又到了吃得多、動得少，容易長肉肉（flesh）的秋冬季節(jié)，今天咱們就來聊聊有關(guān)flesh的習語。

gain/put on flesh
發(fā)胖，長肉

例句：

I've put on a lot of flesh recently.
我最近胖了不少。

lose flesh
消瘦，減重

例句：

I'm on a diet to lose flesh.
我正在節(jié)食減肥。

a thorn in the flesh of someone
眼中釘，肉中刺，不斷讓人煩心的人或事

例句：

A relentless women's right campaigner, she was a thorn in the government's flesh for years.
她是個堅持不懈的女權(quán)斗士，多年來一直是政府的眼中釘。

flesh and blood
血肉之軀（有常人的需要、感情和缺點）

例句：

This cold weather is more than flesh and blood can stand.
如此寒冷的天氣非常人所能忍受。

in the flesh
活生生地，親自，本人

例句：

I've heard that the queen is coming here in the flesh.
我聽說女王將親自造訪這里。

make someone's flesh creep/crawl
使起雞皮疙瘩，令人毛骨悚然

例句：

The ghost story made my flesh creep.
那個鬼故事讓我毛骨悚然。

one's (own) flesh and blood
親骨肉，親人

例句：

How can you be so cruel to him when he's your own flesh and blood?
他可是你的骨肉至親，你怎能對他那么無情？

flesh out/put flesh on (the bones of) something
充實，加細節(jié)于

例句：

The editor told her to flesh out the story.
編輯讓她再充實一下這個故事。

You need to put flesh on the bones of these characters.
你需要賦予這些角色以“血肉”。

have/get/want/demand your pound of flesh
（不顧別人的損失和痛苦）討回應(yīng)得的東西，做出合法但極不合情理的要求

例句：

His boss, demanding his pound of flesh, made him come into work even though his daughter was seriously ill.
盡管他的女兒病得很重，他的老板還是不講情理地要求他過來上班。

press the flesh
（尤指名人或政治人物）握手

例句：

The candidate went through the crowd, pressing the flesh.
那名候選人穿過人群，跟群眾握手。

the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
心有余而力不足，力不從心

例句：

- Another set of tennis?
再打一盤網(wǎng)球？

- The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
心有余而力不足啊。

go the way of all flesh
死亡，去世；損壞，壞掉

例句：

Our dog's gone the way of all flesh and I'm not sure we'll get another.
我們的狗死掉了，我不確定我們會不會再養(yǎng)一只。

I'm afraid our washing machine has gone the way of all flesh.
恐怕咱家的洗衣機壽命到頭了。

become one flesh(結(jié)為)夫婦，(成為)一體

例句：

My longtime girlfriend and I finally got engaged, and we will become one flesh this summer.
我跟相戀多年的女友終于訂婚了，我們將在今年夏天結(jié)婚。

get goose flesh
（因寒冷、緊張、興奮、焦慮或恐懼而）起雞皮疙瘩

例句：

Their concert was so amazing! I got goose flesh when they played their first song!
他們的音樂會太棒了！他們演奏第一首歌的時候，聽得我雞皮疙瘩都起來了！

It's so cold in here that I'm getting goose flesh.
這兒太冷了，凍得我直起雞皮疙瘩。

（中國日報網(wǎng)英語點津 劉明）