big 8-lane highway and he's a very nervous, inexperienced driver.
这个爸爸说:“约翰说他可以自己开车到巴尔的摩去他报考的那个学校去面谈。他这是在壮自己的胆。实际上,他还从来没有在有八个车道的高速公路上开过车。他开起车来很紧张,而且也没有经验。”作者: 汐残 时间: 3-10-2008 09:51
whistle in the dark,
感谢分享~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~作者: jh_hammer 时间: 3-10-2008 10:59
那我们晚上看到美女不是不能Whistle了。。。