美国习惯用语-第15期:To fly off the handl
<p>「美国习惯用语」第十五讲</p><p><span word="To">To</span> <span word="fly">fly</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="handle">handle</span> </p><p><span word="To">To</span> <span word="bark">bark</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="wrong">wrong</span> <span word="tree">tree</span> </p><p>美国人在十七世纪初来到北美洲大西洋沿岸的东部地区定居。此后，他们了花两百多年时间来开拓西部的大片处女地。在这期间，这些开拓者的生活不仅非常艰苦，而且还有生命危险。为了能够进行耕作，他们得用斧头来砍伐森林，用犁来翻耕处女地。他们经常猎取野兽来作为食品。同时，他们还要随时准备抵御敌对的印第安人的袭击。所有这些经历都丰富了美国人的语言，即便在今天使用的语言中，人们还可以发现许多开拓时期生活的痕迹。拿斧头来作例子吧：它既大，又重，头上还有锋利的刀口。这是一个很危险的工具，特别是当斧头突然从斧柄上脱落的时候，谁要是倒霉正好在旁边的话，就有可能被砍伤。 </p><p>现在，美国人就把有的人突然失去控制而勃然大怒的现象叫作：<span word="To">To</span> <span word="fly">fly</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="handle">handle</span>。<span word="Fly">Fly</span>是飞的意思，而<span word="handle">handle</span>是指斧头柄。我们来举个例子看看，<span word="to">to</span> <span word="fly">fly</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="handle">handle</span>在日常生活中是怎么用的。 </p><p>例句-1: "<span word="My">My</span> <span word="wife">wife</span> <span word="spent">spent</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="afternoon">afternoon</span> <span word="yesterday">yesterday</span> <span word="cooking">cooking</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="special">special</span> <span word="dinner">dinner</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="wedding">wedding</span> <span word="anniversary">anniversary</span>. <span word="So">So</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="really">really</span> <span word="flew">flew</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="handle">handle</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="hours">hours</span> <span word="late">late</span>."</p><p>他说：“为了庆祝我们结婚周年，我太太化了整个下午精心烹调。可是，我昨晚晚了三个小时才回家。她可真火了。” </p>
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