Lesson 176 - MAKE ONE'S BLOOD BOIL / MAKE ONE'S BLOOD RUN COLD
大家都知道人的正常体温是摄氏37度。可是,你们可知道,在不同的情绪下,人血的温度可能变得滚烫,或者变得冰冷。这当然是不可能的,只是形像化的比喻而已。然而,这也正是我们今天要给大家介绍的两个习惯用语。我们先来讲人体的血液在什么情况下会变得滚烫。 To make one's blood boil. Boil是沸腾的意思。也就是把水烧到滚开的程度。当然,一个人的血液是不可能煮开的,但是当什么事情让你非常生气的时候,你可以说:It makes my blood boil.
例句-1: It happened three years ago, but it still makes my blood boil every time I think about how my girlfriend ran out on me and married some other guy without even telling me goodbye.
例句-2: I went to a Chinese restaurant last week with a friend. The waitress was so rude we ended up yelling at each other. Then she refused to serve us. It still makes my blood boil just to think about it.
要是生气使你的血的温度升高,那么什么事情会使人的血变得冰冷呢?那就是害怕。那么在英文里,这个俗语是怎么说的呢: To make one's blood run cold.
当一个人遇到生命危险的时候,他可能会害怕得发抖。比如说,要是一个怕鬼的人在突然见到什么像鬼的东西的时候,他就会非常害怕。在这种情况下,就可以用:To make my blood run cold.
我们现在来举一个例子吧。这是一个怕鬼的人在讲他的经历。
例句-3: As I walked into this old haunted house, I heard this terrible scream and my blood ran cold when I saw this figure in white rushing straight at me!
例句-4: While I was walking toward my car in the parking lot, two men in ski masks suddenly appeared in front of me, guns in hand. I was so scared that my blood ran cold. But they left in a hurry when they saw a police car coming.