to get one's back up to scratch one's back 当一只猫生气的时候，它往往把它的背拱起来，嘴里还发出呼呼的声音，显得它随时准备施展它那爪子的威力。美国一个...
nag to get off one's back 大家常常可以听到有的丈夫抱怨说，自己的太太在家里老是唠叨个没完，说他家务事做得不够，衣服到处乱扔等。美国人用一个字来形...
to turn one's back on someone to get on someone's back 予首先我们要讲的是：to turn one's back on someone。从字面上解释，这是把自己的背对着某人。可是，实际上这是指根...
to put on the back burner to drag one's feet 我们经常说做事要看轻重缓急，有的时候不得不把正在做的事或计划要做的事先搁置一边。美国人把这叫做：to put on t...
A stuffed shirt To give you the shirt off his back 在美国英语中，人们穿着的各种服装名称经常是组成一些习惯用语的主要成份。今天我们再讲两个由shirt这个字组成...
SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Killer Virus Brought Back From the Past, With the Hope to Avoid a New One By Cynthia Kirk and Caty Weaver Broadcast: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE...
WORDS AND THEIR STORIES - Expressions Use Back, Shoulders, Chest By Jill Moss Broadcast: Sunday, August 08, 2004 Revised by Xiao Jinyin ( jinyinx@***.com ) Now the VOA Special English program, Words a...
After I took office as mayor of a small Kentucky city, an unfortunate incident precipitated some hateful phone calls to my home. One night while I was conducting a city-council meeting, my wife answer...
Who gave them the right Waltzing back into (Your life, Your life) Now I feel fear I wish that they'd never come (Here, here, here) What they gonna do,what they gonna do What they gonna say,what they g...
You know just how to hurt me And how to take all the pain away Girl, you must be the devil in disguise There were times, I think you knew When I was so afraid of you There's some kind of madness in yo...
