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1、15FunnyEnglishIdiomsYouMayNotKnowAnidiomisaneverydayfigureofspeechormetaphoricalexpressionwhosemeaningcannotbetakenliterary.Idiomsoftengoagainstthelogical“rulesoflanguageandgrammar”despitebeingcommonlyusedbythelanguage’snativespeakers.Ifyoulookcloselyattheliteralmeanin
2、gofmostidioms,youwillrealizetheyareoftendownrighthilarious.HereisalistofsomeofthefunniestEnglishidiomsyoumaynotknow,mostofwhicharedrawnfromBritishEnglish.LearntospeaklikearegularBrit,mate!1.DoaDevonLochDevonLochwasaracehorsethatcollapsedjustshortofthewinninglineofthe19
3、56GrandNationalraceintheUK.IfsomeonedoesaDevonLoch,theysuddenlyfailwheneverybodyexpectsthemtosucceedorsimplycrumbleattheverylastminutewhentheywerealmostwinning.Example:?ItwasshockinghowManchesterUniteddida?DevonLoch?inthelastminutesofthematchagainstArsenal.2.Bob’syouru
4、ncleThisidiomisacatchphraseusedwhen‘everythingisalright’andmeansthatsomethingwillbedone,sortedorsuccessful.It’stheBritishequivalentof“…andthat’sthat,”or“thereyougo!”Howitisusedisoftenquitefunny.Example:?Youwanttogotothemarket?Gostraightonuntilyoureachthemainroad,taketh
5、efirstright,andBob’syouruncle–you’rethere!3.DoarunnerWhensomeonedoesarunner,heleavesaplaceinahurryinordertoavoidpayingforsomething(likeinarestaurant)orfleesadifficultsituationtoescapepunishment.LikemanyBritishidioms,thisparticularidiomoriginatesfromoneofShakespeare’spo
6、pularplays,?AnthonyandCleopatra,agrippingstoryofromanceandtragedythatwasfirstperformedin1606.Example:?Atthispoint,?theconartistdidarunnerwithallhermoney.??4.EnoughtocobbledogswithThis?incredulousphraseisusedtorefertoasurplusofanything.Thehumorintheimagecontainedintheph
7、rasebecomesapparentwhenyouconsiderthatacobblerrepairsshoes.Ifacobblerhasenoughleathertocobbleananimalthathasfourfeet,thenthatcobblerdefinitelyhasasurplus.Example:?We’vegotenoughbeerinthispartytocobbledogswith.5.FalloffthebackofalorryThisistheBritishhumorouswayofsayingy
8、ouacquiredsomethingthatwasprobablystolen,oryouaretryingtosellsomethingthat’sstolenorillegitimate.TheAmericanequivalen
