【LearningEnglishgrammarandEnglishvocabularycanbehardenoughbuttryingtounderstandEnglishsayingscanbemoredifficult.Somearejusthardtofigureoutandothersdon’tmakeanysenseatall.HerearefourfunnyEnglishsaying】

LearningEnglishgrammarandEnglishvocabularycanbehardenoughbuttryingtounderstandEnglishsayingscanbemoredifficult.Somearejusthardtofigureoutandothersdon’tmakeanysenseatall.HerearefourfunnyEnglishsayingsthatyoucanuseeveryday.

I’mhappyasaclam(蛤).

Thinkofaclam.Itdoesn’thavetodoanything.Itjustsitsonabeachoronthebottomoftheoceanalldaydoingnothing.Itneverhastowork.Thatsoundslikehappinessdoesn’tit?Ifsomeoneasks“Howareyoutoday?”youcananswer“Iamhappyasaclam”tolethimorherknowwhatagreatmoodyouarein.

Iwouldn’ttouchthat(orhim/her)withaten-footpole.

Maybethereisapersonwhoyoudon’twanttobefriendswithoreventalkto.Wellthissayingmeansthatyoudislikehimorhersomuchthatyoudon’twanttotouchorgonearhimorherevenwithintenfeet!

Youdon’thavealegtostandon.

Thissayingdoesn’tmeanthatthepersonyou’retalkingtohasnolegs.Itmeansthathisorherargumentisincorrect.Heorshedoesn’thavealegtostandonbecauseheorshehasnofactstosupportwhatheorsheissaying.Thissayingisagoodwaytotellpeoplethatyouthinkthey’rewrong.

Breakaleg!

Thissayingactuallymeanstheoppositeofwhatitsoundslike.Ifyoutellthistoapersonyou’rewishinghimorhergoodluck！Thesayingcomesfromasuperstition(迷信)thatwhateveryousayaloudtheoppositewillcometrue.

【小题1】Thefirstparagraphmainlytellsus____________________.

A．learningEnglishgrammarishardB．learningEnglishvocabularyishardC．weshoulduseEnglishsayingseverydayD．itcanbehardertounderstandEnglishsayings【小题2】WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaboutaclam?A．Itcanbeusedtoshowhappiness.B．Itneedstodomanythings.C．Itneedstoeatalot.D．Itcanonlyliveonthebeach.【小题3】Thesaying“Iwouldn’ttouchhimwithaten-footpole”means___________.A．Ihatehim.B．Iwanthimtobemyfriend.C．Ilikehim.D．Iwanttoarguewithhim.【小题4】Wecanlearn