裝可愛;裝萌;肉麻

英文:cutesy (adj.)

說明:cutesy 的比較級為 cutesier,最高級為 cutesiest。

例句:

  • Cindy’s dress and hair is so cutesy. (辛蒂的穿著和頭髮都很會裝可愛)
  • Earl sent me one of those awful greeting cards with a cutesy puppy on it. (厄爾把那些可怕的賀卡寄了一張給我,卡片上有一隻裝萌的小狗)
  • Mr. Chen and his wife called each other by cutesy pet names that disgusted everyone else. (陳先生和他太太互以肉麻的寵物名字稱呼對方,讓人感到噁心)
  • That birthday card is too cutesy. (那張生日賀卡太肉麻了)

裝可憐

英文:give someone puppy (or puppy-dog) eyes (v.)

說明:這英文的意思就是睜大眼睛,像小狗一樣裝可憐。

例句:

  • My little daughter gives me her puppy eyes every time she wants to play with my iPhone! (我的小女兒每次要玩我的 iPhone 時都會裝得楚楚可憐!)
  • Gary always gives his mother his puppy-dog eyes when he asks her for some money. (當蓋瑞向他母親要錢時,他總是裝可憐)

亂碼

英文:garbled code (n.)

說明:garbled 為形容詞,意為「含混不清的;搞亂了的」。

例句:

  • Why do my PDFs open in garbled code? (我的 PDF 文件為什麼開起來都是亂碼呢?)
  • The WordPress plugin caused my blog to show garbled code. (這個 WordPress 外掛造成我的部落格顯示亂碼)

葷笑話

英文:off-color joke (n.)

說明:off-color joke 主要指「黃色笑話」,但暴力、種族歧視及其他冒犯性話題的笑話亦叫做 off-color joke。

例句:

  • The men all sat there drinking beer and cracking off-color jokes. (男人們全都坐在那兒喝著啤酒,說著黃色笑話)
  • The boss is always making off-color jokes. (老闆老是說葷笑話)

路痴

英文:someone having/with no sense of direction (n.)

說明:亦可用 someone having/with poor sense of direction 來表示。

例句:

  • People with no/poor sense of direction can easily get lost. (路痴容易迷路)
  • I have no sense of direction at all. (我是路痴)
  • My sense of direction is poor. (我是路痴)

搶風頭

英文:steal someone’s thunder (v.)

說明:這成語的含意包括剽竊某人的發明搶先利用、搶先做某人要做的事,亦可指用自己的言行來分散別人對另一個人的注意。

例句:

  • What do you mean by coming in here and stealing my thunder? (你來這裡搶我的風頭是什麼意思?)
  • I’m in charge here! Someone stole my thunder by leaking my announcement to the press. (我是這裡的負責人!有人把我的公告洩漏給新聞界,搶了我的風頭)

裝傻;裝瘋賣傻

英文:act/play the goat (v.)

說明:act the goat 比 play the goat 來得常見許多。

例句:

  • Stop acting the goat! (別裝傻了! / 別裝瘋賣傻了!)
  • Allen is always acting the goat; I never know when to take him seriously. (艾倫老是裝瘋賣傻;我根本不知道什麼時候才能把他當真)

落湯雞

英文:a drowned rat (n.)

說明:與 look like 構成 look like a drowned rat 這個成語,意為「全身濕透;濕得像落湯雞 (尤指在大雨中被淋濕)」。

例句:

  • My father had to fix the fences in the storm and looked like a drowned rat. (我父親必須在暴風雨中修理籬笆,他渾身濕透,像隻落湯雞)
  • Kevin had to cycle home in the rain and came in looking like a drowned rat. (凱文必須冒雨騎腳踏車回家,進門時全身濕得像隻落湯雞)

照片沒有本人好看

英文:The picture certainly/surely doesn’t flatter you.

說明:照片還可用 photo (複數 photos) 或 photograph 來表示。這句的關鍵字是 flatter,它除了「奉承;諂媚」的意思外,還意為「(相片、畫等) 比 (真人) 好看」。視情況而定,句中的 you 可改為任何的人稱代名詞或名詞。當然了,我們亦可視需要表達「照片比本人好看」的意思。

例句:

  • This picture surely doesn’t flatter my wife. (我太太這張照片沒有本人好看)
  • The photo flatters Amy. (這張照片比艾美本人漂亮)

會吵的小孩有糖吃

英文:The squeaky wheel gets the grease.

說明:亦可用 The squeaky wheel gets the oil. 來表示,但比較少見。

例句:

  • No matter what computer they give her, Mary generally insists on a better one and gets it - the squeaky wheel gets the grease. (不管他們給她什麼電腦,瑪麗通常會堅持要一部更好的,而且都會得到 - 會吵的小孩有糖吃)
  • Nina begged for months to her parents for a new car and she somehow got it. The squeaky wheel gets the grease, I guess. (妮娜要她父母買新車已吵了好幾個月,不知用了什麼方法,她如願以償了。我想這就是會吵的小孩有糖吃)