UNIT ONE IDIOMS WITH WORDS——concerning clothing（衣）

    apronn.圍裙be tied to somebody's apron-strings ——（是什么意思呢~1）——

    A：Peter is not a true man. B：I can't agree with you more！

    A：Before his marriage he was tied to his mother's apron-strings and now to his wife's. A：皮特真不像個(gè)男子漢。

    B：你說得太對(duì)了。

    A：結(jié)婚前呢，他聽她媽媽的；而現(xiàn)在，他又受他老婆擺布。

    beltn. 腰帶pull in （tight） one's belt ——（是什么意思呢~2）——

    A：My money is running out this month！

    B：It's clear that you should have to pull in your belt for a few days. A：我這個(gè)月的錢快花光了。

    B：很明顯，你得過幾天緊日子了。

    blanketn. 籃子wet blanket ——（是什么意思呢~3）——

    A：What do you think of Nancy？

    B：A wet blanket！She sulked during the entire movie yesterday.None of us could enjoy the show. A：你覺得南希這個(gè)人怎么樣？

    B：掃興。昨天看電影時(shí)她一直在生氣，弄得我們誰都沒看好電影。

    bootn. （長(zhǎng)統(tǒng)）靴；靴子get the boot ——（是什么意思呢~4）——

    A：You looked depressed，John.What's matter？

    B：I got the boot yesterday. A：Why？

    B：I was late for work again.But it was not my fault.There was a traffic jam！

    A：Tough luck！

    A：約翰，你看起來情緒不高。怎么了？

    B：我昨天被解雇了。

    A：為什么？

    B：我又遲到了一次，可這不是我的錯(cuò)。路上塞車了！

    A：真倒霉！

    參考答案：

    1.be tied to somebody's apron-strings 受……的管制2.pull in （tight） one's belt 勒緊褲腰帶；過苦日子3.wet blanket使人掃興的人4.get the boot被解雇