Background Information (3) phrases of thumb(1) 1. Under ones thumb: under ones contro在某人支配(控制) a e. g. I can't tell you what pain I feel when I see how much my mother is under my fathers thumb 2 All thumbs(fingers): clumsy, unable to hold it, fingers feel like thumbs手脚不灵巧,笨拙 E.g. When I try to sew a button on my shirt, I'm all thumbs 3. Green thumb: good gardener naturally good with plants绿手 指指种植花木蔬菜的高超技能 e.g. Willie is the green thumb in our group. He is the gardener
Background Information (3) phrases of “thumb”(1) ▪ 1.Under one’s thumb: under one’s control 在某人支配(控制) 下 ▪ e.g. I can’t tell you what pain I feel when I see how much my mother is under my father’s thumb. ▪ 2.All thumbs (fingers) :clumsy, unable to hold it, fingers feel like thumbs手脚不灵巧,笨拙 ▪ E.g. When I try to sew a button on my shirt, I’m all thumbs. ▪ 3.Green thumb: good gardener, naturally good with plants绿手 指,指种植花木蔬菜的高超技能 ▪ e.g. Willie is the green thumb in our group. He is the gardener
Phrases of“ thumb”(2 4. by thumb to someone by stopping the driver to give you at以免费搭车的方 E.g. He traveled to other parts of the country by thumb 5. thumb down; reject, not accept反对 E.g. He tends to thumb down all my best ideas 6. thumb up: approve, be for sth.赞成 E.g. The chairman thumbed up our plan 7. twiddle one's thumbs to do nothing while you wait impatiently for sth. to happen /N 着无事 E.g. For the next half hour I was twiddling my thumbs
Phrases of “thumb”(2) ▪ 4.by thumb: to someone by stopping the driver to give you a lift以免费搭车的方式 ▪ E.g. He traveled to other parts of the country by thumb ▪ 5.thumb down; reject, not accept反对 ▪ E.g. He tends to thumb down all my best ideas. ▪ 6.thumb up: approve, be for sth. 赞成 ▪ E.g. The chairman thumbed up our plan. ▪ 7.twiddle one’s thumbs :to do nothing while you wait impatiently for sth. to happen闲 着无事 ▪ E.g. For the next half hour I was twiddling my thumbs waiting for my friends to arrive
Phrases of thumb(3) 8. thumb through turn the pages of a book, magazine etc without reading much of it 快速浏览 E.g. She thumbed through the guidebook, looking for somewhere to visit in the afternoon 9. thumb ones nose at: behave in a way that you do not care what they think蔑视 E.g. He has always thumbed his nose at the media 10. stick out like a sore manmao5n0. yan. net humb: very noticeable 再量量很量片·wwwQ,co because they are unusual or nappropriate得十分不自然 E.g. The ugly painting stuck out like a sore thumb in the art
Phrases of “thumb”(3) ▪ 8.thumb through :turn the pages of a book , magazine etc. without reading much of it 快速浏览 E.g. She thumbed through the guidebook, looking for somewhere to visit in the afternoon. ▪ 9.thumb one’s nose at :behave in a way that you do not care what they think蔑视 ▪ E.g. He has always thumbed his nose at the media. ▪ 10.stick out like a sore thumb :very noticeable because they are unusual or inappropriate显得十分不自然, 不合适 ▪ E.g. The ugly painting stuck out like a sore thumb in the art gallery