第一， 迷你对话

A: What has happened? You got black and blue in the face.

怎么搞的，你脸上青一块紫一块的。

B: I fought with Bob.

我和鲍勃打了一架。

A: Terrible. How come?

糟透了，怎么会这样呢？

B: I don’t want to mention it. But I’ll get back at him some day.

我不想再提了，但是我终有一天会报复他的。

第二， 地道表达

get back at

1. 解词释义

Get back at someone的字母意思是“返回到某人身上去”，引申为“报复某人”。

2. 拓展范例

e.g. I didn't write this book to get back at Henry Ford for firing me.

我写这本书也不是为了要向亨利•福特报解雇我之仇。

e.g. My classmate played a joke on me, and next day I got back at him.

我的同学和我开了个玩笑，第二天我报复了他。

e.g. I got back at him for spreading those lies about me.

他散布谎言诽谤我，对此我进行了报复。

e.g. When my boy friend broke up with me, I dated his best friend to get back at him.

当我的男朋友跟我分手后，我开始跟他最要好的朋友约会以作报复。

第三， 咬文嚼字

black and blue ： 遍体鳞伤的；青一块紫一块的

e.g. After the fight, he was black and blue all over.

打架之后,他浑身青一块紫一块。

e.g. The smugglers pounced on him and beat him black and blue.

走私贩们一拥而上，把他打得遍体鳞伤。

fight with sb.：与某人打架

e.g. They crowded around me, telling me that I had fought with two bullies.

他们把我围住，告诉我说我打的是两个欺软怕硬的家伙。

e.g. They fought with all their might.

他们全力作战。

第四， 口语短句

某人的脸上青一块紫一块的。

Sb. is black and blue in the face.