Subject：He is as proud as a peacock.

　　迷你对话

　　A: Wendy got good grades again. She is clever but she is as proud as a peacock!

　　Wendy又拿到了高分。他很聪明，但是很骄傲。

　　B: Well, never mind.

　　哎，别介意。

　　地道表达

　　proud as a peacock

　　1. 解词释义

　　Proud as a peacock是“极其骄傲”的意思。其英文解释为：overly proud; vain。使用的时候，通常和as连用，即为：as proud as a peacock.

　　英汉民族的审美角度是不同的，我们注重peacock(孔雀)开屏时的美丽，认识它是美丽吉祥的象征，而公鸡是“骄傲”的化身，因为它总是把头昂得高高的，尾巴翘上了天，一副盛气凌人的样子。而西方人不注重孔雀美丽的一面，相反认为她很骄傲。所以英美人在形容一个人骄傲，狂妄或爱慕虚荣的时候，就把他比作peacock。

　　2. 拓展例句

　　e.g. Mike's been strutting around proud as a peacock since he won that award.

　　麦克获得荣誉后，一直都是趾高气扬地逗游，极其骄傲。

　　e.g. I sometimes think Elizabeth must spend all day admiring herself in a mirror. She's as proud as a peacock.

　　有时候，我认为伊丽莎白整天都在镜子面前炫耀自己，极其骄傲。

　　e.g. She was proud as a peacock when she passed her driving test at the first attempt.

　　她第一次参加驾驶考试就顺利过关，便洋洋得意起来。

　　e.g. June is as proud as a peacock after winning her first swimming certificate.

　　琼自从获得了第一游泳证书后非常骄傲，瞧不起人。

　　Ps：get good grades：考试考得好，成绩优秀 never mind：别介意