看老外如何“闹别扭”
<p> 在日常生活中时常会有跟人意见不合产生摩擦的事儿。不论是亲友家人、隔壁邻居还是商场对手之间都可能发生矛盾，而且人与人之间的成见和积怨会旷日持久地延续下去。我们今天要学的三个习惯用语就是用来描述这样的情况的。</p><p> 1. <span word="at">at</span> <span word="loggerheads">loggerheads</span> 起争端，吵架；(与)不和；(与)相争</p><p> <span word="Loggerhead">Loggerhead</span>一词多义。<span word="Loggerhead">Loggerhead</span>可能指愚蠢顽固、头脑僵化的人;或者是捕鲸船船尾的圆柱，用来系住连着鱼叉的绳索，鲸鱼被鱼叉叉牢以后，捕鲸船就这样拖走鲸鱼。<span word="Loggerhead">Loggerhead</span>也可以是一端有长手柄另一端是个铁球的铁棒，专门用来拨弄木柴使火焰烧得更旺。</p><p> 这个习惯用语由来已久，时常以这样的形式出现：<span word="be">be</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="loggerheads">loggerheads</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="someone">someone</span>，用来表示和某人发生争端了，跟某人心存怨恨。我们来举个例子。</p><p> 例句-1：<span word="The">The</span> <span word="Lee">Lee</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="loggerheads">loggerheads</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="neighbors">neighbors</span> <span word="ever">ever</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="neighbors">neighbors</span> <span word="dog">dog</span> <span word="got">got</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="yard">yard</span>, <span word="killed">killed</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="cat">cat</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="bit">bit</span> <span word="Mr">Mr</span> <span word="Lee">Lee</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="tried">tried</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="rescue">rescue</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cat">cat</span>.</p><p> 他说：<span word="Lee">Lee</span>一家人跟邻居积怨很深，矛盾起自邻居家的狗窜到他家的院子里，咬死了他们的猫，而且那条狗在<span word="Lee">Lee</span>先生试图抢救猫咪的时候还咬了他。</p><p> 2. <span word="at">at</span> <span word="odds">odds</span> 意见不和、闹别扭</p><p> 这一习惯用语和<span word="at">at</span> <span word="loggerheads">loggerheads</span>有类似的含义。<span word="Odds">Odds</span>在这里的意思是差异、分歧，或者是不和。<span word="At">At</span> <span word="odds">odds</span>比<span word="at">at</span> <span word="loggerheads">loggerheads</span>更古老，流传至今有四百多年了。</p>
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