例句1: The young people next door had a wild and woolly party last night! Loud music and people yelling at the top of their voices - I couldn't get to sleep until four in the morning.
例句2: Most of our interns keep quiet and try very hard to learn. But, Jack and Bill get wild and woolly when they have free time; yelling and laughing disturbing everybody around. Maybe we ought to let them go.
下面我们再来讲一个跟wool这个字有关的习惯用语: Dyed in the wool. Dyed就是染颜色的染。也就是把布放在染缸里上颜色。染羊毛的最好办法就是在编织成毛料之前就染色。这样就不会变色,也不会退色。要是我们用dyed in the wool这个习惯用语来形容一个人的政治信仰,那我们就是说,这个人的政治信仰很坚定,难以改变,就像羊毛染的颜色不会变一样。
例句3: Bill Jones is a dyed in the wool Republican and his wife Betty is a dyed in the wool Democrat. They argue about politics all the time but you know something - they get along better than any other couple I know.
例句4: Mary is a dyed in the wool liberal. She believes Washington should spend more money on the poor. But John is firmly against our welfare system. He says it encourages the poor to rely on the government and not work.