看到see the elephant，你會怎么理解？

按字面意思來當然是“看見大象”。但它的實際含義遠不止這么簡單。一起來看看吧↓

see the elephant

see the elephant也可說成get a look/ sight at the elephant，意思是“開眼界”、“長見識”。

為什么看到了大象就等于“看到了世界”，就是“見過世面了”？因為在see the elephant這句俚語誕生的年代，只有在非洲和亞洲才能看到大象。對當時的人來說，能看見大象就相當于是見過世面、開了眼界了。就這樣，see the elephant就成了“見見世面”的意思了。

例句：

The boy came and saw the elephant in the city.

男孩到城里來大開了眼界。

see red

to become very angry

非常生氣；暴怒

see red源于斗牛，公?？吹郊t色就會發(fā)怒。因此，see red意思是“怒不可遏、火冒三丈”。

例句：

When Jim realized that he had been duped, he started to see red.

當吉姆意識到受騙，他立即火冒三丈。

see the back of sb/ sth

if you are pleased to see the back of someone or something, you are pleased that you no longer have to be involved with him, her, or it

巴不得…早點結(jié)束；再也不愿見到（某人）

例句：

The hotel staff were glad to see the back of such a difficult guest.

賓館員工很高興把這么難伺候的客人打發(fā)走。

see stars

想一想，除了抬頭望天之外，你還能在什么時候看到星星？

——被撞倒或是被打到眼冒金星的時候。

所以see stars又有“眼冒金星”的意思。

if you see stars, you are partly unconscious because you have been hit on the head.

（頭部受撞擊而）眼冒金星

例句：

I bumped my head on the door, and saw stars for some five minutes afterwards.

我一頭撞在門上，接下來的5分鐘里，眼前金星直冒。

（來源：CATTI翻譯公眾號  編輯：yaning）