今天我们再给大家介绍两个和blow有关的习惯用语,第一个是: To blow one's own horn. To blow有好几个解释,但是在这个习惯用语当中应当解释为:吹。Horn就是喇叭。To blow one's own horn的字面意思是:吹自己的喇叭。但是,作为一个俗语,它的意思是:夸耀自己,或者是自吹自擂。喜欢夸耀自己的人一般都有这种吹牛的习惯。下面是一个学生在讲一个爱吹嘘的人。
例句1: Do you know Joe Jones next door to me in my dorm? Nobody likes him - he's always blowing his own horn about what a great athlete he is and how much the girls all chase him.
例句2: My cousin introduced my sister Lisa to Frank, a famous Harvard economics professor. He's interested in her but Lisa says she can't stand him because all he does is blow his own horn about his latest book on economics and how popular he is among his students.
在这次节目里我们要讲的第二个跟blow有关的习惯用语是: To blow the lid off. To blow在这里也可以解释为吹。Lid就是瓶子或罐子的盖头。要是你blow the lid off,那就是你把别人想方设法要保密的事情揭露出来。To blow the lid off这个说法给人脑子里制造了一个形像,那就是好像突然发生的爆炸把盒子上的盖子给掀掉了。这样人们就可以看到盒子里的秘密东西。在发现政府官员贪污腐化的情况下经常用to blow the lid off这个习惯用语。下面就是一个例子。
例句3: I hear that the newspapers are going to blow the lid off the mayor's office - they have proof that he's been taking bribes from building contractors to give them city business.
例句4: I've watched these strange people in and out of the house next door for some time. My neighbors and I suspect they're a gang dealing in cocaine smuggled from Colombia or Mexico. I wonder if I ought to blow the lid off by reporting them to the cops.