身体部位的英语习语.doc

英语当中有很多关于身体部位的习语，掌握一些这方面的表达对于提高口语，增加学习的趣味性具有很大的帮助，现在让我们一起来看一下都有哪些。 1. Head. The head is thought to be the most important part of the human body. So a leader is often compared to a head (首脑). Thus we have Head of State or the head of a delegation. The head is where the brain is located. It is naturally associated with ideas and intelligence. Very often, we need other peoples ideas and opinions when we want to do something well. The is because two heads are better than one (三个臭皮匠顶个诸葛亮). Two heads are better than one. 三个臭皮匠顶个诸葛亮。 补充：I need that like I need a hole in my head.完全不需要。例如：A: I’m having a hard time deciding what car to get.B: Look at this one. Why not buy it?A: I need that like I need a hole in my head.在头上除了眼，鼻，口之外，不需要别的“洞”了，因此就转为“完全不需要”的意思。此句生动有趣，在口语中运用一下很不错哦！ Not only human beings and animals have eyes, many things also have eyes- the eyes of a ship, the eye of a needle, the eye of a typhoon, and so on. Mind one’s eye 当心 Apple of one’s eye 掌上明珠 补充：An eye for eye, a tooth for tooth.以眼还眼，以牙还牙。例如：A: Are you going to tell John’s supervisor what he did?B: Sure. He told my supervisor when I did the same thing.A: An eye for eye, a tooth for tooth.此句源自《汉莫拉比法典》，指用对方做事的同样方法来报复。这与汉语中的说法十分相似，很好理解。When they think somebody is overhearing, English people use either of the two proverbs: Walls have ears and Pitchers have ears (壶罐有耳). They also think that little pitchers have big ears (小孩子耳朵尖). Nice boys and girls respect other people. They will not secretly listen to others private conversations. Be easy on the ear 悦耳动听all ears 专心聆听，洗耳恭听Walls have ears隔墙有耳 Pitchers have ears 壶罐有耳隔墙有耳little pitchers have big/long ears 小孩子耳朵尖(指当心别让小孩听到了)pitcher n.有柄水罐 4. Nose The English phrase face to face (面对面) and its Chinese counterpart(对应) are exactly the same. But English people, to express the same idea, can say nose to nose instead. There is no such substitute in Chinese. The word nose appears in many idioms. Here are two which are quite similar to their Chinese equiv