人靠衣裝

人靠衣裝，出席不同場合進行相應打扮不僅是個人風格的體現，也是對別人的尊重及禮貌。假期出游也得記住這一點哦。小編特地為大家找到一些與衣著有關的實用表達，下面就來看看吧。

1. dress to kill = wear one’s finest clothing

衣服漂亮得要命

Eg. In the annual dinner party， everybody was dressed to kill. Since it was a formal

occasion， everyone was dressed in their

finiest， most elegant[端莊的] clothes.

2. knock someone’s socks off = enthuse[表現的熱情] and excite 讓人興奮得連襪子都掉了

Eg.A: Hi， John. What’s new?

B: Oh， nothing too much with me， but you ought to see Alfredo’s new car. It’ll knock your socks off!

A: So， he finally got that Italian sports car he’s been dreaming about.

B: He sure did! When you see all the custom features that it has， you’ll get so enthused and excited you won’t know what to do!

A: Boy， I can hardly wait to go for a ride in it!

3. lose one’s shirt = lose a great deal of money 連襯衫都輸掉了，表示輸了很多錢

Eg. A: I happened to bump into Doug at lunch yesterday afternoon.

B: What’s new with Doug these days?

A: He wasn’t doing so well. For one thing， he told me he lost his shirt at the races.

B: Doug has always liked to bet on the horses. I’m not surprised that he lost a great deal of money.

A: Yeah. At this rate he’ll never have a penny to his name!

4. wet blanket = dull or boring person who spoils the happiness of others 令人厭煩、倒人胃口的人

Eg. James was not invited to go on the outing

with the rest of the group because he’s

such a web blanket. On many previous

occasions he has kept others from enjoying themselves by his pessimism[悲觀主義]

and lack of enthusiasm. It’s understandable that no one wants him around.

5. dress to the teeth = dressed elegantly

表示某人在著裝打扮上費盡心思

Eg.A: Did you see Hilda at the party last night?

B: Yes， I did. She was really dressed to the teeth!

A: Well， she had on her finest， most

elegant clothing because she was out to make a good impression on Bill.

（羅風 供稿）