看美剧卡片学习地道俚语 第126期:脸上有鸡蛋 egg on one's face
日期:2014-09-29 11:07
(单词翻译:单击)
have egg on your face
意思：to be embarrassed，感到窘迫、后悔、耻辱.
爱美的女孩子大概都知道鸡蛋可以用来做美容面膜，但被人扔一个鸡蛋在脸上可就不妙了，你可以想像那会是个多么令人尴尬和难堪的场面，至此，我想你也就不难明白have egg on your face 这个习惯用语是什么意思了。
我们来看看这个用法的词源：Not sure of the origin, but it may come from when clowns are at a circus and they have eggs thrown at them because of their goofy acts or when actors had eggs thrown at them performing in plays a couple of centuries ago.
马戏团的小丑们或演员们曾经因为一些垃圾的表演被观众扔鸡蛋，have egg on your face 可能就是从这引申过来的。这一幕和咱们古装剧里狗官被砍头时，街坊邻居们的表现如此的相似(⊙o⊙)…
Example:
I made a deal with Jack and ended up with egg on my face.
我和杰克做个交易,结果却害得我出了洋相。
Jim really had egg on his face after he lost the bicycle race to a 10 year old girl.
Jim 在比赛中输给了一个10岁的女孩，他感到很没面子。
好的，小伙伴们，一起来动脑啦：
—Mum, why do you always make me eat an egg every day?
—______ enough protein and nutrition as you are growing up. (上海1999)
A. Get B. Getting C. To get D. To be getting
意思：to be embarrassed，感到窘迫、后悔、耻辱.
爱美的女孩子大概都知道鸡蛋可以用来做美容面膜，但被人扔一个鸡蛋在脸上可就不妙了，你可以想像那会是个多么令人尴尬和难堪的场面，至此，我想你也就不难明白have egg on your face 这个习惯用语是什么意思了。
我们来看看这个用法的词源：Not sure of the origin, but it may come from when clowns are at a circus and they have eggs thrown at them because of their goofy acts or when actors had eggs thrown at them performing in plays a couple of centuries ago.
马戏团的小丑们或演员们曾经因为一些垃圾的表演被观众扔鸡蛋，have egg on your face 可能就是从这引申过来的。这一幕和咱们古装剧里狗官被砍头时，街坊邻居们的表现如此的相似(⊙o⊙)…
Example:
I made a deal with Jack and ended up with egg on my face.
我和杰克做个交易,结果却害得我出了洋相。
Jim really had egg on his face after he lost the bicycle race to a 10 year old girl.
Jim 在比赛中输给了一个10岁的女孩，他感到很没面子。
好的，小伙伴们，一起来动脑啦：
—Mum, why do you always make me eat an egg every day?
—______ enough protein and nutrition as you are growing up. (上海1999)
A. Get B. Getting C. To get D. To be getting
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