英文里充斥著古怪的習語，像是“The moments when we escape a dicey situation by the skin of our teeth——我們從牙口間隙脫離危險境地（死里逃生）”（就像欽定版圣經中Job創造的那樣）。但是在任何詞典中，都還有變化的空間。無論老的小的，高的矮的，過著拮據的生活，還是富裕的日子，你都可以借用其他語言里有趣的俗語來豐富你的表達。

 1、EATING A CABLE   

Spanish西班牙語🇪🇸

to be in financial difficulty

陷入經濟困境

If you’re down to your last savings, perhaps you’ll only have your cables left to eat.

如果你窮得只剩下最后的積蓄時，可能你就只剩下電纜可以吃了。

 2、TO RIDE AS A HARE   

Russian俄語🇷🇺

To travel without a ticket

逃票旅行

If you are travelling without a ticket, you’ll be shaking like a hare when the ticket inspector comes to you.

如果你沒有為旅途買票，那么當檢票員來找你的時候，你就會發抖得像野兔一樣。

 3、TO HAVE A WIDE FACE   

Japanese日語🇯🇵

To have lots of friends and to be well liked

有很多朋友，很受歡迎

These days, this could be interpreted to mean you have a wide friendship circle on social media.

現在，這會被理解為指你在社交媒體上有廣泛的交友圈。

 4、TO LIVE LIKE A MAGGOT IN BACON   
Deutsch德文🇩🇪

To live the life of luxury

過著奢侈的生活

If a maggot’s found themselves some bacon, they really are living the high life.

如果蛆蟲為自己找到一些培根，那么它們就真的過得很好。

 5、STOP IRONING MY HEAD   
Armenian亞美尼亞語🇦🇲

Stop annoying me!

別煩我！

Traditionally used to stop nagging wives, but said now to anyone who’s being irritating.

習慣上是用來阻止碎碎念的妻子的，但現在也對所有惱人的家伙說。

 6、TO HAVE LONG TEETH   
French法語🇫🇷

To be ambitious

胸懷抱負

By this logic, you can argue that vampires are certainly ambitious.

按照這個邏輯，你可以說吸血鬼必定是野心勃勃的。

（來源：滬江英語）