今日短語(yǔ)
并不是所有的時(shí)候大家都能夠和平相處，難免有爭(zhēng)執(zhí)的情況發(fā)生。當(dāng)這些爭(zhēng)吵變得非常激烈，雙方說(shuō)話尖銳，態(tài)度也很強(qiáng)硬的時(shí)候，我們就可以用 at each other’s throats “卡住對(duì)方的脖子”來(lái)形容他們激烈爭(zhēng)吵，對(duì)峙、互不相讓的狀態(tài)。
例句
I thought they were happily married but now it seems they are always at each other’s throats.
I didn’t always get on with my sister. When we were children we were always at each other’s throats.
The neighbours were at each other’s throats after one of them built a huge fence between their properties.
請(qǐng)注意
我們可以用 have a lump in your throat “喉嚨里有一塊東西”來(lái)形容因?yàn)樾那榧?dòng)，尤其指由于悲傷引起的哽咽欲泣的感覺(jué)。
例句
It always brings a lump to my throat when I look at photos of my children when they were babies.
The smell of that perfume always brings a lump to my throat. It was my mum’s favourite before she passed away.
