Twist your arm 說服某人做某事
The Japanese synchronised swimming team performs a technical routine at the London Aquatics Centre. Photo by Adrian Dennis.
Twist your arm 說服某人做某事
今日小常識(shí)
Synchronised swimming is a relatively new discipline that has its origins in water acrobatics. It became an Olympic sport for the first time in 1984 in Los Angeles. It is one of only two Olympic sports to be contested only by women.
花樣游泳是一項(xiàng)較新的比賽項(xiàng)目,它起源于水上雜技。1984年在洛杉磯，它首次被列入正式的奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)參賽項(xiàng)目之一。在奧運(yùn)會(huì)中只有兩個(gè)比賽項(xiàng)目允許女性參賽，而花樣游泳就是其中之一。
如果你扭某人的胳膊 twist someone's arm 就意味著你說服他們做點(diǎn)什么。
例句
I know you said you didn't want to go out tonight, but can I twist your arm? I could really do with a night out.
I shouldn't have one of those cakes as I'm on a diet… But go on then, you've twisted my arm!
請(qǐng)注意
To pull somebody's leg 拉某人的腿意思是捉弄某人，開某人的玩笑。
I haven't really won the lottery - I was only pulling your leg.
You want me to run the marathon with you? Are you pulling my leg?
