分類: 流行語 – 六畫

英文：be all mouth and trousers; be all mouth and no trousers; be all mouth (v.)

說明：這三個成語當中，以 be all mouth 的語氣最弱；它們都在表達「只會坐而言，不會起而行」的意思。

例句：

• They talked all night about how to solve the problems, but wouldn’t do anything to help. Their trouble was that they were all mouth and trousers. (他們整晚都在談論該如何解決這些問題，但就是不肯動手幫忙。他們的毛病就是光說不練)
• We did not vote for him because he was known to be all mouth and no trousers. (我們沒有投票給他，因為大家都知道他只會坐而言，不會起而行)

英文：pick up the pieces (v.)

說明：pick up the pieces 亦可表示「恢復正常；重整旗鼓」之意。

例句：

• After a while, Ted was able to pick up the pieces and carry on his work. (一會兒後，泰德就收拾心情繼續他的工作)
• After quarrelling with his wife, Peter pick up the pieces at once and went to work. (彼得和他太太爭吵後，馬上收拾心情去上班)
• After Ruth’s death, John found it hard to pick up the pieces and carry on with his life. (露絲過世後，約翰發現他難以恢復正常，繼續過他的生活)

英文：rock (v.)

說明：這個字為美國口語，意為「好屌；很屌；真棒」。

例句：

• You breezed through all your exams. You rock! (你輕易地通過所有考試。你好屌！)
• Her new smartphone really rocks! (她的新智慧型手機真的很屌！)
• The baseball player hit two home runs including a grand slam. He rocks! (那位棒球選手擊出兩支全壘打，包括一支滿貫全壘打。他好屌！)

英文：bury one’s head in the sand (v.)

說明：動詞 bury 可用 hide 來代替。

例句：

• Stop burying your head in the sand. Look at the statistics on smoking and cancer. (別再自欺欺人了。看看這些有關抽菸與癌症的統計數字吧)
• Parents said bullying was being ignored, and accused the headmaster of burying his head in the sand. (家長表示，霸凌問題遭到漠視，並譴責校長採取鴕鳥心態)

英文：sponge off women (v.)

說明：sponge off (somebody) 意為「依賴 (某人) 生活」。當你依靠女人生活 sponge off women 時，那就是「吃軟飯」。

例句：

• Let’s go to Taipei, we can always sponge off my brother there. (我們去台北吧，我們在那裡可以一直依靠我哥哥生活)
• Bill sponges off women and never has to work. (比爾吃軟飯，從來不用工作)