horse組成的英語短語

1. a horse pill 大藥丸,大型丸劑

horse組成的英語短語

This is not a horse pill. This is your pain pill which doctorprescribed.

這不是大藥片。這就是醫生給你開的止疼藥。

2. a horse laugh 狂笑,譏笑,不信任的笑

At the end of the joke she gave a horse laugh that could be heard a streetaway.

在那個笑話結束時,她發出一陣狂笑,隔着一條街都能聽到。

3. a horse of a different color 完全是另一回事

Taking the exam is one thing but passing it is a horse of a differentcolor.

考試是一回事;通過考試又是另一回事。

4. be on one's high horse 趾高氣揚,藐視他人

Since Bob was elected president of the club, he's been up on his highhorse.

自從鮑勃當選爲俱樂部主席以來,他就趾高氣揚起來了。

5. beat a dead horse 徒勞無益,白費口舌

I hate to beat a dead horse, but it is very important that you understandthis before you leave.

我不想多此一舉,但你離開以前必須瞭解這個。

6. hold one's horse 忍耐,鎮靜,別衝動

Dad, please hold your horse before you get mad at me...

爸,在對我發火之前,請你忍耐一下……

7. clothes horse 愛打扮,趕時髦的人

Princess Diana was a real clothes horse. It's hard to imagine how much shehad spent on clothes.

黛安娜王妃是一個很講究穿戴的人,很難想象她花在衣服上的錢有多少。

此外clothes horse figure 指“衣服架子”,就是那種穿什麼都好看的人。

8. talk horse 吹牛

They often talk horse when they are free.

他們有空時常常在一起吹牛。

9. one-horse town 落後的'小地方

Then Beijing was a gray, drab, one-horse town where the main means oftransportation was the bicycle.

那時的北京是一個灰色、乏味、設施簡陋的城市,主要交通工具是自行車

10. horse-and-buggy days 馬車時代,以往歲月

The post-industrial crisis always reminds citizens of the horse-and-buggydays.

後工業時代的危機總是能讓人們回想起以往的歲月。