猴子也算是人类的近亲了。它们看到大家干什么,都能学得惟妙惟肖,可见大家和猴子之间的渊源还真是深。人类的语言中自然必不可少猴子,今天大家就来学两句关于猴子的口语表达。
1. Get one's monkey up
To get one's monkey up 又作 to put one's monkey up,意思是发怒,生气。比如:
She gets her monkey up if you tell her she is wrong.(假如你说她错了,她会火冒三丈。)
2. I will be a monkey's uncle.
I will be a monkey's uncle. 在俚语中表示惊讶。在它的前面常可见感叹词Well。比如:
He really left his wife? Well, I will be a monkey's uncle.(他真的丢下他的老婆?哎呀,我如何不了解呢。)
3. Has a monkey on one's back
To has a monkey on one's back 在美国俚语中指染上毒瘾(to have drug addiction1)。比如:
Even the little boy has a monkey on his back.(甚至这个小孩子也染上了毒瘾。)
4. Monkey business
Monkey business 也可以称为funny business ,指不正大光明 / 不正当的行为。比如:
They suspected monkey business at the polls.(他们怀疑投票处有舞弊行为。)
5. Not give a monkey's fart
Not give a monkey's fart 又作 not give/care a damn,意思是对某人某事不在乎。比如:
I don't give a monkey's fart about what they think.(至于他们如何考虑,我一点也不在乎。)
6. Play the monkey
To play the monkey 又作to play the fool或to play the goat,意思是出洋相,做傻事。比如:Be serious! Don't play the monkey.(正经点!别出洋相。)