LearningEnglishgrammarandEnglishvocabularycanbehardenoughbuttryingtounderstandEnglishsayingscanbemoredifficult.Somearejusthardtofigureoutandothersdon’tmakeanysenseatall.HerearefourfunnyEnglishsayingsthatyoucanuseeveryday.
I’mhappyasaclam(蛤).
Thinkofaclam.Itdoesn’thavetodoanything.Itjustsitsonabeachoronthebottomoftheoceanalldaydoingnothing.Itneverhastowork.Thatsoundslikehappinessdoesn’tit?Ifsomeoneasks“Howareyoutoday?”youcananswer“Iamhappyasaclam”tolethimorherknowwhatagreatmoodyouarein.
Iwouldn’ttouchthat(orhim/her)withaten-footpole.
Maybethereisapersonwhoyoudon’twanttobefriendswithoreventalkto.Wellthissayingmeansthatyoudislikehimorhersomuchthatyoudon’twanttotouchorgonearhimorherevenwithintenfeet!
Youdon’thavealegtostandon.
Thissayingdoesn’tmeanthatthepersonyou’retalkingtohasnolegs.Itmeansthathisorherargumentisincorrect.Heorshedoesn’thavealegtostandonbecauseheorshehasnofactstosupportwhatheorsheissaying.Thissayingisagoodwaytotellpeoplethatyouthinkthey’rewrong.
Breakaleg!
Thissayingactuallymeanstheoppositeofwhatitsoundslike.Ifyoutellthistoapersonyou’rewishinghimorhergoodluck!Thesayingcomesfromasuperstition(迷信)thatwhateveryousayaloudtheoppositewillcometrue.
【小题1】Thefirstparagraphmainlytellsus____________________.