外语学习资料

与mouth有关的短语

1 Do not bad mouth me.

别说我坏话。 Mouth在这里做动词，表示“说某人坏话”。例如：I won't bad mouth Jay even if it kills me.打死我也不说杰伊的坏话。

2 I really put my foot in my mouth this time.

Put one’s foot in one’s mouth这个短语的意思是say something embarrassing, make a faux-pas（失言，说错话了）。当你说了不该说的话时，突然发觉你说错话了，就会这么说。例如：“I certainly put my foot in my mouth at the party last night when I asked Mister Brown to say hello to his wife for me. Somehow I’d forgotten that his wife died six months ago.”他说：“我昨晚在聚会上无意中说错了话。我让布朗先生替我向他的太太问好。不知怎么回事，我忘了他太太已经在半年前去世了。”

3 down in the mouth

Down in the mouth是口语，意思是“沮丧、垂头丧气”。 例如：Why do you look so down in the mouth ?（你为什么显得这样消沉?）She gets down in the mouth over the least little thing.（她动不动就情绪低落。）类似的短语还有down in the dumps，也是形容情绪低落。

4 Do not put words in my mouth

这个短语的意思是“替某人说出你觉得他该说的话，把话强加于某人”。I never mentioned going away for a holiday: don't put words into my mouth.（我从来没有提到过去度假：不要把这个话强加于我！）Now you're putting words into my mouth. When did I say anything about moving？(你这是强加于人，我什么时候说过我搬家的事？)

5 word of mouth/by word of mouth

Word of mouth就是我们常说的“口碑”。By word of mouth是指人们经由一传十，十传百的口传方式得知某件事，也就是藉着口耳相传，大家告诉大家的意思。例如：A：This restaurant is so small, but it's always crowded. How did you find out about it? B：I heard by word of mouth