To bite someone's head off 嚴厲斥責
It has been suggested that around 100 million sharks are killed each year as a result of commercial fishing
今日小常識
Attacks by real sharks are quite rare. Australia has the highest amount of fatal shark attacks in the world with Western Australia recently becoming the deadliest place in the world for shark attacks.
受到鯊魚攻擊其實是很罕見的事情。澳大利亞是全球受鯊魚攻擊致死事件發(fā)生率最高的國家,其中澳大利亞西部地區(qū)最為嚴重。
今日短語
To bite someone's head off 的意思是對某人嚴厲斥責、大發(fā)脾氣,而且往往是在對方?jīng)]有準備的情況下。
例句
I'm very sorry I lost my temper, I didn't mean to bite your head off.
Don't bite my head off, it wasn't my fault, I was just explaining the situation.
請注意
另一個短語 to bite your tongue 的意思是強忍住不說出、保持緘默的意思。
例句:
I had to bite my tongue to stop me from telling her what I really thought.