“脖子”习语知多少

 　　美国人在讲话和写文章的时候经常用一些和人体各部份有关系的成语或俗语。今天我们就说说“脖子”吧！

　　1. To me, the worst pain in the neck is somebody who sits behind me in a movie theater and talks to his friends all the time the picture is on.

　　对我来说，最讨厌的事儿就是在电影开演的时候坐在我后面的人跟他同伴老聊个没完。

　　2. I broke my neck trying to raise you kids and look at the way you pay me back! One son in jail¹, the other too lazy to work and my daughter ran away with her hairdresser.

　　我累死累活的把你们抚养成人，看看你们是怎么报答我的？一个儿子坐牢，另一个太懒不愿意工作，女儿竟然跟理发师私奔了！

　　3. I feel sorry for Miss Jones who teaches that second grade class. She has such noisy, unruly kids that she must feel like wringing² their necks every day.

　　我可真同情教二年级的琼斯小姐。她教的那些孩子天天吵吵闹闹、无法无天的，我想她每天简直都恨不得掐断他们的脖子。

　　4. I'd rather not be in debt - I don't want that millstone around my neck.

　　我不愿意负债，我可不愿意背负那个负担。

　　5. You really saved my neck. I'd have been in so much trouble if you'd told him the truth.

　　你真是救了我的命了！如果你告诉了他真相我就麻烦了。

　　6. Look at that traffic! I refuse to risk my neck just to cross the street to buy a paper.

　　看看那些车开得快的，我可不愿意冒险穿过马路去街对面买报纸。

　　7. Why should I stick my neck out to do something for her? What's she ever done for me?

　　我为什么就应该冒险为她去做这些事？她又为我做过什么？

　　8. Molly is necking with Ted³ and thinking of Ken⁴.

　　莫莉和泰德亲热的时候还想着肯。

　　9. Right now I'm up to my neck in work.

　　我现在忙得不可开交。

　　10. I can't believe he's failed the test twice -- he must be dead from the neck up!

　　我真不敢相信他两次考试都没过，他可真够笨的！

1 jail   

n.监狱，看守所；vt.监禁，拘留

参考例句：

• The castle had been used as a jail.这城堡曾用作监狱。
• If she carries on shoplifting,she'll end up in jail.她如果还在店铺里偷东西，最终会被抓进监狱的。

2 wringing   

淋湿的，湿透的

参考例句：

• He was wringing wet after working in the field in the hot sun. 烈日下在田里干活使他汗流满面。
• He is wringing out the water from his swimming trunks. 他正在把游泳裤中的水绞出来。

3 ted   

vt.翻晒，撒，撒开

参考例句：

• The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
• She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。

4 ken   

n.视野，知识领域

参考例句：

• Such things are beyond my ken.我可不懂这些事。
• Abstract words are beyond the ken of children.抽象的言辞超出小孩所理解的范围.