英语讲义【120】与五官相关的惯用语
<p> 英语中有许多惯用语和身体上的五官有关。</p><p> 下面便是些和嘴、鼻、耳、眼相关的常见惯用语及其用法：</p><p> 美国是个繁荣富裕之国，但不是家家户户都有钱。不少人还是所入仅足糊口：<span word="live">live</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="hand">hand</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="mouth">mouth</span>。</p><p> 有些人善于从事煽动的勾当，喜欢把话语套在别人口里，这就是<span word="putting">putting</span> <span word="words">words</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="another">another</span> <span word="persons">persons</span> <span word="mouth">mouth</span>。还有些人刚好相反，喜欢把别人心中话透露出来：<span word="taking">taking</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="words">words</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="someones">someones</span> <span word="mouth">mouth</span>。更有些人乐于夸大其词，因为他们<span word="have">have</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="big">big</span> <span word="mouth">mouth</span>。那些好新奇事物的人便会竖起<span word="itching">itching</span> <span word="ears">ears</span>，在<span word="prick">prick</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="ears">ears</span>倾听之后，自然而然会把听到的口口相传：<span word="going">going</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="mouth">mouth</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="mouth">mouth</span>，用意不外是在使道听途说的事能传播多远就多远：<span word="with">with</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="eye">eye</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="spreading">spreading</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hearsay">hearsay</span> <span word="far">far</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="wide">wide</span>。</p><p> 从社会上许多人际关系不好的事件看来，喜欢乱说话是要不得的，因为口无遮拦者一开口：<span word="open">open</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="mouth">mouth</span>，就得罪人。莫怪父母亲常教导孩子要多听：<span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="ears">ears</span>，要多看：<span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="eyes">eyes</span>，更要守口如瓶：<span word="keep">keep</span> <span word="ones">ones</span> <span word="mouth">mouth</span> <span word="shut">shut</span>，才不会出乱子。</p><p> 当一个人受人影响或控制时，就是被拉着鼻子走：<span word="led">led</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="nose">nose</span>。在现代社会里，有些人自视甚高，看轻别人，这种人难免鼻子朝天：<span word="turn">turn</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="noses">noses</span> <span word="up">up</span> ，不屑与人为伍。除了轻视他人之外，有些人还喜欢打听人家的秘密或干涉别人的私事，这些人很<span word="nosy">nosy</span>，爱<span word="nose">nose</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="others">others</span> <span word="affairs">affairs</span>。</p>
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