(轉) 經典口語表達：“猴兒”英語秀

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　   猴子也算是人類的近親了。它們看到人們做什么，都能學得惟妙惟肖，可見我們和猴子之間的淵源還真是深。人類的語言中自然少不了猴子，今天我們就來學兩句關于猴子的口語表達。 　　1. Get one's monkey up
　　"To get one's monkey up" 又作 "to put one's monkey up"，意思是發怒，生氣。例如：
　　She gets her monkey up if you tell her she is wrong.(如果你說她錯了，她會火冒三丈。)
　　2. I will be a monkey's uncle.
　　"I will be a monkey's uncle." 在俚語中表示驚訝。在它的前面常可見感嘆詞"Well"。例如：
　　He really left his wife? Well, I will be a monkey's uncle.(他真的丟下他的妻子？哎呀，我怎么不知道呢。)
　　3. Has a monkey on one's back
　　"To has a monkey on one's back" 在美國俚語中指"染上毒癮"(to have drug addiction)。例如：
　　Even the little boy has a monkey on his back.(甚至這個小男孩也染上了毒癮。)
　　4. Monkey business
　　"Monkey business" 也可以稱為"funny business "，指"不正大光明 / 不正當的行為"(tricks or unlawful or unfair activities)。例如：
　　They suspected monkey business at the polls.(他們懷疑投票處有舞弊行為。)
　　5. Not give a monkey's fart
　　"Not give a monkey's fart" 又作 "not give/care a damn"，意思是"對某人某事不在乎"。例如：
　　I don't give a monkey's fart about what they think.(至于他們怎么考慮，我一點也不在乎。)
　　6. Play the monkey
　　"To play the monkey" 又作"to play the fool"或"to play the goat"，意思是"出洋相，做傻事"。例如：Be serious! Don't play the monkey.(正經點！別出洋相。)

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maybe noone like to  play the monkey.