英语写作中谚语妙用实例

• 作 者: 瞿丽君
• 出 处: 第二课堂(高中版)
• 发表日期: 2008年06期
• 关键词: preferred again twice never smoke 晚来 十年

【谚语】Beggars cannot be choosers.叫花子不能挑肥拣瘦;饥不择食。【妙用】I would have preferred a bed,but beggars can’t be choosers so I slept on the sofa.我本想要张床,但是叫花子不能挑肥拣瘦,所以我就睡在沙发上了。【谚语】Once bitten,twice shy.一次被咬,下次胆小;一次上当,下次小心。【妙用】She certainly won’t swim again—once bitten,twice shy.她

[Slang] Beggars cannot be choosers. 】 【Imaginative use I would have preferred a bed, but beggars can’t be choosers so I slept on the sofa. I would like to make a bed, but I can’t pick a child to pick a thin, so I just sleep on the sofa. 【Slang】Once bitten,twice shy. Once bitten, the next time timid; once fooled, next time be careful. 【妙】She certainly won’t swim again—once bitten,twice shy.