听力口语关键句77 77. I feel like a fish out of water doing that job.
六遥词汇讲解:
a fish out of water是侄语,字面意思为离开水的鱼,隐含意义为某人和他所处的环境不融洽,使他感到很别扭、很难堪。 如:
At the conference I was a fish out of water. All the speeches were in French, a language I never studied.
参加那个会议真叫我感到别扭。 所有的发言都用法语,可是我从来都没有学过法语。
英语六遥考点归纳
与fish有关的表达还有很多。 如:
to beach a fish how to swim意为班门弄斧;给别人提出遥没有必要的建议或劝告。 如:
My son, fresh out of college,keeps telling me how to run my business. But Ive been making good money for 30 years so hes teaching a fish how to swim.
我的儿子大学刚毕业,可是他却不断地来告诉我应该怎么做生意。 我30年来生意做得很好,遥了不少遥。 所以,他这样做真是多余。
fish out意为捞出;摸索出。 如:
Hey, there is a man dropped into the river. Go and fish him out!
看,有人掉进河里了。 去把他救上来!
fish for意为设法用间接手段得到某事物,相当于try to gain sth. by indirect methods。 如:
He is fishing for our companys latest news。
他拐弯抹角地打探我们公司较近的消息。