1. My Supervisor is always on my back. ( Continuing asking me) 2. I want him to get off my back. (Stop demanding me) 3. Turn my back on him. (Refuse a help) 4. Say bad things about me behind my back (Criticize me when I am not present) 5. Give a pat on my back (Praise me) 6. I will scratch ur back if u scratch mine. (I will do sth for u, if u do sth for me) 7. A stab in the back (To betray sb. ) 8. Carry a lot on shoulders (Lots of responsibility) 9.Give a cold shoulder (To be unfriendly) 10. Yell my opinion from top of my lung (Yell as loud as I can) 11. Get motions from my chest (Tell people how I feel) 12. Straight form a shoulder (A direct way) 13. Save my breath (Keep silence)
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xy19900425同学提供了关于how’sgoing的一个问候,我想引申一下。Howr u & How r u doing & How’s going & How...... How开头的都是传统的ice break见面的话题。重要的是怎么回答才觉得地道些。现在大家都知道小学学到的I’mfine and you?这个是不对的。如果是好的话,很简单就是(pretty)good! How r u? 这里很强调语调我觉得。如果是十分想说不好的话,比较好的说法是notthat good. 这个用法看上去很简单,但是以前没学过,说白了就是英语里面用这个表达没那么好。另外一个打招呼的方式就是what’sup。这个和how’sgoing翻译来说可以都翻译成“怎么样”。但是意思不一样,how’sgoing是问你感觉上咋样。这个what’sup有点 干嘛呢,嘛呢,但是是招呼的意思。具体来说what’sup两个语境,第一个就是朋友见了,heywhat’s up。回答方式有两种你也what’sup,就是反问你嘛呢,咋样?或者就是nothingmuch,没啥特别的的意思。另一个what’sup用法是打电话,或者别人叫你的时候,你说what’sup。这时候就是问你“什么事”,
我经常听到的是: Hi/Hey, How r u doing? Hi/Hey, How's it going? 中间似乎有个it,但通常口语说得快,发音就像:'howzy going 回答确实不说"I'm fine, thank you, and you?",似乎很少有人说"fine",一般说good或者well,更口语化的是"good",比如: (I'm) (pretty) good! How about u? 几乎从没听到过 How've you been (包括email里)
在书信/email最开始,对以前认识的对方表示问候,通常说: How are you doing? 或者 I hope everything goes well with you.