如何用英文委婉的表達(dá)"老"這個(gè)詞?
時(shí)光飛逝,青春不再。痛恨在人前暴露年齡,又不得不感嘆自己上了年紀(jì)?英文中該如何若隱若現(xiàn)地說(shuō)說(shuō)“老”? 今天就來(lái)看這樣幾個(gè)習(xí)語(yǔ)吧!
mutton dressed as lamb
這個(gè)習(xí)語(yǔ)的意思是指,女性盡量把自己往年輕了打扮,特別是愛(ài)穿給年輕人設(shè)計(jì)的衣服。
例:Do you think this skirt is too short? I don't want to look like mutton dressed as lamb.
你不覺(jué)得這裙子太短嗎?我可不想讓人覺(jué)得自己裝嫩。
no spring chicken
表示青春已逝,人已經(jīng)不再年輕了。
例:That actress is no spring chicken, but she does a pretty good job of playing a twenty-year-old girl.
那位女演員已經(jīng)不年輕了,不過(guò)她演20幾歲的小姑娘還演得挺不錯(cuò)。
long in the tooth
這個(gè)習(xí)語(yǔ)與馬有關(guān)。通常馬過(guò)了壯年,咀嚼能力就會(huì)慢慢衰退,牙根也會(huì)隨著年紀(jì)的增長(zhǎng)而顯露出來(lái),牙看上去就會(huì)變長(zhǎng)。所以人們就用這個(gè)短語(yǔ)表示“上了年紀(jì)”。
例:Don't you think she's a bit long in the tooth to be a romantic heroine?
你不覺(jué)得她這個(gè)年紀(jì)出演愛(ài)情主題的女主角有點(diǎn)太大了嗎?
over the hill
好比人們爬山一樣,越過(guò)了山峰就要開(kāi)始走下坡路了。 這個(gè)短語(yǔ)的意思可以指歲數(shù)大了,身體不如以前了,也可以表示人的事業(yè)走下坡路。
例:He is over the hill as a professional athlete.
作為一名職業(yè)運(yùn)動(dòng)員, 他的巔峰時(shí)期已過(guò)。
put years on
誰(shuí)也不想長(zhǎng)得太“捉急”,不過(guò)如果一件事給人增加了年歲,就說(shuō)明這個(gè)人看上去要比自己的實(shí)際年紀(jì)老。
例:That job has really put some years on him.
做那份工作確實(shí)讓他看上去顯老了。
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