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标题: 每日学口语(11月3日)WE WOULD BEND OVER BACKWARDS TO HELP HIM. [打印本页]

作者: 寄托天下    时间: 2007-11-3 07:28     标题: 每日学口语(11月3日)WE WOULD BEND OVER BACKWARDS TO HELP HIM.

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港片和武侠小说里经常出现类似这样的话:有什么事您尽管吩咐,我就算上刀山下火海也赴汤蹈火再所不辞。那么,为了帮助别人不惜一切代价,两肋插刀都不怕,用英语怎么说呢?那就是“bend over backwards”。

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“Bend over backwards”就是身体向后仰。这种姿势对于一般人来说应该很难做,而且做起来也很难受。由此引申而来的意思就是,为了帮助别人把自己置于不舒服的位置,也就是我们说的上刀山下火海这种意思。

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看下面例句:

We bent over backwards to help him, and he never even thanked us!

(我们为了帮他简直是两肋插刀,可是他连谢都没谢我们一下。)

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作者: 寄托天下    时间: 2007-11-3 07:30

ACTUALLY,IN MY LIFE THERE IS ONLY A FEW FRIENDS TO BEND OVER THEIR BACKWARDS TO HELP ME TO DO STH,FOR EXAMPLE,LEND A LITTLE MONEY FROM THEM,THATS MAYBE NOT THE REALLY FRIENDS,RIGHT?




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