22-03-09 Thanks to all who sent in their amusing, embarrassing stories this past week! Being a Mother by Bonnie A. Adkins from Memphis, Tennessee Being a single mother, I wanted to do everything perfectly when it came to raising my son. One day, he came to m...

22-03-02 说起办公室里的Secretary，可能我们第一反应出的意思都是秘书，不过下面这个句子要注意了： I chose the tall secretary where mother sat so often writing letters by a sunny window. 翻译这句话时要格外小心，否则就会把tall secretary译成了高个子秘书，岂不闹出...

22-02-08 如果你是中美混血（父亲美国人，母亲中国人），你就可以说： My father is American and my mother is Chinese. 如果你觉得上面这句话有点长，非得用一个单词来表达混血儿，不要用half-blood，也不要用hybrid，这些词都太硬核，它们用来描述血统不纯的动物或杂交水稻还...

22-02-07 在eggshell（蛋壳）上行走或者是滑冰？意思就是要小心翼翼地做事；小心谨慎。 When my mother is staying at our house, I feel like Im walking on eggshells. 当我妈妈住在我们家的时候，我凡事都要小心翼翼。...

22-02-07 At your mothers knee直译过来是在你妈妈的膝上，而实际要表达的是：幼年时或是儿时学到的技能，比如画画，钢琴，舞蹈这些启蒙技能。 举个例子，小白很小的时候就学会了画画，他就可以这样说： I learnt to paint at my mothers knee. 我在幼年时学会了涂色。...

22-02-07 Mummys boy指的是：很听妈妈的话，什么事情都让母亲来做主，而自己毫无主见的男生或者成年男性。也就是我们常说的妈宝男！ Dont marry him! Hes just a mummys boy. 别嫁给他！他就是一个妈宝男。 Tim is a mummys boy. He left his girlfriend because his mother did...

22-01-25 hard time形容艰难的日子，give sb a hard time就是使（某人）日子不好过。 My mother gave me a really hard time (= was angry with me) about staying out late. 我母亲对我在外面呆到很晚感到很生气。...

22-01-21 The muted light of yet another cloudy day eventually woke me. I lay withmy arm across my eyes, groggy and dazed. Something, a dream trying to beremembered, struggled to break into my consciousness. I moaned and rolledon my side, hoping more sleep wo...

22-01-04 Loved one 一般用于我们过世的亲人或最好的朋友。 例句 Some families never adjust to the loss of a loved one. You will be able to bid a final farewell to your loved one at the funeral. 请注意 和其他语言一样，在提到死亡时，人们会仔细考虑用什么样英语表达...

21-12-28 当某人 milk something 时，意思就是这个人想尽办法从某件事情或人身上取得最大利益。这个短语也带有白蹭或榨取利益的意思。 例句 Marthas mother won a lot of money in the lottery and her daughter has been milking it and buying the most expensive clothes she...