上一次我们讲了三个带有bird这个词的习惯用语。它们是: bird brain。Bird brain指没头脑、愚蠢的人和early bird special。Early bird special是给早来顾客的特价优惠。还有strictly for the birds。Strictly for the birds意思是毫无价值的、荒唐可笑的、令人作呕的。Bird是个常用词,由bird发展而成的习惯用语也不少。
例句-1:I want to make sure we do a good job. So I'm asking Joe here to bird-dog the whole project and catch any trouble. If he sees any, he'll report it directly to me.
例句-2:Dad got all red in the face telling me about the birds and bees. And it only mixed me up - I had to learn about girls from friends my age who didn't know much more than me.
其实由bird这个词发展而来的习惯用语还有不少。不知大家是否记得我们以前学过的一个习惯用: sit in the catbird seat。Catbird是美国和澳洲特有的一种大鸟。由于鸣声像猫叫而得到这个名称。它专门把窝筑在大树高高的顶端以避免遭受侵犯和其它各种威胁。所以sit in the catbird seat意思是处境安稳, 可以高枕无忧了。