• 一些容易望文生义的词语

    14-03-14 Small potato 小人物 Russian dressing 蛋黄酱 A Greek gift 别有用心的礼物 Dutch wife 竹、藤睡具 At sixes and sevens 乱七八糟 Seven-Hill City 罗马 Eight-ball 老实人 To the tens 打扮得极为华丽 A white day 良晨吉日 A white elephant 贵而无用之物 Yellow bo...

  • The Meaning of Dreams

    14-03-12 One night just before Valentine's Day a woman had a lovely dream about a beautiful necklace. When she woke up, she told her husband, I just dreamt that you gave me a pearl necklace for Valentine's day. What do you think it could mean? You'll find ou...

  • The Three Wishes

    14-03-10 A man and his wife were always wishing for luck. One night a fairy came to them and said, You may have three wishes. In the morning the woman went to a neighbor's house to get some bread. She saw a nice pudding there. When she came back, she said, I...

  • latchkey wife 挂钥匙妻子

    14-02-25 Latchkey wife is based on the phrase latchkey kid. Latchkey wife refers to a wife who comes home from work to an empty house, left to her own defenses during the evening, while husband works opposite shift. 挂钥匙妻子是基于挂钥匙儿童而产生的新词。挂...

  • 七仙女

    14-02-14 In the Han Dynasty in Qiancheng lived a man by the name of Dong Yong. His mother died when he was a child. While living with his father, he worked hard in the fields. Each time they went out, he would put his old father on a small cart and follow it...

  • Kobe Special 求和礼物

    14-02-11 Kobe Special is a large gift a man gives to his wife to appease her after he's had an affair. After sleeping with another woman, Kobe Bryant bought his wife a ring that cost as much as a large house. 科比求和礼物指男人在发生婚外情后送给妻子的贵重礼...

  • The Three Little Men in the Wood

    14-02-10 There was once a man whose wife died, and a woman whose husband died, and the man had a daughter, and the woman also had a daughter. The girls were acquainted with each other, and went out walking together, and afterwards came to the woman in her ho...

  • The Wedding of Mrs.Fox

    14-02-10 There was once on a time an old fox with nine tails, who believed that his wife was not faithful to him, and wished to try her. He stretched himself out under the bench, did not move a limb, and behaved as if he were stone dead. Mrs. Fox went up to...

  • The Juniper-Tree

    14-02-10 It is now long ago, quite two thousand years, since there was a rich man who had a beautiful and pious wife, and thhere was a rich man who ly. They had, however, no children, though they wished for them very much, and the woman prayed for them day a...

  • The Fisherman and his Wife

    14-01-08 There was once on a time a Fisherman who lived with his wife in a miserable hovel(小屋,茅舍) close by the sea, and every day he went out fishing. And once as he was sitting with his rod, looking at the clear water, his line suddenly went down, fa...