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1、HumanBodyandEnglishIdioms人體部位和英語習(xí)語1.HeadTheheadisthoughttobethemostimportantpartofthehumanbody.Soaleaderisoftencomparedtoahead(首腦).ThuswehaveHeadofStateortheheadofadelegation.Theheadiswherethebrainislocated.Itisnaturallyassociatedwithideasandintellige
2、nce.Veryoften,weneedotherpeople'sideasandopinionswhenwewanttodosomethingwell.Theisbecausetwoheadsarebetterthanone(三個臭皮匠頂個諸葛亮).2.EyeTheeyesareextremelyprecioustous.Thatiswhywesay"Mindyoureye(當(dāng)心)!whenweremindingsomeonetobecareful.Notonlyhumanbeingsandan
3、imalshaveeyes,manythingsalsohave"eyes"-theeyesofaship,theeyeofaneedle,theeyeofatyphoon,andsoon.3.EarTheearistheorganofhearing.Apieceoflightmusiciseasyontheear.(悅耳動聽).Weareusuallyallears(專心聆聽)forbitnews.Whentheythinksomebodyisoverhearing,Englishpeopleu
4、seeitherofthetwoproverbs:Wallshaveears(隔墻有耳)andPitchershaveears(壺罐有耳).Theyalsothinkthatlittlepitchershavebigears（小孩子耳朵尖）.Niceboysandgirlsrespectotherpeople.Theywillnotsecretlylistentoothers'privateconversations.4.NoseTheEnglishphrase"facetoface(面對面)"a
5、nditsChinesecounterpart（對應(yīng)）areexactlythesame.ButEnglishpeople,toexpressthesameidea,cansaynosetonoseinstead.ThereisnosuchsubstituteinChinese.Thewordnoseappearsinmanyidioms.HerearetwowhicharequitesimilartotheirChineseequivalents:leadsomebodybythenose(牽著
6、某人的鼻子走)andturnupone'snoseatsomebodyorsomething(對某人或某物嗤之一鼻）.Englishpeoplecansayasplainasthenoseinone'sface(一清二楚)tomean"veryobvious".Maybetothem,thenoseisthemostconspicuouspartoftheface.5.LipWehavetwolips:theupperlipandthelowerlip.Ifone'stwolipsareclose
7、d,onecannotspeak.Soitgoeswithoutsayingthat"don'topenyourlips(不要開口)"means"don'tspeak".Hislipsaresealed.Arehislipsreallystucktogetherbywaxorglue?No,hislipsaresealedwhenaskedaboutsomethingthathemustkeepsecret.Sometimesatopsecretisbetrayedbecauseithasesca
8、pedsomeone'slips(脫口而出).Thentheincidentmaybecomeapieceofnewsthatisoneverybody'slips(眾口相傳).6.TongueWeallknowwecannotspeakwithoutthetongue.Sothetongueiscloselyrelatedtospeech.Toholdone'stongue(保持沉默)means"tokeepsilent".Apersonwhohastoomuchtongue(太
