Human Body and English Idioms

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1、HumanBodyandEnglishIdioms人体部位和英语习语1.HeadTheheadisthoughttobethemostimportantpartofthehumanbody.Soaleaderisoftencomparedtoahead(首脑).ThuswehaveHeadofStateortheheadofadelegation.Theheadiswherethebrainislocated.Itisnaturallyassociatedwithideasandintellige

2、nce.Veryoften,weneedotherpeople'sideasandopinionswhenwewanttodosomethingwell.Theisbecausetwoheadsarebetterthanone(三个臭皮匠顶个诸葛亮).2.EyeTheeyesareextremelyprecioustous.Thatiswhywesay"Mindyoureye(当心)!whenweremindingsomeonetobecareful.Notonlyhumanbeingsandan

3、imalshaveeyes,manythingsalsohave"eyes"-theeyesofaship,theeyeofaneedle,theeyeofatyphoon,andsoon.3.EarTheearistheorganofhearing.Apieceoflightmusiciseasyontheear.(悦耳动听).Weareusuallyallears(专心聆听)forbitnews.Whentheythinksomebodyisoverhearing,Englishpeopleu

4、seeitherofthetwoproverbs:Wallshaveears(隔墙有耳)andPitchershaveears(壶罐有耳).Theyalsothinkthatlittlepitchershavebigears（小孩子耳朵尖）.Niceboysandgirlsrespectotherpeople.Theywillnotsecretlylistentoothers'privateconversations.4.NoseTheEnglishphrase"facetoface(面对面)"a

5、nditsChinesecounterpart（对应）areexactlythesame.ButEnglishpeople,toexpressthesameidea,cansaynosetonoseinstead.ThereisnosuchsubstituteinChinese.Thewordnoseappearsinmanyidioms.HerearetwowhicharequitesimilartotheirChineseequivalents:leadsomebodybythenose(牵着

6、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".Maybetothem,thenoseisthemostconspicuouspartoftheface.5.LipWehavetwolips:theupperlipandthelowerlip.Ifone'stwolipsareclose

7、d,onecannotspeak.Soitgoeswithoutsayingthat"don'topenyourlips(不要开口)"means"don'tspeak".Hislipsaresealed.Arehislipsreallystucktogetherbywaxorglue?No,hislipsaresealedwhenaskedaboutsomethingthathemustkeepsecret.Sometimesatopsecretisbetrayedbecauseithasesca

8、pedsomeone'slips(脱口而出).Thentheincidentmaybecomeapieceofnewsthatisoneverybody'slips(众口相传).6.TongueWeallknowwecannotspeakwithoutthetongue.Sothetongueiscloselyrelatedtospeech.Toholdone'stongue(保持沉默)means"tokeepsilent".Apersonwhohastoomuchtongue(太