【口語會話 Follow me 】

Idioms to Make You Mad as a Hatter
形容「瘋癲」的成語

Bob: What are you studying?
John: The origins and meanings of English idioms. It's for my exam.
Bob: Oh! I'm good at these. Try me.
John: What does it mean when someone has his or her "head in the clouds"?
Bob: He or she has an especially long neck, like a giraffe.
John: Not even close. It means someone is being unrealistic. Like you are when you think Jessica will go out with you.
Bob: Very funny! Try another one.
John: What does "raining cats and dogs" mean?
Bob: That's easy. It's just a way of saying it's raining hard.
John: But do you know where it came from?
Bob: Nope.
John: There are different theories, but some say it's from when floods used to wash up the dead bodies of cats and dogs.
Bob: Yuck. Now I have one for you. What does it mean to be "mad as a hatter"?
John: You've got me.
Bob: It means you're crazy. It's from when hats were made with dangerous chemicals.
John: That's how I feel when I study these idioms!

鮑伯：你在唸什麼書？
約翰：英文成語的起源和意義，我在準備考試。
鮑伯：喔！ 這我拿手，考考我。
約翰：形容某人head in the clouds是什麼意思？
鮑伯：意思是脖子特別長，像長頸鹿一樣。
約翰：差遠了。意思是不切實際，就像你以為潔西卡會和你出去一樣。
鮑伯：取笑我很好玩是吧！再考我一句。
約翰：raining cats and dogs是什麼意思？
鮑伯：這簡單，意思是下傾盆大雨。
約翰：但你知道這句成語的起源嗎？
鮑伯：不知道耶。
約翰：雖然有不同說法，不過有人說是因為從前的水災都會沖刷出貓和狗的屍體。
鮑伯：好噁心。現在換我考你：你知道mad as a hatter是什麼意思嗎？
約翰：你考倒我了。
鮑伯：意思是你瘋了，起源來自於帽子都是以危險化學物品製作的年代。
約翰：完全符合我唸這些成語的心境啊！