Shoo-in 十拿九稳 图片1 Chen Mingzhi, a shoe designer, lies inside his handmade 1.9 metre long shoe at his family store in Wenling, China. Photo: Carlos Barria/Reuters 今日小常识 It is believed the term 'a shoo-in' is derived from horse rac...
Fall back on 依赖 图片1 South Korean soldiers of the special warfare command give a demonstration on the eve of the Armed Forces Day anniversary in Gyeryong. Photo: Lee Jae-Won/Reuters 今日小常识 Many nations hold an annual celebration of th...
Have your hands full 忙得不可开交 A waitress carries glasses of beer at the Oktoberfest in Munich, southern Germany. Photo: Frank Leonhardt/GettyImages 今日小常识 The Oktoberfest is a 16-day festival that takes place every year in Germany...
Hanging around 无所事事 图片1 A truck hangs from the Chavantes bridge near Fartuna, Brazil. Photo: Helio Inumaru/AP 今日小常识 Alexander Graham Bell, who was born in Scotland in 1847, is credited with inventing the telephone. In 1876 he wa...
You can lead a horse to water... 你可以牵马到河边... 图片1 Susan Gell and Roy Rodgers exercise their horse in Loch Lomand, Scotland. They regularly let their horse swim to the mainland from the island they live on. Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Ge...
Burst someone's bubble 粉碎某人的美梦 图片1 Bubble artist Melody Yang looks through a large bubble she created on a table during a demonstration in Vancouver, British Columbia. Photo: Andy Clark/Reuters 今日小常识 Melody Yang is the dau...
A window of opportunity 时机之窗 图片1 A Buddhist monk carries his robe as another looks out of the window of their monastery in Yangon, Burma. Photo: Damir Sagolj/Reuters 今日小常识 A 'French window' is actually a type of door, but one wh...
Leap of faith - 信心的跳跃 A boy jumps from the diving platform of the lido at Lake Ammersee in southern Germany. Photo: Getty/Christof Stache 今日小常识 Lake Ammersee in the region of Bavaria is the sixth-biggest lake in Germany, covering...
A ray of sunshine 一缕阳光 图片1 In bright sunshine, a model walks along the 'world's longest catwalk' at Darling Harbour in Sydney, Australia. Photo: Reuters/Daniel Munoz 今日小常识 The existence of nearly all life on Earth is thanks to t...
Tom, Dick and Harry 随便什么人 图片1 Prince Harry smiles during a visit to Bacon's College in London. Recently, the British Royal Family said nude photographs of Prince Harry cavorting with friends on holiday in Las Vegas were genuine. Photo:...