home是家,free是免费,那你知道home free是什么意思吗?
2022-04-01 09:21:03 etogether.net 英语美文阅读公众号 次
小伙伴们第一眼看到home free这个表达,
会不会觉得是“全家免费”的意思?
其实不是的哈,
Just when she thought she was home free, her father spoke from behind her. 就在她认为已经大功告成的时候,身后传来她爸爸说话的声音。Now we're home free, because we already did this.
“bring home the bacon”是什么意思?
bring home the bacon 养家糊口I hope so. I have to bring home the bacon. Some one has to bring home the bacon in the family.
这也让我联想到一个词:
breadwinner:养家糊口的人
(一个挣面包的人, 把面包带回家的人)
close to home
戳到痛处
大家看到这个短语
可不要误以为它是“离家近”的意思,
它其实是指
affecting one personally and intimately,
即戳到痛点。
因为“home永远离你的心最近的” HOME
比如:
Everyone felt that his words hit close to home.
大家都认为他的话击中了要害。
That movie about the war hit too close to home.
那部战争片太戳心了。
He finally hit a home run. I think I really hit a home run on my math test yesterday.
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