英语俚语天天说 第391期:喝汤到底是"drink soup"还是"eat soup"?

 【俚语】

Eat soup 喝汤

【例句】

He is eating a bowl of soup with a spoon.
他正在用一只勺子喝汤。

Drink soup 喝汤

【例句】

I drank a cup of soup this morning because I was in a hurry.
今天早上比较匆忙，我就喝了一杯汤。

Soup spoon 汤勺

【例句】

You can’t eat soup with chopsticks. You need a soup spoon.
用筷子没法喝汤，你需要一个汤勺。

Soup sth. up 改良

【例句】

He souped his car up so it will do nearly 120 miles per hour.
他改良了自己的车，这样每小时能跑近120英里。

Too many cooks spoil¹ the soup.
人多反倒误事
A: We’ve got my boss, his boss, the assistant manager and the head of IT all involved in this project, and it's turning into a complete disaster!
我的老板，他的老板，助理经理和IT主管，都参与到了这个项目中，结果就是一团糟！
B: Well, too many cooks spoil the soup.
好吧，人多反而误事。

1 spoil   

n.战利品，赃物，奖品，掠夺，次品；vt.损坏，破坏，溺爱；vi.腐坏，掠夺

参考例句：

• Don't bunch the flowers up so tightly,you'll spoil them.别把花束得这么紧，会弄坏的。
• Overacting will only spoil the effect.表演过火，效果反而不好。