英语学习之英语特殊的常用字眼
举一些例子供大家参考。
1. Head Start
如果这两个字开头的字母是大写，则连在一起是一个专有名词，指的是美国政府为贫穷或弱智的儿童设立的一种训练机构，帮助他们，希望他们在进小学之前能赶上教学进度。也就是：U.S. government tries to give extra - help for those underprivileged children before entering first grade.
例如：
Many poor parents send their children to Head Start.
但是如果head start的字母是小写，那么就是普通名词了，是指比別人早着手，或领先、有利，即：advance start or advantage
例如：
To know more colloquial expressions is a head start in learning English.
2. blue blood
是指有钱人或出身富家的人
例如：
Some people do not want to admit that they have blue blood.
Many blue blooded children attend this private school.
3. bed of roses
意思是称心如意的境遇;美好、理想的安乐窝
例如：Life is not always a bed of roses.
4. from soup to nuts
意思是从头到尾，自始至终;或是一应俱全，完整详尽。
例如：
This store sells everything from soup to nuts.
My office is supplied from soup to nuts.
但是如果指知识丰富的话，则不用这个词，而是通常用 from A to Z来表达，。
例如：
Mr. Greenspan knows economics from A to Z.
5. off-limits
意思是禁止入內;限制进出或不准使用，也就是关闭
例如：
The library will be off-limits to the public until re-carpeting project is completed.
The teachers have the use of a john that is off-limits to students.
6. real bomb
在口语里是指在公众场所或舞台上表演失败或表现欠佳。通常与 real用在一起。
例如：
The show was a real bomb, so I cut out early.
如果 bomb 作名词用，意思就是炸弹;作动词，则是轰炸，或失败、极坏的意思。
例如：
A U.S. fighter dropped a bomb over Iraq.
= A U.S. fighter bombed Iraq.
值得注意的是：real bomb有時也指真正的炸弹。
例如：
The police found a real bomb in the building.
举一些例子供大家参考。
1. Head Start
如果这两个字开头的字母是大写，则连在一起是一个专有名词，指的是美国政府为贫穷或弱智的儿童设立的一种训练机构，帮助他们，希望他们在进小学之前能赶上教学进度。也就是：U.S. government tries to give extra - help for those underprivileged children before entering first grade.
例如：
Many poor parents send their children to Head Start.
但是如果head start的字母是小写，那么就是普通名词了，是指比別人早着手，或领先、有利，即：advance start or advantage
例如：
To know more colloquial expressions is a head start in learning English.
2. blue blood
是指有钱人或出身富家的人
例如：
Some people do not want to admit that they have blue blood.
Many blue blooded children attend this private school.
3. bed of roses
意思是称心如意的境遇;美好、理想的安乐窝
例如：Life is not always a bed of roses.
4. from soup to nuts
意思是从头到尾，自始至终;或是一应俱全，完整详尽。
例如：
This store sells everything from soup to nuts.
My office is supplied from soup to nuts.
但是如果指知识丰富的话，则不用这个词，而是通常用 from A to Z来表达，。
例如：
Mr. Greenspan knows economics from A to Z.
5. off-limits
意思是禁止入內;限制进出或不准使用，也就是关闭
例如：
The library will be off-limits to the public until re-carpeting project is completed.
The teachers have the use of a john that is off-limits to students.
6. real bomb
在口语里是指在公众场所或舞台上表演失败或表现欠佳。通常与 real用在一起。
例如：
The show was a real bomb, so I cut out early.
如果 bomb 作名词用，意思就是炸弹;作动词，则是轰炸，或失败、极坏的意思。
例如：
A U.S. fighter dropped a bomb over Iraq.
= A U.S. fighter bombed Iraq.
值得注意的是：real bomb有時也指真正的炸弹。
例如：
The police found a real bomb in the building.
