繽FUN英語/A busy bumblebee
承接上集內容，今集討論一些有關昆蟲的有趣成語。大家先猜猜以下句子的意思：
1.It really bugs me when people play loud music in the middle of the night.
2.John wouldn't hurt flies even some of them rest on his food.
3.He always goes to toilet during the seminar, he must have ants in his pants.
4.Miss Chan is a fly on the wall when we are working on our IELTS test.
5.I am so hungry, I feel that there are butterflies in my stomach.
6.We need a magnifier to examine the bees' knees.
1.To bug someone
Bug只是小昆蟲，但也可以滋擾別人。To bug someone就是指繁複地騷擾或滋擾某人。例句用法正確。
2.Wouldn't hurt a fly撇除字面的意思，解作不傷害任何人或任何事情。正確例子：
Tom can't be the murderer; he wouldn't hurt a fly and the inspector just can't figure out how this can happen.
3.Ants in your pants字面解釋螞蟻在褲襠中，當然就不能定下來。成語用法可以正面也可以負面，可以是令人興奮莫名的事情，也可是焦慮不安的心事，視乎上下文的意思。正確例子：I have got ants in my pants; I can't wait to meet my students next month!
4.A fly on the wall這個很有趣，字面解說蒼蠅在牆壁上，意思是指在不被注意到的情況下聽到或看到其他發生事情。例子似乎有一點古怪，學生解釋Miss Chan是一個監考員。用法尚算可以。
5.To have butterflies in one's stomach，在肚中的蝴蝶看似奇怪，實質描述對於某事情或是將會發生的事情非常緊張。正確例子：
Peter had butterflies in his stomach before the interview.
另外有關蝴蝶的有趣成語
"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee"指動作或行為結合像蝴蝶的優雅但同時有蜜蜂刺針的強。例子：
I like watching Bruce Lee's movies; he always floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee.
6.Be the bee's knees字面翻譯成為蜜蜂的膝頭，聽來很可愛。其實這是舊式英語成語，用作描述非常出色的人或事。正確例子：Although the proposal is very well written, we are not convinced that they are the bee's knees.
I enjoy being as busy as a bee because a busy bee has no time for sorrow. What about you?
Miss Carol
資深英語老師、國際英文考試主考官；前大專院校導師及企業培訓導師。
