迷你对话
A: How is your angle?
你的脚踝怎么样了?
B: My what? Oh, that, right as a trivet.
我的什么?哦,好多了。
A: Please be careful next time.
下次一定要注意。
B: I will, thank you.
嗯,好的,谢谢您。
对话精讲
【核心短语】(as) right as a trivet
【解词释义】这个隐喻来自于三脚架(trivet)的形状,三脚架放在火上支撑水壶等炊具非常稳当。此语最早出现于Dickens的《匹克威客外传》中宝步索耶的话:“right as a trivet.”(好得很。)此语的意思即为:身体十分健康,事情十分顺利等。
【支持范例1】We'll have your ankle and you as right as a trivet.
我们会让你的踝部和身体恢复健康。
【支持范例2】Joan was feverish last night, but she is as right as a trivet his morning.
琼昨晚发烧,但是今早她完全好了。 |