第一,迷你对话
A: What's the matter, Eric? You look down in the mouth today.
埃里克,怎么了?你今天看起来很伤心。
B: My girlfriend said good-bye to me.
我女朋友和我分手了。
A: Why did she leave you?
她为什么离开你?
B: I don't know. Maybe she just gets tired of me.
不知道。也许是讨厌我了吧。
第二,词海拾贝
down in the mouth
exp. Visibly sad or depressed. (悲伤,压抑)
e.g George seemed a bit down in the mouth yesterday.
乔治昨天似乎有点闷闷不乐。
e.g. The bad news left her feeling really down in the mouth.
这个坏消息使她真悲伤。
e.g. Paul looks down in the mouth because she failed in the attempt.
保罗因为尝试失败看起来很沮丧。
e.g. Why is Jane down in the mouth? She seems happy all the morning.
简为什么现在那么垂头丧气?今天一上午她都很高兴嘛。
第三,语汇积累
be tired of :对......感到厌烦,厌倦
e.g. I' m tired of your never-ending complaints.
我听腻了你那没完没了的抱怨。
e.g. I sent him away because I was tired of his idle chatter.
我把他赶走,因为他那无聊的扯谈使我厌烦。
e.g. I'm tired of your smart talk.Get off my back!
你的油腔滑调我已经听够了。别再烦我了!
e.g. I am tired of listening to you preach at me.
我懒得听你对我讲的大道理。
e.g. All right, have it your own way I'm tired of arguing.
好了, 随你的便吧,我懒得和你争了。