英語中有很多由人體器官而衍生的俚語。今天我們就來瞧瞧英語國家關於
Hand手最流行的10句俚語。
1.a bird in the hand (is worth two in the bush)英解：something that you say which means it is better to keep what you have than to risk losing it by trying to get something better
例句：If I were you I'd accept the money they're offering. After all, a bird in the hand...如果我是你，我會接受他們給的錢。畢竟，一鳥在手勝似二鳥在林。
英解：help; physical help, especially with the hands.
中解：助人之手（援手）
例句：When you feel like you need a helping hand making dinner, just let me know.
英解：With one's hands but without tools, weapons, or other implements.
例句：Jean assembled the new stove with her bare hands
4.bite the hand that feeds you
例句：Leaving the company after they've spent three years training you up - it's a bit like biting the hand that feeds you.
5.can count something on the fingers of one hand英解：if you say that you can count things on the fingers of one hand, you are emphasizing that they are very rare
例句：I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times she's actually offered to buy me a drink.
英解：be innocent or guiltless
例句：John's got clean hands; he had nothing to do with it.
7.devil finds work for idle hands to do英解：If you do not have useful work to do, you will be tempted to do frivolous or harmful things to get rid of your boredom.
例句：Knowing that the devil finds work for idle hands to do, Elizabeth always made sure that her children had plenty of chores to keep them occupied.怕孩子們遊手好閒，伊莉莎白會讓他們總是有家務事做。
英解：in the safe, competent care of someone.
例句：Your car is in good hands. My mechanics are factory-trained.
9.keep your hands to yourself英解：Do not touch things that are not yours.; Do not touch breakable things.
例句：You can look, but don’t touch. Keep your hands to yourself.
10.eat out of someone's hand英解：to do exactly as someone says; to grovel to someone.
例句：I've got her eating out of my hand. She'll do anything I ask.
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