英语小知识

关于“熬夜”的各种英文表达
1. I stayed up late last night to watch the final game of the World Cup.
2. Late hours don't agree with me.
3. Did you burn the mid-night oil again last night?
4. It's usual for him to sit up late at night.
5. He is a night owl.
6. She was tired out by these long vigils.
7. College students often pull an all-nighter at the end of a semester.
8. Some people prefer sitting up to going to bed early.


容易犯错的英语句子及讲解
1.I just call to say I love you, and I mean it.
2.Your accounting methods are far behind the times.
3.John took his umbrella to be on the safe side.
4. It's a long story and I'll tell you some other time.
5. To put it in a nutshell: you are fired!
6. I can't imagine why health care reform is unpopular.
7. It's about time you had your hair cut.

炒鱿鱼的十种英文说法
1. I got fired.
2. I got the boot.
3. I got the ax.
4. I got sacked./ I got the sack.
5. They kicked me out.
6. My boss showed me the door yesterday.
7. I was canceled.
8. I was laid off.
9. The boss told me that I don't have to come in tomorrow, or any other day.
10. My boss told me to find a "better" job.

跟老外聊天
1. That was a close call.
好险！
2. Far from it.
远非如此。
3. We're in the same boat.
我们处境相同。
4. My mouth is watering.
我在流口水了。
5. I'm not myself today.
我今天不在状态。
6. It slipped my mind.
我忘了。
7. It'll come to me.
我会想起来的。
8. You can never tell.
不知道/谁也没把握。
9. I won't buy your story.
我不信你那一套。
10. Stay out of this matter, please.
请别管这事。
11. She gives me a headache.
她真让我头疼。
12. You're wasting your breath.
你在白费口舌。
13. Don't get on my nerves!
不要搅得我心烦。
14. Don't look wise.
别自作聪明。
15. You're going too far!
你太过分了！
16. Don't bury your head in the sand.
不要逃避现实。
17. Money will come and go.
钱财乃身外之物。
18. You're too outspoken.
你太直率了。
19. I don't feel up to that.
我觉得不能胜任那工作。
21. Time will tell.
时间会证明一切。
22. Zip your fly!
闭嘴！

“快饿死了”英文中的不同说法
I'm dying of hunger./I'm dying of starvation.前者强调饿的感觉，后者重在说是别人让自己挨饿。
“饿他三天”是starve him for three days. 美国共和党就曾提出要starve Obama's bill of medical reform to death，意思是说使其得不到足够的支持而胎死腹中。They thought they could starve us to submission是说他们以为饥饿会使我们屈服。
自己主动采取的“绝食”只能是hunger strike而不是 starvation strike。
“挣扎在饥饿线上”则是struggling along the verge of starvation。hunger是不及物动词，而starve却是及物动词，
Hunger breaks stone walls.“人饿极了什么都干得出来，甚至会造反”