a big fish才不是一条很大的鱼！弄错误会可就大了！

清晨起来打开窗，阳光美美哒

今天阿冻要聊聊 fish 这个小词

fish 就是鱼的意思

那a big fish 就是一条很大的鱼咯

No no no... 才不是！那是什么呢？

看到 Jack 举的栗子你应该能猜到

Donald Trump is a big fish.

提到特朗普你会想到什么

总统、权力、地位、有钱...

所以 a big fish 不是说他是大鱼

而是大人物、大亨、老板的意思

和外国人交流听不懂这句话误会可就大了

今天的节目还会讲到很多 fish 的有趣俚语

期待一下，今天的老师会是谁呢...

笔记：

a big fish An important, successful, or influential person.

重要人物

Before Donald Trump ran for president, he was already a big fish.

川普在竞选总统前就是个很成功的人了。

cold fish Someone who shows no emotion and comes across as unfriendly or disinterested.

态度冷漠的人

I like her, but she is a bit of a cold fish.

我还挺喜欢她，但是她好像有点冷诶。

Sunny is not a cold fish at all.

Sunny 可不是个冷漠的人呢！

an odd fish／a queer fish Someone who is very strange.

奇怪的人（queer这个单词可以指同性恋，所以不要用在不熟的人身上。）

I don't want to invite Jack to the party, he is an odd fish.

俺不想邀请强子来俺的派对，他很奇怪诶！

bigger / better fish to fry More important matters to deal with.

有更重要的事要做

I can't worry about that now, I've got bigger fish to fry!

我现在可没功夫管那个，我忙着呢！

I want Chris to help me with this project, but he claims he has bigger fish to fry right now.

我想要Chris来帮我做这个项目，但是他声称自己很忙。

not the only fish in the sea / there are plenty of (other) fish in the sea Plenty of other suitable persons, especially for a romantic relationship.

形容在恋爱关系中，某个人并不是世上仅有的。

When Bob walked out on Sally, all we could tell her was that he was not the only fish in the sea .

当bob离开sally时，我们只能告诉她这世界上还有很多好男人。

I know you are broken up about Janet leaving you, but there are plenty of fish in the sea.

我知道你因为Janet离开你很伤心，但是还有很多很棒的人啊！

like shooting fish in a barrel ridiculously easy.

瓮中捉鳖，易如反掌。

Eating four burgers is like shooting fish in a barrel for Jack.

对强子来说，吃四个汉堡真的太easy了。

For Sunny, Playing mahjong and winning money at mahjong is like shooting fish in a barrel.

对Sunny来说，打麻将赢钱太简单了！

学完这些 fish 的表达

阿冻小老师问问题了~

比如，我们会经常看到

two fish 和 two fishes

那么 fish 到底可数还是不可数呢

哈哈~ 揭 晓 答 案！

two fish 是形容鱼的条数，不可数

two fishes 是形容鱼的种类，可数

除了老师说的这些俚语

一些关于 fish 的谚语也非常有趣

阿冻把翻译很妙的两句分享给你们

Never offer to teach fish to swim.

不要班门弄斧。

He who would catch fish must

not mind getting wet.

不入虎穴，焉得虎子。

今天的干货可以说很多了

大家 一定一定 要花时间认真消化啦

说不定下一个英语贼溜的人就是你

☎️

—————— 早安英文 team ——————

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每天走在外面都感觉头顶要冒烟了

期待下一场大雨

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