“衣”言“裳”语

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1、“衣”言“裳”语　　HaveyoueverconsideredalltheEnglishexpressionsthatincludewordsaboutclothes？Let’sseeifIcannameafewoffthecuff―orwithoutanypreparation.　　Peoplewearpantstocoverthelowerpartoftheirbodies.Wesometimessaythatpeoplewhoarerestlessornervoushaveantsintheirpants.Theymight

2、alsoflybytheseatoftheirpants―theyusetheirnaturalsensetodosomethinginsteadoftheirlearnedknowledge.Sometimes，peoplemaygetcaughtwiththeirpantsdown―theyarefounddoingsomethingtheyshouldnotbedoing.And，ineveryfamily，onepersontakescontrol.Sometimesawifetellsherhusbandwhattodo

3、.Thenwesay“shewearsthepantsinthefamily.”　　Pantsusuallyhavepocketstoholdthings.Moneythatislikelytobespentquicklycanburnaholeinyourpocket.Sometimesyouneedabelttoholdupyourpants.Ifyouhavelessmoneythanusual，youmayhavetotightenyourbelt―youmayhavetoliveonlessmoneyandspendyo

4、urmoneycarefully.Butonceyouhavesucceededinbudgetingyourmoney，youwillhavethatskillunderyourbelt.　　Ialwayspraisepeoplewhocansavetheirmoneyandnotspendtoomuch.Ireallytakemyhatofftothem.Yet，whenitcomestomyownmoney，Ispenditatthedropofahat―immediately，withoutwaiting.Andsadly

5、，youcannotpullmoneyoutofahat―youcannotgetmoneybyinventingorimaginingit.　　Bootsareaheavyorstrongshoes.Peoplewhoaretoobigfortheirbootsthinktheyaremoreimportantthantheyreallyare.Idislikesuchpeople.Ireallydo.Youcanbetyourbootsonthat！Yet，trulyimportantpeoplearehardtoreplac

6、e.Rarelycanyoufilltheirshoes―orreplacethemwithsomeoneequallyeffective.　　Myfatherisanimportantperson.Herunsabigcompany.Hewearsasuitandtieandashirtwithsleevesthatcoverhisarms.Somepeoplewhodonotknowhimwellthinkheistoofirmandsevere.Theythinkheisarealstuffedshirt.ButIknowt

7、hatmyfatherwearshisheartonhissleeve―heshowshisfeelingsopenly.And，heknowshowtokeephisshirton―hestayscalmandnevergetsangryortooexcited.　　Also，myfatherhasneverlosthisshirtinabusinessdeal―heistoosmarttoloseallormostofhismoney.Thisisbecausemyfatherrollsuphissleeves―andprep

8、arestoworkhard.Heoftenhasaspecialplanoranswertoaproblemthathecanuseifheneedsit.Heislikeapersonwhodoesmagictricks.Wesay“hehas