迷你對話學地道口語第2080期:拔腿就跑
情景對話:
A: Tom, why did you turn tail when you saw me after school?
湯姆,放學後你爲什麼一看見我就掉頭跑掉了?
B: I'm sorry, mum. I just wanted...
對不起,媽媽,我只是想……
A : Wwhat?
想什麼?
B: I just wanted to play and i did not want to do my homework early.
我只是想玩玩,不想太早做作業。
詞海拾貝:
turn tail
exp. To run away or flee, usually in fear.(躲開,逃跑,掉頭拔腿就跑)
The burglars turned tail at the sound of our security alarm.
竊賊一聽到我們的安全警報就掉頭就跑。
e.g. I couldn't just turn tail and run but I wasn't going to fight that monster, either.
竊賊一聽到我們的安全警報就掉轉頭來。
e.g. Sometimes turning tail is the only sensible thing to do.
有時掉頭逃跑是唯一明智的做法。