Take the weight off your feet 你知道是什么意思嗎?
Japan's Narumi Takahashi (top) and Mervin Tran perform a challenging move during the World Team Trophy 2012 figure skating competition in Tokyo. Photo by Toshifumi Kitamura
今日短語(yǔ)
如果有人勸你 take the weight off your feet, 意思就是勸你坐下來(lái)，歇歇腳，坐下來(lái)休息一下，尤其是站久了。這個(gè)短語(yǔ)和你的體重可沒(méi)有關(guān)系。
今日小常識(shí)
According to the official website of the Olympic movement, the Dutch were perhaps the earliest pioneers of skating. They began using canals to maintain communication by skating from village to village as far back as the 13th century.
根據(jù)奧運(yùn)會(huì)官網(wǎng)記載，荷蘭人可能是最早發(fā)明滑冰運(yùn)動(dòng)的人。遠(yuǎn)在13世紀(jì)的時(shí)候，荷蘭人在結(jié)了冰的運(yùn)河上來(lái)回滑走，以方便與其它村莊人們的聯(lián)系。
例句
After walking around Paris for three hours non-stop, Mary found a nice coffee shop and took the weight off her feet.
Don’t walk to school today. Go on the bus and take the weight off your feet.
請(qǐng)注意
大家可千萬(wàn)別把 to take the weight off your feet 和 to carry your own weight 給混淆了。后一個(gè)短語(yǔ)的意思是自己對(duì)自己負(fù)責(zé)。
My brother has finally got a job! Our father kept telling him that at 30 he is old enough to leave home and carry his own weight.
