【英语俚语】与mouth有关的短语

另外一种情况是有人说另外一个人说了什么，另外一个人可能会反驳“I did not say that. Do not put words into my mouth.（我没有说过，不要把这个话强加于我！）”

Information is often spread by/through word of mouth. This is general communication between people, like friends talking to each other. "How did you hear about that new movie?" someone might ask. "Oh, by word of mouth." A more official way of getting information is through a company or government "mouthpiece". This is an official spokesperson. A government-run media could also be called a "mouthpiece".

信息往往是通过口口相传的，这是人与人之间的一般的沟通方式，像朋友间的交谈。“How did you hear about that new movie?（你怎么听说到那部新电影的呢？）”有人会问，“Oh, by word of mouth.（听来的呀）”。有一种获取信息更官方的途径是通过公司或政府“mouthpiece（发言人）”，这是官方的发言人。国营的媒体也可以称之为“mouthpiece”。

Sometimes when one person is speaking, he might say the same thing that his friend was going to say. When this happens, the friend might say, "You took the words right out of my mouth!" Sometimes a person has a bad or unpleasant experience with another person. He might say that experience "left a bad taste in my mouth". Or the person might have had a very frightening experience, like being chased by an angry dog. He might say, "I had my heart in my mouth."

有时某人正在说话，他可能说着他朋友正要说的事情，这时，他朋友会说“You took the words right out of my mouth!（你说的和我要说的一样；你说出了我心里话！）”

Some people have lots of money because they were born into a very rich family. There is an expression for this, too. You might say such a person "was born with a silver spoon in his mouth".

有的人生于富家，拥有很多的钱。这还有另外一种表达方式，你可以说这种人“was born with a silver spoon in his mouth（含着金汤匙出生）”。

This rich person is the opposite of a person who "lives from hand to mouth". This person is very poor and only has money for the most important things in life, like food.

这种富人是“lives from hand to mouth（仅能糊口度日）”这类人的反面，这类人十分贫苦，钱也仅仅够生活必须品，如食物。

Now it’s enough of all this talk. I have been "running off at the mouth" long enough.

好，现在飞儿已经说得够多了。我已经“running off at the mouth（滔滔不绝）”太久了。

【短语串记】

1.bad-mouth

v. to say unpleasant things about sb 说人坏话,企图损坏他人的名誉

eg. No one wants to employ some-body who bad-mouths his former employer.

没人愿意雇佣说前顾主坏话的人。

2. put one’s foot in one’s mouth

18世纪爱尔兰政客博伊尔·罗奇常常发表惊人的言论，当时人们笑他失言，说："He has put his foot in his mouth again."

put one’s foot in one’s mouth直译为“把脚放进嘴里”，可为什么它的实际意思却是"说错话"呢？原来这个习语是从另一个习语put one’s foot in it衍生出来的。put one’s foot in it本来是指一不小心踩在污水或比污水更脏的东西里，现在英美人直接用这个成语来表达“说错话”。

《朗文当代高级英语辞典》对put one’s foot in it / put one’s foot in one’s mouth的解释是这样的：to say something wrong or unsuitable, as a result of thoughtlessness, and cause an awkward situation.

eg. I really put my foot in my mouth when I asked him how his wife was, she’s left him for another man.

我真不该多嘴去问他关于他妻子的情况，她已经离开他而跟另一个男人走了。

3. down in the mouth

闷闷不乐；沮丧；垂头丧气；愁眉苦脸，是“down in the bushes”的变体

eg.Paul looks down in the mouth because she failed in the attempt.

保罗因为尝试失败看起来很沮丧。

4. put words into one’s mouth

无根据地说某人说过某些话

eg. Stop putting words into my mouth!

不要再无根据地说我的瞎话了！

5. by / through word of mouth

口头；口头通知；口头地

eg. The news got around by word of mouth.

这个消息被人们口头传开了。

6. mouthpiece

n. 喉舌；代言人；机关报

eg. The newspaper has become the official mouthpiece of the opposition party.

这份报纸已经成为反对党的官方喉舌。

7. take the words right out of one’s mouth

抢先说出某人欲说之事

eg. We must think a lot alike because you always take the words right out of my mouth.

我们一定想法很类似，因为你总是抢先说出我想要说的话。

8. leave a bad taste in one’s mouth

给……留下很坏印象

eg. His rudeness to the teacher left a bad taste in my mouth.

他对老师的粗暴态度给我留下了极坏的印象。

9. heart in one’s mouth

非常紧张；提心吊胆；害怕之极

eg. When the bear came out of the woods towards us, our hearts were in our mouths.

当熊从树丛中朝我们走来时，我们的心都快跳出来了。

10. be born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth

生在富贵人家

这个习语我们会经常碰到,直译为"含着银汤匙出生"。大家知道，银器皿是富贵的象征，因此"含着银汤匙出生"的人一定是生于豪门富户。目前家喻户晓的"希尔顿女郎"Paris Hilton可以说就是"含着银汤匙出生"的。

11. live from hand to mouth

生活仅够糊口；生活拮据

这个短语很有意思，直译为"从手到口地活着"，可以联想为手中一有食物就放到嘴里。引申为"现挣现花，勉强度日"。现在的"飘"族们应该就是这样吧，一不小心就会成为"月光族"。

eg. Michael was earning $250 a month working at a factory. He was really living from hand to mouth every month.

迈克尔在一个工厂做工,每月只能挣250美元,日子过得很紧巴。

12. run off at the mouth

老是没完没了地说，喋喋不休

这里的"run"与水有关。我们打开水龙头时,水会哗啦哗啦地流出来。想象一下，如果某人张开嘴，话像自来水一样流出来，那可真是没完没了。返回搜狐，查看更多