點滴英語天天學第305期:雅思詞彙(165)
1. Expression：smooth one’s hair the wrong way
Explanation：Make someone angry. （使某人惱怒）
Example：That kid practicing the drum next door every night is really smoothing my hair the wrong way. I'm just about at the end of my patience; one of these days I'm going to call the cops and complain.
隔壁那孩子每晚都在練習打鼓，這真使我不勝其擾。我幾乎到忍無可忍的地步了；這兩天裏我就會去找警察申訴。
It smoothed John’s hair the wrong way that he found out that someone else had been given the promotion instead of him.
John發現別人得以晉升，而自己沒有，這可把他惹怒了。
I think I might start cycling to work in the morning—this traffic really smooths my hair the wrong way!
我想我或許開始早上騎自行車去上班，因爲這交通情況真的讓我惱怒極了。
2. Expression：do one’s hair
Explanation：做髮型
Example：The girls have their hair done to get ready for the party.
姑娘們做好了髮型，準備參加聚會。
I 'd love to change the way I do my hair .
我希望改變一下我的髮式。
Chin Mah, hurry up and do your mistress's hair.
金媽，趕快給姨太太梳頭。
3. Expression：split hairs
Explanation：To make or focus on trivial or petty details, differences. （把精力集中在非常細小的細節或區別上，纏住細枝末節問題不放，吹毛求疵）
Example：Look, Granny would be upset to hear you arguing like this. Let’s not split hairs. We'll take turns putting our names on plates, books, pictures. That's the fair way.
哎，奶奶要能聽到你們這樣爭吵也會生氣的。我們別爲這些小事爭來爭去糾纏不休了，還是大家輪流把自己的名字貼到自己想要的盤子，書和照片上吧，這樣分才公平。
Look, let's tell our lawyers to stop splitting hairs on things like whose name comes first in our ads. I don't care! I'm ready to sign the contract right now if you feel the same.
哎！我們去跟各自的律師說說吧，別再糾纏廣告上把誰的名字排第一之類的細枝末節的問題了。我纔不在乎呢！要是你同意我的看法的話，我現在就準備在合同上簽字了。
I'm sorry to split hairs but your portion of the bill is $25.97, not $25.79.
對不起，我要吹毛求疵了——你的那份賬單是25.97美元，不是25.79美元。
I actually think it was your responsibility, not Dave's, but let's not split hairs about it.
實際上，我認爲這是你的責任，不是Dave的責任。我們不要再糾結這些細枝末節的問題了。
