开心学口语:我都要笑掉大牙了
I am laughing my head off.
我都要笑掉大牙了。
Scene
Jane: How was the performance last night?
Carrie: Great! It was really funny. We were laughing our heads off.
Notes
呵呵,看到这句话时你是否捏了一把汗?笑会掉脑袋吗?^_^ 中文有笑掉大牙的表达,到了英语里头为什么却成了掉脑袋! 因为英美人认为,人笑时,头在摇晃,前俯后仰地,头都快掉下来了!所以, “laugh one's head off" 的意思实际是" laugh loudly ", 可译为“笑掉了大牙”。
Exercises
现在来看看这些短语又是什么意思呢:
talk sb's head off
eat one's head off
cry one's head off
shout one's head off。