執筆者 Modern English | 2015年06月24日 | Idioms
“Wait a second. You said we were going to visit Grandma, but this isn’t the way to her house. We’re going to the doctor, aren’t we? I’ve been shanghaied!” “Shanghai” as a verb means “kidnap”. It came into use...
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年06月17日 | Idioms
“I’ve been taking it everywhere with me for almost two years and it’s starting to show some wear and tear.” “Wear” is signs of age and use. If you use something until it can’t be used anymore, it gets “worn out”....
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年06月10日 | Idioms
“Would you hurry up? I don’t have all day here!” You can say this when someone is taking a long time to do something and you feel impatient. For example, you are waiting in line at the grocery store and the person ahead of you is very slow to pay. Or...
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年06月03日 | Idioms
“If this photo gets out, the journalists will have a field day! You’d better destroy every copy.” “A field day” brings to mind a day of fun and activities outdoors (i.e. in a field), or a festival. But we use it as an idiom to mean a...
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年05月27日 | Idioms
“I’ve read the explanation for this homework problem eight times but I just can’t wrap my head around it. Can you explain it more clearly?” In order to understand something difficult or complicated, you must “wrap your head around...
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年05月20日 | Idioms
“The neighbor’s kid joined the school band. He’s practicing his saxophone all day, but he’s still not any good. The noise is driving me up the wall!” If you can’t stand something, it can make you restless. If you’re very...
