Kicking up her heels so elegantly requires years of training
今日短語
如果你要 kick up your heels 那就表示你要無拘無束地好好享受一下。
今日小常識(shí)
High-heeled shoes are believed to have originated in the 16th century in Florence, Italy. Catherine de Medici, an Italian noblewoman of short stature, wanted to impress her future husband, King Henry of France, by appearing to be taller than she actually was. The style then gained in popularity.
高跟鞋被認(rèn)為起源于16世紀(jì)意大利的佛羅倫薩。當(dāng)時(shí)一位身材矮小的意大利貴婦凱瑟琳·德美第奇想借助高跟鞋來顯示自己長得很高，以便給她未來的丈夫，法國的亨利國王留下好印象。從那時(shí)起高跟鞋便開始流行起來。
例句
It's Friday night and I'm looking forward to going out and kicking up my heels.
We won the big contract so we're all going out to kick up our heels.
After the exams we kicked up our heels and had a really good party.
請(qǐng)注意
去掉 'up' 就是另一個(gè)意思了。短語 kick your heels 表示等待。
例句
He was supposed to meet me at eight o'clock but I was left kicking my heels for half an hour.
