“穿小鞋”、“眼红”、“喝喜酒”怎么用地道英文表达?
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>>>穿小鞋
解释:“穿小鞋”referred to people who deliberately made others wear shoes too small to wear in order to make them uncomfortable. Afterwards people extended the meaning to everyday life. Now it refers to those people who secretly scheme or use their official power in order to give others a hard time.
例子:
-Well, it has become very common that we work overtime at night.唉,晚上加班是家常便饭。
-It must be tiring. 很累吧?
-The most tiring thing is that the boss likes to put me through my paces. 更累的是老板喜欢给我穿小鞋。
>>> 眼红
解释:“眼红(yǎnhóng)”- literally “red-eyed”, an impression often used to describe envy or jealousy.
In English, there are terms like “green-eyed,” “green-eyed monster” to express that someone is envious or jealous after seeing another person's success, wealth, fame, good luck etc, and may even want to possess these things.
例子:I’m so envious seeing others getting married! 看到别人结婚,我眼红了!
>>> 喝喜酒
解释:"喝喜酒", literally meaning "drink joyful spirits", refers to "attend wedding feast". In China, it is common for newlywed couples to hold an opulent wedding banquet.
例子:Lily has married, and I attended her wedding feast at the weekend. 丽丽结婚了,我周末去喝她的喜酒了。