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"eat his shirt"不是“吃他的衬衫”，真正的意思差远了！

西外英语 · 公众号 · · 2021-02-01 22:20

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之前看到一个表达 “eat his shirt”，第一反应是这啥意思啊？不会是在说“吃他的衬衫”吧？

今天跟着西外君来分别看一下，关于shirt和eat的表达吧！

eat your shirt

收回前言，承认说错话

在主张、吹嘘或断言被驳斥后，承认说错话。

You ll be eating your shirt if this new engine isn t as fast as you say it is.

如果这台新引擎没有你说的那么快，你就得收回自己的话。

亏本，蒙受损失

I ended up having to eat my shirt on the cost of the lumber for the new shed after it was ruined by the rain.

大雨把新棚子毁了，我最后只能白白损失木材的费用。

k eep your shirt o n

别生气

Keep your shirt on! Your car isn t even scratched!

别生气！你的车连剐蹭的痕迹都没有！

put your shirt on sth

确信...会发生

I d put my shirt on the president being re-elected.

我肯定总统会再次当选。

the shirt off your back

仅剩的家当

He s the kind of man who d give you the shirt off his back.

他是那种能为你付出一切的人。

说完“shirt”，再来看看“eat”~

eat you alive

愤怒地批评

If we get our facts wrong we ll be eaten alive by the press.

如果我们把事实弄错了，媒体会对我们大肆发难的。

eat you for breakfast

不费吹灰之力搞定或打败

He eats people like you for breakfast.

像你这样的人，他不费吹灰之力就给治服了。

今天的英语小学习就到这里，咱们明天见啦～

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