My grandpa used to be a professional ( 专 业 的 ) runner. Now he can't run anymore because of his old age and there is something wrong with his knees. Thomas didn't catch the best chance to kick the ball to score the goal, so he felt sad. Fiona wants to be a singer, but she can't sing well. She never gives up. She knows practicing makes perfect and it takes time. She will work much harder. My aunt gave birth to her son, my cousin Billy when she was 39 years old. She loves him very much and treats him as a treasure. Jim is lazy and impolite. He always makes a mess of the classroom. So none of his classmates likes him. | A. The phrase"miss the boat"literally(字面上) means"not catch the boat". However, what it really means is. "missing a good chance". B. Ducks have oily feathers(油脂羽毛) and water can't get through them, so water runs off their backs. Then when others' words have no influence on you, it is like water off a duck's back. C. The older a person is, the longer his or her teeth are. The sentence "Someone is long in the tooth to do something" means that someone is too old to do something. D. Can pigs fly? Of course not. So"when pigs fly"is used to explain something that never happens or that is impossible to do something. E. Building a house isn't easy, and building a city is much more difficult and takes much more time. The sentence "Rome was not built in a day"means that we should be patient when we want to do something successfully. F. "Be in sb's bad books" means"not have sb's liking". If you do something that makes others unhappy, we can say, "You are in Others' bad books. " G. Long ago, "apple"had the meaning of the"pupil(瞳孔)"which is very important. Nowadays"the apple of one's eye" is used to refer to someone who is important to you and you love him or her very much. |
