Lesson 150 - KISS SB. OR STH. GOODBYE / KISS OF DEATH
今天我们要给大家讲解的习惯用语都和"接吻"这个字有关。我想大家都知道"接吻"在英文里是Kiss。Kiss对全世界的人来说都意味着爱情,但是,它也可以表示父母对孩子的爱,或者是朋友之间的友情,有的时候还可以表达尊敬,就像一位男士亲吻一位女士的手,或者一位到罗马访问的人亲吻教皇的戒指等等。一般情况下,我们都把接吻看成是好事。有一首老歌名字叫:"接吻比酒更甜蜜。"不过,今天我们给大家介绍的这两个和kiss有关的俗语却都含有反面的意思。第一个是: to kiss someone or something goodbye
Goodbye --大家都知道是"再见"的意思。To kiss someone or something goodbye,从字面上可以解释为:和某人或某样东西接吻,以表示再见。这是一个英语俗语,当你kiss something goodbye的时候,你就会失去这件东西,不管是工作,做生意的机会,还是你所关心的某个人。
我们来举个例子,这是一个公司老板在催促手下的一个雇员赶快做完手上的工作:
例句-1: "Jones, when are you going to have that bid ready for the big airport construction contract? I 'm telling you right now, if you don't have our bid ready in time, you can kiss your job goodbye!"
例句-2: "I used to like that restaurant when the food was good and the price reasonable. But since it moved to the place close to where I live, the food has become lousy and the prices have gone so high. So I've decided to kiss it goodbye."
下面我们要讲的一个和kiss有关的习惯用语同我们对 kiss这个字的一般概念完全相反。这个习惯用语是: kiss of death。
Death就是死,那跟kiss有什么关系呢?Kiss of death实际上是指造成失败的因素。下面是一个地方政党的领导人在谈论挑选谁来参加市长竞选:
例句-3: "One candidate I won't support is Joseph Blow. Sure, he may be a good speaker and all that, but he's been involved in some shady business deals. Once the newspapers start digging that up, it would be the kiss of death for our whole list of candidates for the city council."
例句-4: "Go talk to Dad for me please. You know Mom always goes along with Dad's decisions. If she approaches Dad on my behalf that would be the kiss of death to my trip."