Expressions cover all parts of our life. They may be around your ears every day. You may know a lot of Chinese expressions that describe how you feel. Here are some English ones for your enjoyment.
Have Your Heart in Your Mouth
This expression means that you're really afraid or anxious about something. When your heart starts beating so much that you can feel a thumping(怦怦跳) in your throat, it may feel like you "have your heart in your mouth."
Have Butterflies in the Stomach
How did butterflies get in your stomach? Well, those really aren't butterflies in there. It is a way of describing those nervous feelings you might get before a test or a very important decision.
These stomach flutters (跳动) are normal and happen to many people. Some people believe having a few butterflies might even help you perform better.
Sick as a Dog
If you've ever been very sick, you may have used this expression. Because dogs eat just about anything they find, they often get sick. So it's all right to describe someone who's not feeling well as being "sick as a dog".
Under the Weather
When it's rainy all day outside, how would you feel? This expression comes from the idea that bad weather might hurt a person's health and mood(心情).
1. The expression "__" is most probably used while you are watching a thriller.
A. have your heart in your mouth B. sick as a dog C. under the weather
2.Someone believes__ if you "have butterflies in the stomach" before a test.
A. you're sure to fail B. you will forget everything C. you might do better
3.It's __ to say somebody is "sick as a dog" when he is not feeling well.
A. impolite B. suitable C. wrong
4.When somebody says "under the weather", he must feel
A. upset B. happy C. calm
5.All expressions discussed in this passage are about
A. health B. habits C. feelings
A young man was walking through a supermarket to pick up a few things when he noticed an old lady following him round. Thinking nothing of it, he continued.
Finally, he went to the check-out line, but the old lady got in front of him. "Excuse me," she said, "I'm sorry if my staring at(盯着看) you has made you feel uncomfortable,it's just because you look like my son, whom I haven't seen for a long time"
"What a pity," replied the young man, "is there anything I can do for you?"
"Yes," she said, "as I'm leaving, can you say 'Good bye, mother’? It would make me feel so much better."
"Sure," answered the young man. So, when the old woman was leaving, he called out, "Goodbye, mother !"
As he stepped up to the check-out counter(收银台), he saw that his total was $127. 50. "How can that be?" he asked, "I only buy a few things!"
The clerk replied, "Your mother said that you would pay for her. "
1.The young man was __ that day.
A. doing some shopping B. having a walk C. visiting his mother
2.The old lady stood__ the young man on the check-out line.
A.beside B.behind C.before
3.__ wasn't an honest person in this story?
A. The clerk B. The old lady C. The young man
4. At last, what the young man had to pay was __ what he expected.
A. more than B. less than C. as much as
5. We know from the story that the old lady__
A. liked shopping B. had a son C. paid nothing
I was waiting for the bus when I met the woman."You look36 Come and sit here,she said. 37 are you going?"
"I don' t know. I just want to catch a 38 and see what it will be like at the
end."
"I' m afraid you' 11 see 39 there. Why don't you enjoy the sights on the way?"
“How can I do that while my heart’s 40 ?” I asked sadly. “My best friend had left me.”
The woman seemed to understand my feeling. "Don' t cry, little girl. Ive had a similar experience to you.Thirty- five 41 ago, my husband left our three children and me. I was deadly sad.I decided to kill myself and the children, so I took 42 to the sea. 43they seemed to know what would happen, so they 44 loudly. Their cry suddenly woke me 45 . How could I 46 my hope to live for one of life' s problems? Alter that,I worked hard to raise the children.Now They all live 47 and one of lthem has his own family.
Then the woman gave me a 48 ,” We should never wait for the door to 49 before us.We should find the key to the 50 or try to find another way.”
The bus came and I got on it with a smile.
1.A. tired B. excited C. happy
2.A. What B. How C. Where
3.A. train B. bus C. boat
4.A. nothing B. everything C. something
5.A. smiling B. breaking C. dancing
6.A. days B. weeks C. years
7.A. her B. them C. him
8.A. So B. Or C. However
9.A. laughed B. cried C. spoke
10.A. in B. out C. up
11.A. give away B. give up C. get up
12.A. happily B. sadly C. badly
13.A. cry B. shout C. smile
14.A. open B. close C. lock
15.A. classroom B. office C. door
---Where is Zhang Ming?
---Oh, don't you know he to Beijing to see his parents and he'll be back tomorrow.
A. has gone B. has been C. had gone
-- It's very hot outside. ---Why you stay at home?
A. not B. not to C. don't
--What are you going to do this afternoon?
--We are going to have a football match if it__
A. will rain B. rained C. doesn't rain
