英文里充斥著古怪的習(xí)語(yǔ)，像是“The moments when we escape a dicey situation by the skin of our teeth——我們從牙口間隙脫離危險(xiǎn)境地（死里逃生）”（就像欽定版圣經(jīng)中Job創(chuàng)造的那樣）。但是在任何詞典中，都還有變化的空間。無(wú)論老的小的，高的矮的，過(guò)著拮據(jù)的生活，還是富裕的日子，你都可以借用其他語(yǔ)言里有趣的俗語(yǔ)來(lái)豐富你的表達(dá)。

 1、EATING A CABLE   

Spanish西班牙語(yǔ)🇪🇸

to be in financial difficulty

陷入經(jīng)濟(jì)困境

If you’re down to your last savings, perhaps you’ll only have your cables left to eat.

如果你窮得只剩下最后的積蓄時(shí)，可能你就只剩下電纜可以吃了。

 2、TO RIDE AS A HARE   

Russian俄語(yǔ)🇷🇺

To travel without a ticket

逃票旅行

If you are travelling without a ticket, you’ll be shaking like a hare when the ticket inspector comes to you.

如果你沒有為旅途買票，那么當(dāng)檢票員來(lái)找你的時(shí)候，你就會(huì)發(fā)抖得像野兔一樣。

 3、TO HAVE A WIDE FACE   

Japanese日語(yǔ)🇯🇵

To have lots of friends and to be well liked

有很多朋友，很受歡迎

These days, this could be interpreted to mean you have a wide friendship circle on social media.

現(xiàn)在，這會(huì)被理解為指你在社交媒體上有廣泛的交友圈。

 4、TO LIVE LIKE A MAGGOT IN BACON   
Deutsch德文🇩🇪

To live the life of luxury

過(guò)著奢侈的生活

If a maggot’s found themselves some bacon, they really are living the high life.

如果蛆蟲為自己找到一些培根，那么它們就真的過(guò)得很好。

 5、STOP IRONING MY HEAD   
Armenian亞美尼亞語(yǔ)🇦🇲

Stop annoying me!

別煩我！

Traditionally used to stop nagging wives, but said now to anyone who’s being irritating.

習(xí)慣上是用來(lái)阻止碎碎念的妻子的，但現(xiàn)在也對(duì)所有惱人的家伙說(shuō)。

 6、TO HAVE LONG TEETH   
French法語(yǔ)🇫🇷

To be ambitious

胸懷抱負(fù)

By this logic, you can argue that vampires are certainly ambitious.

按照這個(gè)邏輯，你可以說(shuō)吸血鬼必定是野心勃勃的。

（來(lái)源：滬江英語(yǔ)）