A: How is your angle?
你的腳踝怎么樣了?
B: My what? Oh, that, right as a trivet.
我的什么?哦,好多了。
A: Please be careful next time.
下次一定要注意。
B: I will, thank you.
嗯,好的,謝謝您。
對話精講
【核心短語】(as) right as a trivet
【解詞釋義】這個隱喻來自于三腳架(trivet)的形狀,三腳架放在火上支撐水壺等炊具非常穩(wěn)當。此語最早出現(xiàn)于Dickens的《匹克威客外傳》中寶步索耶的話:“right as a trivet.”(好得很。)此語的意思即為:身體十分健康,事情十分順利等。
【支持范例1】We'll have your ankle and you as right as a trivet.
我們會讓你的踝部和身體恢復健康。
【支持范例2】Joan was feverish last night, but she is as right as a trivet his morning.
瓊昨晚發(fā)燒,但是今早她完全好了。