1. heebie-jeebies 感到紧张、焦虑、焦躁
📝讲解:这两个词,heebie 和 jeebies 单独使用并没有任何含义,放在一起表示紧张焦虑,a feeling of nervous fear or worry.📍例句1:This place gives me the heebie-jeebies.这个地方让我挺紧张的。
📍例句2:I can't stand spiders. They give me the heebie-jeebies.我受不了蜘蛛,他们让我很焦虑。
2. I'm tearing my hair out. 抓狂,过于紧张焦虑📝讲解:字面意思是把头发都抓掉了,那其实就是因为紧张或者焦虑,就类似抓狂这个意思, to show that you are very angry or anxious about sth.📍例句:She's keeping very calm—anyone else would be tearing their hair out. 她非常淡定,换做其他人早抓狂了。
3. have kittens 感到沮丧、紧张和不安📝讲解:kittens 是小猫咪的意思,不过这个词组就和小猫没有直接关系,而是表示,某人内心感到很沮丧,紧张和不安,to mean to be very anxious or nervous about sth.
📍例句:They had kittens when they saw the mess we made.
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