His business son often dines out and keeps disreputable company.
● come of age(成年)come of college age, 如:
Even his youngest son has now come of college age.
⒋惯用语组成部分的缩略,例如:
● every cloud has a silver lining(一线希望)silver lining
● make a mountain out of molehills(小题大作)mountains of molehills
有些惯用语缩略后引起转化词,如:
● call someone names(谩骂某人 )name-calling:You wont command respect if you enjoy name-calling.
● Bury ones head in the sand(对面临的危险闭目不见) head-in-sand:Dont be so foolish as to adopt a head-in-sand attitude.
● live and let live (自己活,也让别人活)a live-and-let-live policy:All the countries in the world should adopt a live-and-let-live policy.
● A dog in the manger(占着茅坑不拉屎的人)a dog-in-the-manger attitude: As it is wrong to have a dog-in-the-manager attitude, you had better give what you dont want to others instead of holding on to it.
上述例子说明了严谨的惯用语,在特殊情况下,也可以稍微改变,或替换字眼,或拆开组成部分,或扩充词语,或缩略成分,达到灵活运用的目的。
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