早安英文 第601期:关于nose的表达

 

nosy¹ 爱管闲事的

Don't be so nosy all the time. It makes me uncomfortable.

别总这么爱打听，让我有点儿不舒服。

brownnose 拍马屁

Brownnosing your boss isn't a guarantee you won't get fired.

给你的老板拍马屁并不能保证你不会被炒鱿鱼。

look down one's nose at sb

轻视蔑视某人，瞧不起某人

You shouldn't look down your nose at him. He graduated from Harvard.

你可别瞧不起人家，他可是哈佛毕业的。

rub one's nose in it

揭某人短处，不停地提起某人过去的过失和错误

pay through the nose for sth

花大价钱在某物上

give someone a bloody nose

彻底击败某人

cut off one's nose to spite one's face

冲动恼怒之下做一些没有必要损人不利己的事情

tip of the nose 鼻尖

bridge of the nose 鼻梁

nostrils 鼻孔

1 nosy   

adj.鼻子大的，好管闲事的，爱追问的；n.大鼻者

参考例句：

• Our nosy neighbours are always looking in through our windows.好管闲事的邻居总是从我们的窗口望进来。
• My landlord is so nosy.He comes by twice a month to inspect my apartment.我的房东很烦人，他每个月都要到我公寓视察两次。