想抓住男人的心,先抓住男人的胃

英文:The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.

說明:這是道道地地的英文俗諺。

例句:

  • Amy: I want Kevin to notice me, but he doesn’t even know I’m alive. Mother: Invite him over and cook him a good meal. The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. (艾美:我想要凱文注意到我,但他甚至不知道我的存在。母親:邀他到家裡來,煮一頓美食給他吃。想抓住男人的心,先抓住男人的胃)

想開了;想通了

英文:be over it (phr.)

說明:英文還有一句含意相近的口語 to get over it,同樣表示對痛苦或難過的事情會「想通的」、「撐下去」、「熬過去」或忘了那些不愉快的事情。

例句:

  • I suffered for days after Hilary broke up with me, but I’m over it now. (希拉蕊跟我分手後,我難過了好幾天,但現在我想開了)
  • A: “Sorry about standing you up last night” (抱歉,昨晚放你鴿子)
    B: “Whatever, I’m over it.” (無所謂,我想開了)
  • Amy was so heartbroken when her parents split up, but she said she would get over it. (艾美父母離異時,她傷心欲絕,但她說她會熬過去的)

裝可愛;裝萌;肉麻

英文:cutesy (adj.)

說明:cutesy 的比較級為 cutesier,最高級為 cutesiest。

例句:

  • Cindy’s dress and hair is so cutesy. (辛蒂的穿著和頭髮都很會裝可愛)
  • Earl sent me one of those awful greeting cards with a cutesy puppy on it. (厄爾把那些可怕的賀卡寄了一張給我,卡片上有一隻裝萌的小狗)
  • Mr. Chen and his wife called each other by cutesy pet names that disgusted everyone else. (陳先生和他太太互以肉麻的寵物名字稱呼對方,讓人感到噁心)
  • That birthday card is too cutesy. (那張生日賀卡太肉麻了)

裝可憐

英文:give someone puppy (or puppy-dog) eyes (v.)

說明:這英文的意思就是睜大眼睛,像小狗一樣裝可憐。

例句:

  • My little daughter gives me her puppy eyes every time she wants to play with my iPhone! (我的小女兒每次要玩我的 iPhone 時都會裝得楚楚可憐!)
  • Gary always gives his mother his puppy-dog eyes when he asks her for some money. (當蓋瑞向他母親要錢時,他總是裝可憐)

亂碼

英文:garbled code (n.)

說明:garbled 為形容詞,意為「含混不清的;搞亂了的」。

例句:

  • Why do my PDFs open in garbled code? (我的 PDF 文件為什麼開起來都是亂碼呢?)
  • The WordPress plugin caused my blog to show garbled code. (這個 WordPress 外掛造成我的部落格顯示亂碼)

葷笑話

英文:off-color joke (n.)

說明:off-color joke 主要指「黃色笑話」,但暴力、種族歧視及其他冒犯性話題的笑話亦叫做 off-color joke。

例句:

  • The men all sat there drinking beer and cracking off-color jokes. (男人們全都坐在那兒喝著啤酒,說著黃色笑話)
  • The boss is always making off-color jokes. (老闆老是說葷笑話)

路痴

英文:someone having/with no sense of direction (n.)

說明:亦可用 someone having/with poor sense of direction 來表示。

例句:

  • People with no/poor sense of direction can easily get lost. (路痴容易迷路)
  • I have no sense of direction at all. (我是路痴)
  • My sense of direction is poor. (我是路痴)

搶風頭

英文:steal someone’s thunder (v.)

說明:這成語的含意包括剽竊某人的發明搶先利用、搶先做某人要做的事,亦可指用自己的言行來分散別人對另一個人的注意。

例句:

  • What do you mean by coming in here and stealing my thunder? (你來這裡搶我的風頭是什麼意思?)
  • I’m in charge here! Someone stole my thunder by leaking my announcement to the press. (我是這裡的負責人!有人把我的公告洩漏給新聞界,搶了我的風頭)