人体部位和英语习语

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1、人体部位和英语习语1.HeadTheheadisthoughttobethemostimportantpartofthehumanbody.Soaleaderisoftencomparedtoahead(首脑).ThuswehaveHeadofStateortheheadofadelegation.Theheadiswherethebrainislocated.Itisnaturallyassociatedwithideasandintelligence.Veryoften,weneedotherpeople'sideasandopinio

2、nswhenwewanttodosomethingwell.Theisbecausetwoheadsarebetterthanone(三个臭皮匠顶个诸葛亮).2.EyeTheeyesareextremelyprecioustous.Thatiswhywesay"Mindyoureye(当心)!whenweremindingsomeonetobecareful.Notonlyhumanbeingsandanimalshaveeyes,manythingsalsohave"eyes"theeyesofaship,theeyeofaneedle,

3、theeyeofatyphoon,andsoon.3.EarTheearistheorganofhearing.Apieceoflightmusiciseasyontheear.(悦耳动听).Weareusuallyallears(专心聆听)forbitnews.Whentheythinksomebodyisoverhearing,Englishpeopleuseeitherofthetwoproverbs:Wallshaveears(隔墙有耳)andPitchershaveears(壶罐有耳).Theyalsothinkthatlittl

4、epitchershavebigears(小孩子耳朵尖).Niceboysandgirlsrespectotherpeople.Theywillnotsecretlylistentoothers'privateconversations.4.NoseTheEnglishphrase"facetoface(面对面)"anditsChinesecounterpart(对应)areexactlythesame.ButEnglishpeople,toexpressthesameidea,cansaynosetonoseinstead.Thereis

5、nosuchsubstituteinChinese.Thewordnoseappearsinmanyidioms.HerearetwowhicharequitesimilartotheirChineseequivalents:leadsomebodybythenose(牵着某人的鼻子走)andturnupone'snoseatsomebodyorsomething(对某人或某物嗤之一鼻).Englishpeoplecansayasplainasthenoseinone'sface(一清二楚)tomean"veryobvious".Maybe

6、tothem,thenoseisthemostconspicuouspartoftheface.5.LipWehavetwolips:theupperlipandthelowerlip.Ifone'stwolipsareclosed,onecannotspeak.Soitgoeswithoutsayingthat"don'topenyourlips(不要开口)"means"don'tspeak".Hislipsaresealed.Arehislipsreallystucktogetherbywaxorglue?No,hislipsarese

7、aledwhenaskedaboutsomethingthathemustkeepsecret.Sometimesatopsecretisbetrayedbecauseithasescapedsomeone'slips(脱口而出).Thentheincidentmaybecomeapieceofnewsthatisoneverybody'slips(众口相传).6.TongueWeallknowwecannotspeakwithoutthetongue.Sothetongueiscloselyrelatedtospeech.Toholdon

8、e'stongue(保持沉默)means"tokeepsilent".Apersonwhohastoomuchtongue(太多嘴)isdislikedbyall,forheis