语录网随笔 Ears are burning 耳朵着了?谁又在说我坏话呢

Ears are burning 耳朵着了?谁又在说我坏话呢

耳朵,是一个很重要的器官,不光得靠它来听声音、戴眼镜儿,还可以成为你那莫名第六感的传感器哟!如果有人在背后说你坏话或是悄悄议论你,你的耳朵可能会先知道!

one's ears are burning

听到某事而感到不安; (因为被人谈论、议论或批评而)耳朵发热,发窘

【En】One is aware of being the topic of another's conversation. 一个人意识到自己是别人谈论的话题。

One intuits that people were talking about them, despite not witnessing it. 人们凭直觉就知道人们在谈论他们,尽管没有亲眼目睹。

Make one's ears burn means "to embarrass". make one's ears burn的意思是使难堪。

Someone is subconsciously aware of being talked about, especially in their absence. 有些人会下意识地意识到被人谈论,尤其是在他们不在的时候。

【例】Are you two talking about me? My ears are burning.

你们在说我吗? 我的耳朵在发烫。

【例】All this talk about Emma - her ears must be burning!

听听大家这个议论啊——埃玛耳朵不发热才怪!

【例】Were your ears burning? Jim was telling us about your exploits.

你的耳朵发烧了吗? 吉姆给我们讲了你的事迹。

【例】My ears are Burning so someone must be talking about me.

"我耳朵发烫,一定有人在谈论我。"

【例】Mom's stories about us as babies make my ears burn.

妈妈讲的我们小时候的故事让我耳朵发麻。

【例】Jenny's ears must have been burning last night: we talked about her for hours.

昨晚珍妮一定很窘,我们谈论了她好几个小时。

【Scene Dialogue 情景对话】Ears Are Burning


Here's an example when two word used together can sound very painful.

这里有一个例子,两个单词一起使用听起来很痛苦。

A: Hey, I saw your friend Anna yesterday. She was telling me about your birthday party. And she said that it was the best party that she had been to all year.

嘿,我昨天看到你的朋友安娜了。她告诉我你的生日派对。她说这是她一年中参加过的最好的聚会。

B: Wow, that's why my ears were burning.

哇,这就是为什么我的耳朵在灼烧。

If people say "my ears were burning," it means someone was talking about them, but that they weren't there to hear it. Imagine a message being sent to you when people are talking about you.

如果人们说“我的耳朵在燃烧”,这就意味着有人在谈论他们,但他们却不在那里听。想象一下,当人们在谈论你的时候,你收到了一条信息。

This comes from Ancient Rome, when people believed "burning ears" and other sensations signaled current or future events.

这一说法来自古罗马,当时人们认为“燃烧的耳朵”和其他感觉预示着当前或未来的事件。

If it was in the right ear, the person was praised. The left ear meant evil may come.

如果是在右耳,这个人就被表扬了。左耳意味着可能会有灾祸。

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