下周就要过年了。今天，Jenny, Jason就要分享喜气洋洋、吉祥可爱的蛇年英语祝福！

Pun: 双关语，比如“蛇么都好”

A play on words: 文字游戏

Homophones: 同音字

十二生肖

Chinese zodiac和Chinese Animal sign都可以，前者更符合英语表达习惯

What’s your Chinese zodiac/animal sign? 你的生肖是什么？你属什么？

The year of the snake: 蛇年

It’s my Chinese zodiac year:本命年

I’m a snake: 我属蛇，注意一定要数量词a

Calling someone a snake is a negative portrayal of their personality. But when talking about the Chinese zodiac, it’s a completely different story: 比喻一个人是蛇是对其性格负面的描述。但谈论生肖就完全是另一回事。

蛇年祝福

Greetings for the year of the snake: 蛇年祝福语

The puns don’t work in English: 蛇的双关语在英语里不能同样用

Lost in translation: 无法翻译

祝你蛇年蛇么都好: Wishing you all the best (in everything you do) in the year of the snake.

蛇么都好: Good/wonderful in every possible way

蛇么都有：Have everything you will ever want/desire

想蛇么，有蛇么: Get everything you wish for/Whatever you wish for, you shall have

蛇么都发：Make money in all kinds of ways/in everything you do

蛇么都不怕：Have no fear/fear nothing at all

点蛇成金: Turn anything into gold

蛇我其谁: If not me, then who?/Who else but me?

蛇机妙算：Always ten steps ahead of everyone

蛇通广大：Extremely resourceful and capacable/can get anything done

蛇气扬扬：Healthy, energetic and vigorous/

嘶嘶如意：May all your wishes come true/all your hopes be fulfilled/everything goes according to your wishes

蛇不得你: Can’t let go of you

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