2017年下半年英语六级口语备考练习(52)
A: Why did you go out of your way to help a personlike Joe?
你怎么竭尽全力地去帮助Joe?
B: He said he needed my help. I am not the one whosee other people suffer with folded arms.
他说他需要帮助,我不是那种看到别人受苦而袖手旁观的人。
A: Thank God that you do not have your fingersburnt and get broken-hearted.
感谢上帝,你没有因多管闲事而自讨苦吃到伤心透顶的地步。
B : What do you mean? You mean I’ll get my fingers burnt by helping him.
您是什么意思?您是说我会帮他而自讨苦吃。
A: I don’t know. But Joe would bite the hand that feeds him.
我不知道,但是Joe会恩将仇报的。
【 解词释义】
Bite the hand that feeds someone的字面意思是“去咬给自己喂食人的手”,比喻为“忘恩负义”或“恩将仇报”等意思。在习语词典中解释如下:To treat someone badly who has helped you in some way,often someone who has provided you with money/ To repay generosity or kindness withingratitude and injury。