22-03-23 卧薪尝胆，汉语成语，字面意思是sleep on the brushwood [sticks] and taste the gall，形容一个人忍辱负重，发愤图强（put up with an insult in order to take revenge，endure hardships to accomplish some ambition）。 例句： 微软已经坐拥Windows和Xbox系统两大...

21-12-02 Insult 的意思是侮辱，injury 的意思是受伤。To add insult to injury 的字面意思是受伤了还被侮辱，实际含义是雪上加霜、在伤口上撒盐。人们常用它来表示气愤的心情。 例句 My brother said my clothes were shabby, and then to add insult to injury, he suggested...

21-06-06 雪上加霜，意思是在雪上还加上了一层霜（literally snow plus frost），常用来比喻接连遭受灾难（one disaster after another），损害愈加严重。与英文习语add insult to injury意思相近，表示 to make a bad situation worse。 例句： 今天早上我的车差点没发动起来，...

14-03-06 Complisult is a backhanded compliment. When one makes a statement to another that is part compliment, part insult, we call the statement a complisult. Complisult指暗含贬损意味的赞扬。如果一个人对另一个人的评价一半是赞扬，一半是贬损，那么这种评价就叫...

12-09-10 The people of the Brussels will have to mind their manners from now on, with the city authorities announcing new fines of up to 250 euros for insults traded on the streets. 生活在比利时布鲁塞尔的人们今后要注意言语文明了，该市政府宣布了一项新举措，要...