今日短语
来源：新东方英语培训 时间：2013/8/7 14:40:00 作者：新东方英语口语
今日小常识</p> Women from the Suri tribe in Ethiopia use clay lip plates. From an early age, they pierce and stretch their lips to accommodate the plates. The size of a woman's plate determines the number of cows her family will receive when she marries.</p> 埃塞俄比亚苏瑞部落的女子都使用粘土唇盘。她们从小就给嘴唇穿孔并通过佩戴唇盘来拉伸她们的下唇。一个女子佩带唇盘的大小将决定她出嫁时娘家收到奶牛的数量。</p> 今日短语</p> To give someone some lip 的字面意思是给某人一些嘴唇，但实际表达的意思是顶嘴，出言不逊。</p> 例句</p> That rude young boy gave me some lip when I asked him to stop smoking.</p> She gave her neighbour some lip because she was in bad mood. Now he wants to move house!</p> 请注意</p> 另一个同嘴巴有关的成语是 to pay lip service 意思是说得好听，没有行动，甚至言不由衷。比如你说你支持什么事情，但实际并非如此。</p> The food industry is only paying lip service to government campaigns to make people eat a healthy diet. Their products are very high in salt and sugar.</p>