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有关服饰的英语习语

有关服饰的英语习语

 

汉语中有许多由服饰名词构成的成语。如“探囊取物”,比喻能够轻而易举地办成某件事;“张冠李戴”比喻弄错了对象,弄错了事等。英语和汉语一样也有许多有关服饰的习语、俗语和谚语,它们或比喻或形容,使语言的表现力顿时生色。为了避免读者望文生义,特将有关服饰的习语、俗语和谚语归纳如下:

1sleeve(袖子)

have sthup one's sleeve 暗中已有应急的打算

wear one's heart on one's sleeve 把自己的情感暴露给他人

laugh in one's sleeve 暗暗发笑

wear one's heart upon one's sleeve 十分坦率

hang on sb's sleeve 依赖某人

turn up one's sleeves 准备行动

2belt(带)

hit below the belt 暗箭伤人或用不正当手段打人

tighten one's belt 节衣缩食地度日

belt out 大声用力唱

belt up 别讲话

3collar(衣领)

in the collar 受到约束

be hot under the collar 极端发怒时

4button(钮扣)

button up 顺利完成

on the button 准时

5glove(手套)

fit like a glove 完全相合

take off the gloves to sb.毫不留情地与人争辩

6cap(无边帽)

If the cap fitswear it.帽子若适合你,就戴上吧。

cap in hand 谦逊地

set one's cap at 力求使(某男子)娶自己为妻

7hat(有边帽)

pass round the hat 为遭受损失者募捐

hats off to sb.向……(脱帽)致敬

8coat(外衣)

turn one's coat 改变立场

take off one's coat to the work 认真工作

9pants(裤子)

wear the pants 掌握大权

with one's pants down 出其不意地

10shoes(鞋)

wait for dead man's shoes 继承遗产

fill one's shoes 接某人工作

11jacket(短上衣,夹克衫)

pull down your jacket!不要激动!

dust sb's jacket!痛打一顿

12boot(长统靴)

die in one's boots 横死,暴死

get the boot 被解雇

lick sb 's boots 奉承某人

put the boot in 狠狠地踢