简单的“fish”一词,竟然有这么多用法!
a poor fish
Poor means having little money.
Poor fish 的意思为“可怜人,穷困潦倒的人”。
我们也可以翻译成“可怜虫”。
His wallet was stolen on the bus .
What a poor fish he is !
他的钱包在公交车上被偷了,他可太可怜啦!
Tom s parents have been married for 10 years. But last year they divorced with each other . Tom is a poor fish now.
Tom 的父母已经结婚10年了。但是去年他们离婚了。
Tom现在成为了可怜虫。
Drink like a fish means drinking too much alcohol
这个短语的表面意思为像鱼一样喝,引申意义为“饮酒过多”。
例句
Don t drink like a fish every night! That s very unhealthy for your mind and body!
不要每天晚上都过量饮酒。那对你的身心都不好。
He drunk like a fish in the party yesterday.
So I helped him to find a taxi to send him home.
他昨天在聚会上喝多了。
所以我帮忙找了一个出租车把他送回家。
My father used to drink like a fish in the last few years .
But in order to be healthy , he gave up drinking finally.
我的父亲在过去几年里经常酗酒。但是为了健康,他戒酒了。
This phrase means to have a lot of influence only over a small area.
这个短语的意思是指小池塘里的大鱼,仅在小范围里很有影响。
例句
This man is control of the local company with only 15 staff. However, he really enjoys being a big fish in a small pond.
这个人管理者有15个员工的当地公司。
但是,他非常喜欢做小地方的大人物。
Most young people perfer to live in big and comperative cities .But I am different from them .I think it is good to be a fish in a
small pond.
大部分年轻人喜欢在竞争激励的大城市生活。
但是我不太一样。我认为在小城市里有所发展是很好的。
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