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1、Now,WordsandTheirStories,aVOASpecialEnglishprogramaboutAmericanexpressions.I'mRichKleinfeldtwithexpressionsmadeusingtheword"hold.""Can'tholdacandleto"isapopularexpression.Itisfromthetimebeforeelectricity,whenpeopleusedcandiesforlight・SomeonewhoIivedinabighousewouldha
2、veaservantlighthiswaybyhoIdingacandle.Theexpressionmeantthatthepersonwhocannotholdacandletoyouisnotfiteventobeyourservant.Now,itmeanssuchapersoncannotcompareorcompete.Inthefollowingsong,singerDollyPartontellshernewlovethatheroldflames,heroIdlovers,cannotcomparewithhi
3、m...Anotherexpressionis"holdyourtongue."Itmeanstobestillandnottalk."Holdyourtongue"isnotsomethingyouwouldtellafriend.Butaparentorteachermightusetheexpressiontoquietanoisychild."Holdout"isanexpressiononehearsofteninsportsreportsandlabornews.Itmeanstorefusetoplayorwork
4、.Professionalfootballandbaseballplayers"holdout"iftheirteamrefusestopaythemwhattheythinktheyareworth.Membersoflaborunions"holdout"andrefusetoworkuntiltheygettheworkagreementtheywant.Theexpression"holdup"hasseveralcHfferentmeanings・Oneisarobbery.Amanwithagunmaysay,"Th
5、isisaholdup.Givemeyourmoney."Anothermeaningistodelay.Adriverlateforworkmaytellhisboss,"Iwasheldupbyheavytragic・”Someonewhowasrobbedonthewaytoworkmightsay,"Sorry,boss,Iwasheldupbyaholdup・”StiIIanothermeaningoftheexpressionisforastorytobeconsideredtrueafteraninvestigat
6、ion・Thesamedriverlateforworkcouldsay,"MybossdidnotbelieveahoIdupheldmeup.ButthepoliceconfirmedwhatIsaid,somystoryheldup.""Holdon"isanotherexpression.Oftenitmeanswaitorstop.Asyouleaveforschool,yourbrothermaysay,“Holdon,youforgotyourbook."Ourfinalexpressionis"holdtheli
7、ne."Thatmeanstokeepaproblemorsituationfromgettingworse・・toholdsteady.Forexampie,thepresidentmaysayhewill"holdthelineontaxes."Hemeanstherewillbenoincreaseintaxes.Now,Imust"holdtheIine"onthisprogram・・lhavenomoretimelefttoday.ThisVOASpecialEnglishprogramWordsandTheirSto
8、rieswaswrittenbyFrankBeardsley.RichKleinfeldt.这里是美国之音词汇栏目〃成语典故〃，我是丽诗•克莱因菲尔德，今天来讲讲有关hold的成语。Can'thoIdacandleto（比不上，还不如）是个常用表达，来自尚未用电
