窈窕淑女,君子好逑。你很不愿相信淑女会发脾气吧?谦谦君子,温润如玉。你也很不愿意相信a relaxed and cool kind of person会发脾气吧吧。但是,如果你说你自己 never lose your rag,我可一定不相信。
to lose your rag,丢了一块布?字面意思很好理解,just lose a bit of cloth, a rag? 事实上,to lose your rag 这个短语不只是字面意思那么简单,它其实是说发脾气,生气。to lose your rag means to lose your temper, to become infuriated, to become angry!
举个例子吧。夫妻哪有不生气吵架的,下面的这对小夫妻就lose their rag了。
a: oh i've just about had enough of living in london, i can't bear it!
b: ok, don't lose your rag!
a: do you mind? i'm not losing my rag, you are!
b: i'm not losing my rag, i'm just well angry.
a: there, i told you!
对话中的小夫妻其实都已经 lose their rag 了。妻子说她厌倦了伦敦的生活,在和丈夫谈论的过程中,两个人的说话方式都激怒了对方,以致于最后都 lose their rag
我们再举个例子,例子中的小伙子已经不是动怒那么简单了,他开始动手打人了!
a: do you see that? phil's groping my girlfriend!
b: ok mate, don't lose your rag...
a: too late, i punched him in the face.
生活中,脾气再好的君子淑女也难免发脾气。偶尔发泄一下,lose your rag from time to time,能舒缓你的情绪。不过,记得选对发泄的对象哦。