看到玫瑰花，大家会想到什么呢？爱情？勇敢？高贵？

而在英语中有很多关于玫瑰花的俚语，表示的意义也不尽相同。

学会这些俚语，会让你的英语更地道哦！

01.

与某人/某事纠缠不清

be stuck with sb/sth

We were stuck with him for the entire journey!

他全程都与我们纠缠不清。

We are going to be stuck in the office all day tomorrow.

明天我们将整天待在办公室里。

02.

记住我的话！

You mark my words!

He'll cause trouble, you mark my words!

他会惹麻烦的，你记住我的话！

Mark my words, he'll cheat on her the first chance he gets.

记住我的话，他一有机会就会欺骗她。

03.

从好的方面来看

bright side

On the bright side, the team has nowhere to go but up.

从好的方面来看，这支队伍除了向上，别无选择。

Always look on the bright side of life.

永远要看到生活的光明面。

04.

墨菲定律

Murphy's Law

The bus is always late but today when I was late it came on time - that's Murphy's law!

公交车总是晚点，但是今天它准时到，我却迟到了。真是墨菲定律！

We had beautiful weather all week and now when I finally get a day off, it rains. I hate Murphy's law!

这一整周天气都很好，但是当我休假的时候就下雨了。我讨厌墨菲定律。

05.

最坏的情况

worst-case scenario

The study concludes that in a worst-case scenario there might be 80,000 cases of the disease.

该研究得出的结论是，在最坏的情况下，可能会有8万人感染这种疾病。

If we don't operate on your heart now, then the worst-case scenario is you are dead in a month.

如果我们现在不给你做心脏手术，最坏的情况就是你只能活一个月了。

06.

享受生活

Stop and smell the roses.

It's a beautiful day to stop and smell the roses.

这是美好的一天，要好好享受生活。

You work too hard, you need to stop and smell the roses sometimes.

你工作太累了，有时候需要停下来享受一下生活。

07.

一个人经历坏事，名誉依旧

come up/out smelling like roses

When the results of the fraud investigation were announced last week, the managers came up smelling like roses.

自上周宣布了诈骗调查结果之后，经理的名誉还是依旧。

08.

生活并不轻松

No bed of roses.

Having to share a bedroom with his younger brother was no bed of roses.

和他弟弟共用一个卧室不是一件容易事。

She soon found out that working as a flight attendant was not always a bed of roses.

她很快发现当空姐并不总是称心如意的。

09.

玫瑰就算不叫玫瑰，依然芳香如故

A rose by any other name.

I don't recognize the company name, but a rose by any other name.

我不认识这个公司名字，但就算玫瑰不叫玫瑰，依然芳香如故。

A: He is cute but he's not American.

他很可爱，但他不是美国人。

B: A rose by any other name.

玫瑰就算不叫玫瑰，依然芳香如故。

10.

世界上没有完美的人或事物

Every rose has its thorns.

I don't like the weather in New York, but every rose has its thorns.

我不喜欢纽约的天气，但是世事皆有缺憾。

A: He's handsome but so cheap.

他很帅气，但是很小气。

B: Well, every rose has its thorns.

好吧，人无完人。