目 录 上一节 下一节 Words & Idioms Lesson 22 To twist someone's arm To charge someone an arm and a leg 今天我们要讲的两个习惯用语是由 arm，也就是手臂和leg，也就是腿这两个字组成的。我们要介绍的第一个词汇是：To twist someone's arm。Twist是拧，用力扭转的意思。一个人要是给别人把手臂拧到身后去那是很难受的。To twist someone's arm这个习惯用语的意思也正是如此，它是指给某人施加压力，迫使他做你要他做的事。下面这个例子是一个学生说的话： 
他说：“我本来不想去看那个有关莫扎特的电影的。可是，我同房间的同学硬逼着要我去。不过，看了电影后我倒很高兴，因为那个电影太好了。” 这个学生还算运气，尽管他本来不愿意，可是结果还不错。但是，被迫做的事往往会产生不愉快的结局。请听下面这位爸爸说的话： "My son has been twisting my arm to let him take my car out on a date ever since he got his driver's license. This weekend, I finally let him take it. And now it's in the body shop for a thousand dallars of repairs: he had an accident on the way to pick up his girlfriend." 他说：“自从我儿子拿到驾驶执照以来，他一直闹着要开我的车去赴约会。这个周末，我终于答应了。可是，他在去接女朋友的路上出了车祸，现在我的车正在车库里修，要花一千美元呢。” "Don't go to that fancy new restaurant. The food isn't very good and they charge you an arm and a leg for it!" 这个人说：“别上那个新开的高级饭馆去。他们的菜并不好，而价钱倒贵得要命。” 在美国，一般人都很怕去看牙大夫。这不仅是为了怕痛，而是他们要价都很高，动一点小手术就是好几百美元，有的甚至要几千美元。下面这句话就反应了这个情况： "Say, if you need a dentist, you might want to try my brother. He's fresh out of dental school and trying to set up a practice. But he does good work, and he won't charge you an arm and a leg for it like most other dentists." 现在我们来复习一下今天讲的两个习惯用语。 第一个是 to twist someone's arm，那是强迫某人做你要他做的事。 第二个是 to charge someone an arm and a leg，这是指要价太高。
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