Bird
Basic need
n.鳥(niǎo)
She killed two birds with one stone by shopping and visiting the museum on the same trip.
n.家伙骡显,人
She is a strange bird.
Derivative word
Birdy(小鳥(niǎo)球逛尚,高爾夫兩桿進(jìn)洞)
eagle(一桿進(jìn)洞)
Useful phrases
a useful bird 益鳥(niǎo)
a pernicious bird 害鳥(niǎo)
a bird of passage 候鳥(niǎo)
the bird of wonder 不死鳥(niǎo)
bird's eye view 鳥(niǎo)瞰圖,要點(diǎn)
Idioms&Dlangs
bird in the bush 沒(méi)把握的事
bird in the hand 有把握的事
the birds and the bees 向孩子解釋有關(guān)兩性的基本常識(shí)
early bird 早起的人狭瞎,最早的人
give sb. the bird = give sb. the finger 罵人的話
proverbs
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 到手的東西才是最靠譜的。
birds of the same fearher flock together.物以類聚
The early bird catches the worm.早起的鳥(niǎo)有蟲(chóng)吃
kill two birds with one stone.一石二鳥(niǎo)
Street talk
A:I'll never be a telephone operator! That job is for the birds
B:That's you! Personally, I think it's an interesting job.
A:Gee, you are one strange bird.
A:Hi rick,guess what,Wallace's twenty years old and doesn't know about the birds and the bees.
B:You're kidding!
C:Hey guys,what are you talking about ?
A:We are talking about Wallace.
C:What about him?
B:Jack says Wallace doesn't know about the birds and the bees!
C:That explains why he is a bird-watcher!
A:What are you doing up here?
B:I want to get a bird's eye view of the campus.I don't think I'll ever be an early bird.
A:do you see that?
B:What?
A:That guy just gave you the bird!