迷你對話學地道口語第285期:捲起鋪蓋走了
迷你對話：
A: We quarreled yesterday, and he picked up and left.
昨天我和我丈夫吵了一架，他捲起鋪蓋走了。
B: Terrible! Does he want to divorce?
太糟了，你想離婚嗎？
A: I am not sure.
我拿不準。
B: Don’t lose your reason. Go to find him and talk with him.
別犯糊塗了，去找他談談吧。
地道表達：
pick up and leave
解詞釋義：
pick up本義是“拿起，撿起”，在美語中它的意思是“整理房間，收拾行李”，pick up and leave意思是“打點行李之後離開”。
聯想記憶：
pack up and leave
支持範例：
Tigress' lips were trembling, her voice was ugly. “I'm picking up and leaving. How much money do I get?” (來自《駱駝樣子》)
虎妞的嘴脣哆嗦上了，聲音非常的難聽，“我捲起鋪蓋一走，你給我多少錢？”
I am picking up and leave and I never come back again.
我捲起鋪蓋就走，再也不回來了。
詞海拾貝：
lose one’s reason：失去理智，發狂，不講道理
範例：He was not the only prisoner to lose his reason.
他不是唯一一個失去理智的囚犯。
If you lose your reason, the heckler wins.
如果你失去理智，那也就意味着質問者獲得勝利。
Don't lose your reason however excited you are.
無論你多麼興奮都不要喪失理智。
聯想記憶：
lose one’s mind
範例：I lose my mind just standing next to him .
和他站在一起就使我意亂情迷。
I'm afraid Mary may lose her mind.
我擔心瑪麗會精神錯亂。
lose one’s cool
範例：Be honest in your communication and don't lose your cool.
在交流中保持真誠，不要有失風度。
Don't lose your cool and give up.
不要失去冷靜的頭腦而放棄。
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